LEGO - The thread.

Creation88 · Wed Jul 25, 2018 10:59 am

my wife's first Lego set.

starkdesign · Wed Jul 25, 2018 11:09 am

Creation88 wrote:my wife's first Lego set.

The Hogwarts castle set? nice, great entry point to a world of bricks!

I just can't believe I had no clue about this one...already spent $$$ on all the sets they just released, and about to drop more on a box of minifigures (searching target daily lol), but this is a must have for our family

Jamilton · Wed Jul 25, 2018 11:13 am

starkdesign wrote:
Creation88 wrote:my wife's first Lego set.
The Hogwarts castle set? nice, great entry point to a world of bricks!

I just can't believe I had no clue about this one...already spent $$$ on all the sets they just released, and about to drop more on a box of minifigures (searching target daily lol), but this is a must have for our family

Right there with you. HP is our favorite. Hadn't bought much more than the holiday sets for a while, but with the HP sets and minifigs, Hogwarts Castle, and Voltron, I'll be running out of storage space.

Darkknight37 · Wed Jul 25, 2018 11:15 am

I'd really like to see how big it is in person.

schmoff · Wed Jul 25, 2018 11:16 am

i'm upset it is not to scale and uses those micro figs

wish it was more like the disney castle

Darkknight37 · Wed Jul 25, 2018 11:19 am

schmoff wrote:i'm upset it is not to scale and uses those micro figs

wish it was more like the disney castle

That is kind of a bummer.

Jamilton · Wed Jul 25, 2018 11:19 am

schmoff wrote:i'm upset it is not to scale and uses those micro figs

wish it was more like the disney castle

I've wondered for while why they hadn't done a full Hogwarts set and just assumed it was because it would be excessively large (and $$$$$), so I'm kinda glad it's a bit scaled down. The dimensions on the site say it's 22" tall, 27" wide and 16" deep. So it's still a pretty good size.

starkdesign · Wed Jul 25, 2018 12:43 pm

Jamilton wrote:
schmoff wrote:i'm upset it is not to scale and uses those micro figs

wish it was more like the disney castle
I've wondered for while why they hadn't done a full Hogwarts set and just assumed it was because it would be excessively large (and $$$$$), so I'm kinda glad it's a bit scaled down. The dimensions on the site say it's 22" tall, 27" wide and 16" deep. So it's still a pretty good size.

For comparison, the disney castle specs are:
The Disney Castle measures over 29” (74cm) high, 18.8” (48cm) wide and 12” (31cm) deep.

I have the disney castle perched atop my arcade cabinet now, but this new Hogwarts will for sure take its place...just gotta find a new spot for the disney castle now lol

starkdesign · Thu Jul 26, 2018 5:42 pm

Saw the HP minifigures are on lego.com in prep for release in August, so I tried calling and ordering a box, but no luck.

I did find out that the big Hogwarts Castle set will be early access for VIP people though!

back to checking target daily for the minifigs now...

starkdesign · Mon Jul 30, 2018 11:51 am

Images of the redesigned Architecture skyline set for Las Vegas are online now:

Darkknight37 · Mon Jul 30, 2018 12:06 pm

Got some HP minifig blind bags on my bday last weekend! Got the normal HP, Mad Eye, Queenie, and Newt.

starkdesign · Mon Jul 30, 2018 12:30 pm

Darkknight37 wrote:Got some HP minifig blind bags on my bday last weekend! Got the normal HP, Mad Eye, Queenie, and Newt.

WHAT THE WHAAAAAAAAAA

nothing in town here yet, not supposed to be out officially until Wednesday, but hearing reports of them dropping early in places. found a printout for anyone wanting to feel bags up:

Darkknight37 · Mon Jul 30, 2018 12:38 pm

Apparently my friend found them at Walmart.

starkdesign · Mon Jul 30, 2018 2:57 pm

Darkknight37 wrote:Apparently my friend found them at Walmart.

One of the walmarts in town here shows 120 in stock (thx to brickseek), but went during lunch...nothing. blarg

checked target too, but they are better about following street date stuff and sure enough, nothing there either (even tho brickseek shows in stock too)

time to check daily during lunch and after work I guess now lol

Codeblue · Mon Jul 30, 2018 3:06 pm

Why? Do the chits sell out dat quick?