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In lugnet.harrypotter, Ted Godwin wrote:
> Anyone know anything about rumours of the return of Harry Potter sets?
Last I heard, they had announced that they weren't planning to make any new sets
this year (though they still have the license), which means there likely won't
be any sets based on the upcoming movie. They are, however, having TT Games
make a Harry Potter game in the style of the LEGO Star Wars/Indiana Jones/Batman
games, which will cover the first four movies. There was a trailer out at some
point, but all it had were cutscenes and a general announcement of what the game
would be (HP 1-4) and when it would come out (next year, I believe).
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In lugnet.harrypotter, Ted Godwin wrote:
> Anyone know anything about rumours of the return of Harry Potter sets?
Hmm, I hadn't heard any such rumors, but it would make some sense to have some
sets released in conjunction with the LEGO Harry Potter video game next year.
Scott
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In lugnet.harrypotter, Ted Godwin wrote:
> Anyone know anything about rumours of the return of Harry Potter sets?
I'd read that they were releasing another Lego Harry Potter videogame. I didn't
read or hear about anyt new sets coming out, since the series has become darker.
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Anyone know anything about rumours of the return of Harry Potter sets?
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In lugnet.harrypotter, William Toenjes wrote:
> No surprise here but confirmed by article at MuggleNet
If you want more on this from LEGO's point of view, I asked Steve Witt about
Harry Potter LEGO a couple months back:
http://radio.laml.org/lamlradio-71-steve-witt/
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In lugnet.harrypotter, William Toenjes wrote:
> No surprise here but confirmed by article at MuggleNet:
Yeah, I had a feeling it was going that way. The first two movies produced a
deluge of HP sets. The third came with a decent spread. The fourth had a
handful, and the fifth only had a third Hogwarts, but not a lot of
movie-specific sets.
And actually, I think it's less that there's no way to produce kid-friendly sets
that tie in with the movie, as it is the fact that they're probably concerned
with having the HBP movie logo on the box. Even if it's just a scene where
everyone is sitting in a room eating popcorn, parents are going to see that logo
on the box and immediately think of how dark the movie is.supposed to be.
And there were people who were hoping that we'd see a LEGO Harry Potter game
done in the style of the LEGO Star Wars/Indiana Jones/Batman games...
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No surprise here but confirmed by article at MuggleNet:
"No Half-Blood Prince toys from LEGO this year
Our friends at MillionairePlayboy.com were at the 2009 New York City toy fair we
told you about yesterday. While there, they had a chance to speak with a rep
from LEGO who revealed no Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince toys are in the
works:
My sad news to report that there are no plans on producing any new Harry Potter
sets. With the films getting darker, it has become very hard to produce
kid-friendly sets..."
http://www.mugglenet.com/app/news/show/2177
--
Bill
(TooMuchDew)
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Kyle Beatty wrote:
I was hoping for the guy out of Streetfighter II settling Harrys hash!
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"Tony Hafner" <lego@NOSPAM.hafhead.com> wrote in message
news:JK2Fqt.LuC@lugnet.com...
> We've read books 1 through 6...
>
> We've seen the posters and bookmarks...
>
> Can we trust Snape? Is he a Very Bad Man?
>
> I think there's a third possibility.
>
> <<http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/hafhead/temp/snapeis.jpg Snape is a
> Very Bad
> WOMAN>>
>
> Yes. A VERY bad one.
Actually, I am surprised that, with Book 7 (and Movie 5) coming out in July,
we have not seen more HP related MOCs. Admittedly, I must blame myself
first, as I have been too busy with real life recently to put anything
together. I originally wanted to build something for the release of Deathly
Hallows. I may yet still get around to it (4 weeks to go). :-)
Tim
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In lugnet.harrypotter, Tony Hafner wrote:
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Weve read books 1 through 6...
Weve seen the posters and bookmarks...
Can we trust Snape? Is he a Very Bad Man?
I think theres a third possibility.
Yes. A VERY bad one.
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Oh, cmon. Be realistic here. Just because he looks like a woman doesnt mean
he actually is one. He could be a cross-dresser, or midway through transgender
modifications.
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Weve read books 1 through 6...
Weve seen the posters and bookmarks...
Can we trust Snape? Is he a Very Bad Man?
I think theres a third possibility.
Yes. A VERY bad one.
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The following article is from <http://www.mugglenet.com/>
Last week we told you about LEGO's plans for a new Hogwarts Castle set to
coincide with the Order of the Phoenix film release. Our friends at
MillionairePlayboy.com have now informed us that this is the only set planned to
be released in 2007.
This is the first time that LEGO has only created one set to go along with a
Potter movie. Goblet of Fire saw four sets released alongside the film. We will
have more about LEGO's plans on this week's episode of MuggleCast.
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Information from Toywiz.com
Harry Potter new set for 2007.
Set #5378 Hogwarts Castle
(LEGO Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)
<http://www.toywiz.com/hapolese.html>
-Abner
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After seeing the pilot episode to Sci-Fis Amazing Screw-On Head animated show
Ive been itching to make a werewolf. The Studios minifig version just doesnt
elicit terrifying to me as much as bobblehead, so I opted to start with the
Fenris Head and go the fully-articulated route. The scale is larger than
minifig - though it is close to the scale of the original Fenris Wolf. The
larger scale worked for me, though, as I like my werewolves oversized!
Click the pic to link to the folder:
Unfortunately the pictures suffer from a bit of the
photographing-a-black-MOC-late-on-a-Sunday-afternoon malaise. Ill try for some
brighter pictures soon.
Otherwise Im pretty happy with the results. Theres a high level of
articulation, and its quite sturdy. In the course of a half hour photo shoot
only 1 piece popped off (left foot). It can walk around in barrel-chested
humanoid mode, but looks at least as nice in traditional canine/Fenris-Wolf
poses.
The one area I keep waffling on is the hind legs. From some angles and poses
they look spot on to the way I intended. From others they look a little scrawny
or mismatched. I suppose this is might be understandable given that my life
models were greyhounds!
The feature Im most pleased with is the articulated jaw. I managed to fit a
functional mouth in the narrow Fenris head. Its spring-loaded, so the jaw
can be opened up and grip something, but it wont stay open on its own. Ahh,
well, Im just happy it can bite! This was pulled off by using a pair of
Technic rubber bands; one holds the jawpiece:
tight against the red glowing-eye flex tube, while another spring loads it to
the closed position. It fits, it looks right, and it works.
Thoughts, questions, feedback, and suggestions are all welcome!
.s
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I just wanted to make sure all you non-train heads out there were aware that one
of the catagories for the SNVT Build-a-Train contest is "Fantasy". We wanted to
allow everyone participate and this is were everyone can participate. Some
ideas...
Castle themed passenger train.
Space themed cargo train.
Pirate Raiders.
Viking Long "Train".
Etc. Etc.
I didn't think this part of the contest was given enough attention in my
origional post so I wanted to draw attention to it now.
For full contest rules please look here...
http://save.9vtrains.com/index.php?topic=contest
I hope to see some really cool "Fantasy" trains over the coarse of the contest!
FUT -> lugnet.general
Thanks,
Eric Kingsley
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In lugnet.harrypotter, David Eaton wrote:
> In lugnet.reviews, Brett Kingery wrote:
> > [SPECIAL ELEMENTS]
>
> Also, don't forget some of the other unique parts:
>
> - Black Baby Dragon (x2)
> - Dark Stone Frog (x1)
> - Green Snake (x1)
> - Sand Green Slope 45 2 x 4 Double (2x)
> - Reddish Brown Slope 75 1 x 2 x 3 (2x) (did admittedly exist in OldBrown)
> - Reddish Brown Plate 1 x 4 with arm (4x) (also was in OldBrown)
>
> Some very cool stuff in that set!
>
> DaveE
Very interesting.... and here I thought that TLG was REDUCING the number of new
parts so as to cut their red ink.
TLG has so many new parts that they no longer have much of a semblance of the
"System of Play" that they started out with in 1955. Seems that only bricks and
plates form anything resembling a system these days.
Gary Istok
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In lugnet.reviews, Brett Kingery wrote:
> [SPECIAL ELEMENTS]
Also, don't forget some of the other unique parts:
- Black Baby Dragon (x2)
- Dark Stone Frog (x1)
- Green Snake (x1)
- Sand Green Slope 45 2 x 4 Double (2x)
- Reddish Brown Slope 75 1 x 2 x 3 (2x) (did admittedly exist in OldBrown)
- Reddish Brown Plate 1 x 4 with arm (4x) (also was in OldBrown)
Some very cool stuff in that set!
DaveE
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4766
System / Harry Potter (and the Goblet of Fire)
Graveyard Duel
Duel au cimetière
El Duelo en el Cementerio
Ages 7-12, 548 Pcs. (C)2005. 56 page manual: 1 model (9 component models), 168
steps. Building time about 1 hour.
Price Range: $30 (USD)
RATINGS (Scale: Must-Have Excellent Very-Good Good Fair Poor)
Set: Must-Have / Models: Excellent / Playability: Excellent
DECALS? Yes. 1 sheet with 5 decals. 1 Tom Riddle headstone marker, 1
green brambles sticker, 1 green brambles with red snake-eyes sticker, and 2
other various headstone patterns.
SET DESCRIPTION
The Triwizard Tournament is over, and the end is a trap! Harry is teleported to
a graveyard, and who is there to greet him? Why, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named
himself! Death Eaters Peter Pettigrew and Lucius Malfoy join the scene with a
creepy graveyard backdrop including four graves, one tomb, an old wagon hearse,
a dead tree with bats and owls, skeletons, and the graveyard gate itself.
SPECIAL ELEMENTS
There are many excellent part finds hidden throughout this set. Black
Hippogriff Wings (unique to this set as of now), a 1x1-1x1 Bracket with Pin
(48724) (unique to this set for 05, and not many have come before), 2 black
1x4x1&1/3 with Curved Top bricks (6191) (not lots of these out there), a 1x4x2
with Centre Stud Top (4088) brick (unique in MdStone in this set), black and
MdStone chains, Tan Minifig Hair (Long Straight) (x218) (unique to this set),
Voldemorts head (unique), Peters Rodent-like head (again, unique), evil black
skeletons (2 of them, unique) 1x4 Redbrown plates with arm (30043) (unique in
this color), 2x2 tiles with skeleton patterns on them, and 4x4 Spoked Wheels (4
of them, unique to this year, nice to have more of them). With such a large
list of unique pieces, even though most of the elements in this set may be
small, it makes the part count even more impressive for the price of the set
(and this is a licensed set too!) Im sure I missed many an interesting part,
so look at Peeron if you need to know.
IMPRESSION
This set is by far the darkest Lego set I have seen, and its a good one! There
are some minor failings, but overall, this set is a good find.
The models break down like this: One graveyard gate (fits as a fence around the
smaller or medium sized graves), 2 small graves, on medium sized, the large Tom
Riddle grave, a dead tree, a hearse, a cauldron, and a graveyard keepers
shed/tomb.
The smaller graves look good enough (one looks poor from behind, due to using a
1x4x3 Skull (47990) for its headstone; it looks extra creepy from the front, as
it should, but the back isnt covered to hide the mould). These smaller graves
contain brown tiles with skeletons printed on them (each grave gets ½ of the
skeleton, so you have a full print between the two of them). While not as nice
as two more skeletons, it certainly helps keep this set at its impressive price
point.
The medium sized grave is an impressive size (8x12x8) and features a skeleton
with its legs replaced by robot arms (there are extra legs in the set for him),
allowing him to be mounted on a turning lance so he can burst from his grave!
It is adorned by a funny little frog too.
The large Tom Riddle grave has a few neat features, the first of which jumps
right out on the box, the black winged angel of death! I wonder how long this
set took to get through marketing with elements like this (though there are even
MORE disturbing bits coming up). The 13x16x7 1/3 (not including the angel)
grave is smooth topped, and opens to reveal snakes where a casket should be.
The black chains topped with technic ball-joints give an impressive look as
well.
There isnt too much to say about the gate, except that it is flanked by black
baby dragons. The dead tree seems innocent enough
except for the skeleton
leaning against it
and the spiders climbing it, and the bats and owls in its
bare branches
The cauldron is simple and only shows the sinister side by
having a dagger in it. Then again, if youve seen the movie or read the books,
you know what that cauldron is for
The hearse is also neat, though for play
value it is missing its horses to pull it (which makes sense in this set, let
Peter pull it). Its nice to see the 4x4 spoked wheels again, and the casket
that it carries (not the 2 piece coffins found in the vampire and Egypt
Adventures sets) has skeleton arms and legs in it!
The small building (tomb and keepers tool storage) has one of my favorite
things, and one of my least favorite things, about this whole set. The floor to
the tomb is tan/white checkerboard tiled! This is the type of thing you see in
MOCs all the time, but not in official sets. Its a great touch, and I hope to
see more of it! The floor slides away (at least it does if you remove the
stairs first) to reveal two incomplete skeletons! A black skeleton (whose
missing parts can be found in the casket on the hearse), and a jade skeleton!
And therein lies my least favorite part of the set. I find the addition of a
black and a jade skeleton to be awesome, but the jade skeleton only has a jade
body and arms (ala legless dementors). The head is a black skeleton head
(which, in itself, is really cool to have another), and there are black legs in
the set it can use. I would be happier to have a complete jade skeleton (body,
arms, AND head and legs), or trade the body and arms out for a second complete
black skeleton. Instead, it looks like a poor mongrel skeleton. In fact, hes
such a poor mongrel that one of his arms and one black leg have been thrown out
in the cemetery keepers garbage can!
Other than the 4 skeletons in the set, there are four other mini-figs. Harry
Potter himself, Peter Pettigrew (with unique ratty features), Lucius Malfoy (who
has a reversible head, one side normal, and the other side with Death Eater
mask) and Lord Voldemort (with eerie translucent glow-in-the-dark head), the
last two in robes. The robes are a bit long for the mini-figs, but Im sure
they can cope. The only things I can think that would make this set creepier
than it already is would be a big black pointy hat for Lucius, and a Cedric
Diggory figure with reversible head (one side the generic smiley, the other side
the poor Ex-Cedric). Also noticeably lacking from this set (and all of the
Goblet of Fire sets for that matter) is the Goblet of Fire itself! Possibly the
Portkey that teleported Harry to the graveyard was left out in order to avoid
teleporting poor Cedric as well.
Likes/Dislikes
Like: Lots of pieces, and lots of new ones!
Like: Tons of creepy elements
Like: Overall graveyard design (its not lacking in graves!)
Dislike: Patchwork jade skeleton
CONCLUSION
Every Harry Potter Lego enthusiast, every fantasy Lego builder, every Lego
wargamer should buy this set. Hosting a game of Brick Quest? Youll want to
pick up a couple! Great for undead army and cult building, there are lots of
great elements in here. Heck, you may even want to just keep it together as a
graveyard! Buy one for home, and one for the road!
REVIEWER INFORMATION
Review Written: May 2, 2006
By: Brett Kingery (plucky)
Age 30 Favorite Lines/Themes: Castle, Star Wars
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COPYRIGHT
This review is Copyright 2006, by the author as named above. The
author grants publication rights for all uses, public and private,
with the following exceptions: all information in the document must
be published in full; any for-profit use requires express written
permission by the author for publication in full or in part.
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