LEGO – Pop Vinyl World http://popvinylworld.com The Latest News from the World of Pop! Culture! Sun, 07 Oct 2018 04:58:23 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Lego Unveils New Harry Potter Collectible Minifigure Series- With a Twist! http://popvinylworld.com/lego-unveils-new-harry-potter-collectible-minifigure-series-with-a-twist/ http://popvinylworld.com/lego-unveils-new-harry-potter-collectible-minifigure-series-with-a-twist/#respond Thu, 28 Jun 2018 00:38:28 +0000 http://popvinylworld.com/?p=11148 Today, the Lego Group posted an image to Twitter revealing the full 22 Lego Harry Potter Minifigure Collectible Series releasing this year.

While most of the figures are from the Harry Potter series, a whopping 6 figures in the series are variants on characters from Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which released in 2016. The full list of figures is:

Harry Potter

-Harry Potter (School Robes)

-Harry Potter (Pajamas)

-Ron Weasley

-Hermione Granger

-Neville Longbottom

-Draco Malfoy

-Cedric Diggory

-Cho Chang

-Luna Lovegood

-Dean Thomas

-Dobby the House Elf

-Voldemort

-Albus Dumbledore

-Professor Flitwick

-Professor Trelawney

-Mad-Eye Moody

Fantastic Beasts

-Newt Scamander

-Jacob Kowalski

-Tina Goldstein

-Queenie Goldstein

-Credence Barebone

-Percival Graves

One interesting thing about some of the figures is the introduction of a new piece type to Lego’s Minifigures: moveable short legs. In previous years, smaller characters would have a solid piece for their legs that couldn’t move, but this series sees the introduction of slightly taller, moveable legs for shorter characters in order to portray age differences in characters. Look for these blind bags in stores this fall.

Jonathan Lancaster, Comics, Movies, and Cartoon Specialist
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Stephanie Beatriz from Brooklyn 99 is voicing Sweet Mayhem, the new character who kidnaps all of the heroes from Bricksville in what we can assume is an attempt to save her own world. The introduction of Sweet Mayhem and the way the trailer quickly addresses how Lucy, aka WildStyle, did all the initial work saving the day in Lego Movie despite Emmett being hailed the hero sparks our curiosity on the larger theme of the movie. Hollywood has certainly been starting to focus on trying to give young girls more heroines to cheer for the last couple years and much like Incredibles 2 we may see a roll reversal in the lead character here.

The movie visually looks amazing and we are hoping that they are able to capture the same balance of heart and humor as the first. The most recent Lego movie to hit the big screen was Lego Ninjago which failed to win over fans and scored a 5.8/10 over on rottentomatoes.com.

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