LEGO officials have responded to fan requests for LEGO to launch new sets based on the first and second wizarding worlds of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Since its return in 2018, harry potter themes have introduced a number of sets from the harry potter and half-blood princes and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows series, which means that these two films are the least set magic stories.
The first year of THE LEGO Harry Potter sets focused on Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the second year turned to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, while last year brought us a Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix set and the only two Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince sets, the 75969 Hogwarts Astronomical Tower and the 75980 Burrow Attack.
That makes most of us think lego will eventually offer sets based on two Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows movies in 2021. But instead, the Harry Potter design team took another back to the carbine at its 20th anniversary event, re-updating existing Hogwarts sets (such as the 75954 Hogwarts Castle and the 76389 Hogwarts Vault) with new modular style buildings.
Those who have hoped for the Deathly Hallows set are obviously disappointed now, but given that 2021 is indeed the 20th anniversary of lego Harry Potter's first set, it is hoped that after this time, the Harry Potter set focus will finally shift to the last two Deathly Hallows movies.
That hope is now fading, however, as this year's fan media event was asked the question to Lego designer Marcos Bessa, but got a less pleasant response. According to Marcos, the Deathly Hallows-based set had no previous plans to release in 2021, and Lego instead defined 2021 as a "whiteboard."
"In the first few years of the reboot, we had a clear strategy of focusing on the first few films and then moving on harry potter and the Goblet of Fire and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," Marcos explained, "For 2021, we have a blank slate and have to look back at what we can do to keep the IP fresh." ”
"That's where we decided to do a reboot of the story, so instead of watching specific movies, we decided to watch the key moments. We look back at the beginning of the series, picking some powerful suits and 'reinventing' them to fit the way we design the suits now, as a nod to the first sets. ”
So the question arises: Why is Lego so hesitant about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Parts I and II? The answer is — at least according to Marcos , the audience for these films, to some extent also includes Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince , is more "old", than the target audience the company would expect in the Harry Potter series.
"It's definitely not that we're not going to launch the next films at some point, but they do tend to target higher ages, which is why we're targeting the first few films," he said. Our overall values are more in line with the first film, where there is more magic, and the conventional themes of the school of magic are more in line with our values. ”
That's bad news for Harry Potter fans who feel that 2022 will bring us harry potter and the Deathly Hallows set, but Marcos does offer a glimmer of hope: "I definitely think we're creative enough to do something sneaky here and there, so who can say what the future holds?" ”
Does this mean that the characters, places, events, and even specific scenes from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows parts of the first or second parts can be found in future sets, and the answer is left to time.