This article or section is incomplete.Please improve the article, or discuss the issue on the talk page. This page features a list of all known sets that were planned to be released by the LEGO Group, but where not for one reason or another.I have to confess that life hasn’t been very good lately. Work around the clock, not enough free time, trying to have kids and crashing badly... all while moving to a country I don’t particularly like, away from my best friends and family. Maybe that’s why visiting Lego’s Memory Lane—the secret vault guarding almost every Lego set ever manufactured—touched me in a way I didn’t expect. This wasn’t amazement or simple awe. I was already astonished to no end by the tour of the Lego factory. No, this was something else, something bigger than the impressive view of the 4,720 Lego sets inside this lair. These weren’t just simple boxes full of bricks. These were tickets to ride a time portal to emotions and simpler days long forgotten.
I didn’t know that when I was curiously ogling the oldest sets, from the 1950s. Jette Orduna-the curator for the Idea House, Lego’s history museum set in the old family house of the owner, Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen—was explaining the first Lego sets, obviously enjoying my enthusiasm. “Here’s the wooden box that some shops around Denmark had, usually hairdressers or general stores” she would say while carefully opening it for me to see its contents, simple red and white bricks without tubes, some of them with windows on them, “they contained individual Lego bricks. Back then, parents bought them regularly to their children, so they could keep expanding their Lego system.” Then she would turn her attention to another set, as I kept asking what was this or that. “Yes, it’s called ‘electronic’ because this train could be activated by whistling,” she would explain, whistling herself. I was just enjoying it like an archeologist. Her explanations, the cool box designs, the quick evolution of the first years...
I was amazed by the ingenuity of it all, curious about the origins of the myth. But that was it. Until we got to the 1970s.Knowing my previous comments, Jette went straight to one of the shelves, at the end of the long aisle. She looked up and down, her lips pressed together, concentrated in finding something. While she was doing this I was filming around, eyes wide open, thinking “oh, is that?” and “nah, that can’t be... can it?” my excitement growing by the second. It was then when she took out a large rectangular box with yellow sides, saying “a-ha! I turned around and I saw what she had in her hands: the Lego Space Galaxy Explorer. And then it hit me. Boom.A wave of emotions took control, hitting my head like a Lego Airbus 380. Dozens of images started to appear in my head, Polaroids of Xmas and birthdays that I thought were faded, completely fresh, color-corrected, and restored by the damn Lucasfilm for a Blu-ray re-release. I could even see the Hollywood quote whores saying “Better than ever!”, “The past never looked so good!”, and “Five stars!” embossed in silver on the special edition boxed set.
There was my mother and father-who built a huge Lego ferris wheel and the Blue Train for us when we were too young to build it, then never stop giving us new sets every year-and then my two brothers and my sister, playing on the rug, building all kind of new and wonderful constructions populated by the strangest creatures. The perfect smell of Lego bricks. You know what I’m talking about, those were the days and all that jazz. Feelings and moments from times when everything was innocent and your only concern was your bike, a big carpet full of Lego bricks, and the amount of cocoa in your cereals.After that, it was one wave after the other, jumping from Lego Space to Lego Technic to Lego Town to Lego Castle and Lego Pirates and Lego Star Wars. Each set a memory, a particular Kodak moment blurred by the occasional teary eye.Soon, too soon, it was over. And as I was walking up the stairs, back to the present, slowly letting the past fade back into the treasure chest, I thought: “This must be it.
This must be reason why Lego is so loved by almost everyone in the planet.” Sure they are fun. The details, the incredible designs, the way you physically touch them, how they make you use both your hands, creativity, and logic. All that is there, all are parts of their universal appeal. But there’s a lot more. Something more fundamental, bigger than the sum of all those qualities. Underneath all that there’s a primal connection, something that makes everyone tune into the childhoods when they see the bricks, and get back into brighter, careless moments, even at the subconscious levels.And thinking that, I joined Jette and Jan in the Real World, with a grin on my face. Life wasn’t that bad, after all. Not if something as simple as a colored brick can make me smile again.I couldn’t think of a better song to go with this story than the Johnny Cash version of Memories Are Made of This, from the album Unchained. Sadness and happiness at the same time, bringing so many other memories on its own.
You can buy it at Amazon or the iTunes Music Store. In fact, get the whole album while you are it, because it’s amazing (and so are the rest of the American Recordings series).This article is not part of the Harry Potter universe. This article covers a subject that is part of the real world, and thus should not be taken as a part of the Harry Potter universe. LEGO Harry Potter was LEGO Theme that started in 2001, to coincide with the release of the first film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Since that time, LEGO sets, games, and books have been released based on all eight Harry Potter films as well as the film inspired by Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Sets for the first five films were released to coincide with the release of the movies. On 25 June, 2010, Warner Bros. Entertainment released LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 a video game developed by Traveller's Tales, covering "the Philisopher's Stone", "the Chamber of Secrets", "the Prisoner of Azkaban" and "The Goblet of Fire".
Ten more sets, released between October 2010 and June 2011, were produced including moments from Years: 1-7. On 16 May, 2011, the book LEGO Harry Potter: Building the Magical World was published which chronicling the creation of the various LEGO Harry Potter releases, including the various sets and the first LEGO Harry Potter video game. On 11 November, 2011, LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7, covering the last three instalments of the series, was released. On 18 June, 2012, the book LEGO Harry Potter: Characters of the Magical World was published focusing on the minifigures, and their variations, from the entire Harry Potter series. On 9 June 2016, in preparation for E3 2016, new Harry Potter sets for the LEGO Dimensions video game, including those based on the film inspired by Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, were announced. The first film saw the largest amount of sets, with fourteen being made in total. To start with, only eleven were produced, three more were made the following year in 2002.
Sorting HatThe Final ChallengeThe Chamber of Winged KeysSnape's ClassroomForbidden CorridorHagrid's HutHogwarts ExpressHogwarts CasteFlying LessonTroll on the LooseGringotts BankHogwarts ClassroomsGryffindorDiagon Alley Shops "Help rescue Harry Potter and Ron from the giant spider Aragog in the Dark Forest!" —Official description of the Aragog in the Dark Forest LEGO set The second film had ten sets made in total, four less than its predecessor. These sets were designed to be combined with sets from the first film to form a larger Hogwarts setting. For some unknown reasons, Hermione does not appear in any of these sets. Quality Quidditch SuppliesKnockturn AlleyQuidditch PractiseAragog in the Dark ForestEscape from Privet DriveDumbledore's OfficeThe Chamber of SecretsDobby's ReleaseThe Duelling ClubSlytherin The third film saw eleven sets released, including the only Harry Potter Mini set. In addition, the minifigures became fleshed toned, following Lego's universal change from yellow toned figures for all minifigures based on real people or characters.
Draco's Encounter with BuckbeakHarry and the Marauder's MapProfessor Lupin's ClassroomSirius Black's EscapeHagrid's HutKnight BusShrieking ShackHogwarts CastleHogwarts ExpressMotorised Hogwarts ExpressMini Knight Bus The fourth film saw only four sets released. This meant many key scenes and characters were missing, most prominently the Third Task, Cedric Diggory and Fleur Delacour.[3] The Harry Potter minifigure headpiece was redesigned as well. Rescue from the MerpeopleGraveyard DuelHarry and the Hungarian HorntailThe Durmstrang Ship There was only one set for the Order of The Phoenix to mark the supposed "retirement" of the theme. It was announced at the 2010 Toy Fair that 6 more Harry Potter LEGO Sets had been produced. They were released October 1, 2010 and they include moments from different movies. The range includes newly designed minifigures and the first appearances of Bellatrix Lestrange, Luna Lovegood, Filius Flitwick and Argus Filch.[6] The LEGO manufacturers added features from across the books and films to each set, to allow for more inventive playing, examples of this are: Aragog in "Hagrid's Hut", and Sirius Black's head in Hogwarts
Early in October 2010, The LEGO Group announced the release of another set: Diagon Alley was released in January 2011. The set features Borgin and Burkes, Gringotts Wizarding Bank and Ollivanders, and includes the first appearances of Fred and George Weasley and Mr Ollivander. Three other sets (along with two promotional sets) were released on June 1, 2011. These are assumed to be the final sets that LEGO will release under the Harry Potter theme. Freeing DobbyQuidditch MatchHagrid's HutThe BurrowHogwarts ExpressHogwarts CastleThe Forbidden ForestKnight BusHogwartsDiagon AlleyTrolleyThe Lab Published 16 May, 2011 LEGO Harry Potter: Building the Magical World chronicled the creation of the various LEGO Harry Potter releases, including the various sets and the first LEGO Harry Potter video game. Written by Elizabeth Dowsett, the book features two sections - "The World of LEGO Harry Potter," featuring the various Wizarding world locations depicted within the series, and "Beyond the Brick," with a behind-the-scenes look at creation, details on merchandising, and more.
Published in 2012, LEGO Harry Potter: Characters of the Magical World was a book chronicling the various LEGO forms of Harry Potter characters, carrying the tagline "With every LEGO Harry Potter minifigure and creature." Written by Jon Richards, the book was organised by sections for every title in the Harry Potter series. It included numerous variations of key characters such as Harry Potter and Severus Snape, and various magical creatures, including Merpeople and Dementors. First released on 25 June, 2010 LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 was a video game based on the first four instalments of the Harry Potter series in LEGO form. Developed by Traveller's Tales, which have also made several other LEGO games, and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, the game features a total of 167 playable characters as Harry and his friends learn how to use spells , charms, jinxes, and potions, as well as visiting familiar places like Hogwarts Castle, Diagon Alley, the Forbidden Forest, and Hogsmeade.
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 was the sequel to LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 and was first released 11 November 2011. Again developed by Traveller's Tales and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, the game was based on the last three Harry Potter books and final four Harry Potter films, taking players through Harry Potter’s heroic adventures in the Muggle and wizarding worlds. From Privet Drive in Little Whinging to new locations including Grimmauld Place, the Ministry of Magic, and Godric's Hollow players encountered new characters, creatures, spells, and potions, preparing them for the ultimate face-off against Lord Voldemort himself — all in LEGO style. Announced on 9 June 2016, new Harry Potter sets will be released for LEGO Dimensions, the toys-to-life console video game. These will include sets featuring Harry Potter, Lord Voldemort, and Newton Scamander from the film inspired by Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, as well as a Quidditch pitch battle arena.