LEGO Harry Potter Sorting Hat (REVIEW)
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- The LEGO Harry Potter Sorting Hat TALKS?!!!!!
Here's my LEGO review of a very surprising LEGO model!
LEGO sets in this video:
Talking Sorting Hat ❯ bit.ly/3SWZR25
New Harry Potter Sets ❯ bit.ly/3SDfD0J
Hogwarts Icons ❯ bit.ly/3QduuPf
Thank you LEGO for sending this set for review.
Views and opinions are my own.
#lego #rlfm #harrypotter #review #76429
Honestly Tiago i mostly agree with you on your takes, however adding $40-50 dollars for a small sound instrument is absolutely insane, I could understand about $10 but this is just completely unjustified
They've had talking toys for decades. You can buy cheap greeting cards with sound chips. It's not a big deal and no way worth an extra $40.
Even $10 for that cheap low quality speaker is too much. If only customers showed how unreasonable this is by not buying this product, Lego would understand people aren't dumb enough to pay for them and would sell a bit more reasonably.
Too bad though that there are some poor souls that would buy it at this price. They are what keeps allowing Lego to continue to overprice their products. These toys are only as fun as the price you paid for them. The more you spend the more you expect. The less you spend, the lower the expectations and it improves the chance for more fun and appreciation for what you bought.
That's the problem: you have people who won't put their money where their mouth is. For those who think Lego is overpriced, don't buy Lego, or don't buy the sets you think are unfairly priced. Better yet, support Lego's competitors, who are doing some amazing work these days and releasing sets as good as anything from Lego for, quite often, a lot less money. Also, Lego-sponsored channels like this always hyping Lego products and practices don't help the situation.@@one4all885
@@one4all885 yeah I’m not too sure how much it costs to make a soundbrick like that which is why I put $10 but $40-50 is just clearly way too much
adding $50 for a speaker is insane.
For a terrible sounding one at that.
He's glorifying a piece of tech Chinese companies can knock out for $1. Other companies who follow good labor laws, maybe $5-$10.
tbf i dont get why people are going crazy for it. Mario Luigi and Peach already them, sounds good and are somewhat cheap
also bluetooh conection
and a screen
He saying this one brick with all the tech (lol) is 50$ and it is justified is thumbs down on this video, sorry.
$50 for brown pieces just seems wrong.
I honestly can’t believe you think the sound brick justifies an extra $50 to the cost of the set
He's sponsored by Lego to talk nice things about Lego. What did you expect. You can buy pretty decent Bluetooth speaker for that price.
@@Inflator82he critiques LEGO all the time, this is surprising from him.
@Brodyk923 there's licensed toy action figures that have built in phrases that cost like $10, there's no way it should increase the cost of the set $40-50
Any time a channel is sponsored by Lego, it automatically calls into question the objectivity of what they're saying since they're getting paid to promote Lego products with video coverage. Lego gives LAN members free sets and early previews, which in turn drive video views, which in turn generate income for the channel owner. You can never know to what extent they're being swayed by their relationship with the "hand that feeds them," so to speak. @@idiodic7prouductons
Without sound brick I would expect this set to cost $60. The extra mark up of $40 is crazy. I wonder how much it will be on bricks and pieces.
The sound brick is preprogrammed so it will not be on bricks and pieces
I thought it was a 💩 at first glance 😂
Lol 😂
Correct.
Me too, glad I'm not the only one.
i didn't see hp movies so even at a second glance it does that to me
Me too!
That sound brick really isn't going to cost that much to produce, heck there's happy meal toys that have had speaker functionality like this, it definitely does not justify the huge markup
I've seen greeting cards with little sound chips. It's not cutting edge tech by any stretch. It's old and simple and cheap.
@@SO-ym3zsyup, just lego pushing their prices way too high to see if consumers will bite, I'm hoping that this ends up on sale cause then it means that people didn't fall for that ridiculous markup!
I understand that licensing bumps up Lego's costs, but this is just crazy. And then I see competitors like Pantasy and Cada putting out sets that are every bit as good as anything Lego makes, for half the price per brick, and then it really makes you wonder.@@nathonso_edits
I'm so happy LEGO made a 💩emoji into a set!
😂
And it talks too
Maybe we can get Mr Hankey the Christmas poo!
It would be great if LEGO would think in terms of a system and make the sound brick compatible and programmable with Powered Up. Unfortunately, I don't see that happening...
Then the set would be like $150 😂
Did not even one person think, hey this looks like a big poop💩 emoji ???
Introducing the Smell Brick- a 4x4x3 brick that emits 22 different smells, including beef, pork, turkey, and so much more.
A key element used in the "LEGO Ideas Buildable Nose", set to be released on April 1st.
500 pieces / Retails for 250 Dollars or 230 Euros.
With how they are screwing europe with most prices, if the set costs 250 dollar we will have to pay 250 euro
sounds like a pretty fair deal
I really hope one of the smells is raw sewage
...but that technology WOULD actually border rocket-science !! ...a 8-bit soundmodule...not so much ....can´t wait for april 😂😂
Hearing the $50 justification for the sound brick is just ludicrous. No person in their right mind would pay $50 for the sound brick by itself, so why we pay $50 for it in a set?
Thanks for your effort in making your reviews. However, saying that the price for this set is justified when you got it for free just seems a bit weird to be honest. I appreciate your insights (as a former employee of the company) into what the process is to create a new piece, but you also know that not all production cost of a new part has to be earned back with the first set in which it appears.
If it's the ONLY set it appears, the production cost must be earned back from the single set. Cost of production can only be diluted with other sets, IF they share the element as far as I'm aware.
What do you mean bro? If you get popsicle for free, can you not say if its price is justified or not? Depending on the taste, size etc. 😂
It's a lot easier to talk about pricing being justified or not when you don't have to spend your own hard-earned money on it. And if a manufacturer is giving you the item in question for free in exchange for media coverage, that muddies the waters even more.@@Infakection
More than 10 euro for a soundbrick is a total scam.
Unless you slap your brand name on it: See Märklin, all the other model train manufacturers or Apple.
@@friedrichweitzer3071 Or luxury brands, from fashion to cars.
Rationalising a $50 sound brick is crazy
I don't like how they splice together disconnected sound parts, instead of having each line would be unique. I heard the splice on the first one and it only got more obvious over time. It wouldn't have cost them much more to do individual voice lines, so it feels lazy and ruins the core functionality of the set.
Oh please, every kid's toy talks and makes noise. That sound brick is not worth $50
You're probably right, but $40? Probably.
$25/$30? almost guaranteed.
@@TiagoCatarino You are absolutely delusional if you think some plastic brick with a speaker is worth that much.
@@ichhabdochkeeahnungNo need to be rude about it. I too am also wondering about the price, however it seems like someone who worked at Lego would be just a tad informed on cost of producing certain elements and not every sound element is the same accross all toys brands. I wonder what the lifespan is for it. I am hoping forever since I plan on over using it myself.
I don't know about regular lego, but duplo has some sound bricks, the animals one is pretty cool, my son loves it
This set is awesome. The easter eggs and house details are great. The mouth and eyebrows moving is perfect.
The sound brick is amazing. However it doesn't justify the set being $50 more. That's insane! If it was $60 or maybe $70 then it would make sense
There is a more realistic sorting hat you can wear, looks more real, sounds better and is only $50. Lego needs to stop offloading development costs on us along with a markup.
A Creator Expert scaled Adam West Lincoln Futura Batmobile that played the iconic Batman theme with a sound brick would probably become my new favorite LEGO set.
How about a Shakespeare bust that plays the theme when you press the button.
I'm not a Harry Potter fan in the slightest, but this is a pretty cool idea and a really solid execution. Too bad it bumps the price up an insane amount, otherwise it'd be something I'd love to see in future lego sets.
Ok sure it may have cost a little more but a 3 dollar plastic dinosaur does the same thing, its although cool a ridiculously overpriced feature
I hope that sound brick can be reprogrammed to make it emit any sounds you want
Tiago, my dear. The final price is INSANE and Lego should have been called out on that by you. I get that you have a somewhat special insight into the additional costs of designing the sound brick, having formerly worked for Lego. But in the presumed +50 dollars for the sound brick, Lego surely built in a heavy heavy cut for itself, and the overall price makes this a very expensice one-trick pony, which begs its own from of criticism, I think. I am sorry to say but your reporting on this set is similar to the bunch of unciritical UA-camrs who are paid by Lego to advertise their material, and I for one like to steer clear of these people when there is so many more independent voices available. I get that your relationship with Lego is complex, but I would have liked a bit more critical thought on this.
I think the build is great especially eyebrows and sound brick is a nice addition. I wonder the lifecycle of soundbrick tho
me too.
and also i was thinking are they going to leak eventually?
Oh wow, the Ravenclaw crest is actually book acurate! It's a bronze eagle instead of a silver raven from the movies
$50 for a sound brick with tech older than dirt and the fact that you make that sound normal is a joke. Then again, it's why they send you free sets.
One thing to consider is that there are Harry Potter fans that aren't familiar with Lego, and see $100 as an affordable set. Overall, the casual market will see the $50-$100 range and buy it if it looks cool, regardless of PPR. That's how sets like the Bonsai Tree got so popular in the first place.
Is it fun to build? Is it cool to display? Are there play features? Is it within my budget? That's what matters to most buyers, not PPR.
Exactly! That’s why I said the set will probably be frowned upon by LEGO fans who are aware of average pricing of products whereas Harry Potter fans not knowing better will look past that
Honestly I’d like the sound brick to be used in sets like Lego boost or mindstorms where you can customize the sounds
well, for my amusement they retared Mimdstorm.
@@henribg1 dang really that’s disappointing
Has to be 32 sounds. With four houses, the total combinations has to be a multiple of four.
This would be cool in diorama sets, where the sound bricks says the quote on the front
I like the idea. And the soundbrick is cool as well. The only problem I see… too many reddish brown pieces. In some years the hat will deter and gets brittle as frozen paper. Don’t touch the hat. I said: don’t touch. But I want to know to which house I belong. I said, don’t touch it. It’s brittle.
Love that the outfit on Harry is without a house as he’s not yet been sorted!
Good catch! Completely missed that!
I believe it was in the Harry Potter calendar a couple years ago too!
This was a great review and seeing the hat in action definitely made me appreciate the build a lot more! Not sure if I feel like the sound brick justifies an extra $40-$50, but I certainly am excited to see what they do with it in the future… hopefully it will be used more than the last one which only had a few different noises for it
Maybe $50 is a bit of a stretch. But I would bet an inside tour set 👀 that the sound brick added at least $25/$30 to the final cost of the set.
Can you program the talking brick?🤔
I don’t think so unfortunately
Don't think so
It you could record or download audio on to it that would be a must for many MOC builders.
When Ravenclaw is actually represented as an eagle 🦅🦅
I kind of wonder how much of the cost is for the licensing of the sound itself. Of course LEGO has a license for the Harry Potter franchise, but that might not necessarily include the use of clips, sounds, or other media from the franchise to use in a commercial product.
i wish we'd get a customizable sound brick!
I’m sure it wouldn’t be cheap, but if Lego sold programmable speakers like they do extra motors I’m sure they’d sell like hotcakes
One of the most unique sets ever made, and at the same price as The Hoopty, is actually the better overpriced set given its groundbreaking new piece.
I wonder if they have one in their upcoming C-3PO set.
Come on Tiago, bring on the good stuff like Ayrton Senna, the StarWars Ships and the Snow White Cottage.
Soon... 👀
Can you reprogram the sound brick to play different samples? Or is it made in a way that it stays with the same sounds no matter what?
So its like 30-40€ set with 20€ licence fees, and 40€ speaker. L O L 😂
Speaking of unecceary sounds, i reckon you could give the "woosh" transition sound effect you use at 0:21 a miss.
I don’t know why everyone is saying this set is expensive. $100 is insanely cheap!!!!!!! Especially since it has a sound brick!!!!! I thought this set would be $150 or maybe even closer to $200, but only $100 is super cheap for a Lego set like this with a complicated sound brick!!!
I hope *Lego* can provide an update to have the hat _speaking _*_different languages...._*
I think you don't just pay extra for the speaker, but also for the whole inventioning of it. Not just the mold, but also the technique in it (which is quite simple but still) and of course the voice. And I can be wrong, but isn't it the same of that used in the movies?
i think so, yes. but the quality of sound :(
Missing the soundchip for R2D2. But only if the module costs half this price and sounds double more pleasing.
For 50 dol. I can buy a full set off lights with a far better speaker module for the Falcon Millenium - no wait I buyed it. The price is insane hi for such a set.
0:23 it actually is exclusive. That hat hasn’t come in Reddish Brown before.
It’s the eagle for ravenclaw! In true to book colors blue and bronze! Instant buy!
Really odd as the Lego ravenclaw House banner is the stupid late movie Raven logo and blue and silver..
yep :)
I want a „hackable“ sound brick
😈😈😈
This wouldn't be too hard to make
"Talking snorting shit"
I can't believe you're trying to justify adding 50$ to the price is reasonable because of a shit speaker block that costs 1$ to make
Nah bro. That sound module costs nothing to make. If it was that expensive, McDonalds Happy meals with similar plastic toys that make sounds would cost 50 bucks too. A mold is not THAT expensive to make and those circuits are probably standard stuff with just different sound files stored. Production probably costs somewhere around 1-2 dollars, and development... I could develop that in a weekend by myself with a bit of (e)CAD and about 10 lines of code lol.
I wish it didn’t have the sound, will wait and hope for a discount because otherwise it’s fantastic
It looks really nice for collectors!
to stay on the shelf. the sound is terrible. and is the only set i displayed with the box, for simetry of sort :)
That soundbrick sounds like it comes out of a toy from twenty years ago.
yes, quality is bad. and the song? wow :)
I would be willing to pay $50 more if the sound brick could be programmed by user.
I want to see the sound brick used In UCS star wars sets to give ships, but more importantly droids their sounds. How cool would it be if a LEGO R2D2 made his boops and beeps
Is the new sound brick programmable, and if so how??
I didn’t know it could move or even talk 👀 Cool, but I’ll wait for discounts. 80usd makes more sense to me
I would be wondering if Lego pays more than a dollar or two for making this soundbrick over in China. These are really basic electronic components which costs literally nothing over there. Especially if you buy them in large quantities. Yes there are license fees but come on Lego. $60 would be more than enough for this thing. I think it will sit on the shelfs forever and will be pushed out on clearance with at least -50% off. Lego will make their cut and the seller loses money. So business as usual I think.
Cool set. With that face you could make a great Fraggle Rock Trash Heap MOC! :-D
It looks like a Scarecrow hat ... the batman villain
There's also harry Potter's owl that can move thats pretty cool
Where does the sorting come into play? I don't get it.
I legit thought this was a Lego poop emoji....
Wouldn’t it be funny if the Black Panther (greatly missed Chadwick) bust had this feature ? Yelling violent stuff like. : « Answer me murderer ! Where did you got this weapon? »
i love the idea but overall im not a fan, i wouldnt be interested in this set but the price point for the lighthouse still irks me. i get it, it's motorised and has a newly developed lens but since i got it i turned it on maybe 5 times and only for a bit. I would much prefer it be a reasonable price and without the motorised part
I like the 4 hogwarts tiles and how it displays next to the hogwarts icons set but imma need to find it on discount...
Reading all these comments about the price and then there's me who just spent £85 on buying it 😂😂
I am a blind person just listening to his speech, but can anyone describe the hat because he only described the building technique and the function and not the appearance.
It is a mostly brown, cone shaped hat with a large brim. It looks worn down and has a saggy face on it. It looks significantly smaller than what the hat would probably look like in real life.
The brim of the hat sits on a small black stand that has a square tile of each houses emblem. The hats brim has exposed studs and stitching represented through a couple of stickers.
Overall it’s a dark brown color and together with the pointed hats shape and shiny plastic finish as several commenters pointed out it really does resemble a poop emoji. Only it’s not smiling, it has a frown represented with his slightly opened mouth and his furrowed eyebrows.
When you make it talk or slightly push the top of the hat without triggering the sound chip, the mouth opens and the eyebrows raise which looks nice. The back of the hat is a bit of a mess since it needs to accommodate for the lever and technic pieces that permit activating the sound module.
Hope that helps!
@@Hsdout you definitely were more descriptive than I was 😂
lol yeah but you mentioned the cone shape and the overall smaller size so we complemented the description well
@@reelandyreid thanks a lot! I am very appreciated.
Its great that batteries can be easily replaced. Also I do feel we can expect Soundbrick upgrade for the recent K-POP set. Having entire music album released in that way would be interesting. Or maybe "Best of Rolling Stones" for the Mouth build? ;D
This isn't the first sound brick if I'm not mistaken, I have a brick which I don't know where it comes from but it plays an alarm sound when pressed.
From a creator house!
This set is exactly what it appears to be, its 💩. And not only, because Lego has the audacity to charge 50$ for one sound brick but because it sounds ridiculously cheap. Maybe 10 years ago this would be somewhat good but not today.
They just couldn't pick a bit different color could they?
It's cool for sure but... the old, blinking siren brick didn't up the cost $50
i knew it, you are a hufflepuff!
I always thought myself as a ravenclaw, but the sorting hat has spoken I guess!
@@TiagoCatarino "Hufflepuff was the most inclusive among the four houses; valuing hard work, dedication, patience, loyalty, and fair play rather than a particular aptitude in its students. Hufflepuffs were known to have a strong moral code, and a sense of right and wrong."
That sounds a lot like what you did: You passed up a high-profile career at LEGO that would have helped you personally achieve the highest possible goal, and instead chose to do what was right and best for your family. But it seems like you're still doing what you love, so maybe it was the right decision after all, career-wise as well.
I wonder what it looks like on the big Harry and Hermione figures?
It looks very good 👍
Edged to this
Bro 💀
Brother.
😟
The speaker doesn’t good enough for the $$$ (IMO)
Very unique!
I’m so unimpressed with this one. The brim of the hat is so flat and stiff- they really missed the opportunity for a great floppy brim like something you’d see in a Flemish renaissance painting.
the four founder’s “items” - what? doesn’t lego have actual tiara pieces? looks so odd next to the molded cup and sword.
and the price!! $50 for a piece of tech that’s existed for half a century? so confusing, especially because the actual sound bites are so stilted and piecemeal. for that much i’m expecting monologues of lush voice acting
considering how much more tech mario sets pack and how their prices still aren't this high, i think this one is awfully overpriced. it's cool, but 10$ toys pack this kind of tech. with the figure and the build, i think this should've been 70$ at most, though it's still not as outrageous as the hoopty set from marvel,
That’s actually a great example! The first Mario starter course had 231 pieces for $60 bringing the price per piece ratio to 25 cents a piece, and indeed lots of tech included there.
Sorting hat comes down to 17 cent a a piece with not that many tech in comparison which kinda makes sense but still is “cheaper” than the Mario.
Then the Luigi and Peach courses come a few years later and while keeping the price tag of $60, slightly increased their piece counts meaning that while the tech is still there and is still the same, the cost of the technology has been diluted meaning the sets can now have a lot more LEGO going on for it.
That’s the issue with the sorting hat.
Being the first of its kind (for LEGO) to use this “new” tech, no matter how anyone sees it and no matter how many times you compare it to other brands or cheap solutions sold by the 10s of millions from Chinese factories, it will still cost a significant amount to produce by LEGO.
But the more sets that use the technology the lower the cost it will be to produce in the long run.
The first Mario was the most expensive.
The first Powered Up sets were probably the most expensive.
The first “insert LEGO tech here” sets were the most expensive.
@@TiagoCatarino you’re right, fresh tech always ends up being ridiculously expensive. this tech is really cool so i’m looking forward to lego making use of it in more sets. i think the sorting hat was a great choice for the first one - it’s iconic and i’m pretty sure it’s still gonna sell well despite the the price being hard to swallow. i guess you could say that we’ll watch this brick’s career with great interest.
@@TiagoCatarinoFor what it's worth - even if all that you're saying here is true, then still if I were Lego's CEO my strategy would be to keep the price on the first product within the realms of sanity (from the consumer's point of view), accept the lower-than-average profit, get people to love the product rather than to feel annoyed by the outrageous prices, and profit more in the long run. Were the Mario products as successful as they could've been?
Mario was successful far beyond anyone's expectations. Other tech based themes flopped real hard like Vidyio or Hidden Side. It's always a "gamble" and as such they always need to earn their money outright I think.
Mr Hanky!!
Meh, if you want decent toys then expect to pay for it. They’ll be forking out royalties for the IP too. Personally I think that’s a great price for what it is.
"the back is bad"
*you belong in slitherin*
thanks so much
do you know how many languages there will be? Only english?
2:28 Hello. Smithers. You're. Quite good. At.............
Is the sound brick the first lego piece with screws?
No the new Technic battery boc also uses screws for safety.
What many of you are not appreciating is the sheer coolness factor of the sound brick in this application. How can they justify charging $50 for the sound brick? Because this set went from a "no thank you, not interested, I don't even like Harry Potter that much" to "Wow, that's pretty neat. I may buy this set now" for me. And I imagine a lot of other buyers will feel the same. Also, $100 is not that much money these days. Especially for Lego. I just filled up my car with gas/petrol today and it was $100. I would much rather spend that $100 on this hat. 😁
Still $50 for a light brick is just absolutely insane. You can’t justify that by saying that it’s “cool” so it’s fine. Also $100 is a lot of money and saying it’s not that much nowadays feels a bit out of touch imo
Awesome review dude
LESS GOOOO
Le Choixpeau in French 🇫🇷☺️
Aw, I thought that the mouth and eyes would move in sync with the speech. Kinda disappointing. I'm sure someone in the community will make that happen...
i just want the hut
Cool set but not for $100