This is the second time in recent years that LEGO has created a Diagon Alley set, but last time it was a micro-scale set that was exclusive with in-store purchases. I had just missed out of that set when I bought my Hogwarts Castle, but now you can get a minifigure-scale set!

Official Description

LEGO® Harry Potter™ Diagon Alley™ (75978) is a superb recreation of London’s most magical shopping street for fans of the Harry Potter movies aged 16 and up.

Iconic stores packed with authentic movie details
Measuring more than a meter wide, the impressive model captures the scale and ambience of the bustling magic-supplies hub. Behind magnificent facades lie intriguing interiors, fascinating features and familiar characters. Check out the wands at Ollivanders™; drop in on Gilderoy Lockhart™’s book-signing event at Flourish & Blotts™ bookseller; obtain a love potion from Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes™; and peruse the products and paraphernalia at Scribbulus™ Writing Implements, Quality Quidditch™ Supplies, Florean Fortescue’s Ice Cream Parlor and the Daily Prophet™.

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The extensive range of LEGO models and playsets provide fans of the Harry Potter Universe with endless imaginative fun and creative display possibilities.

• This large LEGO® Harry Potter™ Diagon Alley™ (75978) display model gives fans of the Harry Potter movies aged 16 and up a chance to recreate magical London’s most magical shopping street.
• Includes Ollivanders™ Wand Shop, Scribbulus™ Writing Implements, Quality Quidditch™ Supplies, Florean Fortescue’s Ice Cream Parlor, Flourish & Blotts™ bookseller, Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes™ and the Daily Prophet™ entrance.
• Authentic accessories and familiar minifigures from the Harry Potter™ movies makeit possible to create a ‘living model’ with endless possibilities to rearrange and create new narratives.
• This challenging and rewarding construction set makes a great Christmas or birthday gift for kids, Harry Potter™ fans, model enthusiasts and lovers of LEGO® brick building aged 16 and up.
• Measuring over 11” (29cm) high, 40” (102cm) wide and 5” (13cm) deep, this LEGO® Harry Potter™ Diagon Alley™ set is crammed to the rooftops with authentic details.
• No batteries required. This modular construction set provides a hands-on, fulfilling building experience. Even the famous hat-lifting entrance to Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes™ is powered by hand.
• If you’re thinking of buying this remarkable model as a gift for someone new to LEGO® building kits, don’t worry – it comes with easy-to-follow, printed building instructions. Open the box and let the building fun begin!
• LEGO® Harry Potter™ sets contain favorite characters, amazing features and familiar locations from the popular movies. They make ideal gifts for anyone wanting to recreate the movie magic.
• LEGO® construction toys meet the highest industry standards to ensure every brick is consistent and compatible, connecting and pulling apart perfectly every time – no magic required!
• All LEGO® bricks and pieces are dropped, heated, crushed, twisted and analyzed to make sure each one meets the highest safety standards in the world.

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If you are a fan of Harry Potter then you are probably as excited about the new lineup as I am. I am excited for the Burrow and the flying Hedwig model. Which set are you most excited about?

Below we go over all the new sets

Hogwarts Astronomy Tower

The new Hogwarts Astronomy Tower makes a great companion piece to the already released Hogwarts sets, such as the clock tower and great hall.

This LEGO Hogwarts playset gives you the freedom to explore the many fascinating rooms of Hogwarts castle, and includes minifies of Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Horace Slughorn, Luna Lovegood, Neville Longbottom, Ron Weasley, Lavender Brown, Draco Malfoy and Hedwig.

Hedwig (with flapping wings)

The new Hedwig set is especially intriguing to me, because it is a mechanical set that features flapping wings, which I think is a nice feature.

Bring the magical personality and elegant movement of Hedwig™, the celebrated snowy owl from the Harry Potter™ movies, to life. The collectable LEGO® Harry Potter Hedwig (75979) display toy offers a rewarding building experience and looks magnificent on show.

Buildable Hedwig the owl with ‘flying’ wings
With a wingspan of over 13” (34cm), this 630-piece brick-build model shows Hedwig in flight, delivering an important letter. Once the build is complete, a turn of a handle causes the jointed wings to move gracefully up and down. The collectable model stands on a sturdy base with a detachable LEGO Harry Potter Minifigure and another, smaller, Hedwig the owl toy with wings spread open.

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Attack on the Burrow

The Burrow is one of my favourite locations from Harry Potter. Not only is the burrow the home to the Weasleys, but it is beautifully wonky and almost heath Robinson in design. It is interesting to see that Lego managed to create a piece that is not perfectly straight, as you can see, the top is on a slant.

Will Death Eaters burn down The Burrow?
There’s so much to do and discover in The Burrow, the Weasley family house, that one side of the highly detailed dollhouse toy opens up to provide lots more space for kids to play. With 8 minifigures, play can begin right away. As kids recreate the famous scene where the evil Death Eaters, Bellatrix Lestrange and Fenrir Greyback, attack, fire elements can be used to recreate the fire that devastates the building.

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4 Privet Drive

Harry Potter fans will have endless fun with Harry, Ron Weasley™, Dudley Dursley, Vernon Dursley, Petunia Dursley and Dobby™ minifigures. They’ll enjoy imaginative play all over the fully equipped 2-story house, including locating Harry’s secret cupboard under the stairs and activating the flood of Hogwarts™ acceptance letters through the letterbox.

Collectible Harry Potter flying car toy
The magical excitement continues outdoors when Ron appears at the upstairs window with the flying Ford Anglia. Kids open the trunk to attach a chain to its hook and, very soon, the window is dragged off and Harry escapes!

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Hogwarts™ Room of Requirement

LEGO® Harry Potter™ Hogwarts™ Room of Requirement (75966) transports young witches and wizards into a magical world as they join a group of friends on a secret mission to overcome powerful dark magic.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix™ role-play toy
Fans of Harry Potter can recreate classic movie moments and conjure up imaginative adventures of their own with Harry, Hermione Granger™ and Luna Lovegood™. Dumbledore’s Army is practising spells in the mysterious Room of Requirement. Kids can help Harry teach the Patronus charm. There’s a Hare for Luna and an Otter for Hermione. Power shooters fit into the minifigures’ hands and fire at the mechanical Death Eater toy. With a host of cool features and accessories, the magical fun will never end!

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Forbidden Forest: Umbridge’s Encounter

Harry Potter™ fans can create a magical world of giants, centaurs and enchanted trees as they enter the Forbidden Forest with LEGO® Harry Potter Forbidden Forest: Umbridge’s Encounter (75967).

Minifigures and magical creatures in the Forbidden Forest
Kids enter the Forbidden Forest with 3 minifigures – Harry Potter, Hermione Granger™ and Dolores Umbridge™ – and cast a spell to open the large tree and reveal a selection of accessories: A lantern, bone and turkey leg. There are 2 centaur figures and a posable giant Grawp that kids can use to pick up Umbridge and take her… wherever they want. Young witches and wizards will love acting out classic moments from Harry Potter movies and dreaming up magical adventures.

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If you have ever been to Harry Potter Warner Bros. Studio Tour in London, you know that the finale to the exhibit is the Hogwarts Castle used in the filming of the first few films, and it is awe-inspiring!

The first time I saw it, I took about 300 photos and spent hours walking around it and looking at every inch of detail. So my love of Hogwarts runs deep.

When the set was first announced, I thought it was too good to be true! Mainly because it was leaked before the official announcement. However, a few days later LEGO officially announced the set, and the rather large price tag to go with it.

Officially the second biggest LEGO set ever after the Millenium Falcon released earlier this year and coming it at 6020 pieces for £349.99. No small fee, but worthy of the price when it is such a big set!

LEGO Hogwarts Castle Video Review

Set Details

The LEGO Hogwarts set has lots of fantastic details on the outside and the inside. It features rooms and details depicting classic moments from the books/films.

Official LEGO Description

Make the magic come alive at the LEGO® Harry Potter™ 71043 Hogwarts™ Castle! This highly detailed LEGO Harry Potter collectable has over 6,000 pieces and offers a rewarding build experience. It comes packed with highlights from the Harry Potter series, where you will discover towers, turrets, chambers, classrooms, creatures, the Whomping Willow™ and Hagrid´s hut, plus many more iconic features. And with 4 minifigures, 27 microfigures featuring students, professors and statues, plus 5 Dementors, this advanced building set makes the perfect Harry Potter gift.

• Includes 4 minifigures: Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Salazar Slytherin and Rowena Ravenclaw, with a buildable Minifigure display stand.
• Also features 27 microfigures: Harry Potter™, Ron Weasley™, Hermione Granger™, Draco Malfoy™, Albus Dumbledore™, Professor Snape™, Professor McGonagall™, Remus Lupin, Professor Dolores Umbridge™, Argus Filch, Lord Voldemort™, Bellatrix Lestrange, 3 students from each of the 4 houses, 2 chess pieces and the Architect of Hogwarts™ statue and 5 Dementors, plus Aragog the spider and the Basilisk figures, and a buildable Hungarian Horntail dragon.
• Features a buildable microscale model of Hogwarts™ Castle, hut of Hagrid™, Whomping Willow™ tree and 5 boats.
• Hogwarts™ Castle features the Great Hall with buildable ‘stained glass windows’, house banners, benches, tables, flaming torches and moving staircases; potions classroom with racks of jar elements; Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom with assorted potion jars, gramophone and a closet containing a boggart; Chessboard Chamber with chess piece elements; Room of Requirement with assorted elements, including the Goblet of Fire and the vanishing cabinet; Chamber of Secrets™ with the Basilisk and Tom Riddle’s Diary; hidden Devils Snare room with vine elements; Gryffindor™ common room with fireplace and seating; Professor Dolores Umbridge’s office with desk, chair and pink furnishings; library with bookcase and desks; and Professor Dumbledore’s office with the Griffin statue entrance and Memory cabinet.
• Hagrid’s hut features Aragog the spider and buildable pumpkins.
• The Whomping Willow™ includes the buildable blue Flying Ford Anglia car in its spinning branches.
• Also includes 5 buildable boats.
• Take a seat in the Great Hall and feast with the Hogwarts™ professors and students!
• Sneak your way into the Chamber of Secrets™ through the secret entrance and face the Basilisk!
• Attend a Defence Against the Dark Arts class to learn how to protect yourself from dark magic!
• Climb the moving staircase!
• Study for your Ordinary Wizarding Level exams in the library.
• Accessory elements include the Sword of Gryffindor™, Helga Hufflepuff´s cup, wands, potions, house banners, flames, a cauldron and 2 magnifying glasses.
• Microfigure accessories include 2 chess statues and the Architect of Hogwarts™ statue.
• Hogwarts™ Castle measures over 22” (58cm) high, 27” (69cm) wide and 16” (43cm) deep.

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The problem lies in the fact the box of 60 only really contains 2 complete sets (excluding the 1 per box minifigure), as there are 22 minifigures to collect!

The most in a bix are 3 of the same characters, and the least is 1 per box. Below is a table of the figures and how many appear in the box.

Minifigures with Three in a Box

Harry Potter:

• Harry Potter (Hogwarts Uniform) (1)
• Hermione Granger (2)
• Ron Weasley (3)
• Draco Malfoy (4)
• Neville Longbottom (6)
• Cho Chang (7)
• Dean Thomas (8)
• Lord Voldemort (9)
• Dobby (10)
• Cedric Diggory (12)
• Filius Flitwick (13)
• Mad-Eye Moody (14)
• Albus Dumbledore (16)

Fantastic Beasts:

• Newt Scamander (17)
• Porpentina Goldstein (18)
• Jacob Kowalski (19)
• Queenie Goldstein (20)

Minifigures with Two in a Box

Harry Potter:

• Luna Lovegood (5)
• Sybil Trelawney (11)
• Harry Potter (Invisibility Cloak) (15)

Fantastic Beasts:

• Credence Barebone (21)

The Rare One (1 per box of 60):

• Percival Graves / Gellert Grindelwald (22)

So now you know the rare ones, but how do you find them in a box of 60?

Box Back

Box Front

Though the position has been reported to vary forward and backwards by up to 3 spaces, however, generally the position is pretty close in various reports.

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This is great news for fans for LEGO and Harry Potter, as LEGO has announced the new sets that they have created for Harry Potter Fans! I must say; they look pretty awesome!

It has been a while since the last harry potter set was retired, as there have been no Harry Potter Films since Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 that was released in 2011! ? How time flies.

While Fantastic Beasts and Newt Scamander have reignited interest in the wizarding world, many still crave more of Harry Potter’s particular brand of magic. Well, get your brick sorting hats on! Becuase your wish is my command!

The recently announced Harry Potter theme from LEGO will be kicking off with Hogwarts no less, while they will also have a new range of Harry Potter BrickHeadz to add to your collection.

Let’s take a look at what is coming

 

LEGO Hogwarts’ Great Hall

Yes! Hogwarts’ Great Hall kicks off the new Harry Potter LEGO theme in style.

Lego returns to JK Rowling’s Wizarding World in August, with the release of the first new set in the series. The sets will be based on the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts series. The first set in the Lego Harry Potter series will be Hogwarts Great Hall, a $99 set featuring ten minifigures no less. It will also include two buildable creatures and a nice amount of detail.

The Hogwarts Great Hall set, which was first shown off at the New York Toy Fair, is a pretty awesome return to Harry Potter series. This work of architectural art stands 14 inches high, 8 inches wide and 11 inches deep. It also has a respectable 878 pieces for you to magic together.

On first glance, you would be forgiven for wondering where those 800+ pieces go, but when you turn it around, the detailed interior is a sight to behold! Yes, this fantastic beast is a beauty from the outside and on the inside. The best of both wizarding worlds! (I really need to stop with the bad puns).

It has been mentioned that the set will fit together with another set, but why stop there? This could be a modular Hogwarts set that pieces together to create a whole Hogwarts! Imagine that 😀

LEGO Harry Potter Whomping Willow

The next set in the series is the Whomping Willow from Chamber of Secrets, complete with a Ford Anglia to perch in the branches, recreating the scene where Harry and Ron crashed into the tree in the film and books.

The set comes with the whomping willow (obviously), a Ford Anglia, and the Ron and Harry Minifigs. It also looks like there is a hole in the base of the tree so you can reenact the scenes from the film/books.

LEGO Harry Potter Platform 9 3/4

If you want to complete any Harry Potter collection you are going to need a Hogwarts Express, complete with the famous platform 9 3/4.

This looks like a nice sized set, with space in the carriages for the assortment of minifigs that come with it including; Harry, Ron, Hermione, a Dementor, and Professor Lupin

LEGO Harry Potter BrickHeadz

I do enjoy a good BrickHeadz figure! After what seemed like a slow start, they have added many more in the last few months, ranging from DC to Star Wars, and now we can expect Harry Potter to be added to the mix.

So far they have announced Harry and Hedwig, a two-piece set, a solo Hermione Grainger, and a Ron and Dumbledore set.

Now that LEGO seems more willing to package multiple BrickHeadz together, it opens up a lot of opportunities for some of the lesser known characters to make an appearance, however, we still have quite a list of the main ones that haven’t been announced.

I think we need a Voldermort, Hagrid (maybe with one of his many pets), Dobby, and more! There are far too many great characters to list them all, but I for one am looking forward to the BrickHeadZ they announce.

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