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- 5Average Rating
- 9Helpfulness Votes
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- August 29, 2020First Review
- September 2, 2020Last Review
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Forbidden Forest: Umbridge's Encounter
Posted:September 2, 2020
SandalThong
Age:
45-54
years old
Customer Type:
LEGO Fan
Building Experience:
Advanced LEGO builder
Overall:
5
/
5
Waited Years For This!
" This is a most excellent set! For years I've wanted to get LEGO Centaurs for my Harry Potter collection and home-made builds. I thought about building my own giant, but didn't get it together. Here we have both centaurs and a giant! This set also has a Dolores Umbridge minifig, which was very rare after the 2007 Hogwarts Castle set (version 3: Year 5) went out of print, (selling $80 just for the figure, and nearly that for the torso alone).
Once I learned it was coming, I eagerly awaited it's release, and the day it came out I ordered two sets for giant fights and centaur battles! While assembling it I asked myself, who hides stuff in a hollow tree? Then I remembered: Helena Ravencroft hid the diadem/tiara. Now if I can just find one!
After taking the picture below, I've since used pieces from my LEGO collection to increase the size of one of the giants by a head, as Grawp is said to be an under-sized giant. I also have Lucius Malfoy's long blond hair to create Firenze, Harry's centaur friend and professor he encountered in Years 1 and 6.
Someday I'll combine my sets for The Battle of Hogwarts!
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I would recommend this to a friend!
From: Cary
From:
United States
State:
North Carolina
Age:
45-54
years old
Customer Type:
LEGO Fan
Building Experience:
Advanced LEGO builder
Purchased For:
Self
Build Time:
50
mins
Play Experience (Optional):
5
/
5
Value for Money (Optional):
5
/
5
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Hungarian Horntail Triwizard Challenge
Hungarian Horntail Triwizard Challenge
Posted:August 29, 2020
SandalThong
Age:
45-54
years old
Customer Type:
LEGO Fan
Building Experience:
Advanced LEGO builder
Overall:
5
/
5
Great dragon set
" This is the 2nd Hungarian Horntail set (the first #4767 was from 2005). This set has a much better poseable dragon made from many pieces, whereas the previous had a solid body and legs. It has a similar number of pieces and price.
This set contains all 4 Triwizard champion Minifigs (Fleur and Cedric were not in any sets in 2005, so I made my own). I look forward to getting some blue pieces to change it out and make a Swedish Short-Snout (Cedric's dragon).
The first set had more action in the form of a catapult launching Harry's broom, collapsible stands as the dragon breaks loose, and a magnet for a minifig to hold and capture the golden egg. It looks like it has more pieces, but it's taken up by 4 big rock panels and 1 dragon body. Once out of print, it became expensive, including its unique pieces, like a peg-leg Mad-Eye Moody (A Moody was in the 2018 Collectible Minifigures: Harry Potter).
If you like dragons and/or Harry Potter, then this is a set to get.
"
I would recommend this to a friend!
From: Cary
From:
United States
State:
North Carolina
Age:
45-54
years old
Customer Type:
LEGO Fan
Building Experience:
Advanced LEGO builder
Build Time:
01
hrs
Play Experience (Optional):
4
/
5
Value for Money (Optional):
5
/
5
I would recommend this to a friend!
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