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- September 8, 2020First Review
- March 5, 2021Last Review
LEGO® Harry Potter™ Hogwarts™ Moment: Herbology Class (76384) is a brick-built playbook that opens and unfolds to reveal the Hogwarts greenhouse, where a Herbology lesson is taking place.Includes Cedric Diggory, Neville Longbottom™ and Professor Sprout minifigures, a spell book, pumpkin patch, watering station with bucket and golden faucet, and a greenhouse backdrop.Kids lift the cover to enter Professor Sprout's Herbology lesson. There is gardening equipment and enchanted plants to practice with – and safety warnings about the monstrous Mandrake!For ages 8 and up. A great gift for young witches and wizards looking for a different way to experience Harry Potter™ magic and excitement.This magical Hogwarts™ Moment set measures over 5 in. (12 cm) high, 3 in. (8 cm) wide and 1.5 in. (4 cm) deep – an ideal size for pick-up-and-play portability. It looks cool on a bookshelf, too.Features authentic accessories, such as a silver spade and pruning scissors, and a greenhouse setting that kids will know from famous scenes in the Harry Potter™ movies.There are other sets in the series to collect. Designed to recreate different magical classrooms, they can be placed together to produce a 360-degree Hogwarts™ play experience.All LEGO® Harry Potter™ sets are bursting with characters, features and locations from the magical movies to enchant and inspire endless imaginative play.LEGO® building components meet stringent industry standards to ensure they are compatible and connect and pull apart consistently every time – it’s been that way since 1958.LEGO® sets are tested to the max to make sure they meet stringent global safety standards.
Posted:March 5, 2021
FaithfulSlytherin
Age:
35-44
years old
Customer Type:
LEGO Educator
Building Experience:
Advanced LEGO builder
Overall:
5
/
5
Herbology Classroom :)
" This is by far my favourite of the four books set. A real greenhouse! A real herbology book page! (actually two, because there's one in the book as well) and Sprout! The design is really lovely, bringing out all that makes a Herbology Classroom. I'd have had more vines (the Venomous Tentacula, obviously), and pots and all, of course, but as a fold-in book this one is really great. One can always add more green :P Thank you really very much for this one, Lego!
"
I would recommend this to a friend!
From: Cossonay-Ville
From:
Switzerland
Age:
35-44
years old
Customer Type:
LEGO Educator
Building Experience:
Advanced LEGO builder
Build Time:
30
mins
Value for Money (Optional):
2
/
5
Level of Difficulty:
Very Easy
Very Easy
Very Challenging
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LEGO® Harry Potter™ Hogwarts™ Moment: Potions Class (76383) is a brick-built playbook that opens and unfolds to reveal the dungeon Potions classroom from the Harry Potter movies.Includes Draco Malfoy™, Seamus Finnigan and Professor Snape™ minifigures, a potion book, blackboard, armchair, table, secret chamber and a dungeon backdrop.Kids lift the cover to enter Professor Snape's Potions lesson. There is potion-making equipment to practice with – and a secret chamber to explore!For ages 8 and up. Suitable for young witches and wizards looking for a new way to enjoy a Harry Potter™ adventure.This magical Hogwarts™ Moment set measures over 5 in. (12 cm) high, 3 in. (8 cm) wide and 1.5 in. (4 cm) deep – the perfect size for play, portability and placing on a kid's bookshelf.Features authentic accessories, such as a spoon, knife, cup, pot and a purple potion, plus a dungeon setting that kids will recognize from the Harry Potter™ movies.There are more magical sets like this to collect, each designed to recreate a different Hogwarts™ classroom. When placed together, they connect to create an innovative 360-degree play space.All LEGO® Harry Potter™ sets contain favorite characters, fun features and familiar locations from the popular movies. Captivating, convenient and a magical gift for any young witch or wizard.LEGO® pieces fulfil rigorous industry quality standards that ensure they are consistent, compatible and connect and pull apart perfectly every time – and it’s been that way since 1958.LEGO® sets are dropped, heated, crushed, twisted and analyzed to make sure they satisfy rigorous global safety standards.
Posted:March 5, 2021
FaithfulSlytherin
Age:
35-44
years old
Customer Type:
LEGO Educator
Building Experience:
Advanced LEGO builder
Overall:
5
/
5
Potions Classroom :)
" Potions is one of my favourite subjects. I was looking forward to building this book, and I was not disappointed. It looks really good, and I'm happy to see Seamus Finnigan featured as a minifig. There are a lot of potions and stuff, but I'd love to see more cauldrons and books. however, I'm happy to have customised books for each of the four books.
This set comes second only to the Herbology classroom. Thank you Lego. "
This set comes second only to the Herbology classroom. Thank you Lego. "
I would recommend this to a friend!
From: Cossonay-Ville
From:
Switzerland
Age:
35-44
years old
Customer Type:
LEGO Educator
Building Experience:
Advanced LEGO builder
Build Time:
30
mins
Value for Money (Optional):
2
/
5
Level of Difficulty:
Very Easy
Very Easy
Very Challenging
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LEGO® Harry Potter™ Hogwarts™ Moment: Transfiguration Class (76382) is a brick-built playbook that opens to reveal a Hogwarts Transfiguration classroom playset from the Harry Potter movies.Includes Hermione Granger™, Ron Weasley™ and Professor McGonagall™ minifigures, a blackboard, 2 desks, 2 chairs, treasure chest, storage cupboard, spell book and lots of authentic accessories.Kids open the set's cover to enter Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration lesson. There are lots of magical supplies to practice with – but Ron needs help when his pet rat turns into a goblet!For ages 8 and up. Suitable for young witches and wizards looking for a new way to enjoy a Harry Potter™ adventure.This magical Hogwarts™ Moment set measures over 5 in. (12 cm) high, 3 in. (8 cm) wide and 1.5 in. (4 cm) deep, a perfect size for pick-up-and-play portable convenience.Features several accessories for extra imaginative fun, such as a teacup, silver goblet and a frog for transfiguration practice, plus Ron's pet rat, Scabbers.There are a series of these magical sets to collect, each designed and decorated to recreate a different Hogwarts™ classroom. Together, they interlock to create an innovative 360-degree play space.All LEGO® Harry Potter™ sets contain favorite characters, fun features and familiar locations from the popular movies. Captivating, convenient and a magical gift for any young witch or wizard.LEGO® components fulfil stringent industry quality standards to ensure they are consistent, compatible and connect and pull apart perfectly every time – and it’s been that way since 1958.LEGO® components are dropped, heated, crushed, twisted and analyzed to make sure they satisfy rigorous global safety standards.
Posted:February 26, 2021
FaithfulSlytherin
Age:
35-44
years old
Customer Type:
LEGO Educator
Building Experience:
Advanced LEGO builder
Overall:
4
/
5
First ever Transfiguration Class
" I was looking forward to this set, not because I am a huge Transfiguration fan - which I am not, incidentally, but because McGonagall has never so far been offered a classroom, at least not in the latest Lego series. It is a nice set, but that's about it. Love the idea of the four books, but it is hard to get Transfiguration right, since it's really actually 'only' spellwork, like Charms. I was actually hoping (against hope, as it happened) to get a cat version of McGonagall. Her taking her Animagus form in the films (that is not how it is in the book) for the first lesson is iconic if not canon. That is my big disappointment. However, the design of the set is very Gryffindorish and I love the blackboard and the wall along the book spine. Also the fact that McGonagall has hair. That's a really cool thing.
I think it sort of fun that the actual veraverto spell is used on the board to turn a frog into a glass and not a rat as it is in the story, but the rat is there too if one wants to carry on without variations. Plus a yellow frog is not exactly the most commonly seen Lego frog :)
On the whole, not bad, I'm not over the moon, but I am overexcited to build Potions and Herbology (those are my favourite classes along with Care of Magical Creatures). "
I think it sort of fun that the actual veraverto spell is used on the board to turn a frog into a glass and not a rat as it is in the story, but the rat is there too if one wants to carry on without variations. Plus a yellow frog is not exactly the most commonly seen Lego frog :)
On the whole, not bad, I'm not over the moon, but I am overexcited to build Potions and Herbology (those are my favourite classes along with Care of Magical Creatures). "
I would recommend this to a friend!
From: Cossonay-Ville
From:
Switzerland
Age:
35-44
years old
Customer Type:
LEGO Educator
Building Experience:
Advanced LEGO builder
Purchased For:
Self
Build Time:
20
mins
Value for Money (Optional):
2
/
5
Level of Difficulty:
Very Easy
Very Easy
Very Challenging
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Posted:November 29, 2020
FaithfulSlytherin
Age:
35-44
years old
Customer Type:
LEGO Educator
Building Experience:
Advanced LEGO builder
Overall:
5
/
5
A really cool Hogwarts model
" I bought this set over a year ago with bonus money for 20 years of service, and had been waiting for a good moment to start building it. I got a relatively easy form of covid and decided to do it during quarantine once I could get out of bed, slooooowly. It took me ages, and I loved it. I am the weird kind that cannot build one bag after the next. I need to sort ALL the bricks first, then only I can start building. Double feeling: being rid of the growing pile of plastic, and the immensity of the task ahead is visible. Double plus, for me,
I loved the idea of having a model Hogwarts. I love it that there's scenes from nearly all the books, and there's also trees and the cliff on which the castle stands in the films. The four Founder minifigs are amazing. The way the stained glass windows are made is really clever, along with many other features. I learnt a lot about building with this set.
However, I am wondering why the end of the Great Hall windows are not visible from the inside, and I couldn't figure it out myself. The other down is aesthetic: why in the name of Merlin's most baggy pants are the stairs in the highest tower white?? Isn't this railing piece available in that sand/tan colour? It really attracts the eye and you lose the awesome holistic view this set provides.
Apart from that, I think this set is just brilliant. Thank you Lego for this one!
I loved the idea of having a model Hogwarts. I love it that there's scenes from nearly all the books, and there's also trees and the cliff on which the castle stands in the films. The four Founder minifigs are amazing. The way the stained glass windows are made is really clever, along with many other features. I learnt a lot about building with this set.
However, I am wondering why the end of the Great Hall windows are not visible from the inside, and I couldn't figure it out myself. The other down is aesthetic: why in the name of Merlin's most baggy pants are the stairs in the highest tower white?? Isn't this railing piece available in that sand/tan colour? It really attracts the eye and you lose the awesome holistic view this set provides.
Apart from that, I think this set is just brilliant. Thank you Lego for this one!
One last down which is particular to my set: one piece was missing, and that was not one for which there are usually extra ones. It was a 1x8 dark grey plate n°4210998, meaning my last tower roof is not finished... I will write to customer service, because it's a bit of a shame that such a big set (or any set, as it is) gets unfinished because of one piece missing. I cannot replace it with another one I have because it's visible from the outside and it would be a shame if there was a mismatch in colours since the rest of the castle looks like new though it is over a millennium old.
"
I would recommend this to a friend!
From: Cossonay-Ville
From:
Switzerland
Age:
35-44
years old
Customer Type:
LEGO Educator
Building Experience:
Advanced LEGO builder
Purchased For:
Self
Value for Money (Optional):
4
/
5
Level of Difficulty:
Average
Very Easy
Very Challenging
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Forbidden Forest: Umbridge's Encounter
Posted:October 25, 2020
FaithfulSlytherin
Age:
35-44
years old
Customer Type:
LEGO Educator
Building Experience:
Advanced LEGO builder
Overall:
5
/
5
CENTAURS!!!!
" I had been waiting for centaurs for ages! This was such a surprise. They look brilliant. I will change hair so that they are not identical, and get Bane and Magorian and Firenze. Got two sets just to have something closer to a herd, and maybe will get a third if I can manage, so as to be able to customize the Grawps into giants for the Battle of Hogwarts (and have more of a herd of centaurs).
Love the toadstools (considering painting white spots on them actually), the wee spider and the hollow tree. It can also be used to display Rowena Ravenclaw hiding her mum's diadem in Albania! This tree is a really nice build. I am intending to build a wider forest so that I can stage Aragog's lair (proper with family and all including Mosag, fully webbed, and a battered Ford Anglia. Need to find Fang somewhere though).
Umbridge. Proper excellent minifig, like the centaurs. Her two faces are both scared and evil. Perfect. The only other one I have is from the limited edition 4-set of minifigs from Toys R Us from years ago, and it's still, for the moment, in its box along with madam Hooch, Slughorn and Augusta Longbottom. I won't say it enough, the five minifigs in this Grawp set are a rare treat, and well worth the money.
The only downs are the fact that Grawp's hands, though awesome, require some arrangements with my own bricks to actually be able to hold a minifig, and that his back is a wee bit disappointing, but that's something I can try and fix myself.
All in all, well worth the cash, even if the build is short and easy. "
Love the toadstools (considering painting white spots on them actually), the wee spider and the hollow tree. It can also be used to display Rowena Ravenclaw hiding her mum's diadem in Albania! This tree is a really nice build. I am intending to build a wider forest so that I can stage Aragog's lair (proper with family and all including Mosag, fully webbed, and a battered Ford Anglia. Need to find Fang somewhere though).
Umbridge. Proper excellent minifig, like the centaurs. Her two faces are both scared and evil. Perfect. The only other one I have is from the limited edition 4-set of minifigs from Toys R Us from years ago, and it's still, for the moment, in its box along with madam Hooch, Slughorn and Augusta Longbottom. I won't say it enough, the five minifigs in this Grawp set are a rare treat, and well worth the money.
The only downs are the fact that Grawp's hands, though awesome, require some arrangements with my own bricks to actually be able to hold a minifig, and that his back is a wee bit disappointing, but that's something I can try and fix myself.
All in all, well worth the cash, even if the build is short and easy. "
I would recommend this to a friend!
From: Cossonay-Ville
From:
Switzerland
Age:
35-44
years old
Customer Type:
LEGO Educator
Building Experience:
Advanced LEGO builder
Purchased For:
Self
Build Time:
25
mins
Value for Money (Optional):
5
/
5
Level of Difficulty:
Very Easy
Very Easy
Very Challenging
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Posted:October 22, 2020
FaithfulSlytherin
Age:
35-44
years old
Customer Type:
LEGO Educator
Building Experience:
Advanced LEGO builder
Overall:
4
/
5
Stunning but....
" I was looking forward to building the Astronomy Tower, and many of the details are indeed really cool: Slughorn's party, the Ravenclaw CR and even the greenhouses (I'd love them to be bigger and not connected by default to the party lol - I'll expand them myself, and build a full set one day I suppose). The telescope and solar model are brilliant. The overall set looks really great, and there's so many building techniques involved.
However, two things are bugging me. First is the white frames. Come on Lego, there are light tan frames, they are used in the greenhouse. Why the white in the castle? That does look like there was no other alternative and makes it look patched. Ok Hogwarts is over 1000 years old but white?
The second thing is the glass door of the greenhouse. It came all scratched. One could indeed argue that it has probably seen better days in real life, what with people and plants pushing in and out. However, knowing that the original Lego brick would not have been intentionally distressed in the factory... This happens a lot, actually, and it is annoying because you expect your bricks to be in pristine condition. Is there a way of packing the glass pieces separately? I mean it would not be too bad for builders if all window and door glass pieces were in a bag. It would at least ensure they come to the customer in good shape.
One day I'll figure out a way of having plants creep up the walls. That would give the castle a definitely age-accurate look :)
In spite of this drawback, I'm very happy with the set! "
However, two things are bugging me. First is the white frames. Come on Lego, there are light tan frames, they are used in the greenhouse. Why the white in the castle? That does look like there was no other alternative and makes it look patched. Ok Hogwarts is over 1000 years old but white?
The second thing is the glass door of the greenhouse. It came all scratched. One could indeed argue that it has probably seen better days in real life, what with people and plants pushing in and out. However, knowing that the original Lego brick would not have been intentionally distressed in the factory... This happens a lot, actually, and it is annoying because you expect your bricks to be in pristine condition. Is there a way of packing the glass pieces separately? I mean it would not be too bad for builders if all window and door glass pieces were in a bag. It would at least ensure they come to the customer in good shape.
One day I'll figure out a way of having plants creep up the walls. That would give the castle a definitely age-accurate look :)
In spite of this drawback, I'm very happy with the set! "
I would recommend this to a friend!
From: Cossonay-Ville
From:
Switzerland
Age:
35-44
years old
Customer Type:
LEGO Educator
Building Experience:
Advanced LEGO builder
Purchased For:
Self
Build Time:
02
hrs
Value for Money (Optional):
2
/
5
Level of Difficulty:
Easy
Very Easy
Very Challenging
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Halloween Witch
Halloween Witch
Posted:October 20, 2020
FaithfulSlytherin
Age:
35-44
years old
Customer Type:
LEGO Educator
Building Experience:
Advanced LEGO builder
Overall:
5
/
5
Muggle Witch!
" This is a really nice BH set. The additional features (bush and cauldron and wee pumpkin) create a scenery for the character and that's a definite up! I'll add a cat and bats and more trees because I'm more into nature than people lol but this is one of the best BH yet.
Muggle witches are green in skin, apparently. So this one will go with the rest of my Wizarding sets but with a special caption. Like if there one day is a garden gnome BH. 'Muggle Witch' or 'Muggle Gnome'. "
Muggle witches are green in skin, apparently. So this one will go with the rest of my Wizarding sets but with a special caption. Like if there one day is a garden gnome BH. 'Muggle Witch' or 'Muggle Gnome'. "
I would recommend this to a friend!
From: Cossonay-Ville
From:
Switzerland
Age:
35-44
years old
Customer Type:
LEGO Educator
Building Experience:
Advanced LEGO builder
Purchased For:
Self
Build Time:
15
mins
Value for Money (Optional):
4
/
5
Level of Difficulty:
Very Easy
Very Easy
Very Challenging
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Posted:October 18, 2020
FaithfulSlytherin
Age:
35-44
years old
Customer Type:
LEGO Educator
Building Experience:
Advanced LEGO builder
Overall:
4
/
5
Hogwarts expands!!
" I never was a fan of the Yule Ball (not a fan of social occasions). However, this set is a nice one. The detail of the tables and dancing floor are really nice, and the fact that you can add them or not to the whole is great. This brings me to the modularity of the whole Hogwarts set, and it's bloody brilliant. I'm dreaming of a huuuuuge very detailed Hogwarts and that's exactly what is happening. The only concern is that it seems to expand in length but not in width, meaning it unfolds like a 2D Hogwarts with 3D details, if that makes any sense. At some point I'll probably change that myself :P
The Clock Tower actually dwarves the Great Hall tower, but it's not a major concern. Waiting to build the Astronomy Tower which should dwarf both of them lol .
Great new rooms! Hospital Wing (the lamps are a great find), Prefects Bathroom (unfortunately not useable because just a wee bit not deep enough, but the taps and the mermaid are brilliant; I'll build myself a larger tap using light-sabers as other colour water), and Moody's Classroom! Dumbledore's office is circular, and has two levels, which is really great, and the stickers are nice too, though a buildeable Fawkes could have done the trick too.
I love how the whole Hogwarts seems to become more Creator-styled, like the build of the Christmas tree and the Yule Ball Great Hall Tables. Wish it'd go on like that, it's way more interesting!
The minifigs are great, though the choice of Krum's head (notably facial expresssion) is a bit weird.
All in all, good job, Lego, and I'm just hoping this doesn't stop! "
The Clock Tower actually dwarves the Great Hall tower, but it's not a major concern. Waiting to build the Astronomy Tower which should dwarf both of them lol .
Great new rooms! Hospital Wing (the lamps are a great find), Prefects Bathroom (unfortunately not useable because just a wee bit not deep enough, but the taps and the mermaid are brilliant; I'll build myself a larger tap using light-sabers as other colour water), and Moody's Classroom! Dumbledore's office is circular, and has two levels, which is really great, and the stickers are nice too, though a buildeable Fawkes could have done the trick too.
I love how the whole Hogwarts seems to become more Creator-styled, like the build of the Christmas tree and the Yule Ball Great Hall Tables. Wish it'd go on like that, it's way more interesting!
The minifigs are great, though the choice of Krum's head (notably facial expresssion) is a bit weird.
All in all, good job, Lego, and I'm just hoping this doesn't stop! "
I would recommend this to a friend!
From: Cossonay-Ville
From:
Switzerland
Age:
35-44
years old
Customer Type:
LEGO Educator
Building Experience:
Advanced LEGO builder
Purchased For:
Self
Build Time:
02
hrs
Value for Money (Optional):
3
/
5
Level of Difficulty:
Easy
Very Easy
Very Challenging
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Posted:October 15, 2020
FaithfulSlytherin
Age:
35-44
years old
Customer Type:
LEGO Educator
Building Experience:
Advanced LEGO builder
Overall:
4
/
5
Nice Knight Bus
" Nice yet easy build, some nice details (the swinging driver's seat, the Shrunken Head (love it), the chandelier, the stickers, the overall look). Would have wished it to be a wee bit bigger, but I guess it's not easy given the range of window bricks. Sad that Stan cannot stand in the bus. There could have been Sirius as a hound there somewhere :P
All in all, an enjoyable break in my workday. "
All in all, an enjoyable break in my workday. "
I would recommend this to a friend!
From: Cossonay-Ville
From:
Switzerland
Age:
35-44
years old
Customer Type:
LEGO Educator
Building Experience:
Advanced LEGO builder
Purchased For:
Self
Build Time:
30
mins
Value for Money (Optional):
2
/
5
Level of Difficulty:
Easy
Very Easy
Very Challenging
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Posted:October 14, 2020
FaithfulSlytherin
Age:
35-44
years old
Customer Type:
LEGO Educator
Building Experience:
Advanced LEGO builder
Overall:
5
/
5
Excellent addition!
" Thank you for this model of Hedwig! I wasn't too keen on buying it in the first place, but after building it, I'd recommend it all over the place. Nice smooth mechanism, yet quite intricate, nice smooth build, I thoroughly enjoyed it. The eyes are nicely printed bricks and I loved the feathers and the attention to details. It took a wee bit above an hour to build, because of refilling the coffee. I'm the type who empties all bags beforehand (yes, even when there are a huge amount of them) and sort all the pieces. I like to have an overview. This took about 40 minutes in addition to the hour. I was surprised at first by the huge number of technic bricks, then went like 'yeh of course, the wings are moving in so many steps!'
I would, as probably many fellow potterhead lego builders, wish for Lego to go on designing other creatures from the wizarding world on this level. This was a real treat. "
I would, as probably many fellow potterhead lego builders, wish for Lego to go on designing other creatures from the wizarding world on this level. This was a real treat. "
I would recommend this to a friend!
From: Cossonay-Ville
From:
Switzerland
Age:
35-44
years old
Customer Type:
LEGO Educator
Building Experience:
Advanced LEGO builder
Purchased For:
Self
Build Time:
01
days
Build Time:
10
hrs
Value for Money (Optional):
5
/
5
Level of Difficulty:
Easy
Very Easy
Very Challenging
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