With the calendar saying August 1, the new LEGO Harry Potter sets are now finally available in North America. The sets are worth the wait though - the ones I've looked at so far have been amazing. Here I take a look at 4 Privet Drive. I have really been looking forward to this one, having built my own model earlier in the year, and I was keen to compare it with the new one. Overall, I've really impressed with the set. Read on to see why...
Last year, it was flagged that new licensed Brickheadz figures were to come in 2020, and while the Harry Potter universe wasn't mentioned, given it is an active license, I wasn't surprised to find that overnight photos have emerged on the Hungarian toy retailer Kockashop website showing a new Brickheadz set with Hagrid and Buckbeak. Here is what we know...
Many readers will know that today, 31 July, is Harry Potter's birthday, a day he shares with his creator JK Rowling. But it is also exactly two years ago I started Blockwarts. And there is one more reason to celebrate, as Blockwarts has now become a Recognised LEGO Fan Media! What is this, you may wonder? Read on to see...
In my review of the otherwise amazing Hagrid's Hut set in 2019 I commented on the open back, which is good for playability and doesn't detract from displays where generally viewed from the front. But for various reasons some may like to add a back to it. So last month I sat down with some extra bricks to look for solutions.
Ron Weasley had six siblings but apart from Ron himself, only three of them (Fred, George and Ginny) have been made into LEGO characters. I've previously discussed how to build your own Percy, and here follows how you can build your own Bill Weasley...
The German based LEGO blog Stonewars has compiled a list of all LEGO sets expected to retire in the next six month or so and it includes some Harry Potter sets. Once retired, they will be harder and harder to find and ultimately have to be sourced second hand. So what sets are considered at risk?
Set 75981 - LEGO Harry Potter 2020 Advent Calendar - 29.99 euros Christmas is coming early it appears at the Swiss LEGO store Meinspielzeug, who has released high quality photos of the upcoming LEGO Harry Potter Advent Calendar (set 75981). Curious what it will bring? Read on for the full story... The calendar will once … Continue reading LEGO Harry Potter 2020 Advent calendar – first official photos
My recent reviews of both the Room of Requirement set and the Hogwarts Students minifigure pack found they supplemented each other well - in particular in relation Dumbledore's Army. In this post I explore that further, creating a few extra members of Dumbledore's Army along the way...
It was a pleasant surprise when LEGO recently added a Harry Potter themed minifigure pack to their range. Minifigure packs typically include four minifigures - and with four houses at Hogwarts, LEGO opted to give us a student from each of them. While we have seen plenty of Gryffindor students in previous sets, and occasional Slytherins, students from Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff have been mostly ignored. Is this enough to make this pack a must-have? Here is what I think...
While the 2020 sets have started to hit the shelves in some countries, I still got a few of the 2018 sets I never got around to review back then. I'm still hopeful that we get to see more Brickheadz from the Harry Potter universe if not in 2020, then in 2021. But focusing on what we have got, here is my review of the largest of the three Harry Potter themed Brickheadz sets released back in 2018. And it was a pleasant addition to my collection as you will see...
