It has been a busy month for me travelling. While I had planned it so I could continue my daily advent calendar review posts, I couldn't keep up with the other news, such as the official photos revealed of the new Harry Potter sets due 1 March 2023. So now where I'm back where my laptop is, let's have a look at what's coming...
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REVIEW: Advent calendar 22 December 2022
Time flies and we have only three doors left. That means we're up to the final series of models to cover the eighth Harry Potter movie. But what model will we get? Read on to see...
REVIEW: Hogwarts Castle – Part 4
With the daily advent calendar review chewing up some of my spare time, it took longer than expected to compete this last part of my review series of the 2018 Hogwarts Castle. It had been on my wish list for so long, so it was great to actually be building it. Read on to see how the model is finalised, as I make my way through the last of the four instruction books…
REVIEW: Advent calendar 8 December 2022
I was pretty happy with yesterday's model from the 2022 LEGO Harry Potter advent calendar. Will today's model be equally good? Will we get our first top score of 5 out of 5? Read on to see what we got...
REVIEW: Advent calendar 5 December 2022
Based on the symbol on the door, we should get another model or minifigure associated with the Chamber of Secrets today, but which? And how will it stack up compared with the previous days? Read on to see what we got and my thoughts about it...
REVIEW: Advent calendar 4 December 2022
Looking at the icon on door number 4, we should now have moved on from the first movie. So I expect a micro-scale model or minifigure from Chamber of Secrets for the "photo album" that seems to be the theme of this year's calendar. Read on to see what we got and how I rated it...
REVIEW: Advent calendar 1 December 2022
Finally, the calendar now shows 1 December and I can therefore, after months of suspense, open the first door of the advent calendar. What is behind the door? And what's the overall theme of the calendar? Read on as we start the 2022 Harry Potter advent calendar review…
REVIEW: Hogwarts Castle – Part 3
Finally, here is the third part of my review series of the 2018 Hogwarts Castle, which I built one bag a day (there are 37 bags!). It has been on my wish list for so long, so great to actually be building it. Read on to see the progress as I make my way through the third of the instruction books…
REVIEW: Hogwarts Castle – Part 2
I've slowly (self-imposed limit of one bag per day) been building the 2018 Hogwarts Castle. It has been on my wish list for so long, so great to actually be building it. Read on to see the progress as I make my way through the second of the instruction manuals... This is part 2 of … Continue reading REVIEW: Hogwarts Castle – Part 2
REVIEW: Hogwarts Castle – Part 1
We have been accustomed to getting a large so-called direct-to-consumer (D2C) Harry Potter set every year around the "back to Hogwarts" day September 1st. The micro-scale Hogwarts castle started it all in 2018, then we had a break in 2019, but with D2C sets having appeared since then. Here, I'll (finally) review the set that started it all...