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 7 December 2022

We are now a week into the 2022 advent calendar and some patterns emerge. From the symbols on the box, we should be starting on the third movie today. I wonder what model or minifigure we'll get to represent that. Read on to see what we got…

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 3 December 2022

After a big model to start with and a more average (but easier to recognise) model yesterday, I'm looking forward to see what's waiting behind door number 3. Read on to see what we got...

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...

REVIEW: Professors of Hogwarts

It has been a while since my last post, but now I'm back with a series of reviews. First up is the 2022 Brickheadz set, which gives us four new characters from the Harry Potter universe to add to our collections. Here is what you get...

Accidentally revealed: Hogwarts Express – Collectors’ Edition

We finally have the official photos of this year's exclusive LEGO Harry Potter set. Long rumoured, it was no surprise that it was a model of the iconic Hogwarts Express. It looks absolutely stunning along with the small section of Platform 9¾. But if you want a train to run around your Hogwarts Castle, this is not the set you're looking for. Read on to see what you'll get...