REVIEW: Advent calendar 5 December 2020

Since 1 December, Harry has been patiently waiting for a date for the Yule Ball. Will he be lucky today? With great anticipation we open today's for on the calendar to see...

REVIEW: Hogwarts Moments – Herbology Class

Thanks to LEGO's AFOL Engagement Team, I have had the opportunity to have a look at the new Hogwarts Moments series before they hit the shelves in January 2021. There will be four of those sets, one for each of the Hogwarts Houses. In this first post, I'll have a look at the Hufflepuff set, which is centred around a Herbology Class. Enjoy...

REVIEW: Hedwig

One surprise when the 2020 LEGO Harry Potter sets were announced was Hedwig (set 75979). This is basically a display piece, where previous Harry Potter sets (with very few exemptions, like the Brickheadz figures) were all minifigure scale play sets. I was therefore interested to see how it would stack up to other sets in the 2020 release....

More Hogwarts Crest photos released

While not available in stores till January 2021, LEGO has formally announced the new LEGO Arts set Harry Potter Hogwarts Crests (set 31201), along with some photos of it. It shows that in addition to building either of the four house crests from the set, you can also build a complete crest with all four houses, though it will require four sets to do so.

Harry Potter themed LEGO Arts coming in January 2021

Dutch toy retailer Van Der Meulen has uploaded whole lot of official photos the early 2021 LEGO sets, including a new Harry Potter themed LEGO Wall Art set (31201). While such a set had been rumoured, this is the first time we get to see it. Is this something you'd like for your collection?

REVIEW: Diagon Alley – Part 4 (Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes)

Here is part four of my review of the new LEGO Harry Potter Diagon Alley set. This concludes my review of what I think is an amazing set. Is it something for you? There are a few issues to keep in mind if you have yet to decide whether to buy or not...

REVIEW: Monster Book of Monsters

Since its appearance at the Shanghai LEGOLAND Discovery Centre a few weeks back, the availability of the Monster Book of Monsters set has been surrounded with mystery. But then today, when I was our doing my first LEGO display since the start of the pandemic, the store next door had just put it on its shelves for retail sale. I quickly bought one and found a quiet corner to sit on the floor to build...

REVIEW: Diagon Alley – Part 3 (Flourish & Blotts and the Ice Cream Parlour)

Here is part three of my four part review of the new LEGO Harry Potter Diagon Alley set. This is in many ways an amazing set, but is it all good? If you are still on the fence, read on to see what you get...

The Monster book of Monsters – official photos, instructions but still little about availability

Thanks to Brickfinder, we now have official photos of this buildable book along with instructions. It seems like it will be a Barnes & Noble exclusive in the US for the upcoming Black Friday sales, but availability elsewhere remain uncertain...

REVIEW: Diagon Alley – part 2 (Quidditch shop and Daily Prophet)

I had to do two weeks of mandatory hotel quarantine after returning to my home country from overseas. I was lucky to have the new Diagon Alley delivered to keep me occupied. This is an amazing set - one of those where you wish you can continue building forever, discovering cool details and impressive building techniques all the time. Here is part 2 of my review of this set...