REVIEW: Advent calendar 9 December 2021

Yesterday, we saw the smallest model to date - and it triggered the lowest score yet in our review of the 2021 advent calendar. Is today any better? Read on to see what we got...

REVIEW: Advent calendar 7 December 2021

Are we still on the rock island today - or have we moved on to a new location in the Harry Potter universe? And will today's model finally bring us another tie in with Christmas? Let's open door number seven to find out...

Diagon Alley – building the magical street in LEGO

Over the last couple of years, I've been working on a large LEGO model of Diagon Alley. It started with a custom model of the Leaky Cauldron and another of the Weasley's Wizard Wheezes shop. Realising I had two key components of Diagon Alley, I thought, why not build it all (or almost all at least)? So welcome to my Diagon Alley!

Diagon Alley progress update

What started as a project to build the Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes shop on Diagon Alley has become a major project. I'm now aiming at recreating a most of Diagon Alley along with Knockturn Alley and a bit of Charing Cross in London. It has progressed well in the last couple of months, so here's where it is up to.

Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes

Harry Potter's first visit to Diagon Alley is when he first truly enters the magical world. It was therefore the theme of three of the sets that came out in 2002 and 2003. The fantastic 2011 Diagon Alley (set 10217) gave us some much improved buildings, but we still miss some of the most important … Continue reading Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes →

More London scenery

Following from the previous post where I presented a London phone booth to go with my modular building sized Leaky Cauldron, here is another London icon: a taxi. The taxi, like the Leaky Cauldron itself, have been underway for years and just recently I got around to complete them. The taxi is really created to … Continue reading More London scenery →

Leaky Cauldron: The entrance to a magical world

Finally back again posting after a crazy busy period. And finally, I've finished a LEGO creation I started on more than four years ago - modular building scaled version of the Leaky Cauldron. Read on to see the photos of the completed model.