Lego Harry Potter 76395 Hogwarts First Flight Hour (264 Pieces)

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The trans-clear beams used to hoist the minifigures into the air are a peculiar one, though – they’re too stiff to provide dynamic display options, with only one axis of articulation, and kids playing with the set are sure to abandon them anyway, in favour of just flying the minifigures around by hand. Still, grabbing three in a single set is nothing to sniff at, given their potential for being repurposed in other displays. Instruction manuals for these sets recommend this arrangement, comprising 76386 Hogwarts: Polyjuice Potion Mistake, 76387 Hogwarts: Fluffy Encounter and 76389 Hogwarts Chamber of Secrets. That design assures absolute consistency between differing levels, including Moaning Myrtle's bathroom above the Chamber of Secrets. However, positioning that bathroom with the third floor corridor appears comparatively bland from the outside. I like that this new system is still cross compatible with the 2018 system, meaning its easy to create a super Hogwarts display with them both if you don't mind the roof color clash (or willing to swap colors with your own parts). There was an interview with Marcos mentioning the switch to sand green roofing. And they mentioned not only anniversary year, but also a soft reboot. So I would expect next years castle sections to resemble these.

LEGO has developed numerous Hogwarts Castle designs since 2001, generally comprising several connected structures. This twentieth anniversary selection encompasses four such models. This toy is one of a series of authentically detailed modular sets that kids can build, combine and rearrange to create their own Hogwarts™ Castle model. LEGO® Harry Potter™ toys contain favorite characters, amazing creatures and familiar locations from the popular movies. They’re an ideal gift for any child wanting to be part of the movie magic.

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It's just weird to change design style mid-way, as they weren't done with movies 6+7. Plus some of the sets are using the 2018 design style, such as 76388: Hogsmeade Village Visit. LEGO® Harry Potter™ toys contain favourite characters, amazing creatures and familiar locations from the popular movies. They’re an ideal gift for any child wanting to be part of the movie magic. While it doesn’t present the best value in this summer’s LEGO Harry Potter range, 76395 Hogwarts: First Flying Lesson stands out as the only model that’s immediately compatible with the wider Hogwarts display we’ve all been building up for the past few years. And for that reason alone – plus Madame Hooch, and if you’re collecting the golden minifigures, Professor Quirrell – you probably won’t want to skip this, even if you do hold out for a discount. Bearing in mind that price tag, however, the minifigure line-up is really where 76395 Hogwarts: First Flying Lesson falls short. All three of its regular characters make sense for the scene, and particularly with a view to the original 2002 model this set is based on, but four minifigures total feels like too few next to both the cheaper 76386 Hogwarts: Polyjuice Potion Mistake and last year’s 75967 Forbidden Forest: Umbridge’s Encounter.

Kids use 3 long, transparent levers to play out the famous flying-lesson scene and enjoy endless other airborne adventures, including Quidditch™ practice. That 2019 set included two unique minifigures and two brand new centaurs, and while Madame Hooch is a marked improvement over the version that came in 2018’s 5005254 Harry Potter Minifigure Collection, Neville and Malfoy aren’t anything to get too excited about. An extra student would have rounded things out nicely (as long as it wasn’t Harry). Very rarely will an author actually plan out the entire interior of a set piece, and over a series of books things inevitably change to accommodate new plot elements. This results in cases where incompatibilities slip in unnoticed. Hogwarts is a rare case where you can handwave it away by simply saying the location changed between books. It supports lazy writing, but it’s hard to argue against.Includes Neville Longbottom™, Draco Malfoy™ and Madam Hooch minifigures, and 5 buildable, rearrangeable modules, including a Quidditch™ trophy room and equipment storage room. This magical, modular system lets kids aged 9 and up continue adding rooms to create an entire Hogwarts™ Castle. Includes an exclusive, golden Voldemort™ minifigure to celebrate 20 years of magic with LEGO® Harry Potter™. Also includes 6 random wizard card tiles for kids to collect (16 in total).

The set measures over 6 in. (15 cm) high, 8 in. (20 cm) wide and 2.5 in. (6 cm) deep and connects easily to other LEGO® Harry Potter™ sets. Their design enables multiple arrangements and several such configurations are discussed during this article.

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While 76386 Hogwarts: Polyjuice Potion Mistake, 76387 Hogwarts: Fluffy Encounter and 76389 Hogwarts Chamber of Secrets fashion a new modular formula for this year’s Hogwarts sets, transforming the wizarding school into a streamlined, boxy format that apes the aesthetics of the original 2001 wave, 76395 Hogwarts: First Flying Lesson instead aligns itself with the modern design sensibilities of 75954 Hogwarts Great Hall and 75969 Hogwarts Astronomy Tower. The LEGO® Harry Potter™ Hogwarts™ Chamber of Secrets (76389) playset is an impressive, collectible toy that is ideal for explorative play and display.

One issue is that the movie itself is not accurate as to what the castle looks like. There's easily a dozen new students per year in each house, which means a total of ~80 students per house, for 240 total in the school, plus staff. You never see classrooms or dormitories able to hold that. You get glimpses of corridors with classrooms in some of the movies, but then the zoomed out views of the castle can't contain that. Especially with how many courses are supposedly taking place simultaneously. And that's not taking into account all the other big locations we don't hear about as much, like the Kitchen, the Library, the other Hall where they did the dancing thing, the Infirmary, the Botanical gardens, etc. LEGO® building kits fulfill strict industry quality standards to ensure they are consistent, compatible and connect and pull apart perfectly every time – and it’s been that way since 1958.I'll never understand the appeal of this system and why it replaced the 2018 modular system. Hogwarts should be three-dimensional, not some straight wall with a repetitive exterior and bland interior due to the limited size of each section. If LEGO continue this modular system I'm afraid I won't be onboard." So I don't think an "accurate" version of Hogwarts will ever be possible, unless based only on the book, which itself doesn't describe everything. I do like the "living" interpretation that they push in the book, with things making sense and yet moving as well. And so your different builds are as good as they'd be, in my opinion."