More Photos! Diagon Alley and.... Potions! Plus some sets with their boxes...
And thanks to JBSpielwaren, we now have more pictures of the lego Harry Potter Summer 2024 wave of sets, primarily the Diagon Alley sets and the Potions set. w00t! We also have box pix from several of the others, so without further ado...
76439 Ollivander and Madame Malkin stores - 744 pieces (ca. $90 - $100). Continuing the expansion of more affordable Diagon Alley sets started with 2023's 76422 Diagon Alley: Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes (& the Owl Post), we return to the Wizarding shopping district once more.
They've managed to salvage Madame Malkin's some from the exterior. The interior with it's too small footprint is still a bit of a problem, though. Given a good sale, this ends up on the maybe list, but I still can't help feeling it's too much retreading of covered territory.
Details from inside Ollivander's:
Another detail from inside Madame Malkin's:
LOTS OF BOXES AND THEIR SETS!!! (erexen, keep scrolling, I have that detail pic you want 😘):
76434 Aragog in the Forbidden Forest - 195 pieces 76434 Aragog in the Forbidden Forest (ca. $15 - $20):
Well done. Another set I'll be picking up.
76433 Buildable Mandrake - 579 pieces (ca. $60 - $70):
76427 Buildable Buckbeak - 723 pieces ($60):
And finally, the set we've been waiting for! The new Potions Class complete with new Snape! 76431 Hogwarts Castle: Potions Class - 397 pieces ($40):
Those window arches could have been a bit longer, as they're one of the room's defining features, and of course the odd shape is dictated by the need to fit into the new modules, but I'll definitely pick up this set, although honestly I'll probably still wait for a sale. I don't know that they've done themselves any favours with such bulky walls that boost the price for a single class to this level. I hope it pans out for them.
76439 Ollivander and Madame Malkin stores - 744 pieces (ca. $90 - $100). Continuing the expansion of more affordable Diagon Alley sets started with 2023's 76422 Diagon Alley: Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes (& the Owl Post), we return to the Wizarding shopping district once more.
They've managed to salvage Madame Malkin's some from the exterior. The interior with it's too small footprint is still a bit of a problem, though. Given a good sale, this ends up on the maybe list, but I still can't help feeling it's too much retreading of covered territory.
Details from inside Ollivander's:
Another detail from inside Madame Malkin's:
LOTS OF BOXES AND THEIR SETS!!! (erexen, keep scrolling, I have that detail pic you want 😘):
76434 Aragog in the Forbidden Forest - 195 pieces 76434 Aragog in the Forbidden Forest (ca. $15 - $20):
Well done. Another set I'll be picking up.
76433 Buildable Mandrake - 579 pieces (ca. $60 - $70):
76427 Buildable Buckbeak - 723 pieces ($60):
And finally, the set we've been waiting for! The new Potions Class complete with new Snape! 76431 Hogwarts Castle: Potions Class - 397 pieces ($40):
Those window arches could have been a bit longer, as they're one of the room's defining features, and of course the odd shape is dictated by the need to fit into the new modules, but I'll definitely pick up this set, although honestly I'll probably still wait for a sale. I don't know that they've done themselves any favours with such bulky walls that boost the price for a single class to this level. I hope it pans out for them.