LEGO Hogwarts™ Express

Great price! I unboxed and couldn’t believe how big it was. Can’t wait to put it together

We purchased this Lego kit for our 10 year old granddaughter for Christmas. She loves Harry Potter and she loves this kit. This gift arrived on time and in perfect condition.

Bought for my four year old train, and Lego obsessed child. He was able to do this almost all by himself with minimal help by his parents. He loved it!

Shipping was quick! Thank you!!

This set is great for lego lovers and potterheads!

We have the previous version of this set, and wondered whether much had changed. The simple answer is that while this set has some similarity to the previous set, there are a lot of new and different features in this set that provide their own entertainment. Out of the box, this set includes 801 pieces of assembly fun. It takes a while to put this set together, but the assembly is at least half the fun. Once assembled, the set includes a combination of Kings Cross Station and Hogwarts platform 9 3/4, along with an engine, passenger car, and coal tender. While this set does not include track, this train will work with the track from any more current (maybe the last decade or so) Lego set. There are a number of cool features that increase the fun. First, the passenger car can be opened to position passengers in the train. To help with the play, this set includes numerous figures: Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Remus Lupin, the Trolley Witch, a dementor, and Scabbers. There is room for everyone in the train. Incidentally, this set includes the snack trolley with some snacks for the trip. Platform 9 3/4 includes a movable wall to simulate the magical entrance to the platform. Indeed, a luggage cart is included to help make the push through to the platform. Fight the dementor with a wand. Indeed, the dementor is a scary-looking figure for a Lego. The coal tender includes a hidden compartment to store goodies. This set is more than just these features. There are stairs, a newspaper and newspaper stand, light fixtures, signs, a clock, a wanted poster for Sirius Black, and more. It is the details that provide the joy of discovery both during assembly as well as play. While we love all Harry Potter sets, we have a few minor complaints about this set. The biggest is that the coal tender is too small in comparison to the size of the engine. Also, the passenger car is more of a stylized version of a passenger car than an actual passenger car. Of course, most children will be unaware of the differences, and likely will not care, but as someone who likes trains, these small details are somewhat annoying. We are huge fans of Legos in general, including Harry Potter sets, of which we have many. Our rating for this particular set, as with most Lego sets, was five stars before we opened the box. We like the changes from our previous version of this set, 4708 from 2001. This set is larger, with many more features. While we liked the passenger car from the previous set, the engine from this set includes many welcome improvements in terms of detail and style. Indeed, though we like the previous set, this version is a tremendous improvement that makes this set a worthy addition to any collection of Harry Potter Legos. Enjoy!

First if you are looking for an EXACT replica of Hogwarts this is a LEGO kit. It wont be exactly the same. But they do a great job getting there. I bought this because I am putting together a scenario with a Hogwarts Express and wanted this to use in the background> One one side you get the external side of Hogwarts (including a stained glass look in many of the windows, a neat surprise). It has many of the areas from the movies. The Great Hall, The Chamber of Secrets (with Basilisk), Moving staircases, Dumbledores Office, Potions classroom, Defense against the Dark Arts Classroom ... even Umbridges Pink Office. Add on items include Hagrids Hut, The Whomping Willow (with car) and boats to travel to Hogwarts. Figures it has some unique ones. In the mini-figures (what I consider normal LEGO size) there are the four founders of Hogwarts. But then there are over 30 micro-figures (maybe 1/2 in size) of Harry, Hermione, Ron, Snape, Dumbledore, Malfoy, Umbridge, and a variety of other Harry Potter characters. Good for setting the scene but probably not a good thing to play with if you are a kid. I give it 5 stars because the only way you could improve it would be to add lights - which LEGO doesnt do (but other companies provide kits. Currently trying to add one of them now) As an adult I picked this up as a Harry Potter fan. I found out through Facebook two other adults are doing the same model. The price is not for the faint of heart but it is a really complex. What you would expect for about 6000 pieces. Definitely glad I did this. Already bought my next one to work on once I put the lights on this.

Awesome

This was great, it had a lot more characters than I initially realized and they had different expressions! The organization of the different parts was good too, it would have been a mess if they were all mixed together. I gave this to my 11-year-old step-son - he loved it! He finished it in less than TWO days! He was seriously so excited about it, great purchase.

My son loves it