The latest LEGO Harry Potter sets delve into the Chamber of Secrets, as the theme delivers another semester at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry with builds including 76471 Knockturn Alley: Wizarding Shops, 76477 Norbert: Hagrid’s Baby Dragon and 76478 Book Nook: Dumbledore’s Office.
A whole new batch of Harry Potter sets launch on June 1, 25 years since it debuted as a LEGO theme. The new builds to collect are 76462 Hogwarts House Crest, 76469 Dobby the Free Elf, 76471 Knockturn Alley: Wizarding Shops, 76473 Hogwarts Castle: East Wing, 76474 Hogwarts Herbology Plants, 76475 Forbidden Forest: Expecto Patronum, 76477 Norbert: Hagrid’s Baby Dragon and 76478 Book Nook: Dumbledore’s Office.
As mysterious events plague Hogwarts and students are being attacked by a mysterious foe that leaves them paralysed, it’s up to Harry Potter and his friends to uncover what lurks within the walls. The latest wave of LEGO Harry Potter sets mainly focuses on the dramatic scenes from The Chamber of Secrets as the boy wizard defeats the basilisk, Dobby earns his freedom and a certain dragon egg hatches unexpectedly.
76462 Hogwarts House Crest
Pieces: 545
Price: £44.99 / $49.99 / €49.99
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76462 Hogwarts House Crest allows you to display all four of the Hogwarts House emblems. It can be attached to a stand with an accompanying banner displaying the Hogwarts motto ‘Never tickle a sleeping dragon’ in Latin. There are animals for each House: the Gryffindor lion, a badger for Hufflepuff, a raven for Ravenclaw and a slithering snake to represent Slytherin. Additionally, there is a hidden compartment behind the crest for each of the House relics.
76469 Dobby the Free Elf
Pieces: 379
Price: £29.99 / $29.99 / €34.99
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Are you obsessed with house elves? 76469 Dobby the Free Elf does’t just focus on the moment when a sock earns Dobby’s freedom from the Malfoy family – the set can also be rebuilt into Kreacher, loyal servant to the Black family. Both figures have posable joints to be in sitting or standing positions, with accessories including Tom Riddle’s diary, a sock, Skele-Gro potion and the Slytherin Locket.
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76471 Knockturn Alley: Wizarding Shops
Pieces: 788
Price: £89.99 / $119.99 / €99.99
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While witches and wizards amble along the streets of Diagon Alley, the shady blackmarket lurks behind on Knockturn Alley. Borgin & Burkes includes the Vanishing Cabinet and cursed Opal Necklace, while cauldrons of all sizes are available at Potage’s Cauldron Shop. Each store can be displayed separately or together, with a fireplace connecting to the Floo Network so that Harry Potter can accidentally take a wrong turn with some mispronunciation. 76471 Knockturn Alley: Wizarding Shops is one creepy build.
76473 Hogwarts Castle: East Wing
Pieces: 2,164
Price: £229.99 / $269.99 / €249.99
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76473 Hogwarts Castle: East Wing encourages yout to explore the East Wing of Hogwarts Castle, including the Restricted Section of the library as Harry Potter searches for clues surrounding the philosopher’s stone. Characters can slide down from the bathroom into the lair of the basilisk. For those who are building a larger layout, the set connects to other parts of the castle through the viaduct and bridge.
76474 Hogwarts Herbology Plants
Pieces: 817
Price: £89.99 / $99.99 / €99.99
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Focusing on the wondrous plants that can help brew potions, like the serum that can reverse basilisk paralysis, 76474 Hogwarts Herbology Plants features the Mandrake, Fanged Geranium and Mimbulus Mimbletonia (that’s the prickly cactus Neville gifts his uncle). You can pull the Mandrake out of its pot to make the mouth scream or turn a dial to make the geraniums bite and the cactus pulsate. There’s even a little pair of earmuffs to ward off the Mandrake’s screams.
76475 Forbidden Forest: Expecto Patronum
Pieces: 244
Price: £24.99 / $34.99 / €29.99
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It’s time to ward off the Dementors in 76475 Forbidden Forest: Expecto Patronum, which depicts the scene in which Harry Potter conjures the powerful spell. Twisting the trees reveals the stag patronus in order to banish the Dementors. The box also includes new minifigure versions of Harry Potter and Sirius Black.
76477 Norbert: Hagrid’s Baby Dragon
Pieces: 482
Price: £44.99 / $49.99 / €49.99
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After winning the egg in a rather dubious deal at the pub, Hagrid’s dragon egg hatches into a fiery Norwegian Ridgeback. 76477 Norbert: Hagrid’s Baby Dragon is a 1:1 scale model that recreates the adorable moment when Norbert is born, delivering a brick-built version of the little dragon climbing out of his egg.
76478 Book Nook: Dumbledore’s Office
Pieces: 1,182
Price: £109.99 / $129.99 / €119.99
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There’s a new book nook set that closed up to slot onto a shelf or can be opened for play and display. Sherbert lemon! You can have minifigures use the password to ascend the stairs into Dumbledore’s tower office. The model includes his desk, Pensieve, Memory Cabinet and a perch for Fawkes the phoenix. Pulling out the secret drawer in the desk also reveals the Sword of Gryffindor, which Harry Potter presents to the headmaster after defeating the basilisk. Both Harry and Dumbledore are included as minifigures with an exclusive phoenix patronus figure.
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