Hogwarts™ Great Hall

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• October 19th, 2018
  Average rating5out of 5 stars

  5.0
  A beautiful set with lots of detail
  Ivana |
  I would recommend this to a friend!
  The Great Hall set is the latest in line of Harry Potter sets I have built, and it certainly delivers on quality and detail. It comes with an abundance of minifgures, of which I found Neraly Headless Nick most impressive. Professor Quirrell minifigure also comes with a "Voldemort" face on the other side, which is a nice touch, and I found Professor McGonagall's facial expressions amusing. The children minifigures have short legs, but not moveable as they do in the Minifigure bag collection. The building experience is very good, it was particularly satisfying to build the exterior of the Great Hall. The finished result is beautiful. Other details I have enjoyed were the moving stairs, the house banners that can be changed, and the Mirror of Erised, which can be made to show any of the four scenes that appear in the book. This set was clearly designed by someone who not only had talent, but also a love for the Harry Potter story, as they've gone to great lengths to provide lovely detail that makes this set so enjoyable. On the negative side, I found Hagrid's minifigure difficult to place anywhere on the inside due to lack of space. It is also impossible to put anyone in a room with the Mirror of Erised, because of where it's placed and can't fit in any of the other rooms. I would have loved a flat brick on top of the fireplace just to keep it together, as without it it feels a bit precarious. I appreciate that the floating candles are hard to translate into LEGO, so the end solution with two black beams ended up looking a bit clunky, and the exposed pin in the centre doesn't look as great - maybe even transparent beams would help? The tower roof doesn't look as fantastic with the sloped brick leaning against the smooth round brick. But these are just little things among a lot of positives. Overall it's a great set that I am looking forward to building again, and pairing up with more HP sets.

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  Play ExperienceAverage rating4out of 5 stars

  4.0

  Value for MoneyAverage rating5out of 5 stars

  5.0

  Build Time: 3 hrs

  Building Experience: Intermediate LEGO builder
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• August 17th, 2020
  Average rating5out of 5 stars

  5.0
  Dinner Time
  Valerian70 |
  I would recommend this to a friend!
  Purchased for: Self

  This is a really good playset and lots of options to play and place your included figures. With everything from a tiny dormitory to a moving staircase there is more than just the Dining Hall included in the set and it gives you a lot of play value once built. I have to admit the included basilisk is really fun and we have found ourselves randomly attacking each other with it for no other reason than it is funny. Okay, the build itself is the important bit for me and this was one of the more complicated builds I have taken on. By following the printed instructions it is actually much easier than I thought it would be. The images are clear and with the bricks being pre-sorted in to bags it makes it a joy to build. The fact it is split in to bags also gives you natural break points but I will admit I just built this in one gleeful sitting. The only real problem is how addictive this is and it has led me down a rabbit hole of kits that link with this one. Number Of Pieces: 878 Approximate Price Per Piece: £0.10 Build Time: 3 Hours

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  Play ExperienceAverage rating5out of 5 stars

  5.0

  Level of DifficultyAverage rating3out of 5 stars

  3.0

  Value for MoneyAverage rating5out of 5 stars

  5.0

  Build Time: 3 hrs

  Building Experience: Intermediate LEGO builder
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• December 27th, 2018
  Average rating5out of 5 stars

  5.0
  Excellent
  Raymack2009 |
  I would recommend this to a friend!
  As a huge HP fan I really enjoyed building this set. The details are everything and Lego didn't let me down. I do wish that I could display all of the House Flags and that Hermione's cat was included. Overall, this was a great set and I look forward to building my other sets.

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  Play ExperienceAverage rating5out of 5 stars

  5.0

  Value for MoneyAverage rating5out of 5 stars

  5.0

  Build Time: 2 hrs

  Building Experience: Intermediate LEGO builder
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• October 10th, 2018
  Average rating5out of 5 stars

  5.0
  Terrific! Small moc needing a few extra pieces
  Jaimzee |
  I would recommend this to a friend!
  Purchased for: Self

  This is truly a terrific set, so well designed but its missing the small turrets on the main tower... I've had a look through Pick-a-Brick and with the extra pieces shown I've fixed this, enjoy!

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  Play ExperienceAverage rating5out of 5 stars

  5.0

  Value for MoneyAverage rating5out of 5 stars

  5.0

  Build Time: 2 hrs 30 mins

  Building Experience: Expert LEGO builder
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