Harry Potter Advent Calendar - Day 9
Posted by CapnRex101,
Presuming the pattern of this Advent Calendar continues, today will see us visit another of the various shops in Hogsmeade, following Zonko's and Honeydukes.
Let's open the door and see what we have...
Hermione Granger completes the Golden Trio today and is dressed in her winter fatigues from The Prisoner of Azkaban, like Harry and Ron. Moreover, the minifigure features a unique torso, again matching her fellow students. The striped Gryffindor scarf looks lovely and I am pleased with Hermione's dark red gloves, showing great attention to detail from the movie.
This colour combination for the dual-moulded hair and hat element is new as well. The piece was introduced in the Friends theme last year and the texture of the hair suits Hermione very well. Dark red would probably have been a better colour for the hat, although choosing a more vibrant shade does not really bother me, adding some vibrancy to the Hogsmeade setting.
The same double-sided head has been used for Hermione's minifigures since 2019 and looks good, complete with subtle freckles. The character's dark tan wand is also included, as usual.
Overall - This new version of Hermione is superb, maintaining the high standard of minifigures in the 2023 Advent Calendar.
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One of the other members of my LUG started putting these three characters sitting around a small campfire, roasting marshmallows. I made an upgraded version of it, with marshmallows that show varied levels of toastiness (except Ron’s, which is black and on fire). As I was building this, I realized I should use these three minifigs to make a winter version. And while reading this, I realized I should change the color of their marshmallow toasting sticks to match their wand colors.
I don't think I'd ever seen that hat/hair piece before. I like it.
She needs a certain Malfoy to deck.
This gets closer to Hermione's untamable hair than the movies ever managed.
Female Samwise 'Sam' Gamgee... because why not.
Great figure though.
It's been ages since I've seen these movies, but it doesn't seem right to me that Hermione has freckles and Ron doesn't.
Do you like my hat?
Yes, yes. I do like your hat.
I'm loving this year's figures