LEGO Harry Potter 76466 Philosopher's Stone - Collectors' Edition official images!

Tiny fork hands

I knew this was bound to be revealed soon. I remember this being leaked quite some time ago, but I am still intrigued by it; albeit not as much as when I first saw it. This looks like a really well done display piece, it really does. There is definitely some great NPU, many printed parts, and arm printing to the majority of figures, all of whom have never (???) had them before. This will go on the back burner for now in what is shaping up to be the best Jan. 1 in recent memory. At least in my opinion. Great set.

EVERY HP set feels like we've seen it before, in a bigger or smaller scale. We need the new HBO series asap.

Quite nice as a smaller, cheaper alternative to 76391 Hogwarts Icons but not really in addition to it.

New candle flame? I was trying to figure out what pieces they combined, and I don't think they did.

@WolfpackBricks63 said:
"I wonder if they'll make an alternate version with a Sorcerer's Stone tile here in the States?"

Wasn't the film released as Sorcerer's Stone worldwide? The license is through WB and encompasses the film series, not the books they were based on.

Hedwig's seen some things, man...

Looks similar to 76391 which, quite funnily, I was building at this exact moment.

at least they made a bigger cauldrin 76464

@PurpleDave said:
"New candle flame? I was trying to figure out what pieces they combined, and I don't think they did.

@WolfpackBricks63 said:
"I wonder if they'll make an alternate version with a Sorcerer's Stone tile here in the States?"

Wasn't the film released as Sorcerer's Stone worldwide? The license is through WB and encompasses the film series, not the books they were based on."

Nope, pretty sure it was only the States. My DVD copy of it has ‘Philosopher’

Getting weird deja vu from this, think I may be conflating it with 76391 despite them only having a few basic similarities

Awww, nice Hedwing.

The scale seems quite far from the previous Hogwarts icons 76391 and may look quite odd displayed together. The owl can be smaller white owl and the philosopher stone can be scale accurate but the rest will likely feels off. I am looking forward a side by side review.

and now a new Hogwarts Wizard's Chess with chess piece of that size!

Wonder if they will release one of these each year for every film they made.

"That's barbaric!"

"That's wizards' chess!"

Those eye, make Hedwig look like it's on something, also follow you around the room

The Hogwarts Icons was an excellent set, this is just a cut-down version of it, and this seems to be a common theme with Harry Potter now, the same set being released in different scales.

Obligatory “ Not me, not Hermione, you!”

What's a Philosopher? I'm too dumb since I live in the US...

The set looks neat enough. I think the other Hogwarts collectors set's Hedwig looks one million times better, but this is decent enough. The Wizard chess looks awesome. The trunk looks good.

But thankfully I don't need it.

You know, it's sort of funny. It was changed from "Philoshopher's Stone" to "Sorceror's Stone" for the US release because the publisher didn't think that kids in the US would be interested in a title. But, eventually, fantasy YA lit got big enough that a title with "Philosopher's stone" could have done pretty well in the US. Because of Harry Potter.

@Somnium said:
"EVERY HP set feels like we've seen it before, in a bigger or smaller scale. We need the new HBO series asap."

y'all know other fantasy series exist, right? read Discworld, my god

@MegaBlocks said:
"The Hogwarts Icons was an excellent set, this is just a cut-down version of it, and this seems to be a common theme with Harry Potter now, the same set being released in different scales."

You say that because they both feature stacks of books, but that just ties into both the literary nature of the IP, and the fact that the story revolves around school life. The former is just a random mishmash of bits of the wizarding life, combined with a scrap of scarf that the builder can swap to indicate which House they belong to. The latter features several iconic moments from just the first film, with the hint that 6-7 more of these could follow to turn this into a grand series that covers moments from Harry's entire time at Hogwarts.

@Sethro3 said:
"What's a Philosopher? I'm too dumb since I live in the US..."
Historically, the fabled Philosopher's Stone was a pipe dream of alchemists, who believed it could be used to turn base metals into precious ones, and also that it could be used to create the "elixir of life" that would cure all diseases and restore youth, and a bunch of other magical abilities (because pretending it can do only one thing is so boring when you can pretend it can do dozens). The name likely comes from the fact that belief in its existence was primarily inspired by the works of ancient Greek philisopher Plato. The name change makes sense because, unlike sorcery, philosophy is not commonly associated with fantasy-style magic these days, and the only supposed power of the Philosopher's Stone that most people have even heard of is the ability to turn lead into gold.

It's not the only bit of alchemy that got worked into the HP story. There's a symbol called the Squared Circle, which consists of a circle transcribed inside a square transcribed inside an equilateral triangle transcribed inside another circle that alchemists used to represent the interplay between the four "classical" elements (fire, earth, water, air), and which almost certainly inspired the look of the Deathly Hallows symbol.

@TheOtherMike:
That's a fair assessment. Personally, I stopped reading YA around the time I got old enough to be the target market (I'd pretty much plowed through anything remotely interesting at the local public library at that point), but there are actual adults today who favor the YA section over the regular sci-fi/fantasy stuff in book stores. And then there's also the fact that HP has been in print for nearly 30 years without seeing a single MMP release that I'm aware of.

@Nuclearxpotato said:
"Now let's play the "Will we ever see that element again?" game with the pentagon tile. A very fun geometrical piece but I wonder how they'll fit it into any builds?

Like the build on the wizard chess element though, the forks as little mincey hands are cute"
Maybe it could be used on a large-scale model of a football — but then a similar hexagonal piece would need to be created. I'm suggesting this because there are rumours of football-related sets coming out in 2026 due to the FIFA World Cup in North America.

PurpleDave said:"And then there's also the fact that HP has been in print for nearly 30 years without seeing a single MMP release that I'm aware of."

My copies of the first... I think three? ...books are paperbacks.

@TheOtherMike said:
"PurpleDave said:"And then there's also the fact that HP has been in print for nearly 30 years without seeing a single MMP release that I'm aware of."

My copies of the first... I think three? ...books are paperbacks."

Then they must have stopped printing them, because all I've ever seen in bookstores are hardcovers. For years, whenever someone would ask me if I'd actually read the books, I'd say I was waiting for the whole series to come out in MMP, but I've concluded that's unlikely to happen within my lifetime. I don't really buy many books anymore, partly because MMP is becoming a lost format, and I don't casually buy hardcover novels. The last one I bought was from my favorite author (and because it was a first printing, I ended up submitting at least three typos for correction in later prints). Yes, hardcovers can stand a lot more abuse, but I hate the giant size.

@WolfpackBricks63 said:
"I wonder if they'll make an alternate version with a Sorcerer's Stone tile here in the States?"

Sure enough, LEGO.com has it listed as Sorcerer's Stone – Collectors' Edition