Review: 76467 Luna Lovegood's House
Posted by CapnRex101,
Though still far outnumbered by sets inspired by earlier Harry Potter films, Deathly Hallows has received greater acknowledgement from LEGO Harry Potter in recent years. Some major gaps in the theme have been filled, now including the Lovegood family home.
76467 Luna Lovegood's House looks interesting, capturing the unusual structure of the onscreen house, although many of the highlights are found inside. Indeed, this model contains one of the most impressive functions I have seen in recent LEGO sets, as a light brick projector tells The Tale of the Three Brothers and the creation of the Deathly Hallows.
Summary
76467 Luna Lovegood's House, 764 pieces.
£89.99 / $89.99 / €99.99 | 11.8p, 11.8c, 13.1c per piece.
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Luna Lovegood's House is a brilliant set, particularly for its clever projection function
- A new location in LEGO form
- Completely unique aesthetic
- Amazing light brick function
- Efficient use of space inside
- Ron Weasley is missing
- Overpriced, particularly in Europe
The set was provided for review by LEGO. All opinions expressed are those of the author.
Minifigures
Harry Potter and Hermione Granger are both provided, dressed in the same clothes as their minifigures from 76453 Malfoy Manor last year. This makes sense given the proximity of these scenes at the Lovegood and Malfoy houses, though Hermione's jacket should actually be done up for complete accuracy to the movie.
Personally, I find these costumes a bit bland, but that is clearly down to the filmmakers, rather than the minifigures. Also, I find Ron's omission disappointing. I understand not having the full Golden Trio in every set, although the same thing happened with 76453 Malfoy Manor, so Ron still has yet to appear in a LEGO set wearing his standard Deathly Hallows garb.
Both characters include their wands, while Hermione also comes with The Tales of Beedle the Bard. This book proves essential in learning about the Deathly Hallows, so it is good to have a minifigure-scale version, decorated with a sticker on the cover. Its design is pretty faithful to the onscreen book and the symbol of the Deathly Hallows is printed on a 1x2 tile inside.
Though the Death Eaters have already abducted Luna Lovegood by the time Harry, Ron and Hermione arrive at her home, it was important to include her. Again, this is the same minifigure as in 76453 Malfoy Manor, wearing lavender dungarees. This attire is fine, but I wish an entirely new costume had been chosen instead, given the opportunity for some flexibility.
Luna's father, Xenophilius Lovegood, has never appeared in minifigure form before, so I am delighted to see him available here. However, white is arguably a strange colour choice for his shabby coat, which looks closer to tan onscreen. The tattered details look excellent though and the Deathly Hallows pendant is printed on Xenophilius' torso.
This is a great choice of hairstyle for Xenophilius and the double-sided head looks perfect too, especially with a quivering lip on one side, pictured below. Luna's happy and concerned facial expressions also convey plenty of personality and each minifigure is equipped with a wand, of course.
Voldemort sends several of his followers to ambush the heroes at the Lovegood house in the film, but only one Death Eater performs this role here. While more would always be welcome, one is enough for play. I wish this minifigure was unique though, instead of re-using parts from 76459 Hagrid & Harry's Privet Drive Escape.
Even with the re-used elements, this minifigure looks suitably menacing and the double-sided head with different masks is a clever idea, giving a little more variety. Both designs are superb, reflecting masks from the films and featuring a combination of metallic silver and grey to create intricate patterns.
Though it has received little attention, LEGO Harry Potter is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2026. Several collectable Patronus elements are included in sets to mark the anniversary, with Luna's hare Patronus available here. The mould remains unaltered from its prior appearance in 75966 Hogwarts Room of Requirement, but this part is opalescent trans-light blue, without the glittery finish of the previous version.
The Completed Model
There are plenty of strange-looking buildings in the Wizarding World, but the Lovegood house stands out in particular, as a kind of formless blob! However, this iteration captures its unusual shape quite accurately and makes great use of colour to avoid the structure looking completely drab. That would hardly suit the Lovegood family, after all.
The house stands on a mound in the film, with steps leading up to the front door. This model is therefore slightly elevated too, featuring some foliage and a distinctive round window under the ground floor. The aforementioned light brick is situated inside the base and I had hoped it would show through this window, but sadly not. I like the tiles arranged around the frame though.
The steps up to the front door are extremely steep and could prove difficult for a minifigure to climb, so maybe they could have been extended with a couple more steps. The wooden door looks splendid though, topped with sand blue slopes to complement the bigger roof above the dormer window.
Ron takes note of the strange Dirigible Plums growing outside the front door as he approaches and these orange fruit add a splash of colour to the building. The stickered sign warning guests to keep off the plums is taken directly from the film, while several additional stickers recreate the creatures and flowers painted on the brickwork, again matching the onscreen location.
Sand green is an excellent colour choice for the windows and the dormer window is especially distinctive, angled outwards to correspond with the movie. I love the rounded stone beside the window, which fits snugly against the adjoining wall, plus the scattered ingot elements and 1x2 tiles adding texture.
Several kites are shown flying from an upper floor of the house in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, so one is connected to this model with a trans-clear curved support. Again, the extra colour is appealing and I like the shape of the kite, fluttering in the wind.
Another 2x10x2 shell piece forms part of the top floor, appearing in dark bluish grey for the first time. Unfortunately, only the left shell is provided and the matching right shell is not available in this colour at all. The overall shape is fairly effective though, with two small chimneys accurately placed on the roof.
The building is shallow, without enough space for an extensive interior. Nonetheless, I think the designer has used the available room quite well, including staircases between floors and ample space to pose minifigures for various scenes, at least considering the footprint of the house.
The ground floor contains the kitchen, which seems rather bland at first glance. The table and chairs where the characters gather for tea look nice, but there is little furniture against the wall, which is unusual for a LEGO kitchen. There is good reason for a sparse interior though, related to the mysterious black dial underneath.
However, there is still enough space for a sink and a stove, plus a stickered shelf on the wall. It is tricky to reach the area behind the table and chairs, though they are designed to be removed easily because the items are only attached to a single stud each.
Pushing the button on the back of the base activates the light brick inside, projecting a familiar image onto the wall. Similar projectors have appeared a few times before and the version from 8635 Mobile Command Centre is particularly memorable for me, but this example is even more ingenious, as turning the knob reveals four projected images!
These are based on The Tale of the Three Brothers, a story sometimes thought to explain the creation of the Deathly Hallows. After the triangular symbol are illustrations of the Elder Wand, the Resurrection Stone and the Cloak of Invisibility and cycling through these four images is a wonderful way of relating the story, as Hermione does at the Lovegood house in the film.
As you can see, the graphics are not in perfect focus because there is some distance between the light brick and the printed wall panels serving as slides. This is still an extraordinary feature though, ingeniously hidden in the floor and working brilliantly, with the sole compromise being a little less furniture than normal in the kitchen.
Xenophilius Lovegood publishes The Quibbler, so a printing press is a good addition to furnish the next level, beside a tiny writing desk. The printing machine is quite simple, though it fits the aesthetic of the Wizarding World, with an issue of The Quibbler freshly printed on top.
A medium nougat horn is mounted on the wall, only seen in the background during the film, but far more prominent in the book. This is actually an Erumpent horn, containing an explosive fluid that destroys the building when the Death Eaters attack. We only see the explosion from outside in the movie, but I am pleased the horn is represented.
Copies of The Quibbler have appeared a couple of times before, but issue one is a new piece, printed on a 2x3 tile. As always, it is fun seeing characters from the original cover in minifigure form and the design is accurate, although the red animal shown in the corner should be nearer the middle, on the other side of the figure. Regardless, this is a lovely accessory.
The dormer window is quite easily removable for a different view of the printing press room, or you can detach the main section of the house to reach inside the window. There is not enough space for anything significant in there, but you can pose a minifigure who would be visible from the outside.
Luna's bedroom occupies the top floor. Space is again quite limited, but the stickers applied on the wall look splendid and a couple of notable items are shown on the shelf, including a pair of Spectrespecs and a photograph of Luna with her mother. Luna's bed is never shown onscreen, but teal and pink stripes seem like appropriate colours!
An easel is also included, where Luna has been painting a Thestral. That makes sense for one of the few characters able to see these magical creatures, although the green paintbrush looks out of place, with no green on the actual painting.
Overall
LEGO Harry Potter fans have waited a long time for 76467 Luna Lovegood's House and I am very impressed with this rendition of the house. The strange exterior is accurate to the source material and presents plenty of smaller details from the movie, although the true highlights are found inside, including the fantastic projector function.
Perhaps the building could be deeper to accommodate more space inside, although taking the room available into consideration, the designer has managed to include plenty. The minifigures are great too, Ron's absence notwithstanding. The price is a greater issue though, as £89.99 or €99.99 in Europe seems expensive and even the American price of $89.99 is not ideal, but the set is still very appealing.
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I think we as fans forget that the United States adds an average of 7.53% sales tax to everything, so $89.99 is actually around $97.00, which makes the price from terrible to worse...
I welcome any new locale so this is definitely on our list. That being said, I don’t feel LEGO had to lock themselves into a particular scene. Including Ron and spicing up the clothing should have been an easy decision, even if it wasn’t exactly scene specific, especially since these outfits had already been released for another recent set.
It is a very good remake of the one from the movie
What a great set with good details and such a clever function. Very cool. I really like the Xenophilius minifig. Regarding the Patronus, it would be funny if you wrote “with Luna's Patronus available hare”.
@Keegan_MC said:
"I think we as fans forget that the United States adds an average of 7.53% sales tax to everything, so $89.99 is actually around $97.00, which makes the price from terrible to worse..."
Yes, but I think it is important to consider prices relatively and based on the standard LEGO exchange rate, a set costing £89.99 or €99.99 would be expected to cost $99.99.
The thing that lets it down for me is that it only has one unique minifigure.
@Keegan_MC said:
"I think we as fans forget that the United States adds an average of 7.53% sales tax to everything, so $89.99 is actually around $97.00, which makes the price from terrible to worse..."
It varies by state and sometimes city. The United States has no national sales tax. Many states have a 6% sales tax. Delaware has no sales tax, so if you're driving down I-95 and want to buy Lego at retail it helps to pull over at the Christiana Mall to hit their Lego Store and Target.
@ResIpsaLoquitur said:
" @Keegan_MC said:
"I think we as fans forget that the United States adds an average of 7.53% sales tax to everything, so $89.99 is actually around $97.00, which makes the price from terrible to worse..."
It varies by state and sometimes city. The United States has no national sales tax. Many states have a 6% sales tax. Delaware has no sales tax, so if you're driving down I-95 and want to buy Lego at retail it helps to pull over at the Christiana Mall to hit their Lego Store and Target."
Oregon is the same….
Surely I can't be the only one bothered by the color choices. This thing is WAY too colorful compared to the house in the films. It's supposed to be a black monolithic stone structure, not... this. Even the foliage should be more muted. Also, some of the shaping is pretty off, like the roof above the largest window. Honestly a pretty bad representation overall IMO.
I was initially very excited when I first heard about this set, but what they ended up doing is super disappointing to me. I'm just kind of baffled at the final product.
@CapnRex101 said:
"As you can see, the graphics are not in perfect focus because there is some distance between the light brick and the printed wall panels serving as slides."
Distance isn't the issue. Lack of focus is. In stage lighting, the three basic types of lighting instruments are Fresnels, parabolics, and ellipsoidals. Fresnel lenses (exactly like the element used in the motorized lighthouse and Optimus Prime) give you great coverage, but the wide spread casts weird shadows. Par lamps give you consistent shadows, but you need a ton of them to light a large space (Hollywood installs them in large racks that are prefocused, so you only have to adjust the rack). Ellipsoidals work like a telescope, and have a gobo slot right where the focal point is. Sliding a metal sheet with cutouts into that focal point gives you a shadow that's cast with perfect clarity, if you give the instrument a hard focus. You can also make the shadow fuzzy by softening the focus. But in this case, there are no lenses involved, and the image is being projected from a horizontal slide to a vertical "screen". There's really no way to get a clean projection.
@Keegan_MC said:
"I think we as fans forget that the United States adds an average of 7.53% sales tax to everything, so $89.99 is actually around $97.00, which makes the price from terrible to worse..."
Cost of living is also a factor that doesn't get much attention. From what I understand, when the numbers match between USD and GBP, the latter is still more expensive, but the cost of living in the UK is likewise much higher. It costs money to run a retail store, and MSRP needs to reflect that if the stores are going to stay profitable. Likewise, in the US, the cost of living is all over the map. In Hawaii, it's the highest, because housing is stretched far too thin, but it's nearly impossible to leave when you're out of money. Typically, however, high cost of living comes with higher taxes, so it somewhat balances out.
@yellowcastle said:
"I welcome any new locale so this is definitely on our list. That being said, I don’t feel LEGO had to lock themselves into a particular scene. Including Ron and spicing up the clothing should have been an easy decision, even if it wasn’t exactly scene specific, especially since these outfits had already been released for another recent set."
I don't recall them ever producing a set that didn't come with scene-specific minifigs. It's also the easiest way to get scene-specific minifigs, so doing otherwise would risk a lot less variety. If you can't tie them to a set, CMFs and book pack-ins are really the only other options. CMFs are generally limited to 12 per wave these days, and books really only focus on the four main students.
It's a lackluster set. For 100€ I would expect more detailed minifigs, bigger building, more prints, overall more playful details on the outside of the house like kites and decoration, more space inside to play. It feels very reduced in every sense and looks like a 60-70€ set.
@ohrmazd said:
" @ResIpsaLoquitur said:
" @Keegan_MC said:
"I think we as fans forget that the United States adds an average of 7.53% sales tax to everything, so $89.99 is actually around $97.00, which makes the price from terrible to worse..."
It varies by state and sometimes city. The United States has no national sales tax. Many states have a 6% sales tax. Delaware has no sales tax, so if you're driving down I-95 and want to buy Lego at retail it helps to pull over at the Christiana Mall to hit their Lego Store and Target."
Oregon is the same…."
To me, this has always been the issue with price comparisons. US and Canadian prices do not include taxes. Most Canadian provinces have a 15% sales tax (the standard 5% Canadian sales tax + a provincial one of about 9% paid on top of that one [taxed tax!], so for a total of about 14,98%).
The fact that Canada and the US have lower prices is just normal to me because it takes that into account.
I had no idea about the function, and it does indeed seem very well implemented - although the focus isn't ever going to be perfect. I think the set looks decent; it doesn't look like my mental image of Luna's house, but that's on the filmmakers not TLG.
The price though.. I can't recall another set where the GBP and USD prices are the same (although I'm sure they exist) and they certainly shouldn't be. Maybe on a discount. I've not got the microscale Diagon Alley from last year yet and that's certainly higher priority!
@Keegan_MC said:
"I think we as fans forget that the United States adds an average of 7.53% sales tax to everything, so $89.99 is actually around $97.00, which makes the price from terrible to worse..."
Why are you writing such nonsense? Now some ppl will fool themselves if they believe it.
It depends on state and many countries in Europe has higher prices than catalog € price so no, Lego prices in usa are not high.
@Briczk said:
" @Keegan_MC said:
"I think we as fans forget that the United States adds an average of 7.53% sales tax to everything, so $89.99 is actually around $97.00, which makes the price from terrible to worse..."
Why are you writing such nonsense? Now some ppl will fool themselves if they believe it.
It depends on state and many countries in Europe has higher prices than catalog € price so no, Lego prices in usa are not high."
But what about those mythical 30-40% discounts that European LAN reviewers seem to think you can count on getting for most sets in Europe on or soon after launch day? Those are pretty few and far between in the USA, and brief. Can't count on them. I wonder what the true relative cost of Lego is in the USA vs EU vs UK is when you account for taxes, the cost of living, the exchange rate, and the statistical availability of discounts.
I’m very curious to see what Lego does when the new HBO Harry Potter show comes out later this year. Will they change all the character likenesses to the new cast? Or is their license specifically tied to the Warner Bros movies?
@JDawg5 said:
"I’m very curious to see what Lego does when the new HBO Harry Potter show comes out later this year. Will they change all the character likenesses to the new cast? Or is their license specifically tied to the Warner Bros movies? "
A quick Google search shows that HBO is owned by Warner Bros., who is now owned by Paramount, so I'd imagine LEGO is already discussing sets based off the show with whoever is in charge of Harry Potter right now.
@danishbricklayer said:
"The price though.. I can't recall another set where the GBP and USD prices are the same (although I'm sure they exist) and they certainly shouldn't be. Maybe on a discount. I've not got the microscale Diagon Alley from last year yet and that's certainly higher priority!"
It’s rare, but it does happen these days. And it always draws complaints.
@iwybs said:
" @Briczk said:
" @Keegan_MC said:
"I think we as fans forget that the United States adds an average of 7.53% sales tax to everything, so $89.99 is actually around $97.00, which makes the price from terrible to worse..."
Why are you writing such nonsense? Now some ppl will fool themselves if they believe it.
It depends on state and many countries in Europe has higher prices than catalog € price so no, Lego prices in usa are not high."
But what about those mythical 30-40% discounts that European LAN reviewers seem to think you can count on getting for most sets in Europe on or soon after launch day? Those are pretty few and far between in the USA, and brief. Can't count on them. I wonder what the true relative cost of Lego is in the USA vs EU vs UK is when you account for taxes, the cost of living, the exchange rate, and the statistical availability of discounts."
Part of the US pricing comes from bulk purchase discounts. If you’re the biggest customer (which is probably Walmart in the US), you can negotiate lower wholesale prices than anyone else. And if your wholesale prices are lower, your MSRP is also going to be lower. and MSRP is consistent across store chains in the same country, so that really locks down US pricing for pretty much everyone.
@JDawg5 said:
"I’m very curious to see what Lego does when the new HBO Harry Potter show comes out later this year. Will they change all the character likenesses to the new cast? Or is their license specifically tied to the Warner Bros movies? "
The show is being produced by WB because they need to keep the license active or lose it. The LEGO license is with WB, not the author. They did make sets based on at least the first Fantastic Beasts film, so they aren’t strictly limited to the original eight films. If the TV series is not already allowed under the current licensing agreement, it would be pretty simple to add a rider to the contract that covers it.
@Keegan_MC said:
"I think we as fans forget that the United States adds an average of 7.53% sales tax to everything, so $89.99 is actually around $97.00, which makes the price from terrible to worse..."
I realy dont care what americans add to the price. For me they should add 100% for everything european!
@Keegan_MC said:
"I think we as fans forget that the United States adds an average of 7.53% sales tax to everything, so $89.99 is actually around $97.00, which makes the price from terrible to worse..."
The way everyone replying to this post ignores the word "average" is just rude.
When comparing 96,76$ to 99,99€, where is the major difference?
@Nokturn said:
"Surely I can't be the only one bothered by the color choices. This thing is WAY too colorful compared to the house in the films. It's supposed to be a black monolithic stone structure, not... this. Even the foliage should be more muted. Also, some of the shaping is pretty off, like the roof above the largest window. Honestly a pretty bad representation overall IMO.
I was initially very excited when I first heard about this set, but what they ended up doing is super disappointing to me. I'm just kind of baffled at the final product."
It was always weird to me how depressing the building was in the movie when Luna and her father were such colorful people. Is there some kind of backstory to this? It felt entirely out of place and the set seems more appropriate to the world that we have seen in the films overall.
@iwybs said:
"
But what about those mythical 30-40% discounts that European LAN reviewers seem to think you can count on getting for most sets in Europe on or soon after launch day? Those are pretty few and far between in the USA, and brief. Can't count on them. I wonder what the true relative cost of Lego is in the USA vs EU vs UK is when you account for taxes, the cost of living, the exchange rate, and the statistical availability of discounts."
Due to the discounts of most larger toy retailers 30% discounts come up about a month after launch of a product, and for the vast majority of mainline sets there is always at least one retailer offering at least a 20 to 30% discount. 40% discounts appear very often and some of the best sellers can end up very close to 50% at some shorter sales like the Mona Lisa and other adult decoration or main sets of some popular current movies. This situation seems to be the same for at least all the bigger european countries as Amazon Spain and Italy like to offer 40% discounts for multiple weeks on many items to the point that they end up being listed on german pricewatch sites. I know of higher base prices in countries like the Netherlands but I was also in a toy store there a few years ago and they had at least 30% off a recent release that I just ordered. Basically since LEGOs MSRPs started to rise to these weird unreasonable levels the discounts have started to make up for the difference and the sets that look like the 69,99€ sets of the late 2000s but retail for closer to 90€ end up being about 65€ most of the time. The set reviewed here I got for 67,22€ in February.
Discounts even extend to many D2C sets as some of these sets appear at multiple larger retailers which results in discounts of about 20% for most of the shelf-life of sets like UCS Slave One and Modular Buildings.
From my knowledge Target and Walmart in the US do offer the same type of discounts rather frequently, if not to a greater extent. Hasbro Star Wars items seem to often be discounted to ridiculous values like 70% off or even a few cents, so discounts up to 50% for LEGO are definitely not too rare to be unreasonable to take for granted. The Icons Galaxy Explorer was at Walmart for about 70$ shortly after release, that is better than any european discount of the set to my knowledge.
@PurpleDave said:
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The show is being produced by WB because they need to keep the license active or lose it. The LEGO license is with WB, not the author. They did make sets based on at least the first Fantastic Beasts film, so they aren’t strictly limited to the original eight films. If the TV series is not already allowed under the current licensing agreement, it would be pretty simple to add a rider to the contract that covers it."
The license must be including everything since LEGO is routinely doing things that were only in the books or the themeparks even.
@JDawg5 said:
"I’m very curious to see what Lego does when the new HBO Harry Potter show comes out later this year. Will they change all the character likenesses to the new cast? Or is their license specifically tied to the Warner Bros movies? "
The face designs of the entire Harry Potter line are already incredibly generic and with how close the casting is to the old films they could just use the same heads and put them on the new costumes. I would hope that they finally make some greater updates to the line overall and include some more facial lines on childrens heads for example. So many pupils use the same head or parts that are so close to each other in design that it is nearly impossible to tell them apart without direct comparison.
@Anonym said:
" @Keegan_MC said:
"I think we as fans forget that the United States adds an average of 7.53% sales tax to everything, so $89.99 is actually around $97.00, which makes the price from terrible to worse..."
The way everyone replying to this post ignores the word "average" is just rude.
When comparing 96,76$ to 99,99€, where is the major difference?"
It's not the "average" phrasing that irked me, it's "the United States." There's a lack of comprehension--even among Americans--that the USA is a set of parallel governments, federal and state. The federal government of the United States doesn't have a national sales tax on consumer goods. If you're in Pennsylvania and you pay an additional 6% on Lego, your beef is with Pennsylvania and not with the United States. I understand that the EU has a Union-wide VAT with variations in some countries but the US doesn't do that.
(Again, if you're in eastern Pennsylvania and you're going to drop substantial dollars on Lego, it behooves you to drive down to Delaware and pay zero sales tax.)
@Anonym said:
"Basically since LEGOs MSRPs started to rise to these weird unreasonable levels the discounts have started to make up for the difference and the sets that look like the 69,99€ sets of the late 2000s but retail for closer to 90€ end up being about 65€ most of the time."
Basically, it sounds like EU retailers have fallen into the "couponing" trap that nearly killed McDonald's in the US. McD's created their Dollar Menu to help draw in customers. Over time, though, "barely profitable" leaned towards "unprofitable", and when they tried to raise the prices on that subset of products, customers complained that they were being ripped off on the most underpriced products they had on the menu. Changing over from the Dollar Menu to the Value Menu was a difficult time for the brand, but the result is a return to "barely profitable" that allows them to actually adjust prices to maintain that slight bit of profitability. But they still can't get rid of it or the customer base that's addicted to ordering strictly off that menu will once again complain that the brand is trying to fleece them.
"From my knowledge Target and Walmart in the US do offer the same type of discounts rather frequently, if not to a greater extent. Hasbro Star Wars items seem to often be discounted to ridiculous values like 70% off or even a few cents, so discounts up to 50% for LEGO are definitely not too rare to be unreasonable to take for granted. The Icons Galaxy Explorer was at Walmart for about 70$ shortly after release, that is better than any european discount of the set to my knowledge."
I've seen Walmart drop prices maybe 5-10% on select items, but no more than that, and not the full lineup. Mostly I've seen it with mechs and battle packs. The Galaxy Explorer may have been used as a loss-leader, but it also turns out the set underperformed even with the discounts.
"The license must be including everything since LEGO is routinely doing things that were only in the books or the themeparks even."
The only thing they've done that was in the books but not the films, as far as I'm aware, is Peeves. And they only did him in the first wave of sets for the first film, where they actually did film scenes for the character. Once it was clear that he'd been cut from the story, the character never appeared again. The theme parks are based on the films, not the books, so again should be tied into the same license.
@PurpleDave said:"Fresnel lenses (exactly like the element used in the motorized lighthouse and Optimus Prime) ..."
The Fresnel lens wasn't used in 10302, it was used in 76210.
@iwybs said:
"But what about those mythical 30-40% discounts that European LAN reviewers seem to think you can count on getting for most sets in Europe on or soon after launch day? Those are pretty few and far between in the USA, and brief. Can't count on them. I wonder what the true relative cost of Lego is in the USA vs EU vs UK is when you account for taxes, the cost of living, the exchange rate, and the statistical availability of discounts."
Yes, common sets are at Europe resellers like amazon, or local ones sometimes up to 30% discounts. Exclusive Lego store sets never. And there is also third category limited distribution (for example Simpsons, Modulars) and some months after premiere they are at 10-20% discount.
But Youtubers usually say that in USA you can buy at Walmart/Target/Costco lots of sets with even 50% discount so I guess that is not a problem.
With high prices I meant that Lego sometimes put high catalog price on exclusive sets, or use UNREAL € course. For example two years ago Lego was calculating 1€=5PLN (when real course was 4,3PLN) so Imagine price difference that Rivendell in Poland was 50€ more than in Germany.
Another most recent example from BDP. In Poland Fortuna cost 430$ in USA 350$. So even if you add 5% or 10% to USA price it's still low :)
@Briczk said:
"But Youtubers usually say that in USA you can buy at Walmart/Target/Costco lots of sets with even 50% discount so I guess that is not a problem."
You certainly can buy sets cheaper at Costco, but your selection will be limited to maybe five sets at any given time, and anything desirable will sell out fast. And I’ve almost never seen any set hit 50% discount at the other two chains, even when it ends up in the clearance aisle. I did briefly see Galaxy Explorer marked down to $50 before street date even hit, but I assumed that was a stocking error (it was in a large stack of several other sets priced at $50). And Target used to offer one $100 set for $50 as a Black Friday doorbuster deal, but I think it’s been over a decade since they stopped doing that.
@TheOtherMike said:
" @PurpleDave said:"Fresnel lenses (exactly like the element used in the motorized lighthouse and Optimus Prime) ..."
The Fresnel lens wasn't used in 10302, it was used in 76210."
It’s not used as part of his Matrix of Leadership? I mean, arc reactor also makes sense, but I have it so firmly pegged to Optimus Prime in my mind that I actually thought you were saying it came in a different lighthouse. Then again, at one point I was sure it came in trans-yellow. One thing I definitely got right is that it works great for a cockpit on a Beholder spaceship piloted by one of the CMF Imposter aliens. Got the head perfectly lined up in the center, so when you look through the lens, it magnifies the face.
@PurpleDave
Well I was just saying that as far as I know you are not buying every sets in usa at full price PLUS 10% tax like some ppl here mentioned.
And also to be clear in Poland (but also what I saw in Czechia/Germany/Sweden/Netherlands) if you go to supermarket on the street, Lego prices are usually around full price and in some shops with toys for naive ppl even more! xD Sometimes there are some deals (like in NL Toys 4 us) that certain theme got 20% off and gift after spending treshold but mighty 30-40% off is occasionally thing online IF you buy at right moment.
@Briczk:
In the USA you can usually count on a 20% discount for sets with RRP under $100, several months after launch day. If you go to Walmart or Target stores frequently you may be lucky enough to catch sets pushed to the clearance aisle, but that's a lot rarer than you'd think from social media, and you can never count on it. Sets with RRP of $100 or more will sometimes get large discounts in heavy shopping seasons, but those discounts are short-lived and you really have to keep your eyes peeled for them and jump on them as soon as you see them. The 10497 loss-leader pricing at Walmart was very rare and does not occur as a general thing. In general, you expect to pay full price on large sets in the USA, and 20% off on smaller sets.
@Briczk said:
" @PurpleDave
Well I was just saying that as far as I know you are not buying every sets in usa at full price PLUS 10% tax like some ppl here mentioned.
And also to be clear in Poland (but also what I saw in Czechia/Germany/Sweden/Netherlands) if you go to supermarket on the street, Lego prices are usually around full price and in some shops with toys for naive ppl even more! xD Sometimes there are some deals (like in NL Toys 4 us) that certain theme got 20% off and gift after spending treshold but mighty 30-40% off is occasionally thing online IF you buy at right moment. "
I’m paying 6%, and really not seeing much in the way of discounts at retail.
One of the worst sets in HP line.
Not only it looks horrible and not like in the movie, the (very cool) feature takes way too much space for barrely having effect.
Barrely any playspace dont helps either for such price.
@PurpleDave said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
" @PurpleDave said:"Fresnel lenses (exactly like the element used in the motorized lighthouse and Optimus Prime) ..."
The Fresnel lens wasn't used in 10302, it was used in 76210."
It’s not used as part of his Matrix of Leadership?"
No, as you can see in https://images.brickset.com/sets/AdditionalImages/10302-1/10302_alt6.jpg, the Matrix uses a boat stud. The Fresnel lens would be too big to fit in there.
@TheOtherMike said:
" @Hiratha said:"I don’t want to see Harry Potter sets get reviewed and I don’t have a choice about that..."
At least not without not seeing any reviews at all. That's just given me an idea for a new user suggestion..."
Had the same idea, but I wasn't sure if it was already possible or if it would require an update. Shame, though, since it's retreating into echo chambers that's a major contributor to the state of things these days.