This is so much better than the Hedwig from last year, it's simply perfect!

Especially the chocolate frog card.

OMG. ???? This is an immediate buy.

Not interested in much of the set, but I love that Chocolate Frog Card design, I'll probably just get the parts for it on bricklink and display my Golden Harry in it. It does seem odd though to have two Hedwigs in two years

This isn’t a set that interests me at all, but some of the techniques used in this are incredible. The use of overlapping wall elements to form the pages of the open book is particularly staggering.

That looks stunning, even as a non Harry Potter collector. Very, very tempted! (To add to my non Harry Potter collection of Hogwarts Express and Hogsmeade!)

Amazing build, but not a fan of "build and put it on the shelf builds"
The fact hey but THREE unique figures here is a not very cool move :<

Available from 2nd September on Lego.com
Shipping from at least 5 or 6 days later if the UCS Republic Gunship is the new benchmark.

This looks gorgeous! I wouldn't be so much interested, had it not been executed so exceptionally well. Something else must go off the wish list now.

Now if I order this at midnight. Will it take Lego 2 to 3 weeks to deliver this set? I am still awaiting my UCS Gunship I ordered on Sunday morning at 12:30am.

Looks decent, but should've been broken up into several sets.

Amazing, day one for me!

The wand is a "NO" for me.

Way better than I anticipated. I just moved from I will pas to I need it!

@Bycougars said:
"I collect harry potter for scenes and minifigs, so this set frustrates me. The set looks good, but has no appeal to me other than I wish I could complete my 20th anniversary figs collection. I'm NOT spending $250 on this set just to get the 3 golden minifigures, this was a devious move by lego to stuff 3 anniversary figs behind a paywall that high. My guess is I'm not the only one in the same boat so those 3 golden figs will probably be worth $50-100 for the set on Ebay."

Agreed. I would have much rather seen the exclusive figs packaged just with the stunning Hedwig build.

@CDM said:
"Not a HP fan but that snowy owl is fantastic. As someone with an interest in birds (and owls specifically) I’d consider buying this if it were $100 less and without all the other…things. But I can’t justify the $250 price. Maybe I’ll BrickLink the pieces to build the bird and a generic perch."

My thoughts exactly. Love Lego birds, and Hedwig is top notch, definitely worth parting out.

Just not a big enough HP fan to spend the money or take up the space for the entire set.

@CapnRex101 said:
" @Huw said:
"Seeing sets like this for Harry Potter you have to question why the same care, attention to detail, and extravagance even, are not applied to sets in other licensed themes (naming no names)"

There are no mistakes on the Hogwarts acceptance letter, for a start.

Still, naming no names!"

Is it just me or does it look like they've mis-spelt 'TITILLANDUS' on the crest? It's more noticeable on the Lego.com photos, but looks like they've spelt it 'TITILLANDOS' instead.

There seems to be some kind of Easter Eggs on the potion bottles. Those numbers are definitely some people's date of birth but none that I recognise which means it's probably the designers that worked on the set.

It's a beautiful display piece for anyone who has any space left and the money to justify it as well. Not for me though...

What an incredible set! The creativity on full display here is absolutely stunning, resulting in one of the sharpest-looking display sets in recent memory.

I would love to see the same level of creativity brought to the Star Wars theme in future sets. Don’t get me wrong, there’s a LOT to love there, but it would be nice to see something other than ships, ships, ships as the cornerstone releases.

@goshe7 said:
" @Bycougars said:
"I collect harry potter for scenes and minifigs, so this set frustrates me. The set looks good, but has no appeal to me other than I wish I could complete my 20th anniversary figs collection. I'm NOT spending $250 on this set just to get the 3 golden minifigures, this was a devious move by lego to stuff 3 anniversary figs behind a paywall that high. My guess is I'm not the only one in the same boat so those 3 golden figs will probably be worth $50-100 for the set on Ebay."

Agreed. I would have much rather seen the exclusive figs packaged just with the stunning Hedwig build."

They did this with Golden Wu, so yeah.

Amazing set

@ALEGOMan said:
" @SuicideSkwad said:
"Remember when the LEGO designers said they didn’t want to put exclusive desirable figures in expensive sets? Yep? Well here’s three! "

idk where you've heard that but they've been constantly doing it since forever. I had to buy yet another falcon to get the 3 exclusives from the rise of skywalker"

They said it recently in response to the minifigures in the UCS Gunship not being what people necessarily were hoping for

@TheOriginalSimonB said:
" @krysto2002 said:
" @Huw said:
"Seeing sets like this for Harry Potter you have to question why the same care, attention to detail, and extravagance even, are not applied to sets in other licensed themes (naming no names)"

Seeing sets like this for licensed themes makes me wonder why the same care, attention to detail, and extravagance isn't applied with any degree of regularity to Lego's own legacy themes."

Yeah - for City they could do a life-size walkie-talkie and coffee mug, resting on a brick-built pizza."

You laugh but a large scale classic space helmet, walkie and tools would be neat/an instant buy for me.

It's better than the absolute nothing we get.

Besides we all know the life sized pizza build would be exclusively licensed to Spider Man or TMNT.

What a lovely surprise! I had no idea such a set was on the horizon. Will be getting it for sure.

This set is gorgeous. $250 gorgeous? I don't know. But they knocked it out of the park either way.

The number of pieces at that cost, yes, seems worthwhile.

As a display piece it looks stunning. Hedwig takes the show of course. But even the books look quality, the potion bottles are clever. The scarf is a bit lazy, but it is supposed to just be the end under the pile, so it works. Harry's spectacles seem odd if you use any of the other house's scarves. Otherwise this could be Harry's nightstand.

Years ago, there was a Target exclusive prize of Hedwig on top of books. I was blown away and I had planned on recreating it. Then they released Hedwig in the not so distant past and was even more blown away. The movement, the details. All very clever. Now they release this version and I am dead (not literally). This version is incredible. They would have had no problem selling this as a stand alone. But to incorporate the other goodies, it adds a whole scene.

I will want to get it since HP is my favorite theme, but I just don't know yet. Budget is always a concern and I still need to pick up the summer wave of HP..

@AdmiralSpookyNoodle said:
" @goshe7 said:
" @Bycougars said:
"I collect harry potter for scenes and minifigs, so this set frustrates me. The set looks good, but has no appeal to me other than I wish I could complete my 20th anniversary figs collection. I'm NOT spending $250 on this set just to get the 3 golden minifigures, this was a devious move by lego to stuff 3 anniversary figs behind a paywall that high. My guess is I'm not the only one in the same boat so those 3 golden figs will probably be worth $50-100 for the set on Ebay."

Agreed. I would have much rather seen the exclusive figs packaged just with the stunning Hedwig build."

They did this with Golden Wu, so yeah. "

But Ninjago Gardens are a must-have for all Ninjago and modular buildings fans, and It also came with a lot of other figures.

Can't say I am really a HP fan, but I absolutely love that owl!
I have bought several HP sets, because they appealed to me as a castle and minifig scale play/display-set fan. This is probably a very expensive set, so I am not sure, nonetheless I love how well-thought-out and beautiful it looks.

I like it, but it just seems a bit cluttered with everything thats in it

The glasses! They're out of LEGO!

I am a moderate HP fan as I got most of the 'modular' new series. I am more into the location building aspect of the theme so I don't know what to do with this one - most likely a pass despite a fantastic rendition. That said, maybe this will open a door for Lego to start producing life-like animals in the future (many moccers have done really nice things in the past - some specialising specifically on that) - still not sure if this would be a good thing or not - at least good to see what can be done...

Finally, this set must be put under a glass cover. Can you imagine dusting this.

@Not_a_Bot said:
"This isn’t a set that interests me at all, but some of the techniques used in this are incredible. The use of overlapping wall elements to form the pages of the open book is particularly staggering. "

This was first used on Trafalgar Square (Architecture set) for the stairs.

I saw a few pics of this on leak sites and thought it was an MOC and not a Lego original!!!

Not really a HP fan, but this is amazing!!

So I assume this is the start of UCS ( by any other name) for the HP line?

That owl is beautiful

The owl, the books and the rack with potions look fantastic! The extra objects look a bit ramdom and do not complement the set at all. And drive up the price. The scarf (is it a scarf?) and wand look bad. If I buy this I will only display it with the glasses, chocolate frog and a nice candle MOC.

It's a really lovely and detailed set.....with exception of the scarfs, which look like a 5yr old has been asked if they'd like to help finish it off.

Think they could have been done better, or left out, as it lacks consistency with the quality that's gone into the rest of the set.

Yawn

@crazywitchdoctor said:
" @AdmiralSpookyNoodle said:
" @goshe7 said:
" @Bycougars said:
"I collect harry potter for scenes and minifigs, so this set frustrates me. The set looks good, but has no appeal to me other than I wish I could complete my 20th anniversary figs collection. I'm NOT spending $250 on this set just to get the 3 golden minifigures, this was a devious move by lego to stuff 3 anniversary figs behind a paywall that high. My guess is I'm not the only one in the same boat so those 3 golden figs will probably be worth $50-100 for the set on Ebay."

Agreed. I would have much rather seen the exclusive figs packaged just with the stunning Hedwig build."

They did this with Golden Wu, so yeah. "

But Ninjago Gardens are a must-have for all Ninjago and modular buildings fans, and It also came with a lot of other figures. "

Yes, but it's so expensive.

Does that bottle say “Wormwood Infusrion”? Did they really misspell Infusion?

Come on.

Please, may I have a job as a spellchecker at TLG?

I see a lack of cohesion to the builds of this set. Fans will probably like all the objects present, but beside the giant hedwig and stack of books the rest feel like they could have been distributed in smaller supplementary sets. Lego knows AFOLs and HP fans easily spend 250 on a single set and it shows.
Out of the myriad of D2C sets released this year this one is easily the least memorable to me. I mean... we had a brick-built hedwig one or two years ago already (felt like half a year, but y'know... corona)

Day one buy for Hedwig. The previous Hedwig is one of my favorite sets! This version looks majestic, absolutely love it.
I Personally collect the golden minifigs, so happy with those too. For non collectors they offer an easy way to make some quick money back, thereby making the set more affordable.

@dvw2 said:
"Does that bottle say “Wormwood Infusrion”? Did they really misspell Infusion?

Come on.

Please, may I have a job as a spellchecker at TLG?"

Looks like correct spring but sloppy script to me, so handwriting critic might be the position you'd like to apply for?

I wish I was into Harry Potter, this set looks amazing. I wish other lines such as Star Wars and Ninjago released similar sets like this. So much potential for this sort of thing across the LEGO themes.

I'm not a Harry Potter fan but I need that owl. The books and potion bottles are also a delight.

This set must have some new parts in there. The rims on the glasses and the transparent potion bottle sides don't look familiar.

No early access for VIPs? :(

Does anyone know what determines when they do or don't have an early access period?

@BlueLanturnCorp said:
" @AddictedToStyrene said:
"Most impressive. What is the red and yellow on the bottom right?

Edit: is it the scarf?"

Looks like the end of a scarf?"

The set also comes with pieces for a Slytherin, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff scarves to represent your house

I really like the Hedwig as the amazing owl build that it is and as a stand alone piece I would have picked it up for sure. As someone who doesn't care much for Harry Potter I also don't care for the side builds and the stack of books. So € 249,- for the owl and a bunch of pieces I don't want... Mmm...

@CCC said:
"I feel some vibes of an Assault on Hoth. Hedwig, already done. Various books, already done (although they contain play features). Stick them together with some other little builds and call it a Collectors' Edition, job done. Although the difference here is that they will be concurrent sets."

Same, I really don’t see what’s so great about this set. Very expensive and hodge-podgey to me. Reminds me of the JURASSIC PARK T-Rex breakout set with the gate and oversized dinosaur. Maybe it’s just because I only merely *like* HP and I hate Rowling, but Hard Pass.

I have been trying to scale back on the money I spend on LEGO. Thought if I started a Minifigure Scale Only rule it might help me a lot in trimming some sets off my Wanted Lists.

That puts sets like the Republic Gunship out…and it would put this out too. I can’t do it!!!

I’m weak. I think I have an addiction. :D

Also…if those large pieces of letter are stickers I’m going to shoot myself in the hand.

@Huw said:
"Seeing sets like this for Harry Potter you have to question why the same care, attention to detail, and extravagance even, are not applied to sets in other licensed themes (naming no names)"

From my observations I think that whenever a theme is meant to attract women or girls lego usually puts a lot more details and eye catching bits in the sets- elves was such an example, friends compared to city etc. If the theme is considered more "men oriented" we get less details for the same price.

This is beautiful. I love it. But I have nowhere to put it.

The fact that an owl was my school crest many years ago is a bit of a clincher for me.

I really like it, but I don’t usually buy life-size products and Hedwig was released last year too.

So Lego really looked at the stationary and notepad collectibles Barnes and Noble has been selling for Harry Potter over the last twenty years and said "yep, we need a slice of that!"?

I personally much prefer the castles and other location sets from this theme, so while this set has some cool build techniques it looks like a big price tag for a lot of things I don't really care for.

@Mr__Thrawn said:
"And just because people disagree with you does not mean that they are wrong, and there is no reason to derisively comment on their perceived lack of judgement."
I didn't say anyone was wrong. I said I am amazed at all the positive comments. To me that's something quite different.
Nor did I derisively comment, at least that wasn't the intention.
It was rather tongue in cheek, after all I said they must have been under some kind of magic spell. Isn't that fitting for Harry Potter?
Some people read way too much into a harmless comment.

Great build don’t really get the point of it though

This is extraordinary . I have no interest in HP, but I think I will have to get this.

This is lovely, and I'll surely purchase, but I was hoping for another large location, like Gringotts (with underground roller coaster, dragon, Lestrange Vault, etc.).

Hedwig, atop the stack of books and holding the letter, along with the wand looks great. The minifigs should've been a GWP or something. The glasses, chocolate frog, and bottles feel like filler to jump the price up. It took me a while to realize those random stacks of 1x4 plates were supposed to represent scarves, not extra parts for optional add-ons.

@The_Cellarer said:
"Sadly, the minifigures included in 75192 have not become the floor which all subsequent UCS sets have risen above, but rather the far-away glass ceiling that they never seem to have any interest in breaking..."

I wouldn’t consider one of the most (if not the most) expensive sets of all time as the gauge for UCS minifigs. The Falcon is central to Star Wars, and that set is sort of in a league of it’s own.

@B_Space_Man said:
"Harry Potter and the Kitchen Sink. "
LOL!! I read, I laugh.

@CCC said:
"They really need to design a corner masonry brick. Those pages just don't look right, like the corners have been glued together."

Part 71752 already exists

I just looked at all 195 D2C sets here on Brickset, and I have decided that this set is my least favorite. It is really stupid to me but everyone else seems to like it.

@highfalutintodd said:
"You're killing me here, LEGO. We're doing a house remodel so not only have I had to store all of my builds, but I'm already sitting on unopened boxes of ECTO-1, NASA Space Shuttle Discovery, Winnie the Pooh, New Asgard with Bro (Fat) Thor, and all the new Star Wars helmets. Now this?!?!? I've got a problem, and you.... you, LEGO, are my dealer..."

Me too!

What does it do?

So, hedwig is beautiful. I have taken a liking to the birds. And for that, I must have this set. I have bought many sets with more parts than I wanted just to have the feature piece.... the dragons of ninjago. So I can definitely see myself buying this set just to have hedwig. Not into the hp sets, except the ones with the birds. I'll have to decide if this is in the budget for September. Depends on what else is released at that time.

I only have a few Harry Potter sets, but this is almost the perfect set - stunning.

How much for just Hedwig?

Didn't they already make something like this? I thought that they made the owl like a couple of waves ago.

Display pieces aren't really my thing but I gotta say these are super impressive, I'll go through my thoughts on them one-by-one. We got a big Hedwig two years ago so that one doesn't impress me as much as it would otherwise even though it's probably the better one. I don't really have any thoughts on the Hogwarts letter, each section is one piece so it looks more convincing than it would if each part was made of more than one piece. Harry’s wand reminds me of the one included with the giant fig, just larger, but it's a great build regardless and has a bit more detail, particularly on the bottom of the wand. The glasses are probably the weakest build since they don't look as much like one uniform shape but they're still a solid build, I wonder if they'd fit on someone. The Chocolate Frog is almost exclusively made of reddish-brown pieces so I'm satisfied with that, the joints are also a neat addition. It's hard to get a great look at the potions tray without the potions inside it or Hedwig on top of it but it looks great. The five potion and ingredient bottles look great and are exactly my kind of thing, I forgot that the Felix Felicis one was white honestly. Tom Riddle’s diary isn't one I can get a perfect look at either but it seems like you can't close it, it looks great opened, though, and I'd love to see someone MOC the Basilisk's fang into it. The Golden Snitch is extremely effective for how few pieces it seems to use and I think it's the first time we're getting the wings in gold. Lastly, there's the Hogwarts scarf, I couldn't tell what it was at first aside from the house colors but I see it now and I love the customizability. It's a great set overall but not one I'm getting, most of the sets I buy are inexpensive Minifigure-scale ones.

It looks nice (build-wise), but can't see how a HP set is relevant anymore...

@bananaworld said:
"
GOLD GANDALF AT LAST"

Been playing Lego LotR with my sister’s kids, and they keep saying Gandalf is Dumbledore’s brother.

Just one more thing - this designer designed almost all AMAZING sets.

As a proud Ravenclaw, I’m bothered that they didn’t give pieces to do blue and bronze instead of the incorrect/movie colours. Other than that, this set looks amazing! I am still holding out for Lego making a similar theme for Middle-Earth (The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, etc.). I know it doesn’t have the same wide fanbase as the Wizarding World, but I’m sure it would be amazing for Lego collectors. Plus, it would appeal to the Castle/Medieval fans, too.

I'm not an HP fan but on first inspection this looks really good so I might have been tempted. But I have a few issues with it.
A closer look it seems the books aren't loosely stacked but brick built that way, so there is limited scope to create your own arrangement.
While Hedwig looks good (and might have been nice as a stand alone owl model) it looked a little off. After a quick search, I realised the problem: the wingspan is much too small for an owl, making it look cartoonish. In reality should be at least 50% wider. Would have looked better with folded wings, especially being perched.
So, no purchase for me.

@Mr__Thrawn said:
"The tongue-in-cheek comment read to me as derisive. I apologize for misinterpreting your words, though I don’t think it was unreasonable for me to perceive them as negative, given that the vast majority of your comments on this website are intensely negative in nature."
Sorry if my comment came across as derisive. That definitely wasn't the intention. Remember, I am no native speaker of English, so I have to make do with what I perceive to be the intention/gist of what I write. I'll try my best in future to rethink how my comments might come across, especially if they are meant to be ironic, tongue in cheek or humorous.
But you have to admit that few commenters here seem to get as triggered by my comments as yourself. There are three or four I can remember who mainly focus on my negative comments (of which there are perhaps more than positive ones lately I admit), but what would a comments section be if it only contained non-critical messages.
Plus, I often post positive comments too, you may simply not notice them as much, either because they are on articles you don't focus on, or because you don't get triggered by them so you might not even notice that they are by me. Just a thought.

In any case, I didn't even critizise this set per se, just the pricing seemed way off to me, and I was amazed hardly anyone else appeared to think so - hence my original comment. The individual builds look nice enough (HP currently is my favorite theme in the LEGO lineup anyway), that Hedwig in particular is awesome, I just don't see 250 Euro worth of "stuff" (as Jang likes to phrase it) in the overall set.

Looks absolutely gorgeous. Now imagine Fawkes in this style and weep at what he actually received.

@dvw2 said:
"Does that bottle say “Wormwood Infusrion”? Did they really misspell Infusion?

Come on.

Please, may I have a job as a spellchecker at TLG?"

I already pointed out the typo on the Hogwarts crest. D'oh!

it's so good to be both Lego and Harry Potter fan lately, so many nice sets, and this one looks stunning <3 Love that Owl, and the junk around makes it looks so complete and nicer to look at imo

@ChrisUK said:
" @CapnRex101 said:
" @Huw said:
"Seeing sets like this for Harry Potter you have to question why the same care, attention to detail, and extravagance even, are not applied to sets in other licensed themes (naming no names)"

There are no mistakes on the Hogwarts acceptance letter, for a start.

Still, naming no names!"

Is it just me or does it look like they've mis-spelt 'TITILLANDUS' on the crest? It's more noticeable on the Lego.com photos, but looks like they've spelt it 'TITILLANDOS' instead."

Yes! They have! They have misspelled 'titillandus'!
I can't imagine this was corrected after the product photos were taken, so I guess this is what we're getting. I cannot believe nobody at LEGO noticed that.
At first I thought this may have been a film thing. Unfortunately, LEGO uses the films rather than the books for how things should look, so I thought maybe Warner Bros in their infinite wisdom had changed that in the films, but it seems there are no close-ups of the Hogwarts coat of arms in the films.
Then I thought - maybe this is one of those UK vs US differences. Which would be odd, given the fact the text is Latin (ish...), but still, quite a few differences between the UK and US books. But no, that doesn't seem to be it either.
So I have no idea how this could happen.

@Hybryda said:
"it's so good to be both Lego and Harry Potter fan lately, so many nice sets, and this one looks stunning <3 Love that Owl, and the junk around makes it looks so complete and nicer to look at imo"

Junk? Junk is another way of saying rubbish, so I'm not sure if that's what you meant, given the fact you like it.

I get why this will piss off people who already bought the Hedwig set from last year, they should've reveal this earlier so people can make the choice.

Btw, the scarf is really unsuccessful and unnecessary.

This is a fine brick-built owl, but it could just have just been 76391 Snowy Owl without tarnishing the set with a license associated with bigotry and some atrociously bad brick-built scarves.

Kind of makes me wish I still bought Harry Potter merch. Oh well.

@VanderAppel said:
" @Hybryda said:
"it's so good to be both Lego and Harry Potter fan lately, so many nice sets, and this one looks stunning <3 Love that Owl, and the junk around makes it looks so complete and nicer to look at imo"

Junk? Junk is another way of saying rubbish, so I'm not sure if that's what you meant, given the fact you like it."

Junk bc w/o the owl it would have no appeal. I heard rumors that wit would be some objects and was very negative about that. And the we got the owl as the main part and the junk in just a background for the good boy.

@TheBrickGuru24 said:
"Honestly one of the cleanest looking sets I've ever seen. I would love to know who designed this."

Marcos Bessa and his team.

Yes but not all Sets. Some are clearly meant to be display pieces.

If only the dragons could look this nice! Man I'd be poor.

Love the Hedwig. I'll be saving up for this one. Hopefully it reaches retail and we can see at least 20% discount.

For a true HP fan the letter isn't right I always thought it was signed by Dumbledore?

@Stiggy said:
"For a true HP fan the letter isn't right I always thought it was signed by Dumbledore?"

I thought the same, but apparently it was signed by McGonagall: https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Hogwarts_acceptance_letter

@ChrisUK said:
" @Stiggy said:
"For a true HP fan the letter isn't right I always thought it was signed by Dumbledore?"

I thought the same, but apparently it was signed by McGonagall: https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Hogwarts_acceptance_letter"

Makes sense. I mean, Headmasters/mistresses need to delegate to their associates to accomplish everything, just like any good leadership team.

@GoldenNinja3000 said:
"I have mixed feelings on this set. It’s an incredible design and a work of LEGO art, but I don’t understand why we’re getting a pile of random objects as our next HP D2C instead of something like Hogsmeade or Gringotts or the Ministry of Magic. I love the potion bottle builds and Hedwig in particular though and the exclusive minifigures are incredible. The set is amazing for what it is, I just wouldn’t have ever asked for this. "

I feel exactly the same. There elements of this that I love. I’m not sure where I’d display it, but parts of it are phenomenal.

Now I am a Star Wars fan and the missus is the Harry Potter fan. I have already purchased most of the sets for her. I was impressed with Diagon Alley, but this...
Wow! That is a beautiful set.

Hedwig is beautiful, I love the bottles of potion ingredients and the flask of Felix Felicitis, and the rest of it is pretty clever too. (Including the ratty scarf ends...I didn't understand what they were for at first, but they do the job nicely IMO!) Not sure if I really want to buy it but it's certainly very tempting, even though normally life-size objects leave me cold.

@CCC said:
"The piss off the people that already bought Hedwig edition. That seems a waste of £30 next to this one.

Is there a reason that the Albus Dumbledore(TM) figure is named but the other two don't get a nameplate?"

It's because the position for Dumbledore is designed to look like a Chocolate Frog card (which look like this https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Chocolate_Frog_Card?file=Chocolate_Frog_Cards.jpg).