New Lego Harry Potter set is like a weird doll's house, and I kinda love that
Aug. 20, 2024Welcome back to the Burrow
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Our Hogwarts letters may be years late at this point, but this new Lego Harry Potter set is a pretty good consolation prize. The Lego Burrow recreates the Weasley’s distinctly wonky home in more detail than we’ve seen before, to the point that this Collectors' Edition kit reminds me of a doll’s house. While it’s a faithful recreation of the house from the outside, it can be opened up to reveal a multitude of rooms and hidden corners – a must for thebest Lego sets, if you ask me.
Due to arrive this September as part of the ‘Back to Hogwarts’ event at Lego’s store, The Burrow is 18 inches tall and features 10 minifigures – the entire Weasley family, along with Harry. This includes some characters who haven’t had Lego Harry Potter models before.
I’ve broken the set down below, but the impatient amongst you can check it out nowat the Lego store. It’ll be available this September 4, but Lego Insiders (anyone that’s signed up to Lego’s free membership program) can get their hands on the Lego Burrow from September 1 instead. This is a pretty common occurrence where new kits are concerned, as demonstrated with thenew Lego Nightmare Before Christmas set.
As for the upcoming Back to Hogwarts event, that’ll feature exclusive deals and special giveaways that aremostlyconnected to this release (little sets such as the Floo Network at Borgin and Burkes and the Weasley Clock). It begins this September 1.
Lego The Burrow - Collectors' Edition
That also means it can fit a lot of rooms into its interior. Besides bedrooms and bathrooms, it features the iconic kitchen complete with ‘magically animated’ (e.g. they’re held up by clips) tools. The fireplace Floo Network also makes minifigs ‘disappear’ if you turn the cog, which is a fun touch.
Judging by the minifigures (with Bill and Charlie being featured for the first time), this Lego Harry Potter set is based on Chamber of Secrets. That means it’s a lot more cheerful than the last set, which featured Death Eaters… well, setting the place on fire. Charming.
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Much like last year’sLego Gringotts Bank, this is something of an engineering clever clogs. It’s distinctly top-heavy and doesn’t look as if it should be able to stand, but the folks at Lego have solved that problem through some brick-based wizardry.
If you’re keeping score, this is the fourth Collectors' Edition Harry Potter kit. Before now we’ve had Gringotts, Hedwig on Harry’s school gear, and the Hogwarts Express. What will be next, I wonder?
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