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12 Grimmauld Place 76408

Attack on the Burrow 75980

4 Privet Drive 75968

Representing three of the various Harry Potter sets, we have 12 Grimmauld Place, which probably does one of the coolest things ever. Much like in the movies, the building splits down the middle of the row houses number 11 and 13 to reveal number 12 on a sliding platform. What is not one of the coolest parts, though, is that the set utilizes numbers 11 and 13 for additional rooms in the old and noble House of Black. I mean, I get it, a kid would expect all the rooms of the house, but because of the narrow adaptation, there's only room for the kitchen on the main floor - no screaming portrait of Mrs. Black - as well as no stairs, and only the rooms that belong to Sirius or Regulus, but none of the other rooms for which the house seems to be known. It does, however, have the room that shows all of the family tree, which is important. Officially, I think this set represents Order of the Phoenix first, which is also the first appearance of the house in films and books.

The second set is the Attack on the Burrow, which I think might be the second or third release of the Burrow as a buildable set. It comes with a few unique set pieces, such as the little piggy in the pen outside, and also some unique stickers suggesting that the Weasleys used whatever materials they could find at the local salvage yard to construct their house, one room at a time, as the family continued to expand. Again, the scale doesn't allow for things like a staircase inside, which is actually a key part of the films, but while I couldn't actually tell where Molly and Arthur sleep - their room might not be in the model - it does feature Ron's room, Ginny's room, and the kitchen, which is essential for staging scenes from the film. Specifically, they include Bellatrix, so you can recreate the burning of the house from part one of The Deathly Hallows. Or maybe that was Half Blood Prince, which curiously, never happened in the books, or curiously, didn't actually burn down the house as they appeared in it in Part seven... or so I remember... but it's a pretty cool set, and yes, that crook in the upper levels is intentional.

The house on Privet Drive seems to have a lot of cat hair on it. It seems my little Kit Kat loves to walk along that shelf towards the printer, from which she jumps upward to higher places which she's really not supposed to land on. Anyway, cool features about Privet Drive are that only Harry's room is featured in the house - as well as his closet beneath the stairs - as the Lego builders probably assumed that most fans wouldn't care about the rest of the Durselys. The living room and the kitchn are also featured, and you can toss as many letters through the fireplace as you might have in stock. It also comes with the Weasley's flying car, so you can recreate the scene from Chamber of Secrets where you can pull away the iron bars outside of Harry's - erm, Dudley's second bedroom.

Description

From left:

12 Grimmauld Place 76408

Attack on the Burrow 75980

4 Privet Drive 75968

Representing three of the various Harry Potter sets, we have 12 Grimmauld Place, which probably does one of the coolest things ever. Much like in the movies, the building splits down the middle of the row houses number 11 and 13 to reveal number 12 on a sliding platform. What is not one of the coolest parts, though, is that the set utilizes numbers 11 and 13 for additional rooms in the old and noble House of Black. I mean, I get it, a kid would expect all the rooms of the house, but because of the narrow adaptation, there's only room for the kitchen on the main floor - no screaming portrait of Mrs. Black - as well as no stairs, and only the rooms that belong to Sirius or Regulus, but none of the other rooms for which the house seems to be known. It does, however, have the room that shows all of the family tree, which is important. Officially, I think this set represents Order of the Phoenix first, which is also the first appearance of the house in films and books.

The second set is the Attack on the Burrow, which I think might be the second or third release of the Burrow as a buildable set. It comes with a few unique set pieces, such as the little piggy in the pen outside, and also some unique stickers suggesting that the Weasleys used whatever materials they could find at the local salvage yard to construct their house, one room at a time, as the family continued to expand. Again, the scale doesn't allow for things like a staircase inside, which is actually a key part of the films, but while I couldn't actually tell where Molly and Arthur sleep - their room might not be in the model - it does feature Ron's room, Ginny's room, and the kitchen, which is essential for staging scenes from the film. Specifically, they include Bellatrix, so you can recreate the burning of the house from part one of The Deathly Hallows. Or maybe that was Half Blood Prince, which curiously, never happened in the books, or curiously, didn't actually burn down the house as they appeared in it in Part seven... or so I remember... but it's a pretty cool set, and yes, that crook in the upper levels is intentional.

The house on Privet Drive seems to have a lot of cat hair on it. It seems my little Kit Kat loves to walk along that shelf towards the printer, from which she jumps upward to higher places which she's really not supposed to land on. Anyway, cool features about Privet Drive are that only Harry's room is featured in the house - as well as his closet beneath the stairs - as the Lego builders probably assumed that most fans wouldn't care about the rest of the Durselys. The living room and the kitchn are also featured, and you can toss as many letters through the fireplace as you might have in stock. It also comes with the Weasley's flying car, so you can recreate the scene from Chamber of Secrets where you can pull away the iron bars outside of Harry's - erm, Dudley's second bedroom.