The next round of Harry Potter sets are out in the US. They were fully available starting on 1 September 2020. In Germany they have been out since May 2020. The price in the US is $39.99 which includes 630 pieces. The set works out to be $0.063 per piece. Thankfully, the set is already being sold at a discount here. I paid $34.01 here after a discount and the exchange rate. The dollar has been dropping against the Euro so buying sets in Europe at places like Smyths hasn’t been as beneficial for me.
Here’s the box. It’s the European version as you can see from the front where it doesn’t give the number of pieces or that the set is a “building toy.” The back of the box shows that the head can move, the wings flap, and give the dimensions of the set. It’s a 14 inch wingspan, 8 inches long, and 7 inches tall.
The set contains four numbered parts bags, an instruction booklet, and then a small sticker sheet. Thankfully there are only three stickers and they aren’t super small.
The first bag builds the base of the set and starts the stand. The base has translucent red and yellow 1x2 bricks around the bottom. It also has a sticker with the name “Hedwig” on it. You can see the start of the Technic pieces with the crank to move the wings later on.
Included in this bag is a Harry Potter minifigure and then a Hedwig minifigure to go with it. Harry has a wand and is the younger version with the short legs. He has blue hands which I assume mean he is wearing gloves. Hedwig has a small stand which is a gold telescope piece.
The second bag starts to build Hedwig’s body and you can see some of the Technic elements included.
The third bag starts to expand on Hedwig and builds a letter for Hedwig to carry. The letter has three stickers. Two create the envelope and once is the red seal for the envelope.
The fourth bag finishes up the set. The first picture shows the left wing and left part of the tail finished up. The next picture is the final figure from the back. You can see the wings spread out and the tail feathers split out.
Here are a few other views of the final model. Hedwig’s eyes are printed to come up with the color which I think works good. The head rotates although it doesn’t move with the crank. I had no issues with the Technic mechanism to make the wings move. They don’t move smoothly, but it’s not bad considering it is mechanical versus an actual owl.
Without having a picture of Hedwig from the movie to compare it to, this Hedwig seems to be in line with the design from the movie with bits of black mixed in with the white.
I’m a fan of this set. It seems to be in line with some of the larger model Star Wars sets like R2-D2 or BB-8. In addition the movement adds to the set besides just building Hedwig in a single pose.
The set isn’t priced too high and I was glad to get it on sale. Not bad considering it is a licensed set.
Overall, I’m glad I picked this one up. I hope LEGO continues on this trend of different scaled models and I look forward to digging into the Harry Potter theme this year.
Happy building!
