The incredible and much anticipated saga of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has finally arrived and will be another box office hit. The story is about Harry races against time and evil to destroy the Horcruxes, he uncovers the existence of three most powerful and formidable objects in the wizarding world: the Deathly Hallows. Voldemort's power is growing stronger. He has control over the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts. Harry, Ron and Hermione decide to finish Dumbledore's work and find the rest of the Horcruxes to defeat the Dark Lord. But little hope lingers for the Trio, and the rest of the Wizarding World, so everything they do must go as planned.
LEGO on the other hand, commemorates this all-time favorite movie with new toy launches that will please and delight the most ardent Harry Potter fans: from children of age 8 to 14 years and even adults who would love as much as the children.
Over the years, LEGO is well-known for its reputation of great quality and fun with creations of toys from well-liked movies such as Star Wars, Prince of Persia, Batman and Harry Potter. Each LEGO movie toy corresponds to a scene from these famed movies all the way to the minute details.
This year, LEGO has certainly released the largest Harry Potter set known as the LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle. This set has over 1290 LEGO pieces, 3 manuals and 11 Harry Potter LEGO mini-figurines. The castle is grandeur and exceptionally detailed all the way to Gryffindor's Sword in Professor Dumbledor's room as well as Sirius Black's face in Gryffindor's common room. It is so detailed that you will find Tom Riddle's book hidden in a suit of knight's armor. Not only that, you will find the restricted library of Hogwarts Castle along with the Astronomy Tower and Vanishing Cabinet in this set.
The LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle contains some of the most famed mini-figurines such as Harry Potter, Hermione Grange, Lord Voldemort, Albus Dumbledore, Professors Snape, McGonagall, Flitwick, Argus Filch and his cat, Mrs. Norris, and 2 Dementor mini-figurines.
This larger LEGO set will require some hours to put them together, however when you had finished putting them together, the sense of achievement is unbelievable and heart-warming. You will certainly need a larger working space and be watchful over small kids and animals as there are quite a lot of small pieces. One shortcoming to this set is the absence of Ron Weasley. You can however get this mini-figurine from the LEGO Harry Potter Hagrid's Hut set and it is tagged at an affordable mid-range price. Other interesting LEGO Harry Potter sets released this year are Quidditch Match, Freeing Doby, The Burrows, and the Hogwart's Express Train Set.
Overall, the LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle set is a great set for the LEGO collectors as well as the Harry Potter fans all over the world. Once the castle is built, there will be plenty of time for role-playing and great fun with several mini-figurines that ship with this set. The castle is big enough to play inside the rooms with lots of accessories from the movies.
Especially with the release of the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows movie not long ago, the craze for Harry Potter is escalating, this set will certainly be in high demand during this incoming festive holidays. Stores have been reporting to have sold out this popular LEGO sets, so get yours before they disappear off the shelves!
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