Happy with Harry as a start, although I’m going to switch out the head/hair and create a yule ball Neville instead as I already have the clock tower. The good news is that despite being a Muggle invention, gramophones do exist in the Wizarding World! Contact Us LEGO, the LEGO logo, the Minifigure, and the Brick and Knob configurations are trademarks of the LEGO Group of Companies. I too prefer the Harry Potter books as that’s what I grew up with as well, but the movies are special in their own right.

That these mini-dolls are obtained behind doors 1 and 24 works really well and indicates to me that the LEGO Group is also considering the door opening sequence in its design. Includes Harry Potter™, Ron Weasley™, Hermione Granger™, Draco Malfoy™, Dudley Dursley and Griphook minifigures, plus buildable models such as Gringotts’ gold vault. I spent some time this morning also trying to figure out what the bottle was as it wasn’t reminiscent of any notable potion bottle I know.Similarly, I expected Harry Potter to be the first figure as it was last year, and he features dominantly on the front of the box too. Unlike 2019 this set comes with 18 mini builds; a 2 build increase due to the fewer minifigures included in this set. Gift-wrapping station – I really like this gift-wrapping station and it ties in well to the accessories held by the micro-dolls. In terms of accuracy, the Triwizard Cup does a decent job of matching the movie version – with the ghostly transparent blue and snake handles. Here’s a look at the front flap of the 2020 Harry Potter Advent Calendar which opens up to reveal a play mat where you can display the upcoming day’s contents.

Overall, it's a fantastic pre-Christmas gift that offers a uniquely creative Harry Potter experience and fun. Anyway, we are in NZ – so it’s excellent to find your blog where you are on the same timeframe as us! At the time of writing this review, this set is 30% off in Europe directly from LEGO, and sold out entirely in North America. Wind-up Penguin – After all these ‘things on a table’ builds, this clockwork penguin was a nice change.To date this set has a large number of exclusive pieces with even more pieces that are unique to just a handful of sets making it a great way to pick up some rare pieces. As this minifigure is a copy of Poe from the Special this makes it the first time that an actual Star Wars advent calendar holiday figure is from canon unlike the R2-D2 snowman minifig or the BB-8 with the Santa hat from years past. Day 4 and this series of micro-models has been an absolute delight , especially for fans of Harry Potter and I cannot wait to see what tomorrow brings!

Add to this that the builds all need to be in the same scale (to work in the play scene), which was not a requirement for earlier Friends calendars, and you can see the problem which arises. Filled with glasses, snacks and bottles of beverages you can imagine minifigures crowding to fill their bellies during the Yule Ball. I’ve seen several variations on this and have a loaded pit full of the original ones from 20 years ago, I think this version is really well done and makes nice use of parts in reddish brown.But, what’s even cooler with this micro build is that there’s a second part to it which is a TIE Bomber! The reasoning is that it’s literally modelled after an actual calendar (hence the dates corresponding to the days in December) which culminates on Christmas (Day 25) where you’re meant to open your Xmas present as a finale. Improving upon last year the designers did not repeat builds in different colors with every door being a new build, enhancing the experience.

Please also feel free to follow my 2020 LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar and 2020 Friends Advent Calendar countdown as well, which will be posted shortly! On Day 15, we get yet another Gryffindor Ravenclaw – Padma Patil, who was Ron’s unfortunate date to the Yulr Ball.

Entire lineup of LEGO Star Wars 25th anniversary set includes midi-scale Millenniun Falcon, Tantive IV and the Invisible Hand! I put all the builds back inside and I’m opening it again this year with my middle school students over Zoom. On occasion, when I was a bit confused by the diagram on the box and struggling to put all the bricks where they go I would look at your pictures and easily figure it out. This table comes in two parts and when combined with the other half not displayed on a box you can see a very nice Ice Sculpture built in the center of the table.