Today’s review is a quick look at the Wizarding World Minifigures Accessory Set (40500). This is the second minifigure set in the Harry Potter theme after 2020’s Hogwarts Students Accessory Set (40419). Much like before, it’s a blister package shaped like a minifigure with a selection of 4 characters and a small build. Build times and cost-per-brick values really don’t
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UPDATE: The LEGO® Harry Potter™ Hogwarts™ Icons Collectors’ Edition will now launch on September 15th in the US, Canada, and Mexico, rather than September 2nd as originally planned due to a shipping delay in the US. The set will be available for online only pre-order at LEGO.com beginning September 2nd. The product will be available in LEGO Retail stores on
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The Harry Potter theme continues it’s magical celebration with today’s reveal of the Hogwarts Icons Collectors’ Edition (76391). The LEGO® Group has gone big and beautiful for this latest 20th anniversary offering. This 18+ set brings together elements from across the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in one stunning display. This is the largest of the current wave of Harry
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It’s never too early for Christmas with The LEGO® Group. The 2021 Advent Calendars are now listed online and will be out September 1st. A total of five calendars will be available this year – the most to date. New for this year is a Marvel Avengers themed calendar which we covered in a previous article (click here). The four
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Hogwarts Chamber of Secrets (76389) is the largest of the summer 2021 Harry Potter releases. Previously, we have reviewed other offerings from the wave here on True North Bricks. Those sets included Polyjuice Potion Mistake, Fluffy Encounter, Fawkes, Hogsmeade Village Visit, and the new BrickHeadz. This set features the first large segment of Hogwarts since the Astronomy Tower from August
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Fawkes, Dumbledore’s Phoenix (76394) is one of approximately 10 new Harry Potter sets in the Summer 2021 wave. Released on June 1st, this buildable character is made of nearly 600 pieces and has movable wings. This mythical creature makes an excellent companion piece to 2020’s Hedwig (75979) which features a similar design and price point. Both sets have a mechanical
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Summer 2021 brought with it a new wave of Hogwarts sets from the Harry Potter theme. For the last several years, the Hogwarts sets focused mainly on large interconnecting sections of the castle. Consequently, we saw the Whomping Willow, Great Hall, Clock Tower, and Astronomy Tower. Granted, smaller rooms came out as well. There was the Room of Requirement, as
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June 1, 2021, marked the release date for a slew of new Harry Potter sets. The LEGO® Group sent several of them over to True North Bricks for review. You can catch the unboxings on YouTube. This week we review our way through the sets, starting with a twofer: the 2021 Harry Potter BrickHeadz sets. This is a look at
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The summer 2021 set reveals keep coming. While we have already seen most of the upcoming Harry Potter sets, the LEGO® Group still has two more. Today, I get to share a Harry Potter BrickHeadz reveal. As if that wasn’t exciting enough, I already have the sets on hand to show you! The LEGO® Group sent them to me early
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Hot off the presses this morning, the LEGO® Group unveiled the summer 2021 Harry Potter sets. The wave includes eight new Wizarding World sets. Additionally, select sets include commemorative golden Minifigures celebrating the 20th anniversary of LEGO® Harry Potter. All of the sets hit LEGO® Stores and LEGO.com on June 1, 2021. However, select alternative retailers will also offer exclusive
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