Today we're taking a quick look at the contents of the LEGO 40901 Ministry Munchies & The Daily Prophet Stands promotional set , a small box of 152 pieces that will be offered on the official online store with any purchase of €130 or more of Harry Potter products from August 29 to September 6, 2026.
Let's be honest, taken on its own, this promotional product doesn't have much to offer. What it represents is taken out of context, and the two included figurines aren't worth getting up in the middle of the night for.
This product only makes full sense when combined with the contents of set 76476 The Ministry of Magic - Collectors' Edition (€429,99) and even if it will take a little force to install the different elements of the small box within the Atrium of the large diorama, the complementarity between the two products is obvious.
LEGO may have decided that this extension of the large set should not be reserved for purchasers of the latter; why not, an order of at least €130 in products from the Harry Potter range will be enough to obtain the small box and then wait until the large one is offered elsewhere than at LEGO at a more attractive price.
This small box contains everything you need to assemble the Fountain of Brotherhood with its statue, which logically matches the one already present in the Ministry of Magic, the newspaper vendor's stand that makes a very brief appearance on screen when Harry Potter arrives at the location, and the pastry stand set up near the fountain provided in this box and seen in the film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
The two included figures recycle elements already seen elsewhere in LEGO: the newspaper vendor's torso is also that of Martin Brody in the LEGO IDEAS 21350 JAWS set and that of Minister Cornelius Fudge is also that of Bruce Wayne, Barty Crouch or even Norman Osborn.
For those who might be wondering, the pad-printed Tile of The Daily Prophet newspaper delivered here in three copies is far from new, it has existed since 2022, the year in which it was supplied in set 76408 12 Grimmauld Place and it was also delivered in 2023 in set 76417 Gringotts Wizarding Bank Collectors' Edition.
Two stickers to stick in this box, one of the sign for the pastry stand and one of the banner installed in front of the newspaper stand.
This extension of the large set should easily find its place in the Atrium of fans who will make the effort to pay the large box at its public price from its launch; it is a nice promotional product that does not serve much purpose on its own but will allow to fill a little of the empty space in the Ministry.
LEGO Star Wars fans had the same type of "complementary" product in their time with the 40771 TIE Fighter with Imperial Rack set , which filled a gap in the hangar of the 75419 Death Star set (€999,99). They can now welcome Harry Potter fans who will also have their own extension, which we can perhaps do without, but which we will undoubtedly regret one day having missed.
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