Today we take a very quick look at the contents of the LEGO Harry Potter set. 76434 Aragog in the Forbidden Forest, a box of 195 pieces which will be available on the official online store and in LEGO Stores from June 1, 2024 at the retail price of €19.99.
I'm not drawing you a picture, there isn't really a Forbidden Forest in this box, at least no more than in the LEGO Harry Potter set 76432 Forbidden Forest: Magical Creatures and the star of the product is obviously the spider Aragog.
The latter is for once rather realistic and well designed, LEGO has really focused everything on the design of this Acromentula to impress the children who will receive the product. You would almost believe it and the object could possibly be used to make a few jokes during Sunday meals.
Too bad for the slightly missed forest scene with a simple extension to possibly connect to the modules of the set 76432 Forbidden Forest: Magical Creatures and polybag 30677 Draco in the Forbidden Forest to start getting something really more substantial.
We are used to it with LEGO, many references are in reality only extensions of products with which they should in principle have merged to obtain fewer boxes on the shelves but more sets with convincing content.
The manufacturer absolutely wants to maintain a range effect covering all price brackets and addressing all budgets, this type of box with interesting but minimalist and incomplete content is therefore unfortunately inevitable.
We will therefore salute the creation of the spider which even benefits from a pad-printed face, movable legs and an adjustable abdomen, we will note that the outfits of the two figurines of Harry Potter and Ron Weasley with their frightened expressions are consistent with the outfits seen on screen in the film Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and we will appreciate the presence of two additional small spiders for the same price.
We will regret the absence of Fang who could have made an appearance in this box and we will possibly consider adding the vehicle from the LEGO Harry Potter set 76424 Flying Ford Anglia to replay the flight of the two heroes pursued by a horde of threatening spiders. You will therefore have to recover the dog from the LEGO Harry Potter set 76428 Hagrid's Hut: An Unexpected Visit to get the full cast seen in this scene and flesh out the diorama.
You will have understood, this box has difficulty existing on its own, it needs to be combined with other products to make a convincing and really fun set. The fact remains that the €20 requested by LEGO is almost justified in my eyes, just to salute the efforts undertaken to offer a spider with a look that seems very convincing to me.
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| jeje5180 - Comment posted the 16/05/2024 at 9:47 |