Review: LEGO Harry Potter Build Your Own Adventure

Today it's the turn of the new LEGO Harry Potter Build Your Own Adventure book to undergo a quick test, just to see if the idea book and the small bundle of bricks provided are worth spending twenty euros.

The good news: There are no stickers in the bag of 101 pieces (ref. 11923) which allows you to assemble the two models offered. Please note, it is not possible to build both models at the same time, you will have to dismantle one to assemble the other. The assembly instructions provided are of the same level as those usually found in the booklets inserted in the official boxes.

The main model is also the most attractive. It is the one that reproduces the Sorting Hat ceremony (Sorting Hat), a ritual that determines the home of all new students at Hogwarts. The interactivity of the thing comes from the mobile wheel placed at the foot of the construction which can be rotated to choose the house attributed to the character in place on the display.

The second model to build with the supplied inventory makes good use of all the parts. It allows to simulate the use of the network of chimneys by Harry Potter with the possibility of making the character disappear by rotating the central support.

This set also allows you to obtain four pad printed pieces bearing the emblem of the different houses of Hogwarts. Those who invested in the (big) set 71043 Hogwarts Castle can replace the infamous stickers to stick on the display which is used to showcase the minifigs of Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Salazar Slytherin and Rowena Ravenclaw with these pretty pieces.

The Sorting Hat provided was so far only available in the set 75954 Hogwarts Great Hall, it is therefore the opportunity to also add this very successful piece to your collection at a lower cost.

The minifigure delivered with this book is not new and even less exclusive, it is that of Harry Potter already seen in the set 75954 Hogwarts Great Hall and in the polybag 30407 Harry's Journey to Hogwarts, recently offered by LEGO.

The building ideas book only contains photos of the assembled models. There are therefore no instructions to speak of in these pages and it will be necessary to call on your powers of deduction to determine some of the techniques used. Those who want to reproduce several of the models presented will have to have a varied and consequent bulk of parts.

As usual in this collection, a little story serves as a common thread to connect the different scenes between them.

Most of these models are relatively simple but original and novel. They were specially created by the official LEGO designers who are currently working on the Harry Potter range, including Marcos Bessa and Mark Stafford, and therefore respect the usual standards of the brand. Some of these creations could have easily found their audience in small boxes.

With a book presenting quality models and a set of parts that allows to assemble two rather original constructions, this box deserves in my opinion the 20 € requested by Amazon. It will be a nice gift to give to a young fan who already owns all the sets in the range.

La English version is available immediately at Amazon, the French version sold for € 28.95 is expected on October 25, 2019.

Note: The box set shown here, provided by publisher Dorling Kindersley, is included as usual. To participate in the draw, all you have to do is post a comment (avoid "I participate, I try, etc ..." be a little more constructive) on this article before the July 29, 2019 at 23:59 p.m.. You have every right to disagree with me, this is not eliminatory.

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