Well hawt dog! This set is huge! This set was my first huge set that was gifted to me for my birthday. I love that you get mini figures from two different Harry stages. The cute little secrets and details was so fun like the chocolate frog. Now I definitely need to get the Diagon Alley set to go along with Gringotts. The only negative part about this experience was feeling kinda sad that it’s over.
I loved building this set. It was a lot of fun. It's cool that it can fit in the Diagon Alley set but it's impractical. You can't display both pieces together and have it in Diagon Alley which seems pointless. So, if we want it in Diagon Alley then the vault area has to be off floating on it's own somewhere else. We tried to make so Diagon Alley sat on a wire shelf with the vaults underneath but it didn't work. While I loved putting it together, and playing with the car was fun, I felt like it was waste of money since I can't display it the way it should be displayed.
Astounding set! Lego really went above and beyond for this one. Pictures can not do it justice. It is massive and incredibly detailed, with many fun Easter eggs hidden throughout regarding both HP and Lego Harry Potter!
If you are a fan of Harry Potter I highly recommend this set the detail that went into this set is amazing. It was so fun to build and see it all come together.
Of course it’s beautiful and magical, it’s Lego Harry Potter! You’d be crazy to ignore how cool it looks and the hidden Easter eggs built in. But you pay a whopping price and expect a quality build and this was not. Base plate was too flimsy, but come on this was minor. The GWP was a cool addition but barely hangs onto the base of the sub structure of the bank. The train carts wheels have to be adjusted to make a smooth ride down or else they hit and stop. Too many weak points in the build created a lot of heart stopping moments when a whole balcony or platform was in jeopardy of collapsing (front balconies, under the bank vault with Hagrid’s letter to just name two). They under build was too weak to support the build at the moment. Imagine you were building with your child and they pressed the piece into place only to have the front of the bank collapse? A lot of money for a subpar structure. Alas, us true fans of Harry Potter will pay the money to complete Diagon Alley and Lego knows this.
Gringotts is amazing piece. It’s a masterpiece to be displayed and super exciting to all ages! Still in the process of building but totally in love with it!