I love the exterior of this design but not a fan of the interior, that's beacuse I'm not familar with the movie. I'm sure anyone who's a fan of this movie would love this set. The overall design is great but I didn't really follow the interior build, I created my own interior design because I'm not a fan of the interior. Again, that's because I'm not familar with the movie nor a fan. But absolutely love this set. There are many small pieces that can replace by bigger piece but I guess Lego is doing this to have a higher piece count. I am building the Medieval Town Square as I am writing this, and Lego using the same technique (using lots of smaller piece instead of bigger piece to fit). I'm not a fan of this idea. But otherwise, a solid set. I highly recommend this.
Bought this set for my wife and I. Ironically, I had never seen the movies. We found the build to be quite enjoyable and fun. As I watched the 1st movie for the 1st time I noticed how many details were easily recognizable in the finished set. I can see what some have said about tight spaces inside that restrict playability to some extent but my wife and I build sets more as display pieces so that doesn't affect us. We did have one missing piece, a 1x2 brown brick but I had one in my random Lego boxes. Overall a really good set and great representation of the movie.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Response from LEGOBy Priv, LEGO® Customer Service, April 18, 2025
We're glad you and your wife had a fun building experience! It's also good to know you found a replacement brick in your own supply and were able to complete the set. For any future builds, please allow us to make it right by replacing your missing bricks via LEGO.build/BricksPieces-BV.
The strange roof construction doesn't allow access to the interior and the only one side opens up - so you can't position the mini figures or really see into the interior at all. Even with small hands, if you reach inside, you will instantly dislodge many of the decorative elements, requiring you to try to do ship-in-bottle reconstruction. The water wheel came loose on ours, and it was a major effort to reattach it.
I'm a review reader, so I've read most of the reviews available. I'm going to agree with most of them (but I think rating this a 1 or 2 is not fair). Yes, this build is a ton of fun, and I love the movie, so I loved the build. Is it to play with? Absolutely not. It is very flimsy - trying to build inside the home and deal with the water wheel was a giant pain. I had to rebuild this part of the design about 4 times. Our Lego sets are to look at, so once it was done, it was a nice display. Would I rate it a 5? No, it needs some work. But it was a fun idea and I would like to see more of these.
The wife and I built this over the course of 3 days. It was hard spreading it out because each step left you wanting to do a little more. My wife is a huge Hocus Pocus fan and it was such a joy listening to her quote lines from the movie and smile while building. Overall, a very fun build experience!