The 2023 set looks great in a lot of ways, but I'm still personally content with my 2018 model. King Cross Station is still my favorite side build, and I like several of the design choices of the 2018 model more. I am curious about getting the Conductor minifigure and the Hogsmeade station offhand, though.
I think this Hogwarts Express set truly something fresh which is the station and some the figures, especially Harry’s new face print with the tape on his glasses.
Agree about the light grey roofs, the first thing I noticed in the leaks and was bummed.. would’ve been happy if they just made Hogsmeade Station on its own.. thanks again for the detailed review and editing efforts.. you’re 1 of the only 2 reviewers who’ve mentioned Ron’s ham sandwich and choc frog card so far.. appreciate that.. at $190, I’ll be skipping this set sadly, probably just get Harry and choc frog card from Bricklink..
I’m really glad the tender and carriage wheels had the old-style metal axles, not the cheap plastic ones used on the tram in the Winter Holiday Main Street
3:48 WELL...Did anyone else get the flashback to Chamber of secrets, when Ron and Harry has to drive with the car, and when Harry hangs out of it, Ron says: "HANG ON!" +?😂😂😂😂
Hi there Holly, this is a nice set. I believe that it would be relatively easy and simple to motorise the locomotive - place a 9 volt motor in the tender of the steam locomotive.
Would have liked a side by side comparison to the 2018 set included in your review. In the pictures the 2023 train just has a cheap look and not as nice as the 2018 but hard to tell from pictures. It also looks smaller and while it has 2 cars they look smaller as well. Have the 2018 and trying to make up my mind if I want to purchase the 2023.
The roof colour ruins the train for me. The designer excuse has one problem: the roof didn't get darker. The difference is that in the other films there's no sun in the sky when we see the train. And because the designer apparently doesn't understand how metal works, he assumed the roof was lighter when it's still dark but the sun is hitting it, making it look lighter. Fortunately the Hogsmead train station makes up for it. I indent to keep it but disassemble the ugly train and just use the pieces to add another carriage to the UCS one. The price is exaggerated. Fortunately I already got it on discount and I'd recommend everyone to do the same. Wait.
I actually really like this set! I dont have a hogwarts express yet, so I'll have to look out for this. However, theres no way Im paying full price, maybe if its ever half off. Overall, it is a great set!
Since there are so many Hogwarts Express sets at this point, if you have them all could you please do a comparison video for the minifigure scale sets?
I’m missing the first 3 (2001, 2004 and 2004 motorised) but I was going to do one featuring the rest and I’ll try to find footage of the older ones so I can briefly compare them but sadly can’t have them side by side
The only reason I'll be getting this set is for the hogsmeade station and maybe using some parts/stickers to add more details to my moc version of the 75955 set if I feel it adds to it. Otherwise, the train itself will most likely end up in my spare parts library. My 75955 moc is motorised, fitted with led lights at the front and has 3 passenger carriages in total... meaning it is already my ultimate set simultaneously for both display and playability purposes (which means there's no reason for me to have the big UCS version, or the hogsmeade station version)
Really looking forward to more information about the *Advent Calendar!* You got any more? I have seen the front of the box, knowing it's Hogsmeade themed! With Harry, Ron, Hermione and I guess Malfoy in the winter clothes, so you can recreate the snowball fight and Hermione and Ron looking at the Shrieking Shack! Really wanted that since that set came out. Really curious about the other minifigs.
@@emorycrittenden7040 aaah read something about it. Shame about madame Rosmertha... since she was already in the threebroomsticks set. Abeforth is great, hopefully we will get Hogshead someday too. Also heard something about a Zonkos minibuild hopefully that referes to a future set too haha
In my mind, both the train and station should have been winterfied. I don't want to hear lame excuses from LEGO's half-assed designers, all Hogsmeade sets should be winter wonderland!
The last one was 5 years ago, I feel like the $500 doesn't really count because that one isn't meant for the general Lego Harry Potter audience, feels like the right time for a new one in my opinion.
As a train fan i don't mind another one. The 2018 is my favorite set and this one is ok. Got the save up for the big one. My frist hp set could have been the 2010 from a yard sale. This set and the battle for hogwarts is my top gets this wave. Target was out of the battle for hogwarts so i grab this one P.s hi Holly
I got the 2018 one for my birthday 2021, probably gonna get this or even the massive one for my 18th cause no one listens when I say something isn't worth the price to someone who knows Lego😂😂
I have two earlier versions of the Hogwarts Express (2001 set and 2010 set), but neither has Hogsmeade Station. That station is the major draw to me for this set. This set looks darn good to me.
The train itself is to small. Would've wished it was big enough for a moterized tender and for yhe conductor to stand inside I also just hate how the 2018 train got the splashers right and this one didn't
The cool thing is I just found out in my state of Missouri I have a Bricks and Minifigs store so I can buy this set or other sets and sell the old sets to them as used. But would it be worth picking this one up and selling the last set or just keeping it and skipping this set?
Hahahaha 😂😂🤣🤣 as a SW Fan i definitely now how you feel it's becoming your Luke Landspeeder LMAOOOOOO. I'm part of the problem as i didn't get the latest remake as I didn't like that it had one cart, low and behold they make another one but it's UCS style with the same issue😤😤😤😤. NOW another play scale model with Two carriages. HELL YES!!!
Makes me wish i had not bought the older version.. the station looks very nice, the train engine less so but two carriages is nice. but $189.99 is not.
There are so many things that are better in this set compared to the 2018 version, but also a lot of things that are worse. I still didn't made my mind witch one I like more.
How fervent are lego hp fans lmao they keep milking these movies that ended over a decade ago. How many times can you remake the same sets? Many times, apparently
Aren't you the owner of Lego or something? Couldn't you have made this set? I guess this wouldn't have been a fair review as you would've made this set, would it?
I've seen the real life train that was used for the Hogwarts Express in the movies, up close and personal. Its roofs are BLACK! This is a huge miss, and the designer's explanation makes no sense in the face of reality. I challenge anyone to look up pictures of "the Jacobite" train and tell me the roofs are grey. The only possibility I can see is that in some images with direct sunlight reflecting off the roof, the black looks a little lighter in color. But without any glare the surface is indisputably black.
could you make a video comparing it to the 2018 hogwarts express? that would be really cool
Have it written down to film this week, I’m also going to pull out the Collectors edition and 2010 one for it too
@@HollyOnFilm could you also compare it with the ucs one?
@@omeganeoz I thought the collectors edition was the UCS version?
@@bricktopian yea it is
@@HollyOnFilm cant wait!!!
The 2023 set looks great in a lot of ways, but I'm still personally content with my 2018 model. King Cross Station is still my favorite side build, and I like several of the design choices of the 2018 model more. I am curious about getting the Conductor minifigure and the Hogsmeade station offhand, though.
I think this Hogwarts Express set truly something fresh which is the station and some the figures, especially Harry’s new face print with the tape on his glasses.
I've been comparing it to the Millennium Falcon. It always needs to be on the shelf.
Agree about the light grey roofs, the first thing I noticed in the leaks and was bummed.. would’ve been happy if they just made Hogsmeade Station on its own.. thanks again for the detailed review and editing efforts.. you’re 1 of the only 2 reviewers who’ve mentioned Ron’s ham sandwich and choc frog card so far.. appreciate that.. at $190, I’ll be skipping this set sadly, probably just get Harry and choc frog card from Bricklink..
I’m really glad the tender and carriage wheels had the old-style metal axles, not the cheap plastic ones used on the tram in the Winter Holiday Main Street
3:48 WELL...Did anyone else get the flashback to Chamber of secrets, when Ron and Harry has to drive with the car, and when Harry hangs out of it, Ron says: "HANG ON!" +?😂😂😂😂
Okay the shiny blue water in the toilet is weird and funny 😅
Hi there Holly, this is a nice set. I believe that it would be relatively easy and simple to motorise the locomotive - place a 9 volt motor in the tender of the steam locomotive.
*Hope they make the Hogsmeade station of the later movies* some day as a separate little set...
Would have liked a side by side comparison to the 2018 set included in your review. In the pictures the 2023 train just has a cheap look and not as nice as the 2018 but hard to tell from pictures. It also looks smaller and while it has 2 cars they look smaller as well. Have the 2018 and trying to make up my mind if I want to purchase the 2023.
I have the original Hogwarts Express from the first wave of Lego, but I really want the station. I love it!
love it. better than the "UCS" version
Yeah the two passenger carts make it feel so much more complete
Ok, I've been to the place that hogsmede station was filmed, I looks sooo accurate, it brings back real memories
You right about the need to use light-bluish grey bricks for the roof.
The roof colour ruins the train for me. The designer excuse has one problem: the roof didn't get darker. The difference is that in the other films there's no sun in the sky when we see the train. And because the designer apparently doesn't understand how metal works, he assumed the roof was lighter when it's still dark but the sun is hitting it, making it look lighter.
Fortunately the Hogsmead train station makes up for it. I indent to keep it but disassemble the ugly train and just use the pieces to add another carriage to the UCS one.
The price is exaggerated. Fortunately I already got it on discount and I'd recommend everyone to do the same. Wait.
The roof is still not black in the movies, it's dark grey.
@@adrianprepelita8683 it's black metal. But due to the way the metal is treated, it looks dark grey when light hits it.
Not too fussed about the train but i really want the station part for my display
Love your Hoth poster!
The set looks fine, I think if anyone coming from Late 2022 into Summer 2023 will probably want this to scale with the modular castle, and Hogsmeade.
I really loved this set. And I put a motor in and will try to put some LEDs inside the train cars :) Great video!
I actually really like this set! I dont have a hogwarts express yet, so I'll have to look out for this. However, theres no way Im paying full price, maybe if its ever half off. Overall, it is a great set!
Since there are so many Hogwarts Express sets at this point, if you have them all could you please do a comparison video for the minifigure scale sets?
Topic bricks did this a few weeks ago
@@paladindanse98 okay, but I was requesting Holly's opinion, not someone else's
I’m missing the first 3 (2001, 2004 and 2004 motorised) but I was going to do one featuring the rest and I’ll try to find footage of the older ones so I can briefly compare them but sadly can’t have them side by side
@@paladindanse98 he didn’t do this new one tho
The only reason I'll be getting this set is for the hogsmeade station and maybe using some parts/stickers to add more details to my moc version of the 75955 set if I feel it adds to it. Otherwise, the train itself will most likely end up in my spare parts library. My 75955 moc is motorised, fitted with led lights at the front and has 3 passenger carriages in total... meaning it is already my ultimate set simultaneously for both display and playability purposes (which means there's no reason for me to have the big UCS version, or the hogsmeade station version)
This set, with the Minifigures from the 2018 set
As a Lego collector I enjoyed it loved what you showed I do agree with you those on what you said
I expect they’re releasing another version so that customers who perhaps can’t afford the huge one, can get this new one
I like it, but it’s weird how they made the black rooftops of the carts grey.
They are dark grey in the movies, not black.
As an Lego trains fan I say this.... Never enough LEGO TRAINS!!!
Really looking forward to more information about the *Advent Calendar!* You got any more?
I have seen the front of the box, knowing it's Hogsmeade themed! With Harry, Ron, Hermione and I guess Malfoy in the winter clothes, so you can recreate the snowball fight and Hermione and Ron looking at the Shrieking Shack! Really wanted that since that set came out. Really curious about the other minifigs.
Madam Rosmerta and Aborforth are the other two figures
@@emorycrittenden7040 aaah read something about it. Shame about madame Rosmertha... since she was already in the threebroomsticks set. Abeforth is great, hopefully we will get Hogshead someday too. Also heard something about a Zonkos minibuild hopefully that referes to a future set too haha
I was going to make the lukes landspeeder joke but she beat me to it
They should have given the conductor midlegs
In my mind, both the train and station should have been winterfied. I don't want to hear lame excuses from LEGO's half-assed designers, all Hogsmeade sets should be winter wonderland!
Fast remake? It’s been 5 years and at least there is a big difference
I find I like the looks of this hogwarts loco, and I think they did this due to the fuss from the great big one.
The last one was 5 years ago, I feel like the $500 doesn't really count because that one isn't meant for the general Lego Harry Potter audience, feels like the right time for a new one in my opinion.
Hello Holly, cool review. Nice set, but poor place for the loco driver (would prefer a smaller tender in fav for larger loco compartment).
Love your reviews and opinions.
Thank you so much! and thank you too for the super thanks!
Holly! Have you seen images of the new Hogwarts Castle and Grounds set!?!?
As a train fan i don't mind another one. The 2018 is my favorite set and this one is ok. Got the save up for the big one. My frist hp set could have been the 2010 from a yard sale. This set and the battle for hogwarts is my top gets this wave. Target was out of the battle for hogwarts so i grab this one
P.s hi Holly
3:08 that’s my Twitch comment
one of the coaches has the same number as the set
GREAT 👍HOLLY
Holly can you compare this beside the 75955 Hogwarts Express train from King’s Cross Station? Please and Thanks
I got the 2018 one for my birthday 2021, probably gonna get this or even the massive one for my 18th cause no one listens when I say something isn't worth the price to someone who knows Lego😂😂
Is this what Lego are doing now
Reducing size and price of larger sets
First the train now the micro castle
What next
Size - yes. Price - not so much. Lol.
@@BrickTemplar agreed
Diagon Alley, starting with WWW
I think the roofs on the train are way too light.
Piece number for the dreadlocks piece please 😮
is it possible to remove the interior (chairs and stuff, and fit regular upstanding minifigs in the carts?
Yep! Even with them in the trolly witch still fit fully standing up
@@HollyOnFilm Alright thank you! :D
I have two earlier versions of the Hogwarts Express (2001 set and 2010 set), but neither has Hogsmeade Station. That station is the major draw to me for this set. This set looks darn good to me.
How does the previous (King’s Cross) train fit in the Hogsmead station?
I earnestly don’t like the stickers. Feels like some details that they could’ve added in with a few extra bricks
The train itself is to small. Would've wished it was big enough for a moterized tender and for yhe conductor to stand inside
I also just hate how the 2018 train got the splashers right and this one didn't
The cool thing is I just found out in my state of Missouri I have a Bricks and Minifigs store so I can buy this set or other sets and sell the old sets to them as used. But would it be worth picking this one up and selling the last set or just keeping it and skipping this set?
I like the comparison between this and Luke’s landspeeder. Way too many of these trains. Just keep every set on shelves for longer LEGO
at least the tender has the right shape, that's something the 2018 hogwarts express can't say. i prefere this one a hell of a lot more
Holly! Do you know what sets you can get that black dreadlock hairpiece in? I’ve never seen it.
It’s coming in the new Icons Of Play soccer/football set, I’m planning to buy the piece once it’s on Pick A Brick online
Hahahaha 😂😂🤣🤣 as a SW Fan i definitely now how you feel it's becoming your Luke Landspeeder LMAOOOOOO.
I'm part of the problem as i didn't get the latest remake as I didn't like that it had one cart, low and behold they make another one but it's UCS style with the same issue😤😤😤😤.
NOW another play scale model with Two carriages.
HELL YES!!!
I don't see the big deal about it being "another one"
0:39 I see what you did here.
Awsome set great review holy
Makes me wish i had not bought the older version.. the station looks very nice, the train engine less so but two carriages is nice. but $189.99 is not.
Debieron sacar solo la estación y no el tren con ella.. :D
Siempre te tengo que poner en menor velocidad jejeje
There are so many things that are better in this set compared to the 2018 version, but also a lot of things that are worse. I still didn't made my mind witch one I like more.
Locomotive sucks tender and coaches rule
Noice NOICE noice
7:26 And Ireland 🇮🇪 🙄
How fervent are lego hp fans lmao they keep milking these movies that ended over a decade ago. How many times can you remake the same sets? Many times, apparently
Aren't you the owner of Lego or something? Couldn't you have made this set? I guess this wouldn't have been a fair review as you would've made this set, would it?
I've seen the real life train that was used for the Hogwarts Express in the movies, up close and personal. Its roofs are BLACK! This is a huge miss, and the designer's explanation makes no sense in the face of reality. I challenge anyone to look up pictures of "the Jacobite" train and tell me the roofs are grey. The only possibility I can see is that in some images with direct sunlight reflecting off the roof, the black looks a little lighter in color. But without any glare the surface is indisputably black.