LEGO Harry Potter 2018 Hogwarts Express review! 🚂 75955
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See it *motorized* in my newer video: ua-cam.com/video/_T7PtIOkygw/v-deo.html
Obviously everyone knows *Platform 9 3/4* is *Platform 9 3/4* and me saying "3 & 3/4" is a stupid, stupid, stupid, obvious mistake caused by sleep deprivation. A brain under enough stress will manifest symptoms, and the symptoms for me are always a stupid, stupid, stupid, and obvious word substitution. Hopefully this does not completely ruin the entire 20-minute review for anyone or distract from all of the rest of the content or the LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Express set covered therein.
Here's a quick link to all of the Hogwarts Express sets to date: brickset.com/sets?query=hogwarts%20express
JANGBRiCKS I love you’re vids
Can this be hooked up to power functions
Looking through those, it's definitely had some interesting variations over the years. Think this is by far the best one! Only could be better if it had a longer tender and more opportunity to motorize. Unless maybe they're planning a Creator version? How awesome would that be!?!?
You should get your rest. I'm sure will understand. And thanks for being my favorite Lego reviewer on UA-cam I started getting back into Lego in 2015 and watched all your videos from 2013 till today and every time I build I watch your reviews and I keep rewinding because I just like hearing your opinion cuz it's very detailed and inspiring. So thank you again I don't know how many people say that to you or not but thanks for all your videos that you've done and will do in the future
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Definitely a good looking train! Absolutely love the way it looks. And the station is a solid and good looking build too. Definitely two pieces that could be enhanced and extended to be bigger, motorized, etc. I like this set a lot! Thanks for the walkthrough, Jang!
The train used as the Hogwarts express is a 5972 Olton Hall. When I was a child, almost 35 years ago, this train, and hundreds of others, were kept in the sidings at Barry Docks by the Woodham brothers. There were no fences or safety concerns in those days, so my brother and I used to mess around on these trains, climbing up in the cabs which were in such a state of disrepair that great holes were rusted through them. Looking at a steam train as a 6 year old from track level was an unforgettable image. One day they started to disappear and I was upset that they'd finally scrapped them, but I later learned they had been bought and taken away for restoration with about a hundred now up and running on heritage railways. It's really hard to reconcile that rusted old train with the shiny one from the films, let alone this LEGO modal of it. It's amazing what the conservationists can accomplish and where it can lead.
I remember when I was a kid in 2011 my dad and I managed to put power functions in the the 2010 set. The battery was in the coal box and the receiver was in the drivers seat. We even had lights on the front. I had the thing going on track and it was so awesome
*hears 3 and 3/4
*imediately scrolls to comments
*sees jang's comment
*instantly calmed and reassured why i love jang so much
Lego has shot up in price over the years, but so has the quantity of quality products.
I don’t know how they suffered losses last financial year, but it just might be because everyone’s wallets are already empty...
Great work Lego!
I think these sets have the best LEGO packaging design I've ever seen.
Good set, but I feel that in Lupins suitcase, they should have put a printed
1x2 tile to look like the chocolate bar that he gives to Harry after the Dementor attack. Not a big detail, but I missed opportunity I think.
mgc_overlord I agree
Jang, I wish you did voiceovers to everything. Your voice is great, better than Morgan Freeman
Agreed! As an anxious person,I always find his voice very soothing and pleasant.
Yes, I absolutely agree with you on this style of opening a wall. Ever since Lego did opening like a trailer's wall, I generally have not like how they've done it, like on a hinge (since they stick out and are an asymmetrical design). Lego doing it this way is much easier for them on design since now you don't have to do any extra flat plates just to get the level even on just one side, and costs can be reduced by including less parts in the build (which opens it up to more customers which could subsidize the cost better so a lower price). I can only hope Lego does this type of removable wall as a standard.
The trolley lady is aunt may in disguise
Poooow!
Best looking lego train ever!
The Emerald Night would like to have a word with you
Yeah, I’m hoping that they make one more Prisoner of Azkaban set so we can get Sirius, Buckbeak, Peter Pettigrew, and maybe a wherewolf variant of Remus.(LEGO probably won’t put all of those figures in one set though)
The fact they drew up a pic for him probably is a hint they will. Not to mention he uses the same hair piece as the new Mad Eye Moody... so heres to hoping!
And Sirius is also my favorite character so it would make me super mad if they didn’t make a new version of him.
This train is begging for us to mod it
Since they include a dementor, this scene is supposedly from Prisoner of Azkaban, but the trio don't have mid-legs
As a stopmotioner I love the removable wall because I can then get nice angles
I bought this set for my great-grandson, and knowing nothing about Leggos, except for the many .I've stepped on, did not know or could figure out, if this train used or included tracks. Would be nice if the mfg. gave a little more info as to what's included or needed. I purchased it on-line, and it said that tracks are often bought with this set, so I bought those too. I know he'll love it, and I thoroughly enjoyed your review and all the info you gave about this set.
Every time I see a new LEGO train, it makes me wish for a nice big Technic steam engine with working bogies and such...
Still, definitely one of the nicest trains they've ever done.
Great video jang! I love waking up to see that you've posted!
It's gonna bug me but not as much as it bugs you that it isn't (or can't be easily) motorised. Looking forward to seeing a motorised mod from you? :P
+Majatek I think you'd have to make a completely new carriage, based off of the design of the included ones.
I love this set! I really do! Yes, the tender is puny, and the undercarriage of the passenger car looks empty, but being able to get inside from the side is a great feature.
I really like the station build and the dementor figure, especially the station looks better than it needed to which I am very happy about.
All in all I think the good outweighs the not so good. (Really, I can't call out a single thing I'd consider outright bad).
The Hogwarts Express is called Hogwarts Castle( seen on the side of the locomotive)
Therefore the locomotive sounded to me like a Castle Class, used in Britain during the steam period. I researched it and I was right. The train is in fact a Castle class locomotive which existed.
Close. It's a Hall Class, but some model manufacturers have reused Castle class molds for their Hogwarts Express miniatures, an error/shortcut that's been evidently much ridiculed by railfans. I only just learned of this this while researching the locomotive for this review.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_4900_Class_5972_Olton_Hall this is the engine that was used for the films I know this because I’m a steam enthusiasts and you are correct jang companies do you the castle locomotive for it the model company Hornby have done this as I own a model for it and they haven’t bother to fix it until how as a released Olton Hall in it Hogwarts colours.
Yup, its a Hall, Olton hall. I think they chose a hall and not a castle because there are slightly more in preserved and working condition.
Halls and castles do look very similar though
+JANGBRiCKS thanks for the AWESOME video!!!!
This set looks amazing! I think LEGO is going to make so many Harry Potter sets going forward. They know how popular Harry Potter is so they will keep making sets since we will keep buying them😊
so they make the front wheels able to turn when put on a track, but dont design the train to be easily motorised, weird.
John Smith it's because more people are prepared to buy a set of traintracks with this set than they are prepared to buy powerfunctions.
the newspapers are magic, the V disappears when you're not looking.
The studs on the platform remind me of real world tactile pavement for vision impaired persons.
Hi Jangbricks, please show us how you will motorizing it with the new PowerUp module. I only have the Powerfucntions 1.0 and its not that great of a modification, I wonder if this is meant for the new bluetooth system. Thanks :)
I’ll try it with the Power Functions 1.0 Once I get it.U.S.A Got It first.As for the Powered up,It could work.
@13:50, Despite the set not including tracks, it's interesting that the front box art does show tracks. If the box-art is any indicator, it doesn't appear that it was intended to have the platform connect with any tracks.
I had the Hogwarts Express set that was a lot longer and had no coupling rods. I didn't like it, but I'm glad to see that LEGO has made a better one.
Hey will you make a video on ,how you would modify it to add a motor
Great in depth review!!! Way better than most iv seen. Gives all the info someone needs before making the purchase.
Yeah the train usually has 5 cars: the first for first years (and maybe some luggage) and the rest for each 4 houses.
*This is just my theory about how the train is set up but I know that it has 5 passenger cars.
Actually, perhaps not. The size is never mentioned in the books, but sometimes it seems there are more. See longer answers scattered about on the net.
There's normally seemingly a couple extra cars in the back for luggage and then a few for pets
I have waited so long for another one of these, I'm so excited to get my hands on one
If there is another Prisoner of Azkaban set, I predict / hope it will be the shrieking shack! That would make sense to have Sirius Black, Crookshanks, and probably Peter Pettigrew!
Thank you Jang for working hard to get reviews up for all these new Harry Potter sets, I appreciate it!
I hope we get a small "Lupin vs. Serious" set so I can finally get the two cheap.
*Sirius
They should do the Shrieking Shack
JANGBRiCKS, our of all the people who make these reviews, you’re the only one who I always watch! Love your videos! Keep them coming!
I like the distinct british/european look of the Harry Potter sets, and that’s basically the only reason I’m buying them.
The station seems to have about the same volume as Snokes Throne-Room AND you get a train for about the same price.A few straight track pieces would have helped.
Angel Mcfadden Yea. I think that snokes throne room should have been 50.
Would you be able to do a video on how to make it motorised
I adore that little red lego pointer
Honestly this is the first time in a long time I've actually wanted a set just because it's a really nice set. Usually I want the parts, lol, but this one seems great just as a play/display model. :D
this locomotive is a 4-6-0 hall class. The loco used for the Harry Potter films was called 'Olton hall' but then they changed the nameplate from 'Olton Hall' to 'Hogwarts Castle'
the only things i dont like about this set is the tender and the coach, i think if you put the last renditon of the locomotives tender along with its coach will make the train look 10x better!
Looking at this loco all that’s running through my head is how to extend the boiler, lengthen the tender and just generally make it look like a real Hall class
Looks like it might take a bit of thought to motorise but it has to be worth it for the gorgeous look of the thing! I’m just starting out making a little City and have train tracks planned, so I can’t wait to see what this looks like chuffing around 😁🚂
Did you notice the new short legs that are moveable? They are being used for the new Harry Potter mini figure series
Those new moveable legs are indeed shorter than standard legs, but they are longer than the short legs in this set - so a medium long version of legs, to be used for kids that are a little older etc.
The main reason I'm getting those minfig packs, I want those legs.
I was very surprised when I saw that the set didn't have regular magnetic train couplers, which are much better, cheaper, and also easier for play. This definitely is by far the best Hogwarts Express build, mainly due to the wheels, but it is still a little underbuilt. No axles means the wheels won't turn in unison, and the tender is just waaaay to short. The coach from the last Hogwarts express was better since it was longer (although it had no corridors so it was like a cage lol). The whole train itself is very stumpy and short, kinda like it was pressed together. There's not a lot of detail unlike the last one. The station and minifigs are great however
It is a magical train so lt doesn't need a conductor
Those shorter black door pieces have been made before, but if I recall they're very very old... I have a bunch from a garage sale haul, but they're from like the 90s or something. Great review, as usual! :)
The pop off feature is most similar to the Enlighten Passenger Coaches. It appears in that hole area you could fit a motor to the driving wheels. You should try that.
I've been off your channel a while and I've just noticed you got 1,000,000 subs! Congrats! You deserve it! =)
Can't wait to get this set. I plan to extend the locomotive tender and stick a 9V motor in the bottom.
There is a way to get the 9 and 10 signs to face the right way the way to do it is to put a cylinder (small one) into the little hole on the side of the wall to make it more realistic.
We should let jangbricks design the lego sets, he knows what he’s doing
Agree
I agree with @jangbricks comments about the numbering not looking right, but they were spot on for the fonts and lettering on KING'S CROSS and the overall vibe
I'm getting 3 of this set and I'm gonna make a long train
Mr. DNA nice! Put it on our channel when that happens!
@18:30, I agree that the box art is deceptive here. However, if you are using the I-Brix wireless, light bricks, and you place the I-Brix baseplate below the platform, then this effect becomes possible.
Oh man I have the old one in my collection, going to have to buy the new one just so I have both :) thnx for the awesome review, u the man jang!
The coach for the locomotive looks relatively simple, i think i can make 1 or 2 more from my own lego collection, if not a small brick link order 😉
Ive been waiting for this for 3 days
Hey JANGBRiCKS I just wanted to say congrats on 1M because I haven't already. Keep up the good work!
Your like Bob Ross! How do you stay so calm through your videos? I would be so excited to have this set!
I feel like we need a Nymphadora Tonks minifigure.
I guarantee there's going to be a Hagrid's hut set with Buck beak and then a side build for the Hogwarts jail to attach on
Mr Mirror Well, perhaps next year as I believe this might become an evergreen theme. In case you don’t know what evergreen means, it means a theme they keep bringing back each year for example like Star Wars and city.
I love the Lupin minifig, going to look for second-hand sellers for that minifig.
Never stop doing videos! You are truly the master they are great!!!
The Lego 4561 Railway Express had a great system for opening train walls. Hinged gull wing doors.
I need to stop watching your videos because everyone makes me see how cool a set is, and then I think I need to get it. :)
my family got me this and the great hall set for christmas, and i think that they are amazing
In the book titled "Lego Harry Potter Building the Magical World", there they describe a 2004 set # 10132 Motorized Hogwarts Express. This deluxe logo themed train set came with train tracks, power cord, speed regulator, and a more elaborate version of Hogsmeade Station which was based on the third movie called, " Prisoner of Azkaban. Based on the image of the speed regulator in the above mention book title, do they still use that old speed regulator?
I say it again and again: lego trains need to be standard eight studs wide.
Yeah, they'd need to make wider tracks for that though, which is unlikely to happen anytime soon.
This train is a nice touch. Not a HP fan but can agree this is a good set.
This is a nice set, especially because of the platform! I have the 2011 train, and I am hoping I can add the passenger cars together for the two sets!
Nice made!
Platform...
What were you expecting here? Me to bag out Jang for saying three and three quarters? He already addressed that in his pinned comment. Sleep deprivation and all that.
Hi Jang, a little off topic. Im new to lego and just wondering if you think Lego would ever go back to a medieval/castle age theme. I know they used to have a few castles but are all DC now :(
as a kid i loved steam locomotives so i "bought" the second hogwarts express set and always hated that there was only the default train wheels... if only these kind of steam locomotive sets were around when i was a kid...
nice video Jang!
Congrats on 1 million subs
The dementor does have a second "face". The no print side is the appropriate one to use for when they are not sucking Harry's soul.
Awesome!
Its great that they got the wheel arrangement on the locomotive but it doesn't look like the British castle class engine and the tender has 6 wheels
I do think that they're going to make another Prisoner of Azkaban set with Sirius Black, but Crookshanks is included with Hermione in the minifigure series, so it's possible that he won't appear in that set.
jumpyone2 that would be a shame.
Please show us how to motorize this!
I love this set! I may be wrong but I don't think that there was an engineer even in the movie as the train is powered by magic - I actually know one of the engineers who drove the train the the first 3 movies, but again, I think he was hidden to make the train seem engineerless :)
This is my favourite Lego train! 😌🚂
My freight train won’t fit through the station! It has two double stack intermodal cars and these were supposed to be on the same loop. Going to have to figure something out but it will be well worth the compromise!
The british Loading Gauge is much smaller, so we dont have double stack wagons
Bricks Only The platforms are one full brick too low, so an obvious fix is to build them up to the right height compared to other Lego train stations. Don't know if that's enough, but it's a start and it can solve the issue with the platforms not connecting to the tracks also.
THANK YOU JANG! I guess you saved the best for last 😆🙂
Are you planning on modifying it? You could add those technic plates to connect all three wheels like real steam engines, make the tender bigger (maybe house the battery too) and extend the coaches. ;)
Nice set!
Thanks for the amazing reviews! Do you have a suggestion for the best way to add additional Hogwarts Express cars to the train? Thank you as well for the great motorization video!
I'm pretty sure the dementor's no face is his alternate face because dementors only show their mouth when they are going to give someone the dementor's kiss
I expected that train set to be motorized, but it's not, if would have been too expensive otherwise, but it's still a good looking train, with some major mods, you could make it run on rails like most Lego train sets, I wouldn't be too surprised to see this one in New Jang City at a later date, who knows?
I don’t know about you guys but I’m digging that new wand piece 😏
And Im glad you get a second one for each wand in the sets. so all my old harry potter minifigs including ones i made of myself and my family can get those wands too
This set looks like a lot of fun to build.
Nice review. I’m looking forward to doing a monorail conversion on it.
Personally I think that specifically tender engines like shown look just fine with one piece of rolling stock since they have a tender making it just feel more natural. If they made a tank engine or diesel and only had one piece of rolling stock it just doesn’t look good.
Jang you need to do a mod for this thing!! It is already a beautiful train but you need to add more connecting rods to the train, a detailed undercarriage and more carriages themselves. It would be an absolutely awesome model but I can’t do it myself because I wouldn’t have enough parts ( I’m still working on my collection). Please please please read this comment!! Like if you agree
Oh! One thing is that the trolley cart didn't have the same print the last Hogwarts express set had. Sad to see that.