LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle 2018 full review! 71043

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[JANGBRiCKS]

*MASTER MISTAKES LIST:*
3:03 *NOT SUSAN BONES* that's an outright mistake by me, wrong house, plain & simple.
16:23 Is apparently *Defense Against Dark Arts, * not Transfiguration. Both were moved around & presented differently throughout the movie series and I got twisted up thinking of the huge gramophone used by McGonagal in the traditional transfiguration classroom with the narrow, long table layout as seen in this build (that was in Goblet of Fire). The other props, however, suggest it's specifically Lupin's DADA class from PoA, with the structure just left of the gramophone representing the boggart cabinet. Lupin turns on a smaller gramophone while teaching Riddikulus.
29:46 I specifically paused & avoided saying "pumpkin" since this is a fictional universe and what he was growing may not have qualified as true pumpkins (Cucurbita pepo cultivars), but may in fact have been convergent varieties from a similar species. I should have said "squash" though instead of "melon." Both are in the same family (which I was banking on), and there are overlaps in characteristics between individuals of the two groups, but both the true and false pumpkins are squash while melons fall under two different genera (which I was not aware of at the time).
Throughout: *THERE IS ONE PIECE MISSING! PART MISSING!* One tall cylinder/astromech body in tan fell off the side extension of the Stone Bridge tower in transit and is missing in most of the review as it was so insignificant I didn't notice it.

Wish the castle was *minifig scale?* The world's largest Hogwarts MOC used ~400, 000 pieces & was 13 feet long per side, but wasn't even 1/2 minifig scale!


Looking forward to hearing others' thoughts about this *6, 000+ piece set!*

[alexblue]

Hey JANG, i'm not sure if you read comments but I just wanted to thank you for revitalising my interest in LEGO after going through the 'lego isn't cool phase ' ha ha. I'm 17 and hadn't bought a LEGO set in 4 years until I found your channel a couple months and realised what I'd been missing out on. Keep up the good work, Cheers

[meowskull]

*VERY fast JANGO building at incredible hihg speed*

[teaganbenson]

No Hagrid? He’s more important than the random house students and how can you include his hut but not him?

[mrdoofa]

Do you get a complete extra set of nano figures?

[uitdoesntmatter]

Thank you Jang. Thanks for the time, thought, effort, and character you contribute to YouTube and the LEGO community. You keep integrity.

[jadenishatin]

Wow, this has a thousand less pieces, more exclusive parts, and it only half the price of the UCS Falcon? Wow. Tells you something.

[nameless]

DO NOT WANT!
[translation]
"If only i had the money..." :(

[bananakin]

Didn’t you say in the beyond the brick interview you weren’t a huge Harry Potter fan, meanwhile watching this you seem like the single most educated Harry Potter fan on the planet .

[graeme]

Jang, you mentioned your wife is a huge Harry Potter fan, what is her opinion of the set from that perspective rather than primarily a Lego fan?

[V-grandraccoon]

Most disappointing set this year. Too expensive, inaccurate, pointlessly making it a playset, too many stickers, and way too expensive. The only reason to buy this is to have a complete collection or for resale value. I don't think this will ever be looked at as a genuinely great set, however people will want it for resale value so they can sell it to other people who want it for resale value in a few years time.

[Karemaker]

36:14

I never thought I'd see Voltron standing guard at Hogwarts...

[ralphbannerman]

I really appriecated the extra looks into how the build actually came together, thanks Jang you are the best

[DaenerysGOT]

I think LEGO should make the full castle but have it come out in the Architecture line. We wouldn’t be able to see the inside rooms of the castle but at least we could have a complete castle😊 I’m sure it would cost a fortune but for hardcore Harry Potter fans I think it would be worth it:)

[natez]

I really appreciated how you filmed some parts while you were building, so that we could see how different things were assembled and the new pieces.

[seansanpedro]

I wish the capes were the softer and more spongy capes. I just like those a lot better!

[jacksonduren]

Jang, I agree with you. I wish lego would come out with another set that completes this one.

[_Pikalika_]

Mom: one last video and then it’s bed time
Me: hold my Pick-a-brick cup

[quinndyer]

They should make the rest of the castle and grounds a second set that you have the option of combining the two sets

[GJBricks]

Great review! The exterior is amazing! But, I completely agree with you on the interior. They feel like an unnecessary addition to the set. Rather it was closed up and kept simpler and focused. I'd really like them to add more to the bigger playsets to build out a Minifigure scale Hogwarts Castle!