REVIEW: 76431 Hogwarts Castle: Potions Class

[Pchan1983]

Here is my review on LEGO Harry Potter 76431 Hogwarts Castle: Potions Class:

THE GOOD:

• The new flasks and effects are great.
• It's pretty detailed considering the size of the set.
• Surprisingly good standalone set even when it is closed.

THE NOT SO GOOD:

• The stickers on the curved tile is a nightmare to apply.

Bought this set purely for the new flasks and effect parts, those are great as expected.  These new parts just opened up a lot of opportunities in other creation.  I also really like this set in the end.  The overall building experience is great, despite being a small set and mainly an open design, there are surprisingly good amount to detailed incorporated into the set.  While it is also designed to integrate the bigger part of the Hogwarts Castle, when it is closed, it also look surprisingly well by itself.  The 4 minifigures included are great, with 3 of the minifigures are currently exclusive to this set.  I particularly like Seamus's face.  The only issue I had with this set are the stickers for the design on the curved tiles.  It was such a mission to make sure it is aligned or let's say within the boundary of the lego piece.  Other than that, this is a fun set with some cool new useful parts.  Yes the standard price is high but with 20% or more discount, made this a very good deal.  Definitely will recommend this set if you like Harry Potter, and also have bought other parts of Hogwarts Castle.  Or if you are like me, just genuinely interested in cool new parts then it's a set for you.