REVIEW: 76432 Forbidden Forest: Magical Creatures

[Pchan1983]

Here is my review on LEGO Harry Potter 76432 Forbidden Forest: Magical Creatures:

THE GOOD:

• The magical creatures.
• Can be extended with other sets set in Forbidden Forest in current wave.

THE NOT SO GOOD:

• The size of the set limits itself from being a "forest" with limited foliages.
• Repetitive build.

This is truely a LEGO animal pack than an actual set.  I wanted an extra baby thestral and the pixie, with a 30% off deal at our local stores it was perfect opportunity to buy this set.  I have low expectation as the set appears to be very simple.  Turns out it lies within my expectation.  For someone has quite a few harry potter sets, none of the build nor the end results gave me a brand new experience.  The set is fairly simple consists of 5 parts and joined together.  While being a forest, the foliages volume is hard to justify its name.  But that's fine given it's target audience.   However, the two main trees has 90% of the same building experience and I did feel a bit repetitive.  Having said that, it is quite cool to be extendable with the polybag which adds a little bit more to the set.  Again this set is really trying to sell the magical creatures, and they deliver on this.  Especially if you don't own any other sets that have these creatures then this set suddenly becomes a very good deal.  The thestral, pixie and buckwheat all done very nicely.  In terms of minifigures, they are good minifigures but are not exclusive to this set.  So if you own them previously it does take away some value of this set but if you never own them before this become a very good deal.   Whether this set worth the recommended retail price is really depended on if this is your FIRST Harry Potter set or if you already own most of the elements.  And I would only recommend this if there is something you really want from this set.  Otherwise it a set that can pass with no harm =)