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4703_The Potion Riddle [MOC] Pieces 205 Characters Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Troll Play features mechanism for hitting the troll, who is defending a chest, in which there's the potion riddle - an ancient scroll; potions table with mechanism to reveal the hiding place of the correct potion; reclining green and blue flames to block entry and exit from the room (in the book the flames are purple and black); cobwebs, which can be moved to find the correct potion and can be used as a secret exit from the room 4703_The Potion Riddle 01 by Brick Matit, su Flickr A careful observer who scrolled trhough the list of the first Harry Potter sets, produced by LEGO back in 2001, could not help but notice a curious fact in the serial numbers sequence: the suspicious absence of a number . In fact, the first two sets, 4701_Sorting Hat and 4702_The Final Challenge are followed by number 4704_The Chamber of the Winged Keys. There is no trace of the number 4703. For this reason, recently, while reorganizing and enriching my LEGO Harry Potter collection, I decided to go in search of the lost set... in other words, I decided to invent a set that could well complete the series . The scene is taken directly from the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: The Potion Riddle. This was one of the obstacles placed to protect the Philosopher's Stone, right before the room where the Mirror of Erised was located, in which the Stone was hidden. To this scene I added a minor one with an obstacle that, even in the book, is only mentioned: a large mountain troll that Professor Quirrell has already knocked out. When creating this set I constantly referenced the original sets, trying to use parts available at the time (I admit, in retrospect, considering it's been a while since I designed the set, that I don't remember how faithful I remained in this regard). The structure is taken from that of the original sets, so as to be able to integrate it into the Hogwarts model that LEGO proposed. The characters selected are the same as the original 2001 sets, to which I added the troll who is from 2002. I tried to fill the set with as many play features as possible as happened in the original sets, remaining faithful to the story of the books as much as possible, but without disdaining fantasy elements. Some images in this message and some more on my Fickr page [4703_The Potion Riddle [MOC] | Flickr] 4703_The Potion Riddle 14 by Brick Matit, su Flickr 4703_The Potion Riddle 07 by Brick Matit, su Flickr 4703_The Potion Riddle 09 by Brick Matit, su Flickr 4703_The Potion Riddle 17 by Brick Matit, su Flickr

Of course, LEGO sometimes makes stupid things , but a brickbuilt motorbike model would have a brickbuilt Hagrid model on it. Not that I expect it and, by the way, I absolutely don't want it Better for it and for me it being a playset .

Are those all playset? Cause for a moment I had the idea that Flying Motorbike could also be a brickbuilt "creature". Well, after Harry & Hermione big figure, Dobby and the Sorting Hat I wouldn't be too much surprise

Thanks for the suggestion! I already bought the set - and, by the way, also the Great Hall with a good discount and Potions Classroom; I'm waiting to have some spare time to build it.

My first Harry Potter set, it was Christmas 2001, was Hagrid's Hut. After more than 20 years and other three huts (PoA 2003 - the only one I haven't -, 2010, PoA 2019), LEGO managed to give me the same feelings of those old days. The 76429 set, Hagrid's Hut: An Unexpected Visit, that yesterday I had time to build with my brother, gifted me with the same vibes of 2001: entering, with Harry, Ron and Hermione, in a tiny, confy, friend's home. Near the fireplace crackling flames kids, and adult too, can experience and recreate the Norbert PS scene or talk about strange Hogwarts happenings, discussing about lessons, quidditch, Snape and Malfoy, or preparing new adventures. The set, in my opinion, perfectly captures the PS and CoS Hagrid's hut from the movies. A completely closed hut, with removable roof and openable rear, easily playable. The sidebuild, nothing special, is a nice add. Norbert, Fang and character variants well complete the location and the scene depicted. Some minor personal issues: I'm not sure about Fang reddish brown colour and I think a random animal, like a spider or a rat, could have been there. For now, I built 2 of the 2024 sets - Owlery and Hugrid's Hut - and I find them really well done.

This is something that leaves me a little meh. I mean, luckily enough I have no money problem, more space problem , but I was a kid in 2000s and remember how much I would liked to have the Harry Potter Castle set, but unfortunately couldn't. Now we have that the Great Hall, a truly iconic location, passed from €100 in 2018, €140 in 2021, €200 in 2024. Yes, it has more and more pieces and locations, but this made the sets less and less affordable. Now assuming that the future castle expansions will be at least as pricey as the Great Hall, we'll have an upwards shifting of the main set of the year price. It's not something that excites me.

Thanks!

I would find really strange considering Errol as a minifigures By the way, on another polish site, www.klockinews.pl, the text in there is a bit different. This is the Google translation: We have to wait some other leakers to point us in the right direction, I suppose...

I was always in doubt about that being Ginny... feeling it to have strange proportion, but well probably it's her. Yeah, I know... but as you've said there decent odds of getting the entire Weasley family. And, by the way, I would find totally illogic to not have all of them.

For what I remember, in the survey leaked burrow there were at least 8 red-haired minifigures (I don't remember Ginny) plus Hermione. Weasley family has 9 members and it would be logic to have all of them in a collector set. So I would say Weasleys plus Hermione and the GWP with Harry to recreate the Floo Powder scene from CoS.

About the Burrow... I think it would be nice if the set came with a pair of new mold gnomes... they were an infestanting presence in first Harry Potte videogames (infestating both Hogwarts rooms and corridors and Weasley garden)

I don't know how much we can read in LEGO sets as hints for future sets (we had a Leaky Cauldron sign in 2021, but no LC untill now )... in any case, I think Flourish & Blott's (with Lockhart remake) and Quality Quidditch Supplies could be a logical guess.

I don't see LEGO producing a future set with an incomplete dungeon. Instead I believe they will produce a new section of the castle (example Grand Staircase Tower plus Quad entrance) with removable dungeon sections like under the Great Hall.

You can see three singing ghosts here for a few seconds from 0.16. Christmas Preparations at Hogwarts | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (youtube.com)

Yes From what I've seen until now, no.

Agree with you.

Starting from march 2024 LEGO has launched a new Hogwarts modular system; this is the third one from 2018: from 2018 to 2021 the first one, from 2021 to 2023 the second one. This third modular system is marketed by LEGO as "the most detailed LEGO brick-built Hogwarts Castle scene ever": the Owlery set and the Castle Boathouse set are part of this scene, as well as the summer 200$ Great Hall. Hagrid's Hut, Ford Anglia, Forbidden Forest and Draco Malfoy in the forest polybag are not marketed as part of this scene, but are in any case part of the new system.

Yes, I didn't remember it

I imagine any of the March sets is part of the new system. And for the Great Hall I expect it to be open on the internal side, like the 2018 Great Hall... and for stickers, well, there are even in the Gringott's collectors set, so it's an educated guess to expect them even in the Great Hall.

I think Potion Classroom, mainly its outside part, will be interesting from this point, considering the fact, as suggested, that this set could be switched with part of the Great Hall underground section. Will it have an outside part or will it be more a open space set? Will it have rocky outside? Or the rocky cliff will be part of the Great Hall only?

That's an interesting idea: leaving the rock exterior part in the bigger and high price set can save pieces in minor sets instead of need to increase prices or reduce details.

Well, it could be possible that the Potions Classroom set has the dimensions to both go under the Great Hall or under future sections of the castle. If it's true that one can switch rooms under the Great Hall, Potions Classroom has to have a full rock exterior, I imagine, and this could work as underground section of others buildings.

Thanks! I should had imagine it

The fact that the Snape's Classroom set is said to have the same dimension of one of the room under the Great Hall set could even suggest a sort of modularity so that one could rearrange Hogwarts sections like in the last 2021-2023 castle.

For what I understand, the dungeon will have a secret passage, Hufflepuff common room (maybe the secret passage is the entrance to Hufflepuff section), a corridor and a bathroom (for the Troll scene I imagine).