Clone OPatra

I believe the first is just about how many Stormtroopers get slaughtered all the time in various Star Wars stories, while the second makes fun of how hard it is to amass an army of Clone Pilots since they are so rare in sets, while it's very easy to build an army of Bomb Squad Troopers.

Here's another from me, along a similar line as the last one. Head Dysfunction

Sorry for the double post, but I've finally made a few more funnies. Here's the first! Big Head

Well, I just had to say that going by the events of EpIII, all of those Jedi besides Anakin and Mace would be cut down in about ten seconds, making the fight not so unfair after all. It's nice to see all of those Jedi together, even if I do not count Barisss as a CW Jedi, nor Kit Fisto.

I hope that if LEGO does do AotC sets, it won't focus on anything that has to do with the clones in action at the end of the film. Sure, that's where many of the vehicles are, but it's all of the other parts of AotC that haven't been well represented. I'm sure a new Zam Wessel chase would be in order, but maybe (long shot) they could make a location like Dex's diner, or part of the cloning facility with a Kaminoan or two, or the Droid factory. I'd just rather the focus stay away from the Clones battling part.

Yes, but Mega sold its Marvel figures individually (and those really were action figures, whereas minifigures are kind of not), so I'm not so sure LEGO couldn't. I still highly doubt that they will, but I'm sure we'll find out before long.

This review is absolutely stunning! I read it over in the Academy (though it had already been passed when I got to it) and chuckled out loud numerous times. You've really hit all the highs and lows of this set. Personally, besides for the nostalgia factor and the purty colors this set seems pretty underwhelming. It's nice of LEGO to make an everyday life set, but there just doesn't seem to be a lot there, especially for the original price. It's still nicer than a Belville set, though. I think the larger Paradisa sets were far better, since they had both the pretty colors and more substantial, more exciting completed builds.

Right now it is Jack Sparrow, but it probably won't remain that way. Besides, that particular Jack Sparrow head that they put in there is the reverse of the skeleton one.

I do not believe it works that way at all. Looking at LEGO prices over the years, today's prices are not any higher relative to their pieces counts than they ever were, and so this set would note have been any less expensive in 2000. The point is that LEGO is designing sets on a larger and larger scale with higher and higher piece counts, and they do not need to be doing so, at least in this case. It just seems like too far up the price scale.I own 7190, but I suppose that since I was just a happy consumer at the time and not very critical, it didn't strike me as so ugly. The fact that it has a rounded underside is a plus, though it's an entirely unstable model. Personally, I think the last Falcon looked better.

You guys must not read City reviews or buy City sets; that part has been used in trucks for the past year or two.As to the set, the thing that really strikes me is the price range. Not that it's necessarily overpriced in any of the currencies, that's not it. It's just that it's a lot of money, period. LEGO released two System Falcons at a $100 USD price range, but this one is significantly more. Even if it was a much better model I wouldn't be any happier, the fact remains that LEGO is trying to go big for what is ultimately a fun toy for little boys. I'm certain that a little boy at the time of the release of the original would've had just as much Star Wars-y fun with the Falcon as a little boy could with the new one, but for much less money. I think getting into $140 range for a playset is exceeding a limit of what parents should want to or have to pay. Not to mention that this model is fairly ugly and odd looking.

Well, they would still need a new CW head for him anyway, so I kind of doubt it. I don't think they are going to want to make another Slave I for young Boba and the Bounty Hunters, though they could always pick some other Bounty Hunter ship and throw them all in the set, like they did with Sugi's ship.

Yup, here's another link with both press releases, Marvel and DC. That is going to be one crazy amount of superheroes, but… X-Men. Honestly, a DC line didn't make me so excited, but now that it's clear Marvel is in the mix, that is really awesome!

Wonderful review -R8-. You really tell it like it is about this set: undeniably a good one. I only got three of the Deep Freeze sets, but they were all vastly superior to the first two waves of Alpha Team. I thought the underwater sets were quite poor. The play functions in Deep Freeze really were the best. There's nothing as good as an entire vehicle that can morph, and it doesn't even need flick-fire missiles to be fun! On Diamond, I always thought that what you call a chinstrap was actually a goatee. From the comic, I think it really is supposed to be a goatee, but it could go either way. I always considered him to look the coolest out of the Alpha Team.

I really don't think so. There have been times in the past when Target's LEGO section has seemed small, but every one I've been in for a while seems to have a nice large section, spanning one and a half sides of an isle, not to mention a separate display for the LEGO Games. It might just be making space for new merchandise, or a case of a specific store. I've seen various markdowns too, but the best was in a Chicago Target that had the Series 4 Minifigures for just 74 cents apiece. I was quite surprised to see this when Series 5 hasn't even come out here yet, but I happily grabbed eight different ones of them.

That really depends on if you want to get it. You don't need one to enjoy the other, but they go well together as I illustrate. The larger one is a great-looking display piece, but of course it's quite expensive. Really the only person who can decide the answer is you, but I think you can enjoy this set without owning the larger one.

Well I've seen the film too, but I can't say that I wholly agree with you. All of your points are valid, but you have to keep in mind that this is not a Deathly Hallows Part 2 specific set, the compilation of rooms makes that clear. Clearly, the box art indicates that LEGO wants the set to appeal especially to kids who have just seen the film, but it's still not a movie specific set. The one of your opinions that I most agree with is that there should be a bad guy other than Lucius, and Scabior would've make a good choice. All of the other figures make good sense to me. Lupin is a fan favorite and an important character in the series as a whole, so a new figure for him is fitting. I suppose that nobody really cares about Sprout, but she is one of the heads of houses, so it's nice to finally get her. I suppose I agree that Slughorn figure would've been more fitting, and I certainly would've liked to get one, but I understand having Sprout. As for Goyle, he's one of Malfoy's cronies in the entire series, so getting a new figure of him makes sense to me for the purposes of play related to the previous installments.

I don't think I ever actually try to slam the old figures, though it might come across that way. I attempt to make all my reviews lighthearted, even when I'm looking at things that I don't actualy like. The truth is that I never liked many of the Harry Potter minifigures even back when they were released. Some were excellent, but frankly some like Draco Malfoy really never did it for me. Ginny was probably the worst of them all; her figure looked all wrong. I am sorry if you don't agree, but that's how it goes. I'm not biased against all old minifigures, and in fact if you've read some of my other reviews such as Star Wars or Castle sets you will see that quite clearly. I do take any opportunitiy to jab at old figures though, in the name of humor.

Nope. The plot of this one makes perfect sense without seeing the other two, to me anyway. I had tried to block out all memory of the second one anyhow, and this one made perfect sense. Oh, I might as well share my thoughts on the movie. I never knew anything or cared about Transformers before seeing the first film, so I don't have any bias of 'did they trash the characters' or whatever. I liked the first one quite a lot when I saw it, and even on repeat viewings. The writing was good, the characters were well thought out, etc. I can't say I cared much about the Transformers, and Megatron was your typical big evil bad guy, but besides for the end battle being a tad too long, it was above highly enjoyable, even a good film to me. The second one was complete trash. The writing for the humans was so, so bad, and they completely ruined Megan Fox's character. What made her good int he first film was that she was both attractive and had legitimate things to do; all they gave her to do in the second one was be a typical female character and just generally look hot for the camera. I can't even remember the plot, other than they came and restarted Megatron in ONE SECOND. Why the hell drop him to the bottom of the ocean if they can restart him in one freaking second? Ugh… After that second film I didn't want to see the third, but I was dragged into it. Maybe it was my exceedingly low expectations that made me think it was tolerable. The humans were written pretty well once again, the plot made sense, John Turturro was once again funny rather than annoying, and Sentinel Prime was fairly cool. One of the touches I liked the most was Megtron. They had him because they had too, I suppose, but at least he didn't factor into the battles again. I thought his nomad design was well done. Still, the film was far too long, and in retrospect some of the beginning sequences with Sam were unnecessary. At least they were enjoyable. If they make a fourth film, which they probably will, I will have to make sure to go in expecting a film as bad as the second, or I will come out disappointed. With absolutely zero hope for an enjoyable movie, though, Dark of the Moon turned out fairly well.

That could be very true. Really, having just seen the film myself, Francesco is a fairly major character, so having an ultimate build of him is not so far fetched. Also, Fin being so smooth, he may be hard to pull off even on a big scale. Just look at the Ultimate Build McQueen, he doesn't look great. Francesco looks very good at the big size. I think LEGO just wanted to give a nice variety, and any kid who's seen the film would probably like to have both a big McQueen and Francesco to race around.

Unfortunately, I've read that LEGO will purposefully not use ideas submitted by anyone who is not staff. They do this for obvious reasons, to ensure that nobody can later sue them claiming that they should get a cut of the profits, or just so that they can claim creative control over all of their products. Anyway, I see what you're describing more of something that a third-party manufacturer would sell to be compatible with LEGO. It's not a bad idea, but it just doesn't seem like the sort of thing that LEGO would actually incorporate into its sets.

Thanks for your praise so far guys! Yellow isn't the most common color for that piece, but even then it does appear in 22 sets, according to BL. These particular ones probably started out life in Yeti's Hideout.

Since I'm not much of a builder, really complex and detailed things are beyond me. I don't MOC much at all, but when I do I go for simplistic, since that's the only thing I can reasonably pull off. Without further ado, here is the first creation in a theme I like to call Futuristic Classic Town: The Smiling Mafia is terrorizing civilians! They've added extra boosters to this hovering pickup truck, as well as an imposing turret on the back. The Mafia uses this deadly truck to fight with police and rival gangs, as well as holding up cargo trucks and making off with loot. Here's a head-on front view. In keeping with Classic Town vehicle dimensions, this truck is 4-wide, with the addition of the side bars. It also uses standard Classic Town design elements, like the clear windshield, headlight bricks, and grill pieces. The droid arm is not supposed to serve any real purpose other than adding some detailing to the front of the truck to make it look tough. The one semblance of a 'technique' is visible in this side view; namely, the SNOTed yellow 1x4 tiles on the sides to give it a clean look. None of this MOC was planned before the building process, so I invented the engine detailing on the fly when I came across those yellow saucers. Though it might be a little strange, I am happy with the abrupt transition from the smooth bed of the truck to the engine. The back view shows the boosters and a better look at the engine and turret. The engine is probably what I'm most proud of in this model; it's very simple, but looks classy. I probably saw it in another MOC and subconsciously stole it, but I like how it turned out. Finally, here's a closeup on the turret chair. It's built mostly off of a Classic Space chair. It might be ridiculously large for the size of the truck, but it's the Smiley Mafia. They don't have any limits. That wraps up this MOC. I actually made this some months ago, but I figured I would share it now because I have started working on some more vehicles to go in my Futuristic Classic Town theme. By the way, the Smiling Mafia was born out of my love for several different LEGO minifigure items: suits, fedoras, and the classic smiley face. I hope you enjoyed it. Here's the Flickr set with all of these pictures and a few more. Any and all comments and criticisms are most welcome!

It was lit with a red screen; white was giving me too much of a blue tint, and I wanted something a bit more dramatic. I think I was using about a five to seven second exposure. When I went longer, too much light came in and I was starting to see the room around it. I was also taking it on a mirror, if you couldn't tell, which helped bounce the light around and make it brighter.

I figured I better put that iPad I recently got to good use. Many, many pictures later, there was only one I could even work with… Shaak and Aayla

If you asked me to think of Hogwarts, I would probably tell you about the great hall, the tower with three crazy turrets, Dumbledore's office… hey, kinda exactly like last fall's 4842 Hogwarts Castle. I would not think of a bridge and two towers; this: Set Title: Hogwarts (???) Set #: 4867 Theme: Harry Potter Film Connections: Sorcerer's (Philosopher's) Stone, Prisoner of Azkaban, Deathly Hallows Part II Pieces: 466 Minifigures: 7 (if you include Dementors) Year of Release: 2011 Price at Release: USD 50, CAD 65, GBP 50 Buy it? Inventory? Bricklink Peeron LEGO Just browse the pictures? Flickr set INTRODUCTION Way back when Toy Fair happened this set was supposed to be called Battle for Hogwarts. But back then the Astronomy Tower globe had a map of Earth too, so clearly Toy Fair isn't the most reliable source for set info. Like 4865 Narcissa with Tree, I wasn't nearly as enthralled by this set as I had been with the last wave. I thought that with the rocky bases this set could not nicely integrate with 4842 Hogwarts Castle, and the big central bridge just looked kind of plain. However, as it often happens when it comes to LEGO, I find myself buying a set because of the figures and convincing myself that I want the rest of the set as well. Four new figures isn't skimpy in the slightest, and it wasn't hard to tell myself that the towers didn't look half bad either. So let's see how they really stack up, super-subjective CloneyO style. BOX This box is a real beauty. Yes, this part of Hogwarts is standing out in the middle of nowhere, but my that nowhere is painted lusciously. LEGO hired a true artist to design these Harry Potter boxarts. (And, for whatever reason, the minifigures are also named in French! Oui! Encore! Bon Apetite!) For 4842 Hogwarts Caslte, I was a little annoyed that for the actual size lineup on the top of the box LEGO actually scaled down the Dementor and McGonagall because they are taller than the rest. This time, on the other hand, all of the figures are pictured actual size, with the taller ones simply cutting off. The back is the standard 2010-11 Harry Potter goodness. The layout with a little box for each section is quite pleasing, and leaves very little hidden about this set (which may or may not be a good thing). There's also a little box encouraging you to combine this set with 4842 Hogwarts Caslte, advice that I took for a picture later on in the review. INSTRUCTIONS I would love to buy all of these artworks as posters, they are that gorgeous. This and the art for Hagrid's Hut are my favorites of all. I can't tell if the sky in the background is supposed to be at sunset or sunrise, but I'm veering towards sunset. I was a little surprised that there was only one booklet, but I'm happy about it. Frankly, I never see the need for more than one booklet. It is quite a thick booklet, though, because many of the steps go so darn slowly. Honestly, I think even a little kid would be able to add more than two bricks per step. In the back are the same pages that are also found in 4865 Ye Olde Spooky Tree, but bigger (duh). I'm still liking this picture of all the sets… …and the El Moucho exciting Years 5-7 poster. MINIFIGURES It wouldn't be a CloneyO Harry Potter review with out way more minifigure pictures than necessary, now would it? Nope. So I hope you enjoy this orgy of HP figures coming right up. Let me start with what you'd expect: the figures in this set. Here are the good guys, featuring a whopping three freshly designed figures, one of whom has never been made in LEGO form before. All I will say about Harry is that I don't understand why he has a broom in this set, but ok. Neville's smirk face looks kind of stock, and not all that Neville-ish to me, but I love his sweater. It resembles the film costume very well. Lupin gets another pic later on for more commentary, but for now I'll say that I love getting another suit design, and it can be used for yellow figs too (or Mace-Windu-in-a-suit mashups). Sprout sports a lovely, Sprout-ish dark tan ensemble, but suffers like many female figures from being too tall. Sprout is short and dumpy, not big and tall like Julia Child! Now for the bad guys: Goyle, Mr. Dementor III, and (another) Lucius Malfoy. Goyle's face looks a bit silly and old-man-ish to me, but he's a fairly unimportant character and I'm not all that irked. I'm sure most people will be quite glad to get another Slytherin torso. The Dementor is a Dementor, woohoo. As for Lucius, many could complain that we should've gotten a new Death Eater, like Yaxley or Dolohov or at least somebody else. But I think from the film trailer that Lucius actually does factor into the battle a little, so his inclusion makes a bit of sense. And I'm happy for another, because my last one had his face printed too far down. Here are the chaps with reversible faces. Harry has his typical frowny face, Senior Dementor has his soul-sucking hole of doom, Neville looks cheery in a dumber sort of way, and Lucius is wearing a Death Eater mask, which I'm pretty sure he won't actually do in Film 8. Nice of LEGO to include both Lucius' golden locks and a hood, though. The one who I don't understand is Neville; I think LEGO wanted him to look angry, but he still looks happy. Oh well, at least they got his signature gap-tooth in (right?). And here's everybody with a backprint: Goyle, Sprout, Lupin, Neville, and Harry. Looks like Slytherins crease their sweaters in the opposite direction to Gryffindors, doesn't it? Sprout's backprint is lovely and dumpy. Lupin's I find useless; not that I don't like the added detail, but really, it wasn't necessary. Neville's pixelated patterns are cool, and the designer has pulled off the semi-hoodie look quite well. Now it's time for some minifigure comparisons! Lupin That right there is quite a dramatic change! Well, the hair has stayed the same, and I never really understood the use of that hair for Lupin. I suppose that it sort of comes close to the look of his hair in the films, since he does have some over-hanging orangey hair, but Lupin never styles his hair this much. Really, besides for seeming too jolly, the new one captures Lupin's shaggy look from the new film quite well, while the old one is nice for his cleaner look in Prisoner of Azkaban. Overall, the new one is a better designed figure, but the old face did capture a lot of Lupin's character. Goyle Last time Goyle was a minifigure, he had Harry on the back of his head, Voldemort style. I liked getting Malfoy's cronies back then, but really they did slip out of the books, so it isn't too bad that we haven't gotten another version until now. It's interesting that, last time, LEGO used the flat top hair piece for Crabbe, but this time they use it for Goyle. But it fits. Really I think the old one's face design is a little better. It's very strange, but it's got a nice sneering look to it. The new one is also sneering, but the lines around the new one's mouth do not work well. Neville I never did like the old version of Neville; he looked much too dumb, even if Neville is the brightest of characters. I really wish they had given one of the new one's faces the chiseled, bloody look that he has in the new film, but they didn't. Oh well. It's still a much nicer looking figure than the original. And now, finally, we can assemble the crack team of heroes that Harry lead on his extremely stupid mission into the Ministry! Sprout I couldn't resist the urge of snapping a Heads of Houses picture now that we have Sprout. My memory may be betraying me, but I believe that we have now seen all of the teachers that appear in the films as minifigures, besides for Slughorn. You could also say we haven't seen the Muggle Studies teacher and people like the Carrows as minifigures either, but we never actually see them teach in the films, so I won't count them. INTERESTING PARTS There aren't a whole lot of interesting parts in this set, but I've selected a few. The globe pieces are probably the most interesting to everybody, but sand green hinges are rare, cheese and lime green parts are always nice, I always dig trans parts, slopes in the new PoP color are useful, that new tile/plate thing is new, cups are accessories, blue heads are rare, and I like writing really long sentences with a lot of commas. DSS I was expecting this sticker sheet, so it wasn't actually 'dreaded' by me. I don't understand why 2x4 tiles in some PotC sets were printed but these have to be stickered, but oh well. The stonework stickers add character to the set, and the others add nice detail, so I really do not mind these. None of them were difficult to apply. SET - Bridge The first part of the set to be built is the bridge (to nowhere). It's in the traditional LEGO Hogwarts color scheme, has some lovely dark green 'moss' underneath, and just overall looks fairly bridgy. The pillars at the far end look nice, and really it's rather plain, but nice. The back is more open and ugly, clearly not meant to be displayed. Note that the hinged pieces for connecting the towers are not removable like the ones in 4842 Hogwarts Castle; these are stuck to the bridge. What's that? You noticed a mysterious round grill brick on a technic axle? Yeah, that would be the play feature, which would've been the only thing really giving this set the name "Battle for Hogwarts." When you turn that mysterious round grilled thing, the bridge goes KABOOOM! Sort of. Actually the plates gets unsettled. If you do it with enough enthusiasm, it can work tolerably well, but halfhearted attempts produce a not-very-destroyed bridge. The designer has chosen some trans-orange Bionicle/technic bits for the exploding feature, perhaps to call fire to mind. Really they just make me think of gouging the eyes out of some Bohrok and sticking them in here. SET - Astronomy Tower Next up in the instructions is the tower which the catalog terms the 'astronomy tower,' although the last Hogwarts had one of those two and it looked entirely different. Really there's no way to name it; it's just a tower, although it looks a bit different than the previous ones because of the open second level, which is quite a lovely design. It's still Hogwarts-y, but it sets this tower apart. Level one: The Chamber of Secrets. No don't worry, it's not actually the Chamber of Secrets, it's really just the barren rocky basement, without enough room for play in there anyway. The exterior (in the above shot, and coming up more later) is nice, the exterior is nothing. You're supposed to put the green snake in here, so I'm hoping it's not Nagini. The next level houses what LEGO calls the Room of Requirement. I'm guessing that this is the Room of Requirement because right before the battle certain students do use it as a hiding spot, and there are supposed to be beds with Gryffindor colored sheets. Still, they could've just as easily called it Gryffindor Dormitory, since it's just some bunk beds. But wait, there's an unexpected play feature here! Yes, using those new type of plate/tile pieces, the bunk beds can be removed for access to the interior. So is that why it's the Room of Requirement, because the beds can vanish? The next level is the open part with the lovely globe int he center. I suppose the globe's printing is supposed to be a sort of star chart, and that is why LEGO calls this the Astronomy Tower. I was quite surprised by the stand for the globe. When I opened the set, I had no idea why there was a blue minifigure head with the knit hat, but the secret was then revealed. It's a tight fit under the globe, but that means it keeps the globe from bouncing around like the PotC one… Here's the globe compared to the world map from PotC. This one's stand is much simpler, but I like it better. The other stand is a little too big for the globe. I think this new one could easily be used in Sci-Fi mocs to represent the map of another planet. Finally, we come to the incredibly small Divination Classroom. There was a Divination Classroom in the second Hogwarts as well, but that one had a little room in it. You see, there's barely room for a minifigure! The room looks fine as a set piece, but it's absolutely unplayable. I don't know if those wooden things are supposed to be tables or chairs, but in any case they can't be sat upon. This room is pretty much a fail. SET - The Other Tower The other tower also has a distinctive look, since it has a big open window with a railing. At first I found it strange to have those slope bricks overhanging studs on the plate, but it's grown on me. This is another well-executed tower, and the stickers aid to that. I'm skipping the stony basement, since it's exactly the same as the other tower. The first floor here is taken up with… nothing. It's just two pictures. My question is, WHY. Why did this room get wasted? There's no play here, nothing exciting, nothing representing anything from the films. Why would LEGO throw in a blank room? This is just as bad as the stupid statue room in the last Hogwarts. Leveling up from boring land brings us to the best room in the entire set: Lupin's office. Just like every other room in both Hogwarts sets, Lupin's office makes no sense in a tower, but who cares. The room is open enough for some play, the accessories on the desk are lovely, and the blackboard is super-cute. The placement of it is a little odd, but I'm not sure there would be any place better in here, since it is still small. The only thing that could've been better would be a little gramophone like the one that appeared in Lupin's Classroom. The top of the tower holds the Mirror of Erised, or the Mirror that Sucks Away Your Soul (like a Dementor). Using the cramped interior of the big roof piece as a holding space for the Mirror was an effective idea. The problem, though, is that the instructions have you place the Mirror outside of the roof, leaving very little space for a minifigure. See how silly Harry looks staring right into it? The solution is simple, and the people who took the official set photos hit upon it: just move the Mirror back. Now there's plenty of room to seat Harry and have Dumbledore creepily hover over his shoulder! Did you know that there have been three different version of the Mirror of Erised? Well here they are, from Hogwarts Classroom, The Final Challenge, and this set. Clearly, the new one is the best and most ornate, though I would've liked a reflective sticker. The brightly colored one is just silly, and the middle one is solely a sticker, though it's a nice thick lenticular sticker. WHOLE SET The three components come together nicely to form a complete set. The rocky bases really are nice, and the unique touches of each tower complement each other and give the whole set a distinctive, rustic look. It looks as Hogwarts is supposed to look; not bright and shiny, but weathered and a tad gloomy. From a side-angled view, you can see that the towers are pretty skinny, but that's alright. They have to have some room for play inside. Also note the connection point on the base of the near tower, so that it can be connected into 4842 Hogwarts Castle. The back is all about play, although which such cramped rooms that might be somewhat difficult. Still, there's a bit a kid might be able to do in each room. WITH 4842 So, the final test, how does this set look when put together with 4842 Hogwarts? The truth is, it looks wonderful. For some reason, the stone bases aren't glaring; they just work. The designers have done an excellent job creating a set that you really will want to add to the last Hogwarts. (To see closeups of all the action in this shot, check the Flickr set.) CONCLUSION I have found myself liking this set quite a bit, and certainly much more than I expected. Sounds exactly like my reaction to 4862 Gathering at the Tree doesn't it? Yes, yes it does. This being the second wave, LEGO could've just throw together a bunch of the figures they'd already designed, with just one or two new ones thrown in as a taste treat. But that's not what they did at all. Four new figures is quite generous, and makes this set somewhat tempting for that alone. And then there's the fact that it's a very attractive model, and that it integrates perfectly into 4842 Hogwarts Castle. It's a good size; perfectly satisfying for fifty bucks. It doesn't have much in the way of play features, but it has the innate sort of playability that I've been going on about since my review of the Burrow. Hogwarts isn't about blowing stuff up or launching minifigures; it's about role-playing. This set has more Hogwarts rooms, and thus more role-playing possibilities, although some of those rooms are too cramped to be useful. Plus it has a sort of exploding bridge. So boys will like it too! Hooray! RATINGS Minifigures: 9/10 - I understand that Lucius and a Dementor aren't the most exciting figures, so I docked 1 for the haters. Ok haters? Pieces: 9/10 - Nothing too exciting, but there are some cool and undoubtedly useful parts in there. Design: 7.5/10 - The exterior is all lovely, but a lot of the interior space is not used all that well. Price: 10/10 - This should be and is $50. Playability: 6/10 - There is the play feature, and good old role-playing, but the lackluster parts of the interior take away from play possibilities. Overall: 8.3/10 - Somehow I've ended up liking this set more than the last Hogwarts, but I guess it makes sense. That set was too big and expensive to have as much disappointment as it did, whereas this one is smaller and so has less things to fault. The finished model really is perfect for display, and some of the interior has enough charm to keep this grade on the higher end. It may not be everybody's thing, but I feel this set is certainly worth picking up. C'mon, who doesn't want a new Neville?