$100 vs $500 LEGO Harry Potter HOGWARTS EXPRESS Comparison!

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Hogwarts Express fun fact: Every year on the 1st of September, Harry Potter fans gather at King’s Cross to hear the once-a-year announcement about the 11 am departure to Hogsmeade from 9 and three quarters. A special voice is heard making it, the departures screen switches to Harry Potter scenes, and then the iconic music plays. Yes, the announcement part is weird as the train is never announced to muggles as it is supposed to be secret

[@ydu1234]

You like Lego as well Kim?

[@benbertrum2892]

Cring😔

[@frasermcgeough]

Cool!

[@ProfessorBuge]

Thank you for the knowledge, Supreme Leader!

[@SteamRailPatreonR761VR]

69th like (:

[@PhlippinPhil]

As a lego train fan as well, the worst part about the new one is the tracks don't match existing 6 wide tracks.

[@nick91884]

The fact they made a train that isnt compatible with any of their tracks is a travesty.

[@PhlippinPhil]

@@benmoore2253 correct

[@casperhansen826]

The very reason that I will not want that set

[@Timanator]

Correct, its a train set no Lego train fans would want.

[@_RandomPerson_]

The new one looks nice, but I was hoping for something like the Emerald Night. A nice looking train that can fit on the standard track and has the ability to be motorized. I was excited to see LEGO was making the new wheels and when they said they would make more train sets because of the new wheels.

[@fritz404]

Cheap is better just because it fits standard lego tracks

[@Nerdtendo6366]

Real question, why does it need to? Edit: I’m talking about the $500 set, not the $100 option

[@GOOPgaminginc]

So dose the cheep one

[@SkyKid002]

@@GOOPgaminginc reading is fundamental

[@SkyKid002]

@@Nerdtendo6366 because people have cities they would like to add it to?

[@dustywarplane2456]

@@SkyKid002 or creating a harry potter world with a FUNCTIONAL train.

[@kanjiklubskywalker4951]

i personally prefer the smaller set. it's not minifig scale or anything, but the train station is so good. the train station on the bigger set felt like an afterthought to fill the rest of the budget, let alone being hard to display, as the entire train. the play set is more compact and maybe even wholesome-looking compared to the new giant one.

[@paulvarshan5419]

@@repticare101 I personally think you eat shit for your daily nutritional needs

[@enderwarrior6792]

As a rail enthusiast, the pathetic attempt at a hall class in the play set if almost offensive

[@kabblerxd]

@@repticare101 Your looking on comments for this review video. Dingus

[@terrier_productions]

As a rail enthusiast from the UK, I’m surprised that Lego has been able to make the $500 set look just like the basis. The coach looks just like the British Railways MK1 coach (both interior and exterior) and the locomotive looks just like a GWR 59XX!

[@Jordmund]

The fact that lego released GWR 5900 Class Locomotive in this scale with that much detail is more amazing for me than Harry Potter theme! Would love to see the loco built in dark green colour with GWR letters on the tender.

[@matsv201]

Not being a harry potter fan.. i kind of agree, still think its 2 studs to wide

[@oldjagfan]

5:21. Absolutely hilarious. Idk why I found it so funny.

[@SPIDEYGUY24]

As someone who grew up with the 2010 version, I can appreciate all the newer versions out.

[@specterx2135]

Nice! As someone who has the 2018 version, and the 2022 version, I personally think the Collector’s edition one is better.

[@arrowhasautism9953]

The new hogwarts express looks vert accurate to a gwr Hall class (the locomotive that was used for the hogwarts express)

[@spudmaphot]

Am I insane if I like the smaller one. It looks better to me and the station part is way better.

[@Garretty66]

Yes

[@SkyKid002]

Lots of comments seem to prefer the smaller version. Myself included

[@seiya880]

I'd take the 2018 set over the 2022 one anytime. How can a train set be made that doesn't have tracks to run on? And it's way too big, only someone living in Downton Abbey can display it

[@valskiplayz3848]

heres an idea alter the stud spacing the train wheels are either 5 or 6 studs apart meaning if the rails are 5 & 6 studs apart it can run but there are no rails only the 1x16 length straight rails which you can separate unlike the playable rails and they dont curve so try and compact the model but make it look good while making it run on normal tracks

[@squaresided]

"How can you be on the council and not be a Master?"

[@valskiplayz3848]

@@squaresided anakin skywalker then got a 25 killstreak from the youngling and called in the death star nuke

[@ronniekenworth171]

The set was designed for gauge 1 scale track. Unfortunately, the fixed bogies means it can only run on straight track.

[@valskiplayz3848]

@@ronniekenworth171 well did you try using technic pins so the 4 front wheels can swivel?

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Ticket to Hogwarts? Bruh if you actually attended Hogwarts, you’d be the kind of guy to negotiate with the Sorting Hat to be moved to a different house if he gets your house wrong like you negotiate getting sets at lower prices at conventions

[@uniZrocks]

Yea

[@melissalavin7967]

What's wrong with that the prices are insane

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

@@melissalavin7967 it's a joke chill, nothing wrong with negotiating...unless you question the Sorting Hat

[@dustyyshellz1320]

Big bruh moment

[@___David__]

No need to negotiate with the Sorting Hat. It takes into account which House you want to be in ;)

[@captainfirestrike3836]

Note, I think you may be able to keep the light bricks down if you connect a lego plate over the top to the studs at the side.

[@SkyKid002]

That was my thoughts exactly

[@MandRproductions]

Not included in the set for $500 🤷‍♀️

[@captainfirestrike3836]

@@MandRproductions Yeah, but that's Lego, the company we all love where only the lowest budget and eyewatering prices are good enough.

[@SkyKid002]

@@MandRproductions much easier to find a random black plate than a second gamorean guard. So thats par for the course. I definitely see missing minifigs as a bigger deal than a random plate...

[@UrbanAstroLA]

$40 for the smaller Express set during the Black Friday sales. Worth every penny; we bought two. Good detailed build for its scale and meshes with most of the City and Creator builds well. My son is using one of the sets to augment 60198 Cargo train. He's not old enough to watch Harry Potter yet, but old enough to covet the Emerald Night lol. Hopefully Lego releases a steam train of that caliber again.

[@jbsbricks88]

Obviously the 500 dollar set was going to be alot better than the 100 dollar set, but, (at least in my opinion), the 100 dollar set seems to be a really good set for what it is.

[@luisgamercool6980]

I’m not the biggest Harry Potter fan but I absolutely love how lego portrayed the set and I think lego should do more steam locomotive sets

[@DistanceNsVeterans]

Especially the PRR T1 locomotive

[@SirDanomen]

Well, the Orient Express is coming soon.

[@schnek8927]

Easy win for the cheaper one. Not even a competition, it just blows the bigger one out of the water!

[@lbricks7631]

Smaller set has a wayyyy better price point. like 200 bucks is spent just on the tracks and tender, which aren't worth it, although they do look good.

[@oliveryes195]

0:32 the voice crack😂

[@FrisktheBunny]

I just realized, if you swapped out the red pieces for green pieces, and print out your own signboards and tender details. You can turn the Hogwarts expressed into Olton Hall, which is the basis of the Hogwarts Express

[@caitlynskiff2001]

I have the playscale one and I love it! It fits on my harry potter shelves perfectly! The DTC one just is not worth the price in my opinion. Especially since I already have the Playscale one.

[@zenthous9568]

Am I the only one who thinks the new one is one of the best Lego display pieces out there? It just looks so good

[@BoboPlaysTD]

you could put some black 2x4s over the lights and they will stay on (maybe even some gray parts over the 2x4s for the detail)

[@Jay-Zech]

The new Hogwarts Express is just beautiful and I’d really love to own it one day, but for now, I’m very content with my play-scale one, as it’s just a really great set, and it only costed me $50(on a sale), as apposed to $500.😂 Edit: 6:46 Dang, it is MASSIVE. I don’t even know where I’d put it lol

[@harrytodhunter5078]

the $100 set is the best Lego-gauge Hogwarts Express produced so far, and is far superior to all versions previously made (for starters, it actually has driving wheels instead of two bizarre bogies at either end of the loco), but the $500 is by far the best train ever produced by LEGO (even if it is largest than lego-gauge), and is a phenomenal representation of a GWR Hall Class (they finally got the tender right!).

[@jacehackworth6413]

For the same price they could have made it a great train set that runs on tracks instead of a purely display set that's almost too big to display. This really only appeals to Harry Potter fans and not train enthusiasts.

[@sidneysun5217]

since the cheaper set is about 1/5 the price of the expensive set, do you think it's feasible to buy 5 of the cheaper sets in order to build a bigger train than the expensive set? i feel like the extra parts you get from 5 cheaper sets can get a much better train that still fits on the lego train tracks, and a better station too

[@Maketheworldmakesense14]

“The sticker wasn’t applied great… thanks Cory..” “What?” Lmaooo 🤣🤣🤣✋😂

[@pessimisticdiabetic717]

The “thanks corey” got me 😭

[@DistanceNsVeterans]

They finally fixed it to make it look more like a GWR hall class locomotive. Now it looks more British

[@vampiresquid74]

Cheaper set takes the cake all day long! I wouldn't touch that oversized $500 disaster with a 10 ft pole... sad really; I was fully ready to get it day one. Lego truly does hate train fans. hopefully one day we get a more detailed version that actually works on tracks and isn't the size of a cruise ship compared to the figs I will concede that the tender on the $80 version does look awful though; way way too small, but easily fixed nonetheless

[@Xyonon]

As a child I always absolutely hated the fact that there's only one passenger cart for those lego trains. :(

[@comradecat3678]

thumbtabs are nice especially in the resale market I like knowing theres nothing fishy going on...

[@zarda1484]

We might have been denied a Polar Express so that LEGO could make this when we've wanted Gringotts for two years.

[@BobBob-qg4lo]

God I'd kill for a lego British steam line of this quality, almost definitely won't happen, but hey, I can dream, the fact they made (unless I'm mistaken, its the first time ive seen them anyway) new larger train wheel pieces and new door peices for this set does give me hope they might feel more obligated to make use of them in other locomotive sets of this quality. Also love the fact that this engine is bigger than what we usually get for lego, typically I feel the sheer size of these machines is lost in order to make a more playable or affordable set. This is really the best train lego has ever made in my opinion, just a shame it has the Harry Potter license attached to it making it easily 25% more expensive than it needs to be

[@andrewbaker3516]

I would need alot of self control if it was in green. I reckon if you could get a copy of the instructions you could buy the pieces individually and make it yourself. It would be a bit of hassle but probably worth it

[@CanadaBricks]

Man, the LEGO Harry Potter Designers knocked it out of the park for both of them. They definitely know how to do bonuses, unlike the Star Wars designers

[@Jay-Zech]

I know right. Two amazing sets, one of which comes with an ACTUAL bonus lol

[@ZstackZip]

I’ve heard people saying “it’s too big, it’s out of scale”, but the fact is, it IS in scale (roughly) at least better than the small one which is borderline Narrow Gauge

[@tiffanyclintonperdue7027]

My son loves your channel. He is very excited to see you wearing a Celtics Jerzee!! He plays for the Celtics in his grade school.

[@SouRwy4501Productions]

GWR 5972, built in 1937 by GWR’s Swindon works, was rather unnoticeable until it was used in the Harry Potter films. The engine wasn’t the first of its class, and it wasn’t the last of its class. It was only the Harry Potter films that made it famous. 5972 made a few public excursions afterwards until 2014 when she was put on display at Universal Studios London UK.

[@JustCallMeKopi]

with the cheaper set you can always just take another set's legs so they can sit down. It is cool that it comes with track and a lot of minifigs it comes with but not worth getting the more expensive set.

[@AHYL88]

Even though I can afford the big one, I'd still rather have the smaller one because it displays well already without eating so much of my space and money! And if I have the space, I can make it even longer and more complete and buying one or two more copies of the smaller version, which is discounted by 25% currently, and STILL end up spending significantly less than the big one!

[@awes0men0b0dy9]

New one looks very nice but the 2018 wasnt bad at all and I own it, I think it is superior bc it fits on the standard track, right after building the 2018 one a few years ago the first thing I did was try to motorize it I think the new set could have would much better if they made a 200 dollar rc hogwarts express that was remote control and worked on standard track, and basically the same kind of station

[@pushkatu]

I own the little one and I’m happy with just that. I’d rather buy Diagon Alley, but with that said I wouldn’t mind having the big one.

[@ryanremenap5616]

Agreed

[@-TigerKit.Pawz-]

3:42 it looks like the queen ❤😢 she will be missed

[@popyoshi0666]

0:49 I’ve never seen someone open a thumb tack Lego box so smoothly-

[@carumsarene]

Finally, an accurate Minifig Scale train.

[@davidmaurer4558]

I personally prefer the 80$ set because it can actually go on regular track and I think that a Tran isn’t a real train if it can do what it was meant to do and drive around. But the thing was a nightmare to moterise

[@kristerhegsund5752]

I think the smaller one is more bang for the buck. I really like the interior of the passengerwagon on the expensive one - but overall the cheaper is More LEGO. Buy a metal-display-set of the Hogwarths train if you like to display that you are a grown up nerd.

[@nackanacka8595]

What do/did you do for a job to get all these Lego sets

[@HyperCat72]

The opening in the 80 dollar coach is a gangway door, so passengers can travel between coaches. If this where LNER flying Scotsman, not GWR Olton Hall, it would have a corridor tender, so they could walk through it.

[@pl4guedoctorebricks]

I got the Lego Titanic already and im a huge harry potter fan so I think it's great!

[@RouteofPhoebeSnow.]

The tender in the car it attaches like how you would attach a tender to a model train steam locomotive

[@theclassybaryonyx]

I was honestly relieved when the set got revealed because i definitely felt like spending all the money on it wasn't worth it but after this video im kinda itching to buy this. Im not even that big of a harry potter fan but seing the scale and the grandeur of the train along with the platform that is beautifully detailed makes me just wanna BUY

[@youngderrick412]

If youre not a harry potter fan, it makes zero sense wanting to buy lol

[@theclassybaryonyx]

@@youngderrick412 i guess my opinion is invalid because guy on internet 😓

[@sirstretchy7365]

@@theclassybaryonyx Im not gonna lie I can understand where youre coming from in terms of the size and attention to detail, as its not something you usually see in trains from lego. However, it definitely seems like an overly display set, as it cant really do much except look cool. That plus the price makes it beyond anywhere near worth buying for me, but if you just like the way it looks then go ahead.

[@DartLuke]

Ucs-looks amazing, but it is impossible to run it on standard tracks. Small one-run on standard tracks, but looks unfinished. It is really need some additional parts for better look. Also station bridge is too low, not all trains will path.

[@BB99234KJ]

And here’s me with the original 2001 version where the wheels are just car rims without the tires

[@pzkf1000]

i got lego train track pieces from 1980 (they are the same pieces they used for this set as for the tracks) they are brittle tho and should not really be removed quickly or in a very hard manner because of how old the tracks are they will just break ( they are also that good ol blu greyish color)

[@asian-jeci]

Is it me, or this is like a brick of duplo compare to a Lego piece when he compares the train together

[@CrystallynRose]

I love the look of the larger set, but I don't know where I'd put it, which makes me sad.

[@steamfan4014]

This might be a minor nit-pick to some, but the drive wheels on the larger set isn't properly quartered and it's kinda messing with me. Other than that it looks like a fantastic set which I might buy in the future

[@AccioLEGO]

Great video! I actually think I prefer the small one! 😅

[@inkf2846]

Are minifigures getting smaller?

[@cristianromanoschi6963]

The bigger one just looks bigger but without more details (maybe interiors for which you are not going to open the cart all the time). For ex the conductor cabin on the smaller one has a fire and gauges. The bigger one doesn t . The size makes it hard to integrate it with other stuff. There are no tracks for it. The train station is bigger but doesn t have the newspappers clock and bridge and the trap wall

[@romitiriccardo1151]

Yeah but there are two error in the new: the station is king's cross not king cross and the class isn't 5900 Is 4900

[@ryanwatchel9809]

I had the original hogwarts express when I was a kid I converted it to make it electric with parts from a electric train set I lost 90% of pieces for. all I had left was tracks wheels and controller

[@zacharyspinks6207]

This looks so Amazing!, it is a Huge set😮

[@oliverkolodziejski7475]

hi mandrproductions, i own the original count dooku, however, i dont have the head, and i need to purchase one, but i cannot find one on ebay or bricklink. do you know any UK websites that i can find one on?

[@tancoplays3502]

Honestly at that price I could get a Lionel lion chief set for that much and that a real model train with working steam and lights

[@vikingventures]

Were do you get the big set from

[@georgejonesthestarseeds77]

Its real name is Olton Hall before it was repainted to look like the Hogwarts Express, and it deserves to be repainted and back on the GWR where it belongs now that the Harry Potter movies are finished

[@crazybarryfam]

Looks like an f'd up Darth Vader standing tall amongst a bunch of younglings.

[@leieye]

I have to say that you really do not pay a lot of attention that the old version can run on the lego tracks and works, where the new one cannot ride on the tracks.

[@markosrb7963]

In my country right now big one is on sale for $375 and i really dont know what to do, i have never before given that much money on lego. Is it really worth it, and will the price go up after retire date of the set?

[@bemusedpanda8875]

Maybe lego should just introduce 8 or 10 wide track in the future.

[@theonewithnoname3375]

I got the og hogwarts express and I swear still love it more than the new one probably because I’ve had it so long but it truly just had more thought into it then this 500$ one.

[@Ventrix7085]

If the Hogwarts express sets were Star Wars sets, then the price would be 700$ for the bigger one and at least 100$ for the smaller one

[@johndavidharding4010]

If I get a train, I want it to move. These display sets are cool but kind of ridiculous. It just sits there.

[@Jay-Zech]

Well that’s…kinda what all display sets do lol. That’s the point. Not really ridiculous to want something that looks cool on display. It’s not much different from buying art to display

[@ryanmccormack9572]

It still can move, just remove the parts that hold it down

[@SkyKid002]

@@Jay-Zech and the point of trains (for most people) is that they move. So maybe a display version isn't as smart as a play version that still looks nice?

[@Jay-Zech]

@@SkyKid002 The point of you or real trains is to move, not display trains. The point of spaceships is to fly, but no one complains when a Star Wars display set doesn’t fly lol.

[@SkyKid002]

@@Jay-Zech I've definitely seen people complain about sets that they can't "fly" because of how you have to hold it to keep it from falling apart...

[@shifugurugaming]

In the books the train conductor is a ghost

[@Ra47ttfd]

the nostalgia of the $100 train, my first Harry Potter set. I remember opening on chirstmas and spending the rest of the day building it.

[@DominatorPlayer]

Now imagine if lego did a polar express set like the $500 set.

[@JvT-34-85]

that newer hermoine does have more umm... mature(?) printing at the chest...😂🤔💀

[@redenginner]

Has anyone tried getting some of the curved tracks from the old pre 9volt tracks to make this run?

[@ThePriestHole]

The bogie at the front is fixed on the bigger set, so it won't turn corners.

[@loicbosman4739]

They shrunk the glasses but not because of outdated prints or design choices, but younger Minifigures have bigger eyes, so I do suppose the glasses on young Harry would have been intentionally larger, they do still use both faces to date just to represent different stages in his life

[@DefNotWilliam]

"It costs $500, it's ehhh a bit expensive" Me who would have to save up money for like 2yrs to get it

[@Matej1473]

I prefer small 90 euros set, because smaller with still good details and compatible with Lego City Trains, so good train for your Lego City with theme station. Minifigs selection is good in 90 euros too. More parts, more details and higher price + inflation. New Collectors' Edition is good for decoration, for HP fans, but small cheaper version have more option for you.

[@petenewland291]

Have the 80$ set which is nice .. 500$ looks really nice , Cool part is Lego sets fit O scale Lionel trains which is what I collect …

[@LucasKov]

Man great vid. But I do think the comparison is other, the price increase is because the goals are different for each set. One is more a collectors edition, that I’d buy. The other is more a kids version to play 🚂

[@jaketeske6665]

The smaller Hogwarts express set is $80…. Currently $73 on Amazon

[@JBBrickman]

I just got the 80$ version for Christmas, it’s much better than his $500 version

[@shamanaseem7165]

I got most of the train parts of the old Hogwarts express for 1100 rupees (5 dollars) from some random market :O

[@nauscakes1868]

"Id' rather pay 400 dollars and not ge tthe platform." Well if you compare the small train to just the platform, it makes the smaller train seem like a steal!

[@oliknow]

A sSet in line with the Creator Expert Trains would have been nicer. City train scale, many small pieces, good details, maybe 2 or even 3 cars to make a real train. this 500 dollar set is nice, sure, but there is an audience that was totally ignored again. I would not pay 500 for a usesless dust collector incompatible with existing playsets. and IF they really wanted to make an indredible display piece, just make the iconic red locomotive without a passenger car and the even larger with even more nice details.

[@Meliodas_19]

You could get a tiny hogwarts train in the christmas calendar, it would have been fun to include that in the video as well!

[@benlam419]

The smaller set is honestly a lot larger than I thought it was gonna be. Bought mine used for $30 less than retail and is a really fun build

[@ruiskapowshow]

That voice crack at The start😂

[@luciefoster5228]

pov: you spent 5 weeks customizing the 100 dollar set and see this

[@GlobalBricks1]

still waiting for the lego polar express train set.

[@ExtraSync]

But only like 5 figures in a Star Wars set

[@Switchblade-sh3kx]

I like the new set but jeez 500 buckaroos for it, I mean I guess, but I think it'd been nicer if lego had done a 7 wide or 8 wide or even a better city scale train and had just offered some track and more coaches. I mean the set itself is really well designed from what I'm seeing, just I think it's a tad too big. But hey that's just a opinion.

[@scottthewaterwarrior]

I'd rather buy two of the $80 ones along with a few extra parts then modify them into my own version. The fact the $500 can't run on standard track (heard it fits on G-Gauge track, but even then, doubt it can make corners), and still has less detail then many custom 8-wide trains is just sad. The pistons are especially poor, better then the $80 set for sure as it actually has side rods, but it still looks plain and the fact the rod comes out the far end up the pistons when it moves is a fail.