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

The best LEGO Harry Potter set from the rebooted wave in 2018 was the $80 Hogwarts Express. 4 years later we have an AMAZING $500 Hogwarts Express, how do they stack up? Which LEGO Hogwarts Express should you buy?
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[@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.

[@benmoore2253]

Are the wheels not 6 studs wide?

[@PhlippinPhil]

@@benmoore2253 correct

[@benmoore2253]

The tender looked like it could be modified for 6 studs pretty easily, but I don’t know about the locomotive

[@casperhansen826]

The very reason that I will not want that set

[@_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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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 ;)

[@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?

[@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...

[@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.

[@FrisktheFurret]

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

[@oliveryes195]

0:32 the voice crack😂

[@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.

[@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)

[@Maketheworldmakesense14]

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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@comradecat3678]

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

[@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

[@-TigerKit.Pawz-]

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

[@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

[@schnek8927]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@popyoshi0666]

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

[@timothycole9232]

this would be a perfect set to make in a different colour and start a line of actual locomotives. if you didn't know the Hogwarts express is a GWR hall class I think and you can go see it at one of the heritage lines in the UK in the Hogwarts express livery.

[@AccioLEGO]

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

[@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

[@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

[@pessimisticdiabetic717]

The “thanks corey” got me 😭

[@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 🚂

[@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

[@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

[@DistanceNsVeterans]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!

[@j.e.c.i1207]

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

[@crazybarryfam]

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

[@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.

[@CrystallynRose]

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

[@shamanaseem7165]

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

[@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

[@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 …

[@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...

[@frasermcgeough]

Ron got killed

[@nerdmassive1353]

9:09 good to see you took corey out of your closet and finally let him breathe some fresh air

[@RouteofPhoebeSnow.]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@bemusedpanda8875]

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

[@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

[@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!

[@zacharyspinks6207]

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

[@lastationproductions]

I like both but I prefer the $80 one cause I like to run my LEGO trains

[@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.

[@bryandedon7459]

If you need someone to put your sets together who actually can have the stickers line up, I'm available. While they won't be perfect, it'll look a lot better than whatever that was. I know you have a lot a stuff going on but that's crazy you don't put most your sets together, or even some of them. That's my favorite part.

[@rzdelta1882]

it looks good. and the figs are wel made but i pref the smaller cheaper one. its usefull it fits in the city i made. u can motorise it and the 500bux one would just collect dust. for that amount i woul then rather buy the castle set

[@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.

[@acertainredpanda1115]

I just don't like the bright red color. I am building my own hogwarts express based on a moc I bought instructions for and it combines the best of both, and is in dark red.

[@nackanacka8595]

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

[@yemu8045]

Cant afford either

[@Xyonon]

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

[@GNRA1GreatNorthern1470]

my god he said tender, man knows his railway terms

[@GNRA1GreatNorthern1470]

well kinda

[@GNRA1GreatNorthern1470]

ehhh not really, eh called the driver a conductor

[@MandRproductions]

I know how to use Google * 😂

[@muzamilsahib4427]

the middle wheel is blind for the tracks crurve

[@thatonecaledonian812]

I do not see a Harry Potter train I see a GWR hall class

[@waynehewett4017]

Yes thata alot of different between 100 bucks and 500 bucks So of coarse the 500 buck one it's going to be better I'd rather buy 5 of the 100 buck sets

[@ExtraSync]

But only like 5 figures in a Star Wars set

[@Darth_Motion]

WoW I love thats Legos 😍

[@geologyjoerocks]

That new trolly witch looks just like every old lady in the 1980s

[@geologyjoerocks]

Oh, and I really want that new set!

[@Thetindallman]

The real question is… can you motorize and put leds in the $500 one?

[@vikingventures]

Were do you get the big set from

[@bthomas6444]

I’ve got a video idea for you: when the Razor Crest finally comes out compare it to the UCS Republic Gunship. Compare the price and size of the two, give your opinion on whether the price is worth it or not. I’m thinking the Razor Crest is going to have to be absolutely MASSIVE and detailed and have more than a few quality minifigures in order to produce the value that lego is asking for it. Even at $400, the Gunship should almost pale in size comparison to the Razor Crest but we shall see.

[@lordcharles0193]

I'll be the bad guy. For the money, this really isn't worth it as a train guy. It's scaled at an actual model train scale 1/32, otherwise known as "gauge 1" And, yeah... Had the focus been on making the engine more accurate, trim the fat and ditch the coach as well as the platform then you have a lower price point, a more accurate model, and something that can theoretically fit on a display since it's just the locomotive.

[@greatheightsu]

Where are you going to display this Ryan? It's looooooong lol.

[@politimikarounis1476]

I hate that on the new one I pay 100$ for pretty much just track. Saving 100$ would mean 50$ for another passenger car and 50$ for full arches on the station.

[@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.

[@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?

[@klockibymichael4825]

Great video

[@AceFNC]

I’m saving up my money because my brother (16) loves Harry Potter and the he has every single Harry Potter set except this one I have 463$ so I hope he loves it

[@jimmymcguinness6798]

0:32 voice crack

[@DominatorPlayer]

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

[@JovanJovanJovanJovan]

Please fill up the train station with Jedi and 501st troopers and make the clones execute order 66

[@nicolasrivas2271]

i wish it wouldve been 800 dollars but they added all of the train staion

[@nicolasrivas2271]

above?

[@jamiewright9602]

new set is cool

[@travisrodrigues9606]

i would recommend the 500 doller train for display, mean it doesn’t come with the whole train station but the cheaper one is good for playing with and is a pretty solid display.

[@sovietstarfishproductions5019]

You vs The set LEGO told you not to worry about

[@annam6742]

I wish there were more passenger cars 😢

[@luciefoster5228]

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

[@halfofacouch2397]

Yes the minifigs fit in the train perfectly in the train, but still the $500 train's Waaaaaay out of scale.

[@woodpigeonsong]

Cheaper set seems way better, better playability & the more expensive one doesn't even seem great as a collector's or display item.

[@drharrybhardwaj893]

i wished the new Hogwarts Express has been in his first year

[@crystalmccallcrystalssoaps2752]

The old hogwarts express from Lego low If I off the Table But it was not the $50 Train

[@animeguygaming4803]

Lego is officially a rich man’s toy