LEGO Harry Potter 76405 HOGWARTS EXPRESS Review! (2022)

[@CanadaBricks]

The “We can’t have figures from different movies in a set” people been real quiet since this dropped

[@triszyisdizzy]

ucs millennium falcon

[@MandRproductions]

They were always wrong. Some people just want to defend LEGO no matter what.

[@hbtdawgz1688]

You can when its designed to, the Falcon did.

[@triszyisdizzy]

@@hbtdawgz1688 lego doesnt wanna, thats the problem. i know 3 sets that can be interchanged based on the movies, and the falcon and this set are 2 of them

[@jbsargent1396]

@@MandRproductions I completely agree! I’ve seen so many people defending Lego regardless of if they are right or wrong! It’s sickening!

[@jbsargent1396]

I love how even in a Lego Harry Potter set review, he mentions the UCS Gunship! 😂 Love the review Ryan! Great work!

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

I like how Universal managed to replicate Hogwarts Express by turning a people mover system into one and having it be a park-hopper service to connect Universal Studios Florida and Islands of Adventure between USF's Diagon Alley and IOA's Hogsmeade. And they put screens on the windows to make you believe you're on your own new journey rather than see the backstage facilities. They did it so brilliantly. The Universal Creative team is truly phenomenal. That aside, for an expensive set, wish it was motorized

[@BvelociraptorProductions]

Wow! It's the Rocket man himself!

[@doomforzombies]

Too bad when I went to universal it was down for maintenance

[@edenreyes4747]

Hello there

[@NMLE]

They sell LEGO in north korea?!?! Jokes aside, if it was going to be motorised, expect it to be like the 21335 lighthouse. Lesser pieces. Or if they included motor functions in this already expensive set, will add to the cost even more. No way in hell they are going to be generous to be like hey 5000+ pieces and let's throw in a couple motors and still sell for $500.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

The viaduct the Hogwarts Express goes over in the movies is the Glenfinnan Viaduct on the West Highland Line. While you can't ride it on the Hogwarts Express, you CAN ride it on The Jacobite which is a train that looks similar to it. The service runs between Fort William and Mallaig.

[@mcc423]

I know it’s all about the train but I do wish the station was bigger There’s only one reason why they added them random 2 characters

[@gbrow1604]

I really wish they had made this more minifig scale, like in the range of the Disney train, and made an actual full train with 2-3 more cars.

[@stevenuseda6317]

Isn't this pretty much minifig scale? There's just enough room in the cars for the characters

[@cowerdnerddespacito9518]

@@stevenuseda6317 I think he means more in line with being useable with normal train tracks

[@spidermonkeynuts3851]

if they did that they would charge a thousand dollars

[@gundam0055]

Term you are looking for is playset scale.

[@welcometothejungl3]

@@stevenuseda6317 No. This is way bigger than minifigure scale. The locomotive is massively oversized

[@kailin2017]

$500 collector's item still has stickers instead of the designs being printed on. Well done, Lego

[@jedicookie7373]

When they include two random students but not adult Ron and Hermione…

[@MandRproductions]

But you don’t understand, “this set is about Harry’s journey to Hogwarts” or something like that is literally what the designer justified it with 😂

[@jedicookie7373]

@@MandRproductions I swear these Lego designers are npcs

[@Beer_Dad1975]

My guess is they would have done it to meet corporate diversity requirements. Given the price of the set, you'd think they could have included another 2 characters though, perhaps that would have put them in the next level diversity bracket and they'd have to have included even more random characters to meet the requirement.

[@Beer_Dad1975]

@@jedicookie7373 I used to be a Lego designer once, until I took an arrow to the knee...

[@generalkenobi9307]

@@Beer_Dad1975 If they had to go for diversity requirements and ended with the 2 random young students, it makes one think about Cho Chang and Dean Thomas, both who were relevant to Harry and would have "filled the quota" without being complete strangers to the scene

[@jacobrodriguez1481]

I'm just amazed that the train is guage 1 and could basically be on the same par with the Thomas The Tank Engine prop models

[@wafers35]

we know exactly why they chose those last two characters.

[@James18350]

DEI crap

[@christopherwilliams5808]

I think the 2 random throw in figs were just to have added diversity and that they were obligated to have it in the set. Either way they could have given us the older Ron & Hermione. Inexcusable imo. Hard pass.

[@vandenbricks]

The locomotive actually fits on proper model train gauge one track, and the scale is also pretty close to proper gauge one trains which is a nice touch.

[@tythemovieguy4832]

I don't get why people hate the random Hogwart students so much. With LEGO's logic, they can just double as old Ron and Hermione.

[@MrBnsftrain]

The passenger car build is amazing! Reminds me of the Lionel State Set from the 1920s and 30s. (which is roughly the same size as this build and runs on a similar gauge of track) I wish the cab of the engine had more of an interior, but the crank-powered drive wheels is a nice touch. If you really wanted to run this on track, you could get some G gauge track from Bachmann or LGB

[@henlomeabirb5970]

As someone who dosen't watch harry potter, I would only buy this because it's a cool train

[@catpro9139]

„Its a lego star wars kind of decision right there“ got me chuckling 😂

[@carminiemarro2459]

Just noticed that on the display plaque there’s a type. Should be King’s Cross, not King Cross

[@spudmaphot]

They needed muh diversity instead of the, you know, the actual characters on the movie

[@junker-f3m]

they don't realise that true Harry Potter fans want a set that accurately represents how racist the books are

[@Beer_Dad1975]

@@hello981 Because they depict 1990's Great Brittan as being populated mostly with white people... which... well it actually was... and the books were written in that period too - but modern social craziness means we have some extremist and very vocal nut-jobs who think not only have to ret-con history, but we have to judge historic works on current social standards and attempt to cancel anything that doesn't measure up.

[@tomperry5947]

@@Beer_Dad1975 1990s great britian was incredibly diverse just like Hogwarts would have been at the time . Don't talk about "retconning history " when you talk as if Britian JUST became multicultural

[@TheCringinator]

??? Bro I understand it’s cringe that the adult Hermione and Ron weren’t included but what ur saying is just straight up misinformation; Firstly, the designer stated the reason for including the two students was to provide more variety in terms of characters, so it wasn’t just loads of Harrys, Rons and Hermiones. Secondly, to address the “muh diversity” BRO the two students included ARE LITERALLY CHARACTERS YOU SEE IN THE MOVIES. This isn’t Lego making up fake black characters for “diversity”, they wanted to include 2 non-main-character students for variety, and decided on these 2. You are just wrong.

[@Beer_Dad1975]

@@tomperry5947 Since the 1990's Britain has moved from a bit over 90% (UK + Ireland) white to around 80% (UK & Ireland) white today - with the largest secondary population remaining at other white (Europeans) but other ethnic groups increasing. That's a massive change in cultural diversity in only 25 years or so. BTW, I think cultural diversity is generally a positive thing - just saying that the current extremist left attitudes to the past are not healthy, as all they do is drive the extremist right even further up the nut-pole & that's where you get batshit crazy ideas like White Genocide driving extremist nationalism. All that aside, I would say with the UK still being made up of something around 85% white, they aren't very diverse at all comparatively. Here where I live in NZ, it's around 70% white, and that's all white groups - that's diverse.

[@_KaiTheGamer_]

Can't wait for the madlads that'll use this set to recreate the entirety of Platform 9¾™ in minifig-scale

[@lbricks7631]

I love how this set got leaked. A guy in New Zealand ordered Rivendell and got sent this instead.

[@malakaiswartz6357]

13:02 I could watch this forever

[@bryantan863]

Hey MandRproductions, I really like this new of the Hogwarts Express from Lego. By the way, the vehicle in the front is called a locomotive not a train. A train is actually the coaches or freight wagons behind the coal bunker or tender of the locomotive. The class of the locomotive from Lego is called a Hall class. The Hall class used to work on the Great Western Railway and they were designed by Charles Collett. This particular locomotive is called Olton Hall and it was the exact locomotive used in all of the Harry Potter movies. Olton Hall is currently on static display at Warner Brothers studio tour in London although, there are rumors about Olton Hall going to be removed from the studio tour when lease on Olton Hall is expired.

[@ArtesianWafflez]

he called it a locomotive

[@runsoncaffeine]

Don't be sny bruh, it's just a video on a lego set, it's not a documentary💀

[@DarthBear356]

"You can't really replace the batteries in light bricks" - Really? I have been replacing them for years and have never had issues with doing so.

[@chocolatelydelight2283]

I can’t get past how he put PoA Hermione with PS Ron and Harry lol

[@RoyalSloth9]

askmandr: what is your opinion on the exclusive purple/gold lego millennium falcon

[@AHYL88]

$500 is far too much, mainly because there's so much unnecessary fluff added to it to pad it. The platform like you mentioned, which you didn't point out has errors, namely the wrong type of train (GWR 5900 doesn't exist) and the typo on the station. It's called "King's Cross", not "King Cross", which is poor on a set that costs this much. Then that train track base which takes up 10% of the total piece count and could've knocked like another 100 off the price. If it was just the train for £200/$250, then yeah maybe; but as it is, it's needlessly overbudgeted.

[@simonhughes4993]

In the real world, 9-3/4 station platform does not exist either, but maybe in the Harry Potter world there is a GWR 4900?

[@AHYL88]

@@simonhughes4993 I got it wrong and mixed up, misremembering the error, the plaque claimed the Hogwarts Express was based on the GWR 5900, which is the one that doesn't exist; the train itself IS based on the GWR 4900, also 5972 Olton Hall to complete its full name. I've repeatedly checked, GWR 5900 which is mentioned on the plaque does not exist at all, even if it were in the Harry Potter World. But I digress, it's still poor to have wrong facts and the typo on top of the other issues in a set this expensive.

[@bobaoriley1912]

Suprising how 2 times there is controversy over 2 minifigures for collector’s sets.

[@Nerdtendo6366]

I don’t watch Harry Potter but god do I love trains so I’m vibing with it

[@Chicken251]

Loving how your uploading more often again 🔥🔥🔥

[@simonhughes4993]

Why was there no promotional free gift with purchase (GWP) set for the most expensive Harry Potter set so far? This is where Lego dropped the ball. It was the perfect situation to include a free limited mini set with adult Ron & Heroine, maybe also their kids, which would add to the station platform scene. I went to buy this set on release day and even the Lego store staff were surprised there was no GWP. I didn't buy as there was no GWP to justify the large cost, $800 here in Australia. I'll have to wait and see if the price drops anywhere first or use up all my VIP points and get it at half price.

[@KaninManeepairoj]

Love this review man

[@thatoscarguy9965]

You can easily replace the batteries in the light bricks that’s why there’s a screw to take off to separate the brick it even shows how to do it in every manual of sets that come with them.

[@peppyrobo7049]

I would love to see a MOC of this being extended

[@acynder1]

I dont think that there is going to be a lot of them. Mostly because it cant run on lego scale

[@elcobracomander9416]

So are you going to drop test this set?

[@sanhexx]

Why would they include some random noname characters instead of, idk, maybe grown up Hermione, Ron, Malfoy at least? Especially in such an expensive set. In some other sets they included some characters who didn't say a single word in the movie and weren't present in the book, but at least they have their names and were seen in the movie.

[@Beer_Dad1975]

Corporate diversity requirements.

[@zendoargos4988]

I'm surprised that they went for the older Harry with his kids for the set in the first place. There are a lot of important things that happen on the train during the first 6 years. The scene with Harry's kids at the end is such a small and unimportant scene to the overall story (unless you're a fan of The Cursed Child...which I am not). They could have depicted a lot of other things that happened on the train and skipped Harry's kids at the very end of the last book after the story is over. For sure they should have included Ron and Hermione and their kids if they were going to go that route though.

[@legomattie3295]

Another thing: good point about the front and back wheel not turning. I douct you have done something wrong. I think it has to do with the way Lego works. see it as a large baseplate, which curls up when you start building on it. Since the size is long and relatively small, it seem to me, the same happens in here: the front and back bend upwards a bit, so the wheels dont touch the floor.

[@koppolaholland9949]

I wonder if it was a diversity thing with the two random minifigs 🤔

[@hatsunemiku8007]

hermione is black - jk rowling

[@mcc423]

Of course it was

[@wdwfanatic1394]

I mean, who really cares? They're minifigs, they shouldn't be judged by their colors

[@anciteone1260]

@@wdwfanatic1394 You're right they shouldn't be judged for their colours, but it sucks all the same that we potentially missed out on some really cool minifigs, especially if it was just for diversity.

[@BrickTemplar]

There’s been a Black student on the platform, but he wore a Quidditch uniform and held a broomstick. Lego didn’t even care to make it close to the source material.

[@jeannine.]

Great review. Thank you!

[@trainguy2155]

I just thought of so many locomotive designs I thought wasn’t going to be possible to build but with this new set I’ve got ideas 1 the French l’aigle 9ft driving wheel locomotive 2 the hurricane 10ft driving wheel locomotive 3 persons 9 ft driving wheel locomotive 4 thuile 8 ft driving wheel locomotive 5 the camden and anboy crampton locomotive with 8 ft driving wheels 6 the Ajax locomotive

[@phoenixfeathers56]

11:48 blue lights?

[@arcticbadger8875]

Was looking for this comment lol

[@latinojackson9694]

I was worried about this set but thank god they included 2 black mini figures for the inclusivity...

[@343Films]

I wasn't sold at first, but after seeing those two minifigs... I'll take 10 please!

[@SimionAlexandru-hb6xu]

they included them because they needed to have some black caracthers in the set... as easy as that

[@SimionAlexandru-hb6xu]

@@repticare101 and why is that? And does it excuse the fact that they replaced 2 of the main characters of the franchise from one of the most iconic ending scenes of a franchise ever, with ... some "students"?

[@AllKnowingNick]

@@SimionAlexandru-hb6xu I personally find problem with a lot of forced diversity box ticking in recent popular media, but for real, it's a LEGO set, there is no secret conspiracy about making figures black or white, they are toys, nobody cares about their skin colour including the designers, so no it's not because representation it's because they most likely wanted to add a few characters who would stand in the background that aren't the main 3. Not everything is an agenda, especially not toys.

[@SimionAlexandru-hb6xu]

@@AllKnowingNick the collectors series was never aimed at kids, most buyers are not kids, nobody will play with the set as they will with a toy. Nobody cared about adding characters in the background that are not "the main 3", the thing is the main 3 are nowhere to be found. It is Harry Potter, everybody knows who the series is about, and the scene they wanted to recreate when they added Harry's children was obvious, the fact that they did not want to include 2 of the main characters and instead replaced them with 2 figures that are not even in the movie, just points at the fact that they needed to be put there no matter what. Or maybe the designers are just incompetent.

[@SimionAlexandru-hb6xu]

@@AllKnowingNick Still, an amazing set tho

[@jaymebrickley6580]

It's so obvious and in your face why those minifigs are included, and these people are denying it because "they're toys", as if forced diversity hasn't already reached every media outlet across the board.

[@leningalmichecupil7845]

i might be buying this ser when they holidays arrive, great review

[@threemar3]

Lego prices are absolutely ridicuolous right now. Honestly, I don't know if they've risen in price or not, but to me it's depressingly expensive for even small sets. $70 for Mando's naboo starfighter? Come on man.

[@hue_weberwolf187]

I'm a big Harry Potter Fan but Idk If I should buy this set 😅.

[@fritz404]

I don't like how it's not in scale with normal Lego trains, should've been smaller with more station and more train cars.

[@fidget0665]

Hey Ryan, you know the brickworld Chicago Lego contest that you put on?Just wondered if you’re still planning to post the video!

[@fidget0665]

love the content man keep it up!

[@BrickTemplar]

Ryan: old Harry, Ron and Hermione Meanwhile: *they’re 37 years old.

[@WizardOfOss]

I'm not a big Harry Potter fan (did like the movies though) but I am a train fan, and for most part I do very much like what I see. But obvious problem is, I don't care one bit for that platform and all of the minifigs, which represent a big chuck of the price tag. A price tag that to me already seems pretty steep, especially considering so many essential decorations were done with stickers. And as you've proven here in this video, even for experienced builders those are still quite easy to mess up. If I'm being generous I see a €250 train, €150 stuff for HP fans and a €100 markup for the next Ferrari of the CEO. I wouldn't mind Lego making more trains in this scale though. Pure display models, not meant for play. I still feel that was the big problem with the Crocodile, it tried to be both and ultimately had some pretty major flaws for either purpose. But a set based on an actual train, in this bigger scale with all of the detail? And obviously prints instead of stickers? I wouldn't mind spending quite a bit of money on that....

[@marknieuwstad2504]

I bought this yesterday and haven't opened it yet. But I hope they have changed the sticker for the plaque with the right spelling of King's Cross Station. I don't mind another couple of student's robes for Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw, but an adult Hermione and Ron would be much better.

[@MiloW456]

Uuh, actually Ryan, that 'frog' is a toad. his name is Trevor and he undergoes a deep and transformative character arc.

[@TheRustyPlace]

I wish they included a better variety of characters instead of doing different year versions of the main cast. Having 4 Harrys seems absurd when most Lego Harry Potter fans already have each year's version. I think I may actually have more Harrys than clone troopers.

[@damianbishop7538]

I’d like to get a variant of with the engine in a Great Western Railway livery heck we could even get a Pannier tank as well

[@johngrider7363]

I actually was curious as to the highest numbered bag you found, so thank you

[@EBLego]

Since the train can’t even move on the tracks, I would have just not included the tracks. That’s probably another $100-$150 of cost. And then the $100-$150 for the station. $500-($300 or $200)=$200 or $300 for just a big detailed train and I think that would sell much better.

[@simonhughes4993]

The train CAN move on the tracks.

[@spikeboi195]

​@simonhughes4993 i know it's been a while but how can it move on the regular train tracks

[@dudebro7227]

what i don't understand is how the bonus ticket pieces is printed but the same piece can't be printed on more expensive star wars sets

[@JojokimVT]

Wait wait wait, did you say ”blue lights” at 11:48? I only see yellow lights

[@Ecoopey11]

What sets are the plain clone trooper phase 1 and 2 in?

[@DannyLikesTrains]

Well there currently regular p1 in the clone trooper figure pack

[@fraserjackson8326]

no clue but wish i had more of it

[@casparbulyko3246]

Plain P2 clone was only available in the 2014 clone turbo tank micrfighter, sadly

[@fuse2797]

Phase one is in the clone command set that’s out now but the phase 2 was in a micro fighter in I believe 2014

[@lucho2529]

the random charakters are the two set designers as far as I know, that makes it lessrandom but even more upsetting to me. also there is a misspelling on the plate: it says king cross. and I think they should have inclueded a function to show the way one entres 9 3/4 through the wall…. for me all that makes the set quite disappointing

[@tomperry5947]

That's cool tho

[@MikeMiller-bm7rm]

Didn't mention that there is a mis-print on the plaque. It says King Cross not King's Cross

[@ggduo3027]

Will you be at Disney springs on the 24th of September

[@tom.wilson]

13:10 has me dying

[@Brz007-q4u]

Hey Ryan what is your odds the new Mandalorian trailer

[@ThrowToTheWolves]

11:47 Blue?

[@arghjayem]

14:12 A train conductor does not belong in the engine of a train. A conductor plays no part in the operation of a train, they deal with passengers and collect tickets. 😱

[@SaturnCanuck]

That's a lot of money. Nice T-Shirt BTW

[@ThisIsAHandle204]

At 8:22 the sticker says "King cross station" seriously? Should be King's cross!

[@cxpyrxght]

I got this and the star destroyer in box. My mil falcon is half done and there is no place for them in the my display shelve 😢

[@legomattie3295]

Everyone jas right for his or her own opinion, however, the fact this trainset doesnt fit on the existing lego railroad system bother a lot of people. Some very pro Lego biased people who get all there stuff for free even tried to mod it, without succes. Even motorizing it hasnt been succesful so dar. About the price, it is overpriced, but I am not a collector of the Harry potter line and since I am willing to pay 550 for an ucs Razorcrest (of which I even havent seen pictures), I dont allow myself to have a valid opinion on that one.

[@Slingsomelead]

So we don’t want the black characters?

[@CriticsCupofficial]

They could’ve just removed the 3rd film Ron and Hermonie and replaced them with the student figures then gave us the adult versions that we will never get a better chance of getting again (unless the do a series 3 CMF)

[@evilcat7698]

Unless they changed the design of the light bricks you can change the batteries

[@CashepetersenProduct]

Maybe they thought the minifigs were racist and they wanted to add color 😂😂

[@brettludwig7701]

When we getting the Pirates of the Caribbean Review Series?

[@thetato1273]

Yeah, I want it, but WHERE DO I PUT IT

[@Fb.riptidereoploaded]

I think that they add the two random minifigs because they need to add different colors of people and they are trying to include other people like how they have girl minifigs in almost every set now. But great set and amazing review.

[@schwartzy65]

Yea its just the new quota rule :/

[@slimeball2.0]

@@repticare101 so then what was the real reason?

[@SimionAlexandru-hb6xu]

@@slimeball2.0 You can find the reason in the designer video of the set, where they do not even mention the mini figs at all. But mention 3 times the fact that they want to keep it accurate to the original scenes. Lol

[@slimeball2.0]

@@SimionAlexandru-hb6xu so you're saying they didn't give a reason? Or that you don't want to tell me and you want me to go find out myself?

[@SimionAlexandru-hb6xu]

@@slimeball2.0 yes they did not. At least not in the only piece of media where they officially should. The designer video is intended for that. Other statements that come after it on twitter or whatever are just said to blow off steam

[@1llenium]

I hate how Lego decides to put the extra long rods for the drive pistons so they still poke out of the steam chambers they really could’ve given us a smaller rod and covered up the front at least

[@kalobhunt9001]

So how long does it take you to record something like this?

[@martink8012]

Nice Lego train!

[@paulschreurs4619]

for how long is the set availeble ? ( sorry for my bad spelling i'm from belgium )

[@epicshadowdemon1211]

We don't know yet but it will most likely last until sometime in 2025.

[@paulschreurs4619]

@@epicshadowdemon1211 thx

[@thetotaldramaking5427]

This looks really good I can’t wait to get it, though not for a bit yet.

[@ddyert]

Old Ron and Old Hermione will appear in another cheaper set along with reprints of Harry Ginny and their children

[@BlackHawkBricks]

I don't care how big it is, I Need this. The only issue is I don't $500 to spare....

[@TheSpufiniti]

Lego has just lost their minds. This set is 800 AUD.

[@asgads]

not too much into harry potter but i saw that model built in my store in hamburg. I think it´s awesome, can do with a rabate of 100 euro

[@RSX0999]

Bro give us 4K HDR colour graded video 🔥🔥

[@BvelociraptorProductions]

When he mentioned one thing ruining a set for people, I got flashbacks to Diagon Alley...

[@DartLuke]

Lego should include Parvati and Padma sisters or Dean Thomas if they really wanted non white characters

[@Fb.riptidereoploaded]

Like I Said I think I was not stating facts. I was going off many other sets like for example the snow trooper battle pack any other army builders like it have mostly been all the same face but the snow trooper battle pack has different colours of people in it. I was just stating my opinion.

[@juliecarroll3869]

The new hogwarts express looks like a moc

[@imcarven]

Diversity am I right guys!! 😂😂 what a joke with those 2 forced figures. I could say much more.

[@-echo4160]

Love how malfoy didn't really fit in any of the scenes so the creators just shoved him in the back

[@Tu0nii]

i just hope noone makes the random figs a race thing

[@netherplaysgames9822]

Man reviewed the train but not the Titanic 💀💀💀💀💀 Nice review though!!

[@cha0s883]

No deathly hallows Ron and Hermoine due to D I V E R S I T Y

[@Bricksgaming710]

Either old Ron and old harmony or an old Draco Malfoy and his son. It would fit just as well. But yeah why too random characters

[@alterego2275]

I don't see this selling very well, if it goes on sale within the figures it should be right from the beginning (250$) I might get it.

[@Ssssss-jo7jj]

I just want the engine!!!

[@NoOnesApproved]

For me it’s the best size for lego trains