The LEGO Group has unveiled the new LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Express Collector’s Edition set - 118cm long and 5,129 pieces including the steam engine, light up bricks and a replica of Platform 9 ¾. In celebration, the LEGO Group is offering fans the opportunity to win the chance to play, build and stay on a real LEGO Hogwarts Express train.
Open to families from today, competition winners will get to take part in a one-night experience which includes playing with the new LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Express set, a movie screening and a stay in a bespoke carriage, peppered with moments of LEGO and Harry Potter magic. Fans can enter and find out more at www.lego.com/howarts-express.
HP lovers will also get the chance to get their LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Express Collector’s Edition set signed by LEGO designer Marcos Bessa on August 31 at the new LEGO Store Leicester Square between 5pm and 6pm.
Open to families (two adults and two children) the competition winners will get to take part in a magical adventure along one of the United Kingdom’s most beautiful heritage railway lines.
The prize includes:
- A ride and overnight stay on the LEGO Hogwarts Express train in Yorkshire, United Kingdom
- Dinner and breakfast in the Great Station Hall
- Overnight stay in the Hogwarts Express Common Room Carriage
- Harry Potter Movie screening
- Return travel to Yorkshire to join the train
- Plenty of LEGO Harry Potter sets to play with and the LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Express set to take home
The model includes the steam engine, the coal car, the passenger car featuring light up bricks, and a replica of Platform 9 ¾, which can be attached in several different places. The full train sits on a track-display-base and includes a turning lever to activate the wheels.
This set features an impressive twenty LEGO minifigures inspired by four fan-favourite film moments, including the golden trio - Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, and a never before seen before adult LEGO Harry Potter.
Marcos Bessa, LEGO Designer said: “The Harry Potter movies ignite that feeling of magic within us all. When we were working on this set, we wanted to bring to life different moments from across the movies. Whether your favourite is the original trio meeting on the train or moments from movies later in the series, this set really brings back spellbinding memories from all of our favourite parts of the Harry Potter films.”
The LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Express Collector’s Edition set is priced at the recommended retail price of £429.99 / €499.99 / $449.99 and is available from August 31, 2022 via LEGO Stores and www.lego.com/howarts-express, where you can also find out more about the competition and enter.
The new-look LEGO Store Leicester Square had its grand reopening this month to become the biggest LEGO store in the world -featuring 3D Harry Potter builds including Gringotts, Diagon Alley and a Dark Arts scene.
