Box photo of the Hogwarts Express Bookends

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And we now have another view of the lego Harry Potter 76450 Book Nook: Hogwarts Express / Bookends. This time it's the box...


• 76450 Book Nook: Hogwarts Express
• 832 pieces
• $109.99 price adjusted US tariffs | DE/FR €99.99 | UK £89.99
• Release: 01 JUNE 2025

Small detail I liked: the steam at the base of the engine's wheels. Nice. Very authentic.

So a couple of thoughts. I'm not a huge fan of ye old steam and metal horses / train sets, but this set is cute. Huh. Unexpectedly appealing, and of course I'm a fan of footprint sensitive sets, so: win on that count for sure. They are still calling it a Book Nook, which is interesting. I've now seen several shots of the Sherlock Holmes Book Nook, which by contrast is very definitely a Book Nook, unlike this one which seems more like bookends, and there and been some discussion on that count. Possibly we'd gotten the name wrong? Nyet. That is not the case. Also, both sets can be split apart, and perhaps the Sherlock Holmes one is also able to be deployed as bookends, but none of the pictures I've seen have shown it used in that fashion, which seems like a marketing fail if that were the intention. Also unlike the SH set, the Harry Potter one doesn't make lots of sense as a Book Nook. Displaying it that way means the carriage is parallel to the engine and headed in opposite directions, ditto Harry and Ron, which... odd? On the other hand, as bookends, they make perfect sense. I do appreciate the ability to display in different ways, however, so let's let that slide. Other than that, as said, cute, and compared to the Hogsmeade Station set, I think it holds up alright in terms of price. I can see these Book Nook sets being popular.

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[erexen.livejournal.com]

Excellent info and points, in a variety of things, just have to admit to being ridiculously tired of constant same figures. Give us some Other students catching the train. More characters to play with so to speak. Most didn't really play big roles, maybe a line or two in series, but it would give us some variety in creating scenes. The platform was Filled with Tons of students in All houses. I saw a video on SH, it looks pretty nice, though it's lack of depth gives it very little playability. The fronts of the buildings swing outwards so you can See stuff, but very shallow. I agree on them being bookends rather than nook, SH makes much more sense as a nook. Building the nook that I am Currently, I Do like the style and concept quite a bit.