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Item#: 4757 Hogwart's Castle Ages: 8+ Pieces: 927 I picked up 2 copies of the newest HP castle set a few days ago and I'm quite impressed by it. MAIN MODEL The main model is a rather large 3-wing castle with an extra tower building, and gate. The (...) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle) !
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(...) STOP IT! You are making me want this set even more and the fact that I have run out of lego money (money set aside just for buying lego) for now is making me sad :-( (20 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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My impression is that the 2004 sets have improved architecture: between Harry Potter and Spider-man there are much better looking, less juniorized buildings this year. At least, there is more ornament. There's the laid-on plate roof of the castle, (...) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle, lugnet.year.2004)
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(...) Hey Brad, thanks for the review. I'm looking forward to getting this set. Do you have the origninal Hogwarts? I'm wondering how they look if you put them together. (...) That sounds good. My main concern with the new grays is the difficulty of (...) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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(...) I think the biggest complaint that people will have about these is that there are no sand-green skeleton legs. You get the skeleton torso and arms, and a sand-green head (or you can use Frankie's, if you want eyes), but no sand-green skeleton (...) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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Hi, See below. "Bruce Hietbrink" <bnh@chem.ucla.edu> wrote in message news:HwA6JJ.1rwD@lugnet.com... (...) Do (...) them (...) Yes, but the parts of the original hogwarts have long been recycled into the buildings in my LEGO city, BrickTopia. I have (...) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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(...) i have read the books and from the pictures its pretty much 50/50 book and movie. since i dont remember there being a clock tower in the book but from the screenshots of the movie there is a humungous clock. (20 years ago, 17-Apr-04, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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(...) I, too, lament the loss of legs. Nary a moldy old skeleton for us. :( (20 years ago, 18-Apr-04, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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(...) If I know the TLC, they'll want to re-use the newly made HP parts in as many other themed sets as possible. With the new "Candy" Knights coming out, and a possible second line of those on the horizon, we may yet see Sand Green Skeletons! That (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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