The Best LEGO Harry Potter Sets in 2024

One challenge that LEGO Harry Potter faces is that the Warner Bros.media universe, upon which it is based, is limited—just eight core movies, the last of which debuted 13 years ago. And yes, there are the Fantastic Beasts films, which take place in the Potter universe. But those films are divisive at best, and for the last one, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, LEGO didn’t create any corresponding LEGO sets—a first for what has been, to this point, a successful partnership.

Where does Potter go from here, at least until the HBO series (still in gestation) makes it to Max? As of now, they’re creating bigger, more elaborate versions of iconic locations and scenes, which for the adult audience, works out just fine. But it’ll be a challenge to maintain this sort of creative growth, without new material to work from, in the months and years ahead.

Kingsley Shacklebolt & Nymphadora Tonks

There’s three separate BrickHeadz Potter sets you can buy; each one is a different pair of characters. There’s one of Harry Potter and Cho Chang, and another of Draco Malfoy and Cedric Diggory. But this one, of Kingsley Shacklebolt and Nymphadora Tonks, stands out for its cool color scheme and costume details.

Dobby The House-Elf

Dobby is an unforgettable character in the Harry Potter series, so why not build the house elf out of LEGO bricks and put him on your shelf? Although this isn’t exactly a minifigure, it is still quite a adorable.

Hagrid’s Hut: An Unexpected Visit

The new Hagrid’s Hut sports a new, darker color scheme from the prior Hogwarts Castle sets, which has led some observers to conclude that LEGO will be releasing new editions of all the Castle sets in the months and years ahead. If so, this is an excellent start to it.

The Shrieking Shack & Whomping Willow

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There’s so many small, beautiful details in this set. The Whomping Willow comes with a mechanism that spins and “whomps” it about, and the Shrieking Shack looks perfectly ramshackled, with boarded up windows and a replacement wooden door. Best of all, the set includes minifigures for three Marauders and their interchangeable animals: Peter Pettigrew and the Rat, Sirius Black and the Dog, and Remus Lupin and The Wolf. There’s also a spinning mechanism that reveals Lupin’s true form when the full moon is out.

Talking Sorting Hat

The Sorting Hat is the first LEGO set of its kind. It includes a “sound brick,” and if you place the Hat on your head, it will utter 1 of 31 pre-planned phrases and sort you into Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, or Slytherin.

Hogwarts Express & Hogsmeade Station

There have been a few Hogwarts Express and Hogsmeade Station LEGO sets before, but some are big and pricy while others are tiny and lacking detail. This one sits at a happy medium.

Hogwarts Chamber of Secrets

Uncommonly detailed for a LEGO set of its age range, the Chamber of Secrets includes both an ‘above ground’ area, with recreations of the Great Hall and Professor Lockhart’s classroom, as well as the below ground Chamber itself, with a massive head of Salazar Slytherin that dominates the space.

Hogwarts Castle and Grounds

We previewed this set and were thoroughly impressed. There is a bigger, 6000-piece LEGO Hogwarts Castle that you can also buy, with several fully realized interiors. But this smaller, prettier build will suit most Potter fans for a fraction of the price.

Hogwarts Icons – Collectors’ Edition

The first of the high-priced, adult sets on this list, this recreation of Hedwig is so accurate that it could qualify as an Owl build by itself—no creative license required. But the other life-sized, Potter-explicit artifacts make this set a must-have, and include Harry’s glasses, a Golden Snitch, a chocolate frog, and a customizable letter from Hogwarts.

Gringotts Wizarding Bank – Collectors’ Edition

A two-tiered build, the LEGO Gringotts Wizarding Bank has both the public-facing foyer, with its columns, Goblin employees, and massive chandelier, as well as an underground vault system, which you can explore with a minecart on a spiraling track. If you already have the Diagon Alley set, this fifth building is the perfect, accompanying centerpiece.

Diagon Alley

LEGO’s modular building line is one of its most popular, and these Diagon Alley magical buildings, which compose the Wizarding World’s shopping center, fit right in. LEGO Diagon Alley includes: Ollivander’s Wand Shop, Scribbulus Writing Implements, Quality Quidditch Supplies, Florean Fortescue’s Ice Cream Parlor, Flourish & Blotts, Weasleys Wizard Wheezes, and the Daily Prophet. The building facades and interiors match those from the movie and come loaded with obscure references. Especially impressive is Ollivander’s, which has a suitably dusty, disheveled appearance.

Hogwarts Castle

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Here we have the pièce de résistance—a massive, 5500+ piece rendition of Hogwarts Castle, including all the rooms and chambers that you’d know and want: the Great Hall, Dumbledore’s Office, the Gryffindor Common Room, and even the Chamber of Secrets, complete with a giant Basilisk. There’s even moving staircases that connect them all. The Castle comes with 27 microfigures, plus four full-sized minifigures of the school’s founders: Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Salazar Slytherin.

Hogwarts Express – Collector’s Edition

One of the most impressive (and definitely the most expensive) LEGO Harry Potter sets is this 1:32 scale model of the Hogwarts Express. The set includes the train’s engine and two cars, plus platform 9 3/4. A crank on top of the engine turns the wheels, and buttons on the passenger car turn on lights inside to illuminate scenes from the films. It comes with 20 minifigures, including multiple versions of the main characters as they grow up, some of which are exclusive to the set.

Harry Potter is still incredibly popular, even if it’s not as much of a cultural phenomenon as it was in its heyday; nowadays, it’s more of an institution. And of course, there’s the inevitable backlash—some of it the naturally-occurring type when something becomes this popular—and some of it self-wrought, by the author’s rhetoric. Where you fall on that debate, and whether you separate art from the artist, is a personal decision. But if you do, there’s a lot of LEGO sets that you might want to check out. And now, you know what they are.

Looking for more of the best LEGO sets? Take a look at our guides to LEGO Marvel sets and LEGO Star Wars sets for more options.

Kevin Wong is a contributing freelancer for IGN, specializing in LEGO. He’s also been published in Complex, Engadget, Gamespot, Kotaku, and more. Follow him on Twitter at @kevinjameswong.

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