LEGO Harry Potter: Dobby's Release

by Harry Potter

Product Features

• Recreate a scene from the world of Harry Potter
• Includes two plastic characters
• Designed for Harry Potter fans
• Easy to assemble and durable
• Contains 70 pieces

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0000649DS
• Item model number: 4731
• Manufacturer recommended age: 10 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #186,046 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

Product Description

Editorial Review

Dobby's Release makes for a fun play world, recreating a scene from the world of Harry Potter complete with moving parts--although putting it together is a bit like solving a 3-D puzzle. Younger kids may not have the patience to wade through the directions, which though text-free are on the detailed side, meaning that the set's 70 pieces may end up in a muddled mess without some help from a grownup. The figures look a bit odd and blocky at first glance, but once you get used to them they have an appealing, whimsical charm. If there is one downside, it's that pieces tend to fall off with overly enthusiastic play, but being LEGO snap right back on. --David Stoesz

Product Description

Item is in stock and ready to ship.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lucius Malfoy, Dobby, Riddle's Diary, AND a Gryffindor Sock!, October 4, 2002

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Homa Woodrum (NV United States) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: LEGO Harry Potter: Dobby's Release (Toy)

This is a rather simple set, but its the only place where you can get Dobby and Mr. Malfoy so that is the main reason to buy it. There was some confusion at lego about Malfoy's hair -- in early pictures it was short and black, and then Lego went back and changed it to a longer blonde piece. . .but they didn't change that in the instruction book so don't be concerned if the minifig directions show a short blonde hairpiece for Lucius when actually the only piece included is the longer blonde. Dobby's head is not as rigid as Yoda or the Gringotts Goblins, it is a little bit softer like Hagid's beard, which I find to be in improvement. Even on so small a set Lego managed to have a hidden compartment and two windows. Some accessories are 2 flame torches, Tom Riddle's diary, and a Gryffindor sock piece so that you can act out one of the final scenes of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. The sock piece is just a grey 2 x 1 plate with a smooth top and a picture of the sock on it. If one were to look at it proportionally, its a very big sock, but that's a minor issue. The colour scheme matches with the other Harry Potter legos, it is 70 pieces and the set number is 4731.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Lego set for young Potter fans, January 1, 2003

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Darlene Grove (Louisville, KY) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: LEGO Harry Potter: Dobby's Release (Toy)

My 6-year-old son got this for Christmas. (He also got a lot of other Harry Potter Lego sets, since he's obsessed with Harry Potter).
He likes this one, because it's simple enough for him to put together himself. He's just started learning how to put Lego sets together (as opposed to the bigger preschool size), and this one is very good for someone who's just getting into Legos.
It, like all Lego sets, comes with instructions that have pictures of how to assemble it, so a child doesn't have to be able to read to figure out how to get it together.
Also, my son likes the little Dobby figure.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Dooby's release a good place to start, October 27, 2002

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edward harry (wales uk europe) - See all my reviews

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: LEGO Harry Potter: Dobby's Release (Toy)

Dobbys release is a good place to start collecting harry potter lego i know because thats were i started and im still satisfied. This set includes Lucius Malfoy (Draco Malfoy's father)and dobby the elf (works for Lucius malfoy). With two secret hideouts for money and notes this is a good place to start collect harry potter lego, and do you know what the best thing about lego is .... building it . So good luck buyers.