LEGO Harry Potter: Hogwarts Express (4708)

by LEGO

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00005BYI1
• Item model number: 4708
• Manufacturer recommended age: 10 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,557 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Editorial Review

Relief at last for kids who just can't decide whether to play with their LEGO or read the next Harry Potter story. With this big 410-piece set, LEGOphiles can take up where the last chapter left off, building their own Platform 9 3/4 and boarding their own LEGO Hogwarts Express. Along with hundreds of more-or-less standard LEGO parts, there are, of course, station clocks, lampposts, wands, and broomsticks. The LEGO figures, complete with capes, look a lot like a certain young wizard and his friends. In case there's an urgent need to send a parchment about suspicious Muggle activity, Hedwig the owl is also included. --Richard Farr

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great set!, December 22, 2001

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

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

This review is from: LEGO Harry Potter: Hogwarts Express (4708) (Toy)

I've always wanted a lego train, and what a perfect opportunity to get one! In this set you have the engine and one passenger car of the Hogwarts Express, along with a mini station. You have Harry, Hermione, Ron, Hedwig, and Trevor (Neville's toad) along with a holographic chocolate frog card. The engine of the train looks very authentic, allthough I don't see why it needs the mechanism to shoot baggage out of it (especially since no matter how I build it the mechanism never works as pictured in the instructions). With a magnet it attaches to the passenger car where you have just enough room for everyone. It is difficult at first to get everyone seating with their cloaks but if you fold them under the figures should sit with no problems. There is an easy removable top on the passenger car to let you have the figures interact on their trip to Hogwarts. The station is my favorite feature. On one side is platform 9 3/4 and on the other is the wall you must run through. It comes with all sorts of luggage carriers and trolleys as well as a broom, a lamp, and a garbage container. One of the best Harry Potter lego sets, at a nice middle range price. Legos are very durable and educational -- I had one piece missing from this set and I contacted lego.com and they sent it to me at no charge! A great company and a great book/movie tie in.

35 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The BEST LEGO ever!!!!!, October 10, 2001

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Jorge Luis S. (Miami, FL USA) - See all my reviews

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

This review is from: LEGO Harry Potter: Hogwarts Express (4708) (Toy)

MAN, this is the best Lego ive ever seen. Even though it says it "Doesnt run on LEGO tracks" it does! You just need 3 sets of wheels and a motor. This is the best Harry Potter Lego too. It has a lot of little details like Potions book, Scrabbers, etc.
This is a most to anyone who wants a HP Lego that is why i gave it 3 sets of 5 Stars. IT IS A MUST!!!!

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good as the Books, October 13, 2001

By A Customer

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

This review is from: LEGO Harry Potter: Hogwarts Express (4708) (Toy)

I read the books right after they came out and always hoped they would make Legos. This is just as a pictured it, except better. I was originaly going to get a Bionicle but I'm glad I didn't!!!