Features:

  • Build a LEGO Hogwarts Express train set, with removable side panel and roof, plus railway bridge and Platform 9¾, then begin your own magical journey
  • This Harry Potter set includes Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Remus Lupin, the Trolley Witch and Harry Potter figures, plus Dementor and Scabbers figures
  • The Hogwarts Express train replica measures over 3” (9cm) high, 18” (46cm) long and 1” (5cm) wide
  • 801 pieces – Harry Potter toy building kit for boys and girls aged between 8 and 14 and for fans and big kids of all ages
  • This LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Express 75955 construction toy can be built together with all other original LEGO sets and LEGO bricks for creative play
What do you expect it’s like legos! Cost a ton but worked beautifully

Listen we all know that Legos are not cheap. They are ridiculously expensive and this is actually on the cheaper side but my niece is addicted to all these things and she can complete these gigantic ones with 800 pieces and you know like three hours. We have been getting them for her for years I thought she was starting to grow out of them but she absolutely love this and what can you say their Lego products been around since we’ve all been kids they are durable as hell they last literally forever and they always work properly. The only problem you have is a little kid will lose the pieces or your dog might chew one. Otherwise you know what you’re getting......... the best

Great Price. Does fit LEGO tracks.

We bought this train as we preferred steamers and diesels over the modern trains—thanks Thomas. This was one of the most affordable sets out there and we liked that it had the station. Our son doesn’t know Harry Potter but he will when gets old enough to read them. Our biggest concern is whether it would fit the LEGO traintracks or not. It fits fine and the tracks fit between the platforms (see pictures). We plan on buying the electric kit and customizing it so it can pump it’s pistons around the track.

My 8 year olds really stuck with this! Very good quality, well worth the price.

Initially I was concerned that my kids wanted to buy this with their birthday money. I had pressed upon them the fact that it was expensive for a toy. It arrived promptly and the box contained 7 individual packages that could be built in succession. It really helped to contain the pieces (which were all there by the way). Most importantly my children loved building this (they are avid Harry Potter fans) LEGO set and chose to work on this over screen time! We will be purchasing more Harry Potter themed Legos in the future.

Perfect and complete Lego set.

10 year old thrilled with his Hogwarts Express Lego Set. Well designed, and fun to build. Absolutely nothing to complain about. (Tracks are available, and many toy tracks fit, or you may email LEGO.com for their recommendation)

Best of the Hogwarts Express Locomotives / Terrific playability

[Photo Caption: set 4841 (2010) on the left, set 75955 (2018) on the right] ***This set does not include track. This set is not motorized. There are no directions for building a motor into the train.*** I am the nut-job parent that you'll see in some of the other train and Lego reviews. I grew up with Lego and returned to it when I had kids. I am terribly partial to Lego (ignore my star rating), but I'll give you the best review I can so that you can make the best decision for your kids. Our family also has a long history with the Harry Potter Lego sets, including the previous Hogwarts Express train set. My short review is that I love this set. I think it will sell like hotcakes. It is also a good value given its play potential. This is not a perfect set (more on that below), but it combines arguably the best Hogwarts Express locomotive that Lego has sold with a carriage and a station that allow for a large number of play possibilities. The station, which is split between muggle King's Cross and Platform 9 and 3/4 is the most extensive Harry Potter station they've offered. The carriage, though diminutive compared to the last Express, has a pull-off side and top so that the nicely detailed inside can serve as a play diorama. I believe that Lego designed this with the expectation that most children would not put it on tracks, and so it works just fine as a set piece for acting out various scenes from the books/movies. The train will run just fine on Lego's track, though it is not motorized nor easily motorized. This particular set with the Lupin and Dementor mini-figures, as well as the Sirius Black wanted poster, places it firmly in the third book/film. As for my longer review... Lego has had a wavering approach toward the various iterations of the Hogwarts Express that it has offered over the years. The first one (4708) was solidly a non-track train, with wheels that ran well on floors and tabletops, but not on Lego's track. The next two versions (4758 from the 9 volt era) and 4841 (from 2010 and the power functions era) were designed for running on track. The current version (75955) seems to return a little bit to the idea that this is a set piece first, and a train second. Though I'm a big Lego train fan, I think this is the right approach. First off, the locomotive finally solves the glaring problem that all of the prior Hogwarts Express engines have had: the lack of large driving wheels. If you dig through the Amazon reviews of set 4841, you'll see this called out eight years ago. Lego got it right this time. The engine is very nicely proportioned. I could stand to see it a stud or two longer, but this is clearly a substantial improvement over all the earlier models. The smokestack, steam dome, and bumpers are all closer to the actual Olton Hall locomotive. One can quibble about the simplistic side rods coming off the driver, but no one should expect an Emerald Night (set 10194) level of detail, and no one wants that level of mechanical headache in a children's toy. Moving down the train, the rest of the rolling stock shows a bit of cost cutting that is a tad depressing for the train enthusiast. However, most of these design decisions are not the kind of thing that kids care that much about. A number of examples: -Lego opted not to used magnetic couplers between the cars. They cost more, but they also come loose when kids are pulling the train around on the floor. Most children probably won't miss them. Train enthusiasts can easily upgrade. Not a bit deal. -Lego shortened the tender from the prior version. It looks out of proportion now. Again, kids aren't going to care and train people can enlarge it. -The passenger coach is shorter, lacks proper bogies (four wheel sets at each end of the car), and the nice train windows have been swapped out for more common casement windows. Again, kids aren't going to care; the two wheel sets actually help the train roll better when not used on track, and the house windows open (so you can re-enact Harry's chocolate frog making its one good hop). That said, here's what the rolling stock does well: -The side of the carriage pulls off so that you can easily act out scenes. The train car becomes a kind of movie set. The roof still lifts off like in prior sets, but the removable wall is perfect for this audience. Try running a sweets trolly through the old trains. -The inside of the passenger carriage is much better. Instead of four typical Lego chairs and pretty much nothing else, this new car has reasonably designed coach chairs along with a smooth tiled floor, all in a sharp gray-blue hue. -This carriage actually has doors at each end. The prior train had... a window. I'm on the fence about the move away from the bright yellow stripe (from 4841) to the more subdued gold stripe (of this set) across the passenger car. I don't think either one hits the mark. The station is pretty good. They've taken bits of King's Cross and bits of 9 and 3/4 and mashed them together. It is a little hard to get a trolly through from the King's Cross side due to the limited space between the magical wall and the stair case. But I think Lego struck a good balance between cost cutting (e.g. the use of larger single piece bricks) versus the careful addition of detail here and there (e.g., the change in the light fixtures between the two sides of the station, the newspaper stand, the Sirius Black poster, the use of "brick" bricks here and there). It is a toy first, but it is still carefully designed with a discerning eye toward detail. Finally, the mini-figures. My daughter, who is a serial Harry Potter reader, hates the short-leg Harry, Ron, and Hermione figures. I'm with her. The new, smaller wands are good. But we want the old figures back that have bendable legs. The short mini-figures are never, ever able to sit down properly. This train will work just fine on track. It does not, as some people have charged, hit the station bridge once it is on track. As warned at the top, there is no track in the set. You would need to purchase something like four sets of 60205 to have a functioning circuit (16 curves make a circle). If you're going the train route, you may wish to purchase a whole Lego train set just to get all the pieces. Also, if you are looking to motorize, I suggest you wait a while as Lego is phasing in a new set of motors and controllers (i.e., the Powered Up hub and motors that operate over Bluetooth). I'll revisit this review as I learn more. Cheers.

Beautiful Lego set for Harry Potter fans

This is a beautiful set for Lego or Harry Potter enthusiasts. It's not huge, but is fairly detailed. It might have been nice to have the set be a little larger, as the passenger car isn't really big enough for all the people / trolley witch and her cart, but this is a minor gripe that's pretty consistent across these sets. Overall, we love it

Every HP Fan's collectible! Great details...

This train set is so detailed in every aspect and would definitely delight a Potter fan no matter what age is the person. I bought one for myself and another for my nephew and he loved it so much. I am not disclosing what details are in there so that it will be a sweet surprise once you start building it. This set is definitely a collectible for a Potter and Lego fan. Don't miss it while it is on sale this Holiday season on Amazon.

He LOVES it

This was his 'big' gift, really he has a lot of Legos and I wasn't keen to get more, but he's been in love with trains since he could babble, and with Harry Potter from the first we read it, so this was something he really wanted and we got it for Christmas for him. It went over like wildfire! He would have put it together in one day if we didn't make him go to bed! And it's been dis and reassembled since. He likes the arch and that it's like his own pretend station, and has built boxes for a tunnel, included other toys and lego with it, and brought it everywhere with him (he literally carried the train up and downstairs every day all vacation and the next school week). I hope/think it'll get a lot of play, and he's got it proudly on display on top of his lego table (thank goodness for Ikea! bins to keep them all in rock). He's brought other characters to play with it/on it, and makes different environments for it to go through/around. If your little guy or girl likes trains and legos, I'd recommend.

The Train is the Star

Trains are my son's passion. He's been infatuated with it since he was a child. Unfortunately, I was not able to purchase Harry Potter trains for him in the past. The used trains were even more expensive than the original since there appears to be a robust aftermarket. I was able to get this set and he's not disappointed. The platform seems out of place and is not as nice of a background than previous sets. But you get the three main characters and a detailed dementor. The train is detailed and doesnt fall apart. This is a set worth having

Only the Best for Harry. LEGO of course.

The LEGO quality and creativity that one expects from LEGO is found in this Kit. Our 6 year old grandson LOVES it. His dad was his ‘director’ on some of the parts, but this kid was born a builder, so he did great on putting it together. I would recommend you remember that it is in your cart and buy it well before the date you need it. It seems to be very popular!

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