LEGO Harry Potter: Building the Magical World

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The magic of Harry Potter™ and the fun of the LEGO® world, now in one incredible book!

Since it was first introduced in 2001, LEGO® Harry Potter™ has been one of the LEGO Group's most popular themes. This incredible guide gives readers an up-close look at the bricks, constructions, and minifigures of the LEGO® Harry Potter™ universe - from Hogwarts Castle to Hagrid's hut. This all inclusive book wouldn't be complete without an exclusive LEGO® Harry Potter™ minifigure! Who will it be?

You won't want to miss out on the exclusive interviews with the LEGO® Harry Potter™ team, and special sections allowing you to see, first-hand, how the bricks and figures come to be the toys we love today! The book will also feature a timeline that shows the evolution of the LEGO® Harry Potter™ construction sets, video game and board game.

LEGO, the LEGO logo, the Brick configuration and the Minifigure are trademarks of the LEGO Group. ©2011 The LEGO Group.
Produced by DK Publishing under license from the LEGO Group.
™©Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Harry Potter Publishing Rights ©JKR. (s11)

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Average Customer Review

(29 customer reviews)

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful

Great Resource for any Lego Harry Potter Collector!, June 22, 2011

poptarts1113 (Plymouth Meeting, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: LEGO Harry Potter: Building the Magical World (Hardcover)

My husband is a huge Lego fan, as well as a huge Harry Potter fan. He's been collecting the Lego Harry Potter sets since they came out in 2001. So, when I saw this book, I just had to get it for him.

PROS: The book may as well be called "Lego Harry Potter: A History." It details each individual Lego set (or, in cases such as the Knight Bus, which had two sets, details the sets together) up to the beginning of 2011 and provides interesting tidbits about the designs of the sets and the minifigures that came with them. It also highlights some of the more prolific minifigures, such as Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Draco. It's really interesting to see how much detail is put into each set, and to see how the designs have improved through the years (The original Ginny minifigure pales in comparison to the newest one, for example). There's a "Behind the Scenes" section in the back that gives a short overview on the team that creates the Legos and on how the sets are designed, and...Read more

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

Another well put together Lego book by DK, August 23, 2011

gregorywurz (PALM DESERT, CA, US) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: LEGO Harry Potter: Building the Magical World (Hardcover)

My kids (a 5 year old boy and a 6 year old girl)are Harry Potter crazy right now. They love everything that has to do with Harry and his magical friends. This fact, coupled with the fact that they are Lego maniacs is the reason I chose to purchase this book.
We already have the Star Wars book and the kids loved it. But this one really sent them over the top!
They sat down with the book for an hour after they first got the book and excitedly pointed out all of the different Harry Potter characters and places that were represented in the books. They loved the big pictures and the details of the sets that the pictures brought out.
The real prize, at least in my son's mind, was the exclusive Harry Potter minifigure that comes with the book. He has been happily watching my son play Lego Harry Potter on the Wii for the better part of 2 days now!
While the kids were deciding where to put the book when they were going to bed the first night they decided to leave it in...Read more

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

Good for collectors, October 24, 2011

Stator - See all my reviews

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This review is from: LEGO Harry Potter: Building the Magical World (Hardcover)

Purchased as a gift for my son. Not a book that will be used extensively, but is a good reference book for a collector or someone that wants to look for a specific Harry Potter Lego set.