After recently unveiling a series of city-inspired postcard sets, LEGO has returned to collaborate with the Harry Potter franchise on an 801-piece replica of the Hogwarts Express from King’s Cross Station. The set features a toy train with a red and black design, four seats, and removable panels. The train comes with a railway bridge, clock, brick wall entrance, and steps leading to the King’s Cross Platform 9¾. Additional details include Wanted posters, a chocolate frog, and the Daily Prophet newspaper.
Consumers can also play around with a series of Minifigures that feature iconic characters like Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermoine Granger, Remus Lupin, Trolley Witch, a Dementor, and Scabber. The LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Express set is now available on the LEGO website for $80 USD.
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Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Fantasy Movie Figurines
- Collaborations between toy and movie franchises to create toy figurines based on popular movie characters have disrupted the toy industry.
- Replica Merchandise
- The creation of replica merchandise based on beloved movie franchises has disrupted the merchandise industry.
- Interactive Toy Sets
- The development of interactive toy sets that allow consumers to recreate scenes from popular movies or TV shows has disrupted the toy industry.
Where This Applies
- Toy Industry
- The toy industry has been disrupted by toy and movie franchise collaborations that create toy figurines based on popular movie characters.
- Film Industry
- Collaborations between toy and movie franchises to create replica merchandise based on beloved movie franchises have disrupted the merchandise industry.
- Merchandise Industry
- The merchandise industry has been disrupted by the development of interactive toy sets that allow consumers to recreate scenes from popular movies or TV shows.
