Last year we undertook the epic task of building the LEGO Harry Potter: Diagon Alley set throughout December – one bag a day. It was a truly awesome experience, and one we even documented on the ToysWorld YouTube channel. This year, we wanted to do something else advent related, and in keeping with the Harry […]
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Last year we undertook the epic task of building the LEGO Harry Potter: Diagon Alley set throughout December – one bag a day. It was a truly awesome experience, and one we even documented on the ToysWorld YouTube channel. This year, we wanted to do something else advent related, and in keeping with the Harry […]
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Day 20: Bag 20 today – our final bag, and I can’t believe I’m finally at the finish line! Today we focus on finishing off a few decorative accents inside the shop, including the tri-coloured railing posts, which together with the similarly decorated stairway we built yesterday, look fantastic and the exact sort of wacky […]
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Day 19: Bag 19 today! In this penultimate entry in our advent challenge, we finish off the exterior of floor one. We also focus the majority of the build on the interior details of Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes. There are ornate bannisters, railings and product boxes. There’s also an angled window feature for just above Knockturn […]
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Day 18: Bag 18 today! After today’s bags I feel like I’m edging closer to the finish line with this challenge. We now have the majority of the shell of the first floor complete, along with a couple of inner embelishments; most notable of which is the shop mascot, whose arms reach outside the windows […]
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Day 17: Bag 17 today! Work begins on floor one of Weasley’s Wizard Weezes today, but not before we finished off the rounded window units of the ground floor. They look fantastic – carrying on the bowed window style from Ollivanders. That orange really pops, and now that we get to add some height to […]
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Day 15: Bag 15 today! We begin work on the final building in the Diagon Alley set; Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes. There’s also the alleyway for Knockturn Alley, which is minimal but ticks the box with its wonky sign and foreboding black archway. The cobbled street effect for this build is greatly reduced compared to the […]
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Day 14: Bag 14 today! The roof goes on to both shops today; love the sloping back of Flourish & Blotts, juxtaposed with the dark brown of Fortesques. There are some lovely little accents that finish off the build, too, including a mini seating motif on the roof of Fortesques, white chairs with white horn […]
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Day 13: Bag 13 today! Today we started on floor one of Flourish & Blotts; the interfloor fascia is complete with an overhanging lip and outside of the build-up of the walls, the majority of this bag focuses on the interior. There’s another bookcase, a book stack, a spellbook, lamp and an interior ‘Flourish & […]
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Day 12: Bag 12 today! Today sees the addition of the shop fascias for Flourish & Blotts and Fortesques. I particularly love the angled fascias on the former! Possibly my favourite part of today’s build are the book racks outside Flourish & Blotts; anyone who has explored the backstreets of London’s St. Martin’s Lane, will […]
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