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 […]
LEGO Harry Potter Diagon Alley
ToysWorld LEGO Advent Challenge – Day 19 (19th December 2020)
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 […]
ToysWorld LEGO Advent Challenge – Day 18 (18th December 2020)
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 […]
ToysWorld LEGO Advent Challenge – Day 17 (17th December 2020)
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 […]
ToysWorld LEGO Advent Challenge – Day 16 (16th December 2020)
Day 16: Bag 16 today! Stickers!!! Aggghhh!!! – I both love and hate stickers! On one hand they look so good, but on the other they can take a lot of trial and error placing them – especially if you’re a perfectionist (like me). I’m mainly talking about the stairs… each step has a sticker […]
ToysWorld LEGO Advent Challenge – Day 15 (15th December 2020)
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 […]
ToysWorld LEGO Advent Challenge – Day 14 (14th December 2020)
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 […]
ToysWorld LEGO Advent Challenge – Day 13 (13th December 2020)
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 & […]
ToysWorld LEGO Advent Challenge – Day 11 (11th December 2020)
Day 11: Bag 11 today! Work continues on Flourish & Blotts and Fortesque with the bright yellow shop front of the Fortesques now beginning to take shape. One of our favourite parts of today’s build is the bookcase that slots into the corner of Flourish & Blotts; it’s actually a little complex with the connective […]
ToysWorld LEGO Advent Challenge – Day 9 (9th December 2020)
Day 9: Bag 9 today! I was rather surprised that today’s build actually completed this second building (I thought bag 10 would complete it!), but what a great way to finish it off! The roof area is completed and includes a small second floor attic, with room for some newspapers, a mouse and some cheese. […]