LEGO Harry Potter 76423 HOGWARTS EXPRESS & HOGSMEADE STATION Review! (2023) 

7:17 the number 99721 could be a reference to 1999 - when JK sealed the deal with WB and 21 July - when the final book, Deathly Hallows, was released. Just a guess (aka drawing a very flimsy connection).

Glad to see Harry Potter reviews are back

Lego Harry Potter fans are lucky to have communicative designers who explain discrepancies in their sets and have good reasons for them.

Hey, Where are you? Vacation or? I call to the police.

The one thing that would of made this set better would of been Dobby. Why you ask? Well because Dobby is a hot super model of course.

Wow nice to see you doing HP reviews again!!

LEGO needs to do more trains maybe even a WHOLE trains theme

Wait where did Ryan go…? He hasn’t uploaded in like 5 or 6 days?..

What happen you make less video on RU-vid. Is eveything all right?

What a delightful surprise, thought you were done with Harry Potter!

Day 9 of no MandR productions youtube video 😞

Are you taking time off? Hope all is well!

In their defense a conductor doesn’t drive a train they just get you onto the train a engineer drives it

I personally like the last version more. I do wonder if that conductor minifigure is gonna go up in price because of those of us who have the old set but want a conductor to complete it.

I'm not a train expert, but I don't think the conductor drives the train. That would be the engineer which (if included) should have a sooty face and dirty overalls. Or perhaps in Harry Potter world the train drives itself.

That trolly looks so good it made me crave for a chocolate frog. I got a Dumbledore.

How many times can they remake that train before everyone has like five? 😂

Ask M&R episode 270 please???

My issue with the set is how small the train coaches are Compared to the old ones they just look so small

It isn't a bad set per se; it's just in my eyes not as good as the 2018 one (75955). It's nice to have Hogsmeade station but the train is a downgrade with its strange roof.

Does anybody know where Ryan disappeared to?

Harry Potter set review but No Lord of the Rings Rivendell set review 🤔

Good on Ryan for diversifying the sets he reviews

New Hogwarts Express 2023 set is special only for Hogsmeade station and display railway tracks, maybe some new minifigs. New Hogwarts Express look for me like little downgrade opposite 2018 version: smaller, only stickers, less details. Yes, play set, but 2018 is play set too. One extra train car isn't reason buy this set, when you order parts from BrickLink, build extra train car from 2018 version and build Hogsmeade station from 2023 for full pack in less price. When you want full experience from Hogwarts Express you need buy full circle railway tracks and make RC mode with Powered Up(not cheap). This is good set for new fans, but if you have 2018 version, you don't need spend money in this set, when you buy parts for Hogsmeade station, maybe more for extra train car in 2018 design.

It's a nice set, mainly because of the Hogsmeade station, but the train itself (especially the locomotive) is not as good as the previous one, despite having one extra carriage. If you want the better Hogwarts express then the previous set is still superior imo.

Harry Potter theme is completely out of new ideas.

Personally I like the older one better. But both have two problems, the lack of ease to power up, and secondly the connectors. What's the point of a train that can't be run on a track layout? Yes cool display, but lack of train play.

Ask mandr if Lego made a set with captain Rex but with no arm printing and no leg printing would you still get the set

Fun fact: The red lights on the train cars would be used to identify the back of the train. In real life the cars would be moved around and on British railways they don't use brake vans for passengers they use a break coach( That might be why that train car in the back only has 4 windows)

Why the hell didn't they make the train cars look the same as the last one. Could have added the old train car to this new train

The Hogwarts Express is becoming the Hulkbuster of Harry Potter 😂

Can you compare it to the 2018 lego hogwarts train?

8:26 maybe you are meant to sit him down?

I own the 2018 one and I think that the 2018 train is much better with the way the passenger cars open up to play with, the bar piece that moves on the wheels and the roof color, I think the only thing that's better is the hogsmede station and the train tender car as the 2018 looked rather bad.

1:05 - are we even sure there is a train driver for the Hogwarts express though? I’ve never seen them before and surely magic, right? Nice of them to include him though it’s the thought that counts

I think you missed a few points of criteria here. 1. The windows, you can’t use the spade properly cause the figs can’t sit on the window , they have to be in the middle. The old train window piece is just perfect , why not use it?! 2. No magnetic connections between wagons , they are fun , look realistic and give a nice feel. 3. No thought for motorisation. I don’t get it, why George did not planed this ahead. Lego sells al the motor pieces and this would be so nice!! It’s a great set for sure ! But good critic is important for improvement! For me it’s a solid 7 of a set but imo you praised it too much without doing constructive critic…

8:32 He can’t stand ,but he can sit in

Jow what happened to the Hoth series???

Where’s the hoth moc?

you should compare to the 2018 one

Love the videos man

Getting this one but don’t know why such a price increase I got the 2018 one and want to see how it will compare. It has a couple updates like figs and a brake coach which I like but I don’t necessarily like the roof color compared to the old ones.

conductor fits in the train car sit him down. i have mine that way.

130$😮 thats Star Wars level

The only nice thing about this set is the station. The train is ok but the coal cart and the carriages are nowhere near as good as the 2018 version. The new carriages are smaller, yeah you get two but the 2018 version carriage was just much better quality. Quality > Quantity

Try placing a LEGO seat connected to the engine and see if the conductor will then fit.

This is gorgeous. I like the proportions of the locomotive better than the 2018 one, and two carriages are always better than one. Shame about the driver not fitting in the cab, but surely there's a way to mod that. Also it's nice to get a complete station.

The conductor doesn't fit. I just don't understand how that makes it to production. It's an automatic deal-breaker, and I can't fathom why a company would release something with such a fundamental shortcoming that could easily have been corrected.

Rip mandr will u rest in piece

8:24 the engineer driver and the fire man stay in the cab of the engine. the conductor usually stays in the back of the train to engage any breaks necessary as well as checking in on the passengers

So they can make good prints for Harry Potter figures, but for some reason Star Wars doesn't get that treatment...interesting

I think about buying this set. And i don't even like Harry Potter 😂

9:40 you do know in real life. There is a cut out for the driver and firemen to stand right?

where is the 4 and 5 hoth episode

I love trains (:

I will have to disagree that this is an upgrade. The 2018 set, to me, is miles better than this tiny one. The train alone looks so much better in the 2018 model than this new midi-scale one. And the roofs of the cars are black, NOT gray. They picked one scene where the sun is reflecting off of the roof and built the model color based on that? That's like making Obi-Wan's light saber purple because it turns purple in a few spots during the duel with Vader. I will say I wish they had just released the Hogsmeade station by itself.

Lee Jordan’s hair seems kind of inaccurate to me I remember in the movies it was shorter unlike the Hobbit hair piece

Another downside: The static pistons & the lack of side rods. The biggest appeal of moving trains(in my opinion) is seeing the side rods move.

Now I want to go buy this , lol. I dont have the other one, but now that I watched this, I want to get it. It looks pretty sweet. Great video. Thank you.

This is the third Hogwarts Express in five years and none of them are motorized.

3:56 Fun fact, those are Fire Buckets, they have the word FIRE stencilled on them and are typically filled with sand for dumping on small fires. Quite a common sight on preserved steam railways in England.

RIP RYAN 😢😭🫡

I've seen the real life train that was used for the Hogwarts Express in the movies, up close and personal. Its roofs are BLACK! This is a huge miss, and the designer's explanation makes no sense in the face of reality. I challenge anyone to look up pictures of "the Jacobite" train and tell me the roofs are grey. The only possibility I can see is that in some images with direct sunlight reflecting off the roof, the black looks a little lighter in color. But without any glare the surface is indisputably black.

Can I get any Lego train tracks to extend the tracks?

✨Sit down the conductor✨

I wish Lego would make more trains :(

are you going to review the rest of the harry potter wave?

George gave a nice excuse for the grey roofs. It's complete BS, but a nice plausible excuse. They basically wanted to do something different, and picked that frame from the film as an excuse. But if you watch it, the train in the film has black roofs. The only time they appear to be grey is when light directly hits them...which is something that happens with black metal. If the black was from the soot in smoke, it would form a non-reflective coat over the roofs. Also, if he REALLY cared about the accuracy...then why isn't the train dark red? Yeah. Anyway, I still got the set 😅 But I won't keep the train built. I rather use the pieces to add further carriages to the UCS one.

3:00 " HAHAHAHAHA.. I don't get it "

Great review ! But Conductor doesnt operate the engine just saying 😁

This might be my favorite version of the Hogwarts Express. A coal tender and 2 cars!? For once Lego understands what we want with a Lego train.

I like the station and the minifigures. The train doesn't do it for me too many stickers. Regret not buying the last train because of no tracks included now too late. I would buy this set if it didn't include the train for a way cheaper price.

the worst part its not motorized

Are you gonna review the new ninjago markets it looks really cool

Where you been where’s the new videos?

Can they not make a Hogwarts Express that’s easy to motorise?

Wait there is a ANOTHER Hogwarts Exspress set??

That train is cool what do think I rate it a 8/10

Would like to see more harry potter reviewsss or lego flower reviews

Harry potter is a good theme

‘ very normal Lego instruction manual’ 😂💀☠️

They just give them the James Tender.

Where is half the episode four

I chose to pass on this set as whist the station is good and does look true to the real life place, the model feels a bit too small compared to the 2018. That one had a bigger coach (even if it wasn’t as big as the 2010 one), working pistons and a fully decorated smokebox print (even including the shed allocation), which the 2023 version doesn’t have. The loco has a slightly better sloped front, but it does feel less accurate than the last one.

The conductor is not the engineer, he shouldn’t go at the locomotive.

Apparently I'm the odd man out for thinking this version just doesn't look right. It's the cars especially that are off-putting. I understand the grey roofs but the yellow doesn't seem quite right and they look short and stumpy. I think this is an excellent playset! But I thunk it's a big downgrade in display value.

Think the Conductor could easily fit bend legs to sitting.. position.. then you just see top of head through side windows Looks more scale anyhow.. Pending there are 4 pin space inside appears that way.. 👍

I don't like how small the coaches are, and the pistons don't function. Also, the legs for the minifigs are bendable.

Conductor doesn't drive the train. Also doesn't the Hogwarts Express drive itself?

Am I the only one the likes watching the thing that you bought immediately after buying it?

So, I got something entirely separate from this video, but Lego Star Wars should perhaps also sometimes make Super Battle Packs, a battle pack with eight figures. So, for example, with the Siege of Mandalore, a SBP of four updated Death Watch Mandalorians and four Shadow Collective Mauldalorians. Due to it being a double pack in one set, it could be slightly cheaper than two separate battle packs or something. And, you immediately build both sides of a battle. Something that's also an idea is that there would be two Death Watch Mandalorians and two 332nd Company clone troopers for Ahsoka and Bo-Katan's side. The opposing warriors could be a male and female Mauldalorian Super Commando and male and female regular Mauldalorian.

Askmandrproductons: for my birthday should I get the at-at (play scale) or the at-te walker and some smaller sets like a 501 battle pack???

Atleast the tender has 3 wheels

Bro where is HOTH!

I just got the set, but I can't separate the train tracks from the stack. Do you know how?

ITS more acurete then the 2018 one the passenger Cars r not bogie coces but the is prity good i think

I wonder if it’s possible to combine this new set with the 2018 and make a better Lego Hogwarts express

Harry potter sets - get many detailed and true to the source minifigs Star wars - ...

lee jordan should of been bigger. lee is the same size as a first year lego student but lee is in his third year during the sorcerer’s stone

When’s the next vlog coming out 😩🫣