Sell the train - keep the trainstation!

Is the train motorized?

I was hopeful that 75953 could connect to 75954, but it doesn't look like that's the intent based on these images. Maybe the pin holes on 75954 are just for the rumored D2C set, or even for a future wave.

I'm not a Harry Potter fan, or a Train fan... yet somehow the Hogwarts Express is really empting me.

@Fatoran - Yes the wall swings up so they can move through! Good spot.

The Dementor is cool, and I love the Filch minifig! Great sets. I have a Hogwarts Express set from Prisoner of Azkaban, and this is a great rendition for sure. I really would like this set, too. Too many good things--I'm going broke and running out of room.

I will likely buy the whole line. However, I will wait to see if the UCS Hogwarts is true. If there is A UCS Hogwarts I will likely buy these four smaller sets or the UCS, but not both.

Goddamn. It's looking increasingly likely that I'll save up and buy the whole wave. LEGO, why do you do this to us?

The sets are cool, just not me.

Why do I think 'Thomas the tank engine' looking at this? :)
Looks like some pretty cool sets. though.

Ok well......mine, mine, and mine. Along with the Great Hall. Are these out on June 1 as well???

Loving that train

Man I'm soo excited hope they continue the line for at least another 2 years, and there still is the D2C giant hogwarts

The train engine looks much better than in 4841 - but the carriage looks worse because it is even shorter and just uses regular windows... and why still bright red? This would be a definitive purchase in dark red!
Edit: and the tender is tiny! Will need to combine and modify the tenders and carriages from these two sets to get something decent...

TheBrickFan provides the details of the new HP sets! There are more pictures of the Hogwarts Express.

Thank you, LEGO, for using the large locomotive wheels and working piston rods!

Link: https://www.thebrickfan.com/lego-wizarding-world-harry-potter-product-details/

I saw a picture of a leaked olivander minifig, so I think there’s a Diagon Alley set coming as well! Wasn’t expecting these sets this year, but OH so happy! They pushed the jurassic world sets straight out of my wanted list! I’ll be getting all of them!

I'm not a Harry Potter fan, but will probably buy the train. Finally, another set using the large train wheels. Why didn't they use the magnet couplers? This train looks better than the new 2018 train sets that will be released soon, and may have more parts than they do too.

It makes sense for TLG to exclude the Rails for the Hogwarts Express to allow for a bigger station design without pushing the set price too high.
It is great how the two building sections join together.

@wwward- Ollivander could be a CMF figure (unlikely because I don't think they usually leak early) or the figure that accompanies the activity book, which is where I think he'll be found. I don't think a Diagon Alley set is rumored for this wave and it would be cooler to get one later as a D2C set.

This entire line is simply breathtaking. So many amazing figures and new molds! Harry Potter got me into Lego in 2010/2011 and I'm incredibly happy to see it making a return. I'm an avid Super Hero collector but I may need to stop buying those sets and dedicate my entire budget to this theme.

I am going to use the 75955 train and the 4841 carriage. And use magnetic cuplings. THAT will be perfect!

The Hogwarts castle and train look excellent, but the Quidditch match is a lot less interesting.

I'm really disappointed. I was really looking forward to a Whomping Willow set, not a small tree as part of a larger set. I was hoping they'd design a really cool tree with equally neat play features.

Obviously I've yet to see the movement of the tree but overall as an owner of the previous iterations of other Harry Potter sets I see little that entices me to buy any of these. They don't offer any significant improvements or additions to the HP world.

Actually, I'm gutted. HP was one of my favourite dormant themes that is back this year and I guess I was hoping for something much more magical and imaginative. :o(

I'm sure the sets will sell well to those who don't have the previous ones. Guess this is what it's like to be a Star Wars theme collector.

No joke, I'm buying MOST of the Wizarding World stuff when it comes out, and maybe even a couple of boxed sets to put away for a later date. This stuff if only gonna gain value when it goes out of production!

I like that they made Harry, Ron, etc. child size but I feel like by the Prisoner of Azkaban they should have adult legs. The Hogwarts Express set seems to be from that film as it has Lupin, the Dementor and the Sirius Black 'wanted' poster so they maybe should have had adult legs in that set but I can see that it makes sense to keep the child legs for consistency.

Also, who is the trolley lady in the Hogwarts Express set seems a bit unnecessary. She is a very minor character. Although, I do appreciate the inclusion of the chocolate frog.

They look amazing! I love the demontor! And the other updated minifigures are amazing!
Planning on getting at leat a few of these!

I WANT THEM ALL!!!

I do wonder if the license TLG has for Harry Potter lets them make a Hogwarts Express but (due to someone else having the license) doesn't let them make one that includes train track.

That said, with new City track packs being released, it should hopefully be fairly simple to buy enough track for your Hogwarts Express if you dont already have track :)

Finally a Hogwarts Express with decent wheels!
(Shame it’s bright red instead of dark red though)

All great sets and definite purchases... it’s gonna be an expensive summer for sure.

I definitely feel like I'm out on a limb, here, but I find the train disappointing. I can't get over how tiny it is, though. It's like they took the other Hogwarts Express's and shrunk them in the wash. And where are the magnet buffers for the carriages? Okay, it's got some big train wheels (and the body sort of resembles what it's supposed to). But it's so ... small.

Hot dang, I like every single one of these. Probably going to at least grab copies of the Whomping Willow set and Hogwarts Great Hall. Jury's still out on the train, that would probably break the bank somewhat.

Still, it's an awesome lineup.

Even though I'm not a Harry Potter fan, I can still see that these are great sets!

I must say I'm very impressed with this range. After a brief four year hiatus, the Harry Potter sets are back and better than ever. I enjoy the many new molds and the fact this line has returned. I just hope this theme isn't short lived as I think they could update so much, even the most recent sets from 2011. I think I'll get some if not all of these sets. Man, this year is going to be very good. If I had to rank the sets, it would go something like this
1. Great Hall
2. Hogwarts Express
3. Whomping Willow
4. Quidditch Match
Mind you, all these sets are very nice, but sometimes one has to prioritize

Why on the train set that they not include a train track that would look so much better I wish that the Hogwarts castle pieces built it up instead of a cross

I was hoping for a return to medieval castles with knights and costumes. I was oversaturated with Harry Potter everything before (not just Lego but the whole merch deluge). Guess I'm not over it yet.

Well, we knew news was coming but... ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY!?!?!? All sets look great, wish the whomping willow was bigger but there is a substantial chunk of castle... makes me wonder how that will tie into the ALLEGED d2c Hogwarts castle. Hogwarts express is a nice surprise, I like the platform as much as the train, great set. Quidditch... not excited but lord knows I'll buy it. THANKS FOR BRINGING HP BACK LEGO!!!!

getting the train.. though it doesn't seems to come with an important part.. TRACKS.. missing Tracks?? still a vast improvement over the older style. Being in Australia, it will most probably be a AUD 300 set :( my poor wallet..

So excited about these - good thing I've been saving up for HP since January :)

I guess I'm in the minority on this, I love the train, will probably get it and I'm happy there are no tracks. It would bump the price up and I already have the track from the winter holiday train to make a loop if I want to. I don't have room for track anyway, I only set it up at christmas on the dining room table. I think it would be nice if there were train sets that where just rail cars or different engines that came by themselves without track.

I love it. Going to get everything from HP. Still hoping for the massive HP set that might come; and I'm sure HP all around the world would welcome it even if they are not Lego fans originally and become one!

Ugh, they're absolutely incredible. This is an utterly catastrophic LEGO year for my finances.

A Hogwart's express. Excellent! Now the big question is, can it be motorized?

Any decent train can be motorised! Best case scenario from Lego is sets like Maersk, Horizon Express... and hopefully this Hogwarts Express... all of which are perfect for the ultimate lego train system - the 9V.

To everyone saying they don't like the look of this: great! Keep away from it. More for me to buy!

I don’t follow Harry Potter, but is that blue and white car a Ford Anglia?

love it!

I don't usually complain about the price of Lego, but these seem really overpriced for what they are. The Whomping Willow has more of a focus on the castle than the tree and car (the car is cool but the tree is below average imo). They'd have been better splitting it up into two smaller sets, because I'm not spending $80 on two half-hearted sets, no matter how cool the car is. The Hogwarts Express looks fantastic, but again, $80 for for a very small train???? The only set I'm tempted by is the Great Hall, and even that's a bit lacklustre with it being only half a building.

I think I'll just hold out for a big Hogwarts set, because I don't want to be paying $80 a pop to buy half a dozen sets that are half-castle, half-something-I-don't-care-about.

These look awesome!!! I am a HUGE fan/nerd of Harry Potter, I missed out on the first Harry Potter sets and am glad for a chance to get these. I am planning on getting all of them but geez, that would be over $300!!!!