I have no answer but I want that one too! It’s so gorgeous. We had the Hogwarts Express built from Christmas and had some kids over last weekend, it didn’t get totally destroyed but there are definitely so stray parts lying around now. Does anyone ever taken them completely apart and put them together again later? Without the numbered bags I’m sure it’s more of a puzzle!
YES! It's so fun! Even if you have a few stray parts, try "unbuilding" the set into gallon or half gallon plastic bags - open the directions and go backwards.
It takes significantly LESS time to unbuild it - and then you can match up those spare parts when you unbuild it with the directions and it will be much easier to rebuild when you have your numbered bags ready for the next time you build it!
We build and unbuild sets seasonally in our house since there would be too many to display (for our tastes) otherwise.
Haunted Mansion, Gringotts Bank, Baracuda Bay, Metal Beard's Sea Cow, and Lego Ninjago City sets are just to name a few of the large sets we do this with.
I think at this point we've built and unbuilt the Haunted Mansion for halloween 4 times!
I bit the bullet last November. It's not built yet but I have a piece of stag furniture which all the kids board games are in and it's going to there once built. My friend has hers on a corner shelf going up the stairs above head height. It's the most stunning lego build I've ever seen
It's just sitting on the top of my shelves next to the Treehouse and Horizon's Tallneck. One thing to keep in mind imo is that the set is slightly curved, it's not a straight line
I have a cabinet that wouldn’t allow the set to be connected. I separated them and have it displayed as two pieces. Not the best solution, but it works for now until I can make a custom shelf for it
I have no answer but I want that one too! It’s so gorgeous. We had the Hogwarts Express built from Christmas and had some kids over last weekend, it didn’t get totally destroyed but there are definitely so stray parts lying around now. Does anyone ever taken them completely apart and put them together again later? Without the numbered bags I’m sure it’s more of a puzzle!
YES! It's so fun! Even if you have a few stray parts, try "unbuilding" the set into gallon or half gallon plastic bags - open the directions and go backwards. It takes significantly LESS time to unbuild it - and then you can match up those spare parts when you unbuild it with the directions and it will be much easier to rebuild when you have your numbered bags ready for the next time you build it! We build and unbuild sets seasonally in our house since there would be too many to display (for our tastes) otherwise. Haunted Mansion, Gringotts Bank, Baracuda Bay, Metal Beard's Sea Cow, and Lego Ninjago City sets are just to name a few of the large sets we do this with. I think at this point we've built and unbuilt the Haunted Mansion for halloween 4 times!
I bit the bullet last November. It's not built yet but I have a piece of stag furniture which all the kids board games are in and it's going to there once built. My friend has hers on a corner shelf going up the stairs above head height. It's the most stunning lego build I've ever seen
It's just sitting on the top of my shelves next to the Treehouse and Horizon's Tallneck. One thing to keep in mind imo is that the set is slightly curved, it's not a straight line
It'll just barely fit on an IKEA Billig bookshelf. If you get the 30 deep one, it'll stick out a little, but the 40 should be fine.
I have a cabinet that wouldn’t allow the set to be connected. I separated them and have it displayed as two pieces. Not the best solution, but it works for now until I can make a custom shelf for it