The Shrieking Shack & Whomping Willow — B- · The Brick Drop Score
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The Drop Score
The Shrieking Shack & Whomping Willow
76407-1 · Harry Potter
Early read · 1 review
The Whomping Willow finally gets the set it deserves — but LEGO® wants nearly $90 for it, and that's the one thing you'll wrestle with before hitting checkout.
Is the price fair?DSteep for what you get — the $90 ask is the set's biggest flaw, full stop.
Will you love it?BPrisoner of Azkaban fans will feel this one; everyone else might feel the price first.
Holds its value?B-Modest appreciation expected — Harry Potter reliably holds, just don't expect a big pop.
True ValueD
$111
Street price
$124
Parts value
111%
Ratio
The parts alone are worth about 111% of the street price — the basis for this D price read.
What you get
Plain bricks
$57
Printed & detailcalc
$3
Functional piecescalc
$8
Figures (×7)
$56
BargainThe parts alone are worth more than you pay — $124 of parts for $111.
The Full Take
Two of the most iconic locations from Prisoner of Azkaban sharing one base is a genuinely exciting concept, and the execution lands more often than it stumbles. The Shrieking Shack has real character — crooked, creepy, shelf-worthy — and the Whomping Willow has enough presence to feel like a centerpiece rather than an afterthought. Seven minifigs including Lupin, Sirius, and Peter Pettigrew makes this the de facto Prisoner of Azkaban cast set, which carries serious weight for fans of that film. The problem is $89.99 for 773 pieces is a stretch LEGO® doesn't fully justify with the build alone. If you love PoA, this hits differently than a cold value calculation would suggest — the theme does a lot of heavy lifting.
