Quality Quidditch Supplies & Ice Cream Parlour — B- · The Brick Drop Score
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The Drop Score
Quality Quidditch Supplies & Ice Cream Parlour
76452-1 · Harry Potter
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Seven minifigs in a Diagon Alley set sounds great until you do the math on what $100 buys you here — 795 pieces split between an ice cream shop and a Quidditch supply store is charming, but this price tag is a stretch.
Is the price fair?D+$100 for 795 pieces in a licensed theme is a tough sell — Harry Potter tax in full effect.
Will you love it?B-Two charming shopfronts and seven minifigs make this an easy yes for HP fans, a shrug for everyone else.
Holds its value?B-Harry Potter IP keeps a floor under this one — not a big mover, but it shouldn't crater either.
True ValueD+
$83
Street price
$119
Parts value
143%
Ratio
The parts alone are worth about 143% of the street price — the basis for this D+ price read.
What you get
Plain bricks
$71
Printed & detailcalc
$2
Functional piecescalc
$7
Figures (×7)
$39
BargainThe parts alone are worth more than you pay — $119 of parts for $83.
The Full Take
Diagon Alley sets live and die by atmosphere, and Quality Quidditch Supplies paired with Florean Fortescue's is a genuinely fun corner of the wizarding world to brick up. The modular street-front design fits neatly into existing Diagon Alley displays, and seven minifigs is a solid headcount for a set this size. That said, $99.99 for 795 pieces is where this one starts to wobble — LEGO® is charging premium Harry Potter rates for a build that doesn't quite justify it on scale alone. The techniques aren't groundbreaking, but the color palette and shopfront details do the job well enough that it reads finished on a shelf. Harry Potter licensing keeps the secondary market reasonably healthy, so there's a floor here even if the ceiling isn't high. It's a likable set carrying a price tag that asks you to want it more than the box earns.
