The original set has more of a Harry Potter feel to me. The black and dark grey arches create a mysterious and foreboding atmosphere that is lost in the remake. The new set, with its tan and sand green color scheme, is just too bright for the location its trying to convey. The black devil snare vines could have worked if they were more numerous and tangled up. As they stand now, and as the set stands in general, everything is too sleek and cartoony like you said, there isn’t much danger to be felt.

Newer Lego sets seem to be much more focused on looks and older sets more focused on being good playsets. Cramming tons of small pieces onto a facade makes new sets really expensive and not as fun to play with.

I personally love the 2001 set much better myself. Honestly like you said the best part of the 2021 build is the exterior but theres so much more with the 2001 set as far as play. Plus I freaking love the spiral staircase! That was always my favorite part to play with. Disguise it as a pillar then magically turn it into a staircase!

For the golden minifigs I like to turn the heads so they are blank and put them in a corridor as golden "statues"

These are great. I really wish they'd do a remake of the flying keys chamber and the Mirror of Erised/Quirrel scene.

It's interesting to see how the "philosophy" of the design of the sets changed over time, seeing the new interpretation of the old ones actually gives you a new sense of appreciation of the older ones, yes they took creative liberty with their aesthetics, but they did focused on the experience and play value...The thing is it can be something extremely simple like you said including a small mechanism for the devil's snare, or having fluffy's mouth(s) open and close, those little things that current designers seem to underestimate unfortunately. The question they should be asking for every set is "what can you DO with this set?". There's way more things that the older set allows you to do, while the new one seems to mostly just tick some boxes...

0:01 the mouse-clicking sounds funny and nostalgic, and the transition is *fire* 🔥🔥🔥

Ayy, nice comparison! I really like these new sets, and they have a cool classic aesthetic too :) Plus, I love the editing! 👍

I'm very excited for these new sets, because I desperately wanted the older ones when I was younger (I did not exist when they were released) but I'm also kind of annoyed at lego for the differing roof colors. Until now, the reboot sets have had gray roofs and now they just decide to shift it to another color. I do prefer the green roof, but now if I put these sets with my other harry potter ones it'll look weird :( Also yeah, I do like the older one better just because I don't really see the need for an exterior. iirc the actual scene took place deep within hogwarts castle, so the more dungeony feel of the original set feels better since it's not a standalone building like the Clock Tower or Great Hall. Imo the minifigs with capes are way cooler, although they do get a bit annoying when you're trying to play with the characters Great video, excited for more :D

These comparison videos are just "Ron gets eaten by different things"

ball joint receiver pieces only come in light gray because they need to be sturdy to a much higher degree than other lego parts. even extremely small structural differences in the pigment can affect how much weight the part can support, especially over years

Bro my favorite KZfaqr just apparated into the video

I was just binging your MC videos the other day, and only just realized who you were. lol. You were great on Lego Masters and I can't imagine how fulfilling of an experience and opportunity that had to have been for you. I'd be curious to see how you'd go about re-designing this playset yourself. With the old set focused on function and the new one on aesthetic, it'd be really cool to see what you'd come up with. Even if it was just a kit-bash style of merging the two.

Discovered you through your Lego Masters participation. Really hope your channel just blows up. Really good review / comparison of the two sets. Will you be looking at the new Hogsmeade Village Set ? Thanks

I enjoyed the video. Are you planning on making more content around the new Harry Potter sets?

I still have the original 2001 set, and absolutely loved it as a child 😊

"This is brilliant... but I like this"

Keep it up!

I remember when lego sets used to concentrate on the play function of their sets. The sets used to be more about the “make your own adventure” aspects of the toy and included extra pieces so that kids could make their own stories with the pieces included. But now at the expense of the play feature, lego as a company has decided to completely abandon the playability of their sets and instead solely concentrate on the collectability and aesthetics of their sets. Sure they look nicer but you can’t really play with them.

6:10 “Feed me, Seymour, feeeed meeeee!”

Great vid, but I wish there were more close-ups to really see the details! :-)

Are you still planning to make a video on that door arch piece? I’m curious to know why you don’t like it.

It's interesting you say the new one is visually pleasing. My biggest critic on the new one is how flat the exterior wall is. It could have used some detailing in my opinion.

I forget if it was old brown or new brown, but one of them is exceptionally brittle especially over time and that probably isn't conducive to a good ball and socket joint

Idk how I have the 2001 Harry Potter dog peace when I was born 2013

Cool video, thanks. 👍🏻

I have the OJ fluffy set Missing that d*mn flute! >:(

"I feel like i was a little too harsh on this set" (2021) I could not possibly feel more different... You where *extremely* generous with it, even ridiculously so. I'd say the 2021 is a *direct downgrade in every single way.* The exterior is ugly, the playability is non-existent, it's empty (almost pathetically so) and devoid of soul, fluffy looks god-awful... etc... Literally the only thing i liked was the bottle technique, but that is in no way specific to this set, so yeah. The old set? Awesome pieces like fluffy and the roof tile, great playability and creative use of the concept, great details like the printed flute, etc! It blows the new one out of the water in every single way! :D

2001: Shit exterior, great interior. 2021: great exterior, shit interior. What if you combine the two and now both are great?

Chad Chad reference

Reading the comments here gives me the sense that most of us agree the 2021 is inferior to its predecessor, especially in terms of playability. I’m wondering: maybe it’s because the 2001 sets were released at a time when kids (my generation ish) were growing up with the movies-reading the books, watching the films, playing with the sets. I doubt many kids today are getting into Harry Potter the way we did. And I wouldn’t be surprised if the target audience of Lego Harry Potter is not kids but those of us who grew up with the Harry Potter franchise. So for us playability is not a consideration-we mostly collect these sets rather than play with them. Hence their ‘easthetic’ emphasis. What do you think?

The newer Fluffy is better, but they really need to recolor those mixel joints in different colors. Them being gray always ruins the color scheme of a build that aint gray.

The old set looks superior in every way. Play function is why ppl love lego, not display ability

The new one, objectively, looks better, in a generic, compatible way. It looks like Hogwarts Castle. But the old one looks like the dark, sinister hallway, the stair adds so much, because it was a vital part of the movie that forced the kids to go there. It covers all the central set pieces of the scene, the door, the key, the dog, the trap door, the devil's snare. The new one is prettier. But it could be any room if you removed Fluffy. The only thing the old one is really missing is the walls. Fluffy's room is more of a platform and doesn't show the claustrophobic space. And lacks the very well done harp.

The brick built fluffy is whacky. Just doesn’t work

I take it by having fluffy eat ron as well as the devils snare, your not a fan of him. hahahaha no worries, I'm not either. i hate him actually hahaha

honestly, i feel lego is slowly getting overrated. plenty of cheaper brick forms, none of the weird decisions, easier to find/get. im moving on, i dont care if i mix OG lego with other bricks :)