LEGO Harry Potter Toys and Hogwarts Christmas Present Ideas

Harry Potter is back and about time too, it’s been too long since my fix of Harry Potter films.

There is no doubt at all that there are a lot of people that are getting excited about its release and our next instalment in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

So many children have read the entire collection of the Harry Potter books and you can still surprise them this Christmas with any number of Harry Potter themed toys and games.

Perhaps you might even get them a Hogwarts Crest Journal to inspire some young J K Rowling-esque writers.

There is something for all ages, LEGO have made an impressive amount of LEGO Harry Potter toys, with there Harry Potter LEGO sets and their LEGO Harry Potter Mini Figures of all the characters featured in the films.

Also Mattel have produced some great games that will have you all amused for hours.

And for those that love train sets there is the Hogwarts Express by Lionel, a chance to have the Hogwarts steam train alive and running in your home.

LEGO still rocks!

Satisfy the kids Harry Potter urge this year and get completely taken away by the new film and all the great LEGO Harry Potter toys that are available.

This LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle is a must for those that love the books and films.

It includes the characters Harry, Hermione, Dumbledore, Snape, McGonagall, Flitwick and Lord Voldemort.

Not only does the castle come complete with many of the LEGO characters but also you get Sirius Blacks face housed in the fireplace of the Gryffindor common room, a key feature to the films.

The famous Sorting Hat is also included along with Gryffindor’s Sword and a Basilisk fang and secret sliding chairs which are all in Dumbledore’s office.

Christmas wouldn’t be complete without some kind of puzzle to complete.

It doesn’t matter what age you are the fact of finishing a puzzle is what makes the holiday season.

The Harry Potter films are filled with amazing scenery and landscapes and this has not passed the puzzle makers by.

The puzzles that are of the Hogwarts Castle will have you absorbed for hours but also the new breed of puzzles in the form of Visual Echo 3D Effects Lenticular Puzzle. There are some very cool designs and pictures that will mean you won't want to leave it alone.

A Lenticular Puzzles will equally have you determined to complete the Harry Potter puzzles, the fact that some of the pieces are printed so that the colors and pattern change in different light will leave you with a definite challenge on your hands.

(Lenticular is basically the effect of creating depth and motion from a multi-layered image).

Mattel have gotten in on the Harry Potter phenomenon and produced a few different games that are based around the Harry Potter theme.

The Harry Potter Mystery at Hogwarts Game has been based on the older game model of Clue which will have fans of Harry and his mates spell bound into the solving the mystery at Hogwarts.

There are many Harry Potter board games that have been released, ones that will keep the children and you amused for hours.

Harry Potter Diagon alley Board Game and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Game are great.

And for those budding chess genius’s there is Harry Potters Wizard Chess Set.

For the younger kids who love Harry Potter there are the LEGO mini figurines of all the favourite Harry Potter characters.

There are serious amounts of Harry Potter LEGO and to top it all off and complete the sets there are these great little characters to make all the LEGO sets complete.

You can get Harry Potter in his tournament uniform or his Hogwarts uniform.

There is Ron Weasly in his Gryffindor Shield Torso or Dumbledore with wand.

Professor Severus Snape with his black cape and all the other characters from the films.

In the LEGO collection, the are also LEGO Hogwarts classrooms and the Hogwarts Express.

The Durmstrang Ship is a favourite from the Harry Potter films; it rises from the lake at Hogwarts Castle and is a major part of the film.

This LEGO Dumstrang Ship includes 550 pieces for the children to build with and create structures and accessories.

Viktor Krum is included and became in the books Harry’s rival at the Triwizard Cup, there is also the Professor Karkoff.

Children with love this aspect to there LEGO Harry Potter toys and will enjoy hours of discovering and inventing new stories.

For all those truly obsessed Harry Potter fans there is the Harry Potter journal to keep all their secrets and potions inside.

The Harry Potter journal is a soft back journal and includes lined pages to keep your magic potions looking neat and tidy.

For all those that loved the Harry Potter books and films and also love steam trains and secretly wish they could have always journeyed to school in such a fantastical way.

The Lionel Hogwarts Express steam locomotive is made from die cast metal and is a five piece O-gauge set. The locomotive amazingly has a powerful motor; it impressively puffs smoke and has an operating headlight, air whistle and more.

The whole set includes the steam locomotive, tender, three passenger coaches. Also included are the powerful Lionel transformer and patented oval Lionel FasTrac layout which measures 40 inches by 60 inches.