Harry Potter

4 Privet Drive

The whole miserable Dursley family in one box, and that alone almost sells it.

Brick Rated Score

4.2/5

Set 75968 · 2020

Pieces797

Minifigs6

Year2020

Set number75968

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The verdict

The letter-flood mechanism is what got me.

You pull a little lever and a shower of Hogwarts acceptance letters tumbles out of the chimney into the front room, and it works every single time. This is a genuinely fun little house with a flying Ford Anglia and the best minifigure lineup Harry Potter fans had waited years for. It is not a perfect model, and I will be honest about where it wobbles, but for the price and the figures I think it holds up beautifully.

Best for: Harry Potter fans who want the full Dursley family and a house that actually does something

The full review

What it is

4 Privet Drive is a two-story version of the most joyless house in the wizarding world, and it comes with a flying Ford Anglia and six minifigures. The first time I built the letter mechanism I actually laughed out loud, because you pull a lever and a cascade of Hogwarts letters pours down the chimney and spills across the floor exactly like the film. Little touches like that are what make this set sing. The cupboard under the stairs opens up with a tiny bed inside for Harry, the front door and windows work, and the whole thing opens on a hinge so you can play out scenes from both sides.

The catch

I do want to be straight with you about the rough spots, because they are real. Fans who know the films inside out will spot that the staircase and the cupboard sit on the wrong side of the entrance hall, which is the kind of thing that bothers some people enormously and others not at all. The Ford Anglia, while instantly recognisable and honestly quite charming, is the weaker build of the two. There is a colour break running along the side panels and the rear angles are a touch too sharp, so it does not have the polish of the house itself. The house is also fairly shallow from front to back, which means the rooms feel packed in tight rather than roomy. At an original price of around eighty dollars this was fair value at roughly ten cents a piece, though it has now retired and prices on the secondary market have actually settled below that, which is a rare treat.

Who it's for

If you love Harry Potter and you have been waiting for the full Dursley family in minifigure form, this is an easy recommendation. Getting Vernon, Petunia and Dudley together with their smug faces (and alternate shocked expressions for when cakes start floating) is a real joy, and Dobby with his new head print is the cherry on top. If you are purely after engineering brilliance or a display-perfect replica, the placement quirks and the slightly awkward car might nag at you, and you may prefer to wait for a bigger modular-style build. But as a playable, characterful, memory-triggering little house, it earns its place.

The parts story

What the build is actually like, and the pieces worth knowing about.

Building this one is a pleasant afternoon rather than a marathon. It moves along at a friendly pace, with the ground floor and its play features going together first, then the upper floor and the roof. The roof section is the one repetitive stretch, a run of similar slopes that goes on a little longer than you want, but it is over quickly and the finished pitched roof looks lovely. Nothing here is fiddly enough to frustrate a younger builder, and the working lever and hinges keep it interesting throughout.

The real value is in the minifigures. Five of the six are exclusive to this box, and the standouts are Petunia and Dudley Dursley, who had never been made as minifigures before this set. Harry arrives with a new casual torso print, and Dobby wears a fresh expression on the modern head mould. Vernon, Petunia and Dudley each get dual faces, smug on one side and horrified on the other for the floating-cake scene. You also get Hedwig the owl and Ron. In brick terms the parts are mostly standard house elements in warm tans and browns, so this is not a set you buy for rare recolours. You buy it for that figure lineup, which is one of the strongest the theme has produced.

Fun facts

01The earlier 2010 LEGO version of this location only came with Vernon Dursley, so this 2020 set was the first time collectors could get the entire Dursley family together.
02Petunia and Dudley Dursley had never existed as minifigures until this set was released.
03The Ford Anglia hides a chain in its boot that clips onto the barred bedroom window, recreating the exact moment Ron rips the bars off to rescue Harry.
04Released in June 2020, the set retired in December 2023 after a shelf life of roughly three and a half years.