Harry Potter

Diagon Alley Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes

The loudest shopfront on Diagon Alley, with a giant top-hatted Weasley to prove it.

Brick Rated Score

4.2/5

Set 76422 · 2023

Pieces835

Minifigs7

Year2023

Set number76422

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The verdict

The big tuxedoed George statue out front is what won me over, and I say that as someone who usually rolls her eyes at gimmicky facades.

This one earns it, and the two-storey interior stuffed with prank boxes is a proper joy to poke through. It is a genuinely fun build with seven strong minifigs, held back only by a mountain of stickers and a facade that lives or dies on your love of that orange. If you have any of the other modular Diagon Alley shops, this slots right in and I would grab it while secondary prices are still climbing.

Best for: Harry Potter fans building out a connectible Diagon Alley row

The full review

What it is

I have a soft spot for shops you can actually rummage through, and Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes is exactly that. It is two connectible Diagon Alley buildings in one box, the joke shop itself and a smaller Owl Post next door, and the thing that stops you in your tracks is the giant tuxedo-and-top-hat Weasley twin bolted to the front of the store. It is loud, it is orange, it is completely ridiculous, and it is spot on for the source material. Spin the buildings around and both open up for easy access, which means all the fun of the interior is actually reachable rather than sealed behind a wall you can never see into.

The catch

I will be straight with you about the two things that hold it back. First, the stickers. There are a lot of them, mostly for the stock lining the shelves, and while they do add real detail I would not blame anyone who sighs partway through. Printed boxes would have made this an easy five. Second, that facade. The bright orange front is the whole personality of the model, so if it does not sing to you, a big slice of the set is going to feel like it is working against you. There is also a touch of repetition in the shelving and windows, the kind of thing that is fine on a relaxed evening but noticeable if you build in one sitting. At its 89.99 launch price the value was fair rather than remarkable, though it has climbed nicely on the secondary market since retiring.

Who it's for

Get this if you are collecting the connectible Diagon Alley shops, because it snaps straight into that row and adds the most characterful storefront of the bunch. Harry Potter fans who love a playable interior and a shelf of daft magical products will get their money's worth here too, and the minifig lineup alone makes a strong case. I would steer clear only if you are a pure display builder who wants clean architecture, because the orange facade and sticker load are not for you. Everyone else, especially anyone chasing those Fred and George prints without paying for the enormous Diagon Alley set, is going to be glad they picked it up.

The parts story

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

The build is friendlier than the piece count suggests, and it moves along at a nice clip. There is some clever grid work holding it together, with 2x2 round jumper plates locking the tall bay windows into place and headlight bricks paired with 1x1 SNOT bricks to hang tiles and slopes for that rounded shopfront curve. It never gets fiddly enough to frustrate an intermediate builder, and the interior stuffing, all those little decorated prank boxes, keeps the back half of the build lively even when the shelving gets a bit samey.

The standout is unquestionably that oversized Weasley statue on the facade, a proper brick-built figure in a tux and top hat that reads instantly as the shop's real-life sign. On the minifig side, the Fred and George torso prints here were previously exclusive to the much larger Diagon Alley set, so landing them in a cheaper box is a genuine win. You also get Romilda Vane and Lavender Brown, who are not everyday figures, plus a Pygmy Puff, a Fanged Frisbee, an owl and letter elements. As a parts pack it leans decorative rather than rare-molds, but the printed torsos and that showpiece facade carry it.

Fun facts

01The set was released on 1 June 2023 at 89.99 USD and retired at the end of 2024, and secondary prices have climbed well above retail since.
02It is designed to connect with LEGO's other modular Diagon Alley shop sets, letting you build out a whole street rather than a single standalone store.
03Fred and George's detailed torso prints were originally exclusive to the far pricier 75978 Diagon Alley set, making this the budget route to those figures.
04The Owl Post building next to the joke shop includes a working mail-drop function for sending letters through.