Harry Potter

Forbidden Forest: Expecto Patronum

A tiny forest scene that carries one of the most emotional moments in the whole series.

Brick Rated Score

4.0/5

Set 76475 · 2026

Pieces245

Minifigs4

Year2026

Set number76475

Check price on Amazon

Affiliate link. We may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

The verdict

The second I connected the last translucent blue antler on that stag, I got a little chill, and I don't say that about every $30 set.

This one takes the Prisoner of Azkaban Dementor attack and boils it down to its purest form, Harry, Sirius, two Dementors, and the Patronus that saves them both. It is small and it will not fill a shelf, but it earns its place through the sheer emotional weight of that one scene. Get it if you love the third film or you are chasing this year's Patronus collectible run, skip it if you need a big build to feel like your money went somewhere.

Best for: Prisoner of Azkaban fans and Patronus-collectible completionists who want the scene, not the square footage

The full review

What it is

This one is built around a single scene, and it commits to it completely. Harry and Sirius are cornered by two Dementors in the dark of the forest, and the whole reason to own this set is the moment where the trans-blue stag bursts out to drive them back. LEGO has been threading a set of collectible translucent Patronuses through its 2026 25th anniversary Harry Potter wave, McGonagall's cat, Lupin's wolf, Hermione's otter, Luna's hare in the January sets, and now Harry's stag alongside a doe, phoenix, and dog in this summer wave. If you have been picking those up, this is the one most people will want first, because the stag is the Patronus that started it all for Harry.

The catch

I will be straight with you about the size. This is a budget set, not a diorama. The trees are moveable branches over a small rock base, similar in construction to a handful of other forest scenes LEGO has put out in the last couple of years, and a few fans online said flat out they feel like they own this exact patch of woods already in a different box. If you are buying purely for the build experience or the piece count per dollar, there are better values in the wider Harry Potter line this year. This set is buying you a moment, not a landscape.

Who it's for

Get this if the Prisoner of Azkaban Patronus scene actually means something to you, if you are collecting this year's translucent Patronus run, or if you want an easy, satisfying half hour build with a genuinely pretty payoff piece at the end. Skip it if you want volume for your money or if forest greenery is already overrepresented on your shelf from earlier sets.

What works

The translucent blue Stag Patronus is a genuinely lovely centerpiece piece, part of LEGO's 25th anniversary Patronus series scattered across the 2026 wave
Four characters packed into a budget set, Harry and Sirius both with alternate scared/determined face prints, plus two hooded Dementors
Foliage and rockwork are posable, so you can restage the attack rather than looking at one frozen angle

Worth knowing

At around 245 pieces for roughly 30 dollars, several fans online noted the forest scene itself is one LEGO has reused in slightly different forms across the last few Harry Potter forest sets
No stag Patronus display base or standalone caption, so if you are not chasing the anniversary collectible it can read as a slight scene rather than a full build
The Dementors lean simple and flat compared to how menacing they look on screen, some builders wanted more cloak texture

Sold? Grab it.

Check price on Amazon

Affiliate link. We may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

The parts story

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

It builds fast, which suits what it is. You are not fighting complex techniques here, you are stacking a rock formation, snapping in a handful of poseable branch pieces, and building two simple but effective hooded Dementor figures before getting to the reason you bought the box. The whole thing can be finished in well under an hour, which makes it a nice palate cleanser between bigger builds rather than a weekend project.

The star part is obviously the translucent blue Stag Patronus, cast in the same ghostly trans-blue plastic LEGO used for the other 25th anniversary Patronus animals this year, and it catches the light beautifully once it is up off the base. Harry and Sirius both come with double-sided heads, so you get a calm expression and a terrified one for the same figures, a nice touch for restaging the scene. Piece count sits right around 245 for the price point, which is fair rather than generous, most of the value here is in the licensed characters and that one standout translucent piece, not in raw brick count.

Fun facts

01The Stag Patronus is one of four new translucent collectible Patronuses LEGO released across its June 2026 Harry Potter wave, joining a Doe, Phoenix, and Dog, following an earlier January 2026 wave that hid a cat, wolf, otter, and hare Patronus across other sets to mark 25 years of LEGO Harry Potter
02Harry's stag Patronus is a deliberate echo of his father James Potter, whose own Animagus form was a stag, a detail the books and films treat as a quiet emotional reveal
03This set depicts the Dementor attack by the lake from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the same scene where Harry initially fails to cast the spell before his future self succeeds
04Both Harry and Sirius include dual-molded head prints so builders can flip between calm and frightened expressions to restage different beats of the scene