Harry Potter

Gringotts Wizarding Bank, Collectors' Edition

The bank, the vaults, and a dragon, all in one massive Diagon Alley centrepiece.

4.4/5

Set 76417 · 2023

Pieces4,809

Minifigs13

Year2023

Set number76417

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The verdict

If you loved 75978 Diagon Alley and want the anchor building it was missing, this is the one to get.

You get a gorgeous facade, an entire underground vault network with a working cart, and 13 minifigs including some proper firsts. It is expensive and it is huge, so tell your mate to sort out the shelf space and budget before falling in love. For a Harry Potter fan who wants a display piece with real play built in, it is very easy to recommend.

Best for: Harry Potter collectors building out a Diagon Alley display

The full review

What it is

Here's the thing every Diagon Alley owner has been quietly waiting for. When 75978 came out it gave you the shops but left the biggest, most iconic building in the whole street missing, and this LEGO® set finally fills that hole. Gringotts is the marble bank with the wonky columns, the goblin tellers, and the vaults deep underground, and this Collectors' Edition gives you all of it. The facade alone stands over 14.5 inches tall, and when you stack the full thing (bank, vaults, and the little Magical Menagerie shop) it climbs past 31 inches. It looks the part on a shelf and it slots straight in next to the earlier shops like it was always meant to be there.

The catch

Now the honest bit, because your mate deserves it. This is not a casual purchase. At 4,809 pieces and an original price of $429.99 it's one of the biggest Harry Potter sets ever made, the fourth largest to be exact, and it takes up a lot of room. The build has some repetitive stretches too, especially the marble facade and the arches, so if you're not in the mood for lots of similar sections you'll feel it. And then there's the sticker gripe that basically every reviewer flagged: the 'Gringotts Bank' engraving over the main doors is a sticker rather than printed, and there's a visible gap right in the middle of it that's tough to unsee once you know. On a set at this price, a lot of people expected that headline detail to be printed.

Who it's for

So who should grab it? If you already own Diagon Alley, or you're a Harry Potter fan who wants one showstopper building with actual play packed inside, this is a yes. The vault section gives you something to fiddle with long after the display is done, and 13 minifigs is a proper roster. If you just want a quick weekend build or you're on a tight budget, this isn't the entry point, look at the smaller Hogwarts sets instead. And with a July 2026 retirement date, this is the moment to decide rather than leave it. For the right fan, it's the piece that makes the whole street feel finished.

The parts story

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

The build splits neatly into two very different experiences, which keeps it from ever feeling like a slog. Up top you're constructing the classic marble bank: lots of layered white and tan brickwork, those famously crooked columns, and the grand foyer with newly-printed pillar elements and a chandelier. It's steady, satisfying architecture work. Then you drop underground and the whole vibe changes. The cavern section is dark, rocky, and full of function, built around a spiralling cart track with a mechanism that stops the cart at each of three vaults, Bellatrix's vault included, complete with a magical multiplying-treasure surprise. Across 31 numbered bags the pacing stays varied, and the shift from tidy marble to jagged rock keeps your hands busy in a good way.

For parts nerds there's plenty here. The Ukrainian Ironbelly dragon uses a head, mouth, and wings made specifically for this set, so it's the first brick-built version of that dragon. The three golden Galleons are represented by printed 3x3 round tiles in pearl gold, which are lovely useful pieces, and the foyer's printed pillars are a nice touch. It's a fairly sticker-light set for its size too, with around 50 stickers across three sheets versus the 109 that came with Diagon Alley. On value, 4,809 pieces for $429.99 works out to roughly nine cents a part, which is fair for a licensed set of this ambition, and that dragon plus 13 minifigs (including Bogrod's minifig debut) sweetens the parts-per-dollar story nicely.

Fun facts

01It's the fourth largest Harry Potter LEGO set ever made, and it was designed to connect directly to 75978 Diagon Alley to complete the street.
02The set marks the physical debut of Bogrod as a minifigure and the first brick-built version of the Ukrainian Ironbelly dragon from the film's rooftop escape.
03Bellatrix's vault hides a magical surprise where the treasure appears to multiply, echoing the Gemino curse from the Deathly Hallows heist.
04Stacked together, the bank, vault caverns, and Magical Menagerie shop stand over 31 inches (79 cm) tall.