Harry Potter

Quidditch Trunk

A whole Quidditch pitch that folds up and snaps shut like a schoolboy's trunk.

Brick Rated Score

3.7/5

Set 76416 · 2023

Pieces599

Minifigs4

Year2023

Set number76416

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The verdict

The clever bit here is the format: you build a chunky trunk that unfolds into a green-and-white Quidditch pitch, then folds back up and latches closed when you are done.

The minifigure lineup is the real draw for me, one player from each Hogwarts house, all exclusive to this box. Where it wobbles is the play itself, because the three flick-and-catch games feel thinner in your hands than they look on the box. Best enjoyed as a display-and-fiddle piece for someone who loves the sorting-hat houses more than a serious skill game.

Best for: Harry Potter fans who love the four-houses roster and a self-contained fold-up build

The full review

What it is

This one won me over on concept before I had opened a single bag. You build a compact trunk, and then it unfolds into a small Quidditch pitch done up in shades of green and white with house banners flying, goal hoops on the side, and a little launcher for the Golden Snitch. When you are finished it all folds back down and latches shut, which is a genuinely satisfying trick and the kind of thing that makes you want to open and close it a few extra times just to feel the hinges work. It is officially the biggest Harry Potter set of its release in piece count for that price bracket, and the fold-up format is what makes those 599 pieces feel like more than they are.

The catch

I will be straight with you about where it stumbles, because the reviews are genuinely split and I understand why. The three games (shoot the Quaffle through the hoops, flick the bludgers at the beater, catch the snitch on a flying rod) sound great on the box, but in practice the pitch is small and the flick-and-catch mechanics are the sort of thing you try twice and then leave. Brick-built skill games rarely hold up head to head, and this is no exception. Add eighteen stickers to apply, and the honeymoon can wear off before the trunk is even fully decorated. At roughly 68 dollars at retail, more than one reviewer felt the price outran the play.

Who it's for

So who ends up happy with it? If you love the four Hogwarts houses and the idea of a self-contained, foldable display piece, this is a charmer, and the customization heads mean you can populate whole teams of your own invention. If you are buying it purely as an interactive game to play against someone, temper your hopes, because the mechanics are gentle rather than gripping. It is now retired, so if the trunk-that-becomes-a-pitch idea speaks to you, that is worth knowing before you go looking.

The parts story

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

The build runs across 165 steps and stays approachable, which is why a nine-year-old can happily assemble it solo, but there is enough hinge-work and folding geometry in the trunk to keep an older builder interested. The two halves of the trunk join on a central hinge, with a separate wall section that carries the house crests, broomsticks and accessories and forms one closed side when it all packs away. It is a satisfying bit of engineering to see the flat pitch fold up into a sealed box. The sticker sheet is the one drag on an otherwise pleasant sit-down build.

The headline parts are the minifigures rather than any exotic mold. All four house players are exclusive to this set, each in a printed Quidditch torso and house colours, and every head is printed on both sides with a smiling and a grimacing face. The real generosity is the ten spare heads across six skin tones and ten extra hairpieces, a proper little parts pack for anyone who builds custom characters. Beyond the figures you get useful printed banners, goal hoops and a clear flying rod, so as a source of Harry Potter play accessories the box earns its keep even if you never play a single match.

Fun facts

01Every minifigure in the set is exclusive to this box, with one player drawn from each of the four Hogwarts houses: Harry (Gryffindor), Cho Chang (Ravenclaw), Cedric Diggory (Hufflepuff) and Draco Malfoy (Slytherin).
02It includes ten spare heads in six different skin tones plus ten extra hairpieces, so you can assemble your own custom Quidditch teams beyond the four named characters.
03The entire set folds down from an open pitch into a closed, portable trunk and latches shut, one of the more elaborate fold-up formats in the Harry Potter line.
04It launched in mid-2023 at a 67.99 dollar RRP and retired in December 2024 after a shelf life of about one year and eight months.