Collecting every LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts portrait is a thankless task

06/03/202406/03/2024 Matt Yeo 1179 Views 1 Comment

You’ll need more than a little luck if you’re hoping to collect all of the Hogwarts portraits included in the latest LEGO Harry Potter sets.

Back in 2021 the LEGO Harry Potter theme introduced Collectible Wizard Cards, with 16 different printed 2×2 tiles randomly spread throughout six 20th anniversary sets. Now the LEGO Group is at it again, with fans being offered a selection of what are being pitched as Hogwarts portraits in the recently released March line-up of models.

We got our first look at the gold-coloured portraits back in January, thanks to a listing on a Dutch retailer’s website. In total there are 14 of the printed flat angled tiles to collect, with each one featuring the image of a famous character from the Wizarding World. From what we can tell so far, the full line-up of magical minifigures on the portraits are as follows (from left to right):

Rowena Ravenclaw
Unknown Sleeping Wizard
Sir Cadogan
Unknown Sleeping Witch
Godric Gryffindor
Maud Montague
Edessa Sakndenberg
Helga Hufflepuff
Damara Dodderidge
Jocunda Sykes
Elizabeth Burke
Ivan The Terrible
Basil Fronsac
Salazar Slytherin

As with the Collectible Wizard Cards. the Hogwarts portraits have also been randomly inserted into a handful of new LEGO Harry Potter sets, with one each in 76430 Hogwarts Castle Owlery and 76426 Hogwarts Castle Boathouse, plus two included in 76428 Hagrid’s Hut: An Unexpected Visit.

The issue here is that images of the boxes and sets only show a question mark in place of whichever Hogwarts portraits may be awaiting inside. It’s only after you’ve opened your latest LEGO Harry Potter acquisition that you’ll find out which of the collectibles you’ve actually obtained.

So even if fans pick up all three of the LEGO Harry Potter models (above) that were released in March, there’s still no way to complete the full collection of 14 Hogwarts portraits without buying multiple versions of each build. In fact, you’re more likely to pick up multiples of the same tiles, making amassing all of them an even more frustrating and thankless task.

The smart money might be on additional Hogwarts portrait tiles being packed into some of the upcoming rumoured LEGO Harry Potter sets potentially on the way in 2024, but that’s just pure speculation on our part. The LEGO Group has yet to confirm the existence of those builds to date, so do take any such information regarding those models with a pinch of salt for now.

Every LEGO Harry Potter set confirmed and rumoured for 2024

LEGO set	Price	Pieces	Release date
76424 Flying Ford Anglia	£12.99 / $14.99 / €14.99	165	March 1, 2024
76425 Hedwig at 4 Privet Drive	£17.99 / $19.99 / €19.99	337	March 1, 2024
76426 Hogwarts Castle Boathouse	£31.99 / $37.99 / €37.99	350	March 1, 2024
76428 Hagrid’s Hut: An Unexpected Visit	£64.99 / $74.99 / €74.99	896	March 1, 2024
76430 Hogwarts Castle Owlery	£39.99 / $44.99 / €44.99	364	March 1, 2024
76432 Forbidden Forest: Magical Creatures	£24.99 / $29.99 / €29.99	172	March 1, 2024
76427 Buckbeak	$59.99	723	June 2024
76431 Hogwarts: Potions Class	$37.99	397	June 2024
76433 Buildable Mandrake	$59.99	579	June 2024
76434 Aragog: Forbidden Forest	$14.99	195	June 2024
76435 Hogwarts: Great Hall	$219.99	1,732	June 2024
76439 Ollivanders & Madam Malkins	$99.99	744	June 2024
76440 Durmstrang Ship & Beauxbatons Carriage	$139.99	1,299	June 2024

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Matt Yeo

From video game journalism to kids’ publishing, I’ve been there, seen it, done it and worn the T-shirt. I was also the editor of the first-ever official LEGO magazine way back when, LEGO Adventures. I have a passion for movies, comic books, tech and video games, with a wallet that’s struggling to keep up with my LEGO set wish list.