I remember playing with my first LEGO Hogwarts Castle, when I was 12 years old, and what an amazing playset that castle was!… It wasn’t really mine, though: it was my brother’s, because by that time I was unfortunately no longer getting LEGO sets as a gift… I was “too old for that”… 20 years later, I know for a fact I would completely blow the mind of my 12-year-old-self if I could go back in time to tell him that one day he’d be designing LEGO Harry Potter sets, especially one that marks such an important milestone! And what a time to be alive: there’s no longer such a thing as “too old to play with LEGO bricks”! 😎 #AdultsWelcome

As always, I didn’t create this alone. Some of my colleagues that contributed to the creation of this product are: Djordje Djordjevic & Peter Kjærgaard (graphics & minifigs), Jacob Nielsen & Esmee Kuenen (element design), Anders Fosnæs (packaging graphics), Helene Desprets & Michelle Martinsen (marketing), Patricia Andersen (project management), Jette Storm (masterdata), Monika Fruergaard (model coaching), Connie Nielsen (building instructions), and Wes Talbott, who created a brick-built Owl a few years ago that served as great inspiration for this model.