4703_The Potion Riddle [MOC]

Pieces 205
Characters Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Troll
Play features mechanism for hitting the troll, who is defending a chest, in which there's the potion riddle - an ancient scroll; potions table with mechanism to reveal the hiding place of the correct potion; reclining green and blue flames to block entry and exit from the room (in the book the flames are purple and black); cobwebs, which can be moved to find  the correct potion and can be used as a secret exit from the room

4703_The Potion Riddle 01 by Brick Matit, su Flickr

Quote

"We've had Sprout's, that was the Devil's Snare; Flitwick must've put charms on the keys; McGonagall transfigured the chessmen to make them alive; that leaves Quirrell's spell, and Snape's."

They had reached another door.

"All right?" Harry whispered.
"Go on."

Harry pushed it open.

A disgusting smell filled their nostrils, making both of them pull their robes up over their noses. Eyes watering, they saw, flat on the floor in front of them, a troll even larger than the one they had tackled, out cold with a bloody lump on its head.

"I'm glad we didn't have to fight that one" Harry whispered as they stepped carefully over one of its massive legs. "Come on, I can't breathe."

He pulled open the next door, both of them hardly daring to look at what came next - but there was nothing very frightening in here, just a table with seven differently shaped bottles standing on it in a line.

"Snape's," said Harry. "What do we have to do?"

 They stepped over the threshold, and immediately a fire sprang up behind them in the doorway.  It wasn't ordinary fire either;  it was purple.  At the same instant, black flames shot up in the doorway leading onward.  They were trapped.

 "Look!" Hermione seized a roll of paper lying next to the bottles.
 Harry looked over her shoulder to read it.

A careful observer who scrolled trhough the list of the first Harry Potter sets, produced by LEGO back in 2001, could not help but notice a curious fact in the serial numbers sequence: the suspicious absence of a number .

In fact, the first two sets, 4701_Sorting Hat and 4702_The Final Challenge are followed by number 4704_The Chamber of the Winged Keys. There is no trace of the number 4703. For this reason, recently, while reorganizing and enriching my LEGO Harry Potter collection, I decided to go in search of the lost set... in other words, I decided to invent a set that could well complete the series .

The scene is taken directly from the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: The Potion Riddle. This was one of the obstacles placed to protect the Philosopher's Stone, right before the room where the Mirror of Erised was located, in which the Stone was hidden. To this scene I added a minor one with an obstacle that, even in the book, is only mentioned: a large mountain troll that Professor Quirrell has already knocked out.

When creating this set I constantly referenced the original sets, trying to use parts available at the time (I admit, in retrospect, considering it's been a while since I designed the set, that I don't remember how faithful I remained in this regard). The structure is taken from that of the original sets, so as to be able to integrate it into the Hogwarts model that LEGO proposed.

The characters selected are the same as the original 2001 sets, to which I added the troll who is from 2002.

I tried to fill the set with as many play features as possible as happened in the original sets, remaining faithful to the story of the books as much as possible, but without disdaining fantasy elements.

Some images in this message and some more on my Fickr page [4703_The Potion Riddle [MOC] | Flickr]

4703_The Potion Riddle 14 by Brick Matit, su Flickr

4703_The Potion Riddle 07 by Brick Matit, su Flickr

4703_The Potion Riddle 09 by Brick Matit, su Flickr

4703_The Potion Riddle 17 by Brick Matit, su Flickr

 

 

 

 

Edited July 18, 2024Jul 18 by BrickMatit

That is a good build, I love the level of detail in it.

13 hours ago, Paul B Technic said:

That is a good build, I love the level of detail in it.

Thanks for your kind words!

Once upon a time, I had almost every single 2001 castle set minus a scant few (Hagrid's Hut comes to mind). I had read the books and knew this was missing from the lineup of challenges. Thank you for filling in the gaps - my inner child can rest easy now! (It always bothered me it was missing...)

Edited July 22, 2024Jul 22 by Murdoch17

On 7/22/2024 at 9:56 PM, Murdoch17 said:

Thank you for filling in the gaps - my inner child can rest easy now!

I was a pleasure ! Thanks!

 

On 7/22/2024 at 9:56 PM, Murdoch17 said:

It always bothered me it was missing...

Yeah, that's why I decided to create the MOC. With the same purpose, I have recreated a further scene that was missing - The Midnight Duel. It's just two corridors with a hidden passage. When I'll have some spare time I will post it on the forum.