Lego 10217 Diagon Alley - Gringotts Wizarding Bank

Prologue

So this is the third and last building in the Diagon Alley set which is know as Gringotts Wizarding Bank. This is supposedly the only bank of the wizarding world in the world of Harry Potter. Here is the instruction manual cover art and is the same as the rest except it is labelled 3.

 

The Build - Gringotts Wizarding Bank

At 50% build, the super big reddish-brown door look imposing indeed and makes this almost seem like the front of a castle.

The back side of this is still rather plain. No surprises there.

The full build looks very unique I believe due to the slanting pair of pillars. The facade design around the windows are really a nice touch. Tile walled looks very colonial indeed, pitty that the upper levels also could not be like that.

When completed, it looks like pretty majestic or even like a library. The chandelier above the door is very well made and with it so high really makes the interior look majestic as well. The other stuff to me are pretty meh.

Here is how the build looks like when "closed up" and both ways, closed or open, it looks pretty good.

The angled skylight also adds to the unique design of this build. I guess slants are the norm here for this build.

Here is a back shot of the build and if you look at this, this whole build looks quite detailed from all 4 sides which is not so common in most Lego builds.

Here is a shot of the balcony, which is a bit narrow. It also has no door and leads to nowhere. The only pity of this is that there is no platform at the 2nd level to place minifigures as well, hence it only looks good from the outside. The build has no actual 2nd level is a slight pity.

Final Thoughts - Gringotts Wizarding Bank

This is the last of the 3 builds for Diagon Alley.I must say that my favourite is definitely Ollivander's Wand Shop. Coming up 2nd is Borgin and Burkes. So this last build is 3rd place. To be honest, the 2nd and 3rd place come close. Except the cool factor of the glow in the dark tiles, probably tilts it for Borgin and Burkes. Overall though, all 3 builds offer more advanced techniques than regular Lego city sets. Price per piece is very decent too if you could get it at retail price, like most of the exclusives. Although I am not a Harry Potter fan, I bought this set mainly because of the designs rather than the characters. With that said, this closes the 3 part review of Diagon Alley, hopefully in the near future I can find a way to modify them slightly and add them side by side to my modulars!