I’m embarrassed to say how long I’ve had this set waiting to build it. I finally got it together and now here’s the review. This is set #76417-1: Gringotts Wizarding Bank. It was released on 1 September 2023 and contains 4,803 pieces. It retails for $429.99 which works out to $0.09 per piece. This one connects with #75978-1: Diagon Alley which was released back in 2020 and is now retired. The difference is this set has the building and then the section underneath where the vaults are located.
The front of the box shows the full set with a Gringotts logo and the 18+ branding on the bottom. The back shows some of the play features as well as set dimensions and how the set looks with the Diagon Alley set. The top of the box shows all of the minifigures.
The set contains 31 numbered parts bags with one or two bags per number. There is one bag with the track, a box with the dragon wings, a dark gray base plate, and the instruction books in two paperboard envelopes.
The set contains four instruction books and then three sticker sheets. There are a lot of stickers which stinks, but they do add some nice detail. I would have preferred more printed pieces, but I can’t imagine the cost for printing all of these.
The first two bags start the underground vault area. You build one T section and then a second and put them together to make the vault area which also works as a stand to hold the bank building.
Bags three and four continue the first part of the stand which includes the first vault. This vault belongs to Bellatrix Lestrange. It has a fun function where you can store a number of cups and have them fall out when you grab one to replicate what happens when they go into the vault to look for the horcrux.
Bag five finishes the first stand and bag six starts the second stand section.
Bag seven continues the second stand and by bag eight, the two are connected together as a full stand.
Bag nine includes Harry’s vault from the first movie where he can get funds and then the vault with the Sorcerer’s Stone in it. There’s also the waterfall from the last movie where they go under it and it gets rid of spells.
The picture below adds the rails.
Bag 10 wraps up the vault area with doors on the vaults and some additional details like the bell device to scare the dragon. This section is more of a play feature, but isn’t as great as a display piece due to size and that it doesn’t look like the movie. The good part is that it can be easily separated if you just want to display or connect it to Diagon Alley.
Bags 11 and 12 build the dragon that guards the vault. It is built to have some places where minifigures can hold on so you can recreate the escape from the vaults like the three characters did in the last movie.
Build 13 starts the bank and adds the early Hagrid and Harry minifigures from the first movie. Bag 14 continues the build by adding in more of the flooring.
Bag 15 adds more to the frame of the building to include where the goblin desks will be. It also has a few hidden items to include a frog and some gold pieces.
Bag 16 starts to build up the walls. The walls use mostly headlight bricks as tiles will be connected later to create the outer wall design. Also there is a door that doesn’t open. It along with a lot of the other doors and windows added later to the set are just stickers. This bag also comes with a guard minifigure.
Bag 17 adds another wall and the front entrance. The front entrance has a different design where it looks like the front columns are angled to hold up the roof. They really aren’t structural pieces, but it’s a an interesting design to make it look that way. My kiddo put the sticker on so there is a gap if you center them. We didn’t discuss trying to line the stickers up closer so there wouldn’t be as much of a gap.
Bag 18 finishes up the back wall section of the bank.
Bag 19 adds a wall that connects to the back of the bank and extends out into Diagon Alley. There’s an opening for minifigures to pass under to get to the rest of the shops. This bag comes with a goblin minifigure.
Bag 20 adds in the desks where the goblins work to include the main desk made famous in the last book and pair of movies. You can see the larger windows which are more sticker pieces. I appreciate the design, but it’s a bit overboard on the stickers. It’s hard to see, but there are clear tiles on the floor to show where the dragon breaks through the glass to leave.
Bag 21 adds one of the stores outside of the bank.
Bag 22 builds the bank higher with more windows covered in stickers. This bag comes with another goblin minifigure.
Bag 23 adds a bit of the ceiling to the bank and then a balcony on the top of the entrance. It uses the same design as the ground floor with the supports angled.
Bag 24 continues to build the bank walls to match the front section height.
Bag 25 adds some height to the building next door to the bank with some more sticker usage. It also includes a death eater minifigure
Bag 26 adds a small work area on the upper level with a desk, some pictures on the wall and some gold stacked on the floor. The opposite side has more gold stacks and a treasure chest.
Bags 27 and 28 add another layer to the bank. Bag 28 adds another balcony with the same angled columns as the other two layers on the front. It also adds another security guard minifigure.
Bag 29 attaches the white tiling to the outside of the upper floor on both sides.
Bag 30 adds the top to the small building next to the bank and then a top office above the balconies.
Bag 31 finishes the build with a roof above the bank, a dome above the balcony area, some clear sections where there are broken areas where the dragon broke out. The last goblin comes with this bag.
There are also a few smaller things to include an owl carrying a letter, a flag outside of the small outer building, some items for sale outside of the small outer building, and some lamps on the walls
The set contains 13 minifigures. From the top, left to right, two guards, a goblin, Hermione, Ron and Harry (from the last movies), and then the bottom row, a death eater, four goblins (to include Grip Hook), and then Harry and Hagrid from the first movie.
The set also comes with three gold tile coins that the instructions say to add to set #76391-1: Hogwarts Icons.
Here are some photos of the final set. It’s cool that it has the option to have the bank on top of the vaults area and then to remove the bank and have it separate. I enjoyed the build and there are some great pieces so a bonus there. In terms of price, it is just under $0.10 per piece so not too bad. There are a mix of small and large pieces so I think it’s reasonably priced. I’d recommend it… if it was still around. As mentioned, it apparently retired in the US, but will be available in other countries a bit longer.
Here’s the bank attached to #75978-1: Diagon Alley. The connection between the builds looks great to me. I’m glad that they used the modular connections to make sure this could happen. What do you think?
Happy building!
