Light Kit for Diagon Alley™ #75978 (Ver. 2)

A street that only opens for wizards

Diagon Alley sits behind the Leaky Cauldron, reachable only by tapping the right brick in the courtyard wall. Rowling introduced it in 1997 as the place where the wizarding economy becomes visible: wand shops, robe shops, bookshops, a bank, an ice-cream parlour, all crammed into a street that Muggles walk past without seeing. The films built it as a full set at Leavesden with forced perspective and a leaning façade, and the shops were deliberately mismatched in height and colour so the street would read as grown rather than planned.

The names are the joke

Lego 75978 Diagon Alley is “diagonally”, Knockturn Alley is “nocturnally”, and the shops are puns as well: Flourish and Blotts, Scribbulus, Eeylops, Madam Malkin's. Rowling built the street out of wordplay, and the films kept the signs legible so the jokes survive on screen. The façades here carry their names on the front, which is the part of the design that does the most work at a glance.

The 2020 set takes four of those façades — Ollivanders, Scribbulus, Quality Quidditch Supplies and Florean Fortescue's — and stacks them into a 5,544-piece street with 17 minifigures. Each building opens at the back, the upper floors are furnished, and the shopfronts are detailed enough that the wand shelves and the ice-cream counter can be read from the front. It was designed to sit alongside Gringotts and the later Diagon Alley shops, and the pavement height matches across all of them.

This fit splits the street into circuits rather than treating it as one object. ZENE Bricks wires the street circuit by circuit: warm sources sit behind the counters so goods glow and windows do not, narrow beams cross the hanging signs, and the pavement lamps run on a dimmer line. Four businesses end up with four colour temperatures, which is how the film set reads on screen. Detail holds at close range, and the whole street becomes genuinely immersive once the room lights drop.

The wiring crosses the party wall behind the façades, so the row still separates into four sections for storage. A lego lighting kit that can be broken down this easily is what makes a long street practical, and this version is the one for a display that changes with the seasons.

Diagon Alley is the most important street in the wizarding world of Harry Potter. LEGO® #75978 is a new product in September of the second half of 2020. Dine at the Leaky Cauldron™, see a wand choose a wizard at Ollivanders™ wand shop, and get ready to travel deep below Gringotts™ bank for a multi-dimensional thrill ride. Spectacular, after ZENE lights up, Harry Potter fans must not miss the collection.

• Supports already built LEGO® sets with a little refitting required.
• No circuit experience needed, just follow our simple step-by-step instructions for guidance.
• Twisted pair design balances robustness and installation concealment.
• Have your LEGO® sets be exciting and soul-filled even in the daytime.

Five Versions:

• RC + Sound Version includes RC and sound module which built-in multiple music (also supporting add by yourself).
• RC Version includes remote controller function, distance up to 10 meters. Pair function can reduce interference and support multiple RC Version light controlling at same time.
• Standard version is a wonder to behold at the same time as they come with the same lights. Please refer to the circled part in the following figure.
• Classic version comes with fewer lights. Please see the video and pictures in order to understand the difference.

What's Included

• The Led Light Kit includes Connecting Cables, Lights, Expansion Boards, etc.
• Battery Box without Batteries
  
• Instructions in PDF format provided.