Light Kit for Whomping Willow #75953

Better not park under it

The Whomping Willow was planted on the Hogwarts grounds for a single reason: to hide the tunnel that Remus Lupin used once a month. The tree answers to a knot at its base, and in Chamber of Secrets it takes a flying Ford Anglia personally. Rowling wrote it as a landmark that punishes curiosity, and the films gave it a trunk that swings with the patience of a wrecking ball. It is the rare piece of Hogwarts scenery that is also a hazard.

The year the theme came back

LEGO Harry Potter ran from 2001 to 2011 and then stopped, with the licence dormant for seven years. The 2018 wave brought it back at minifigure scale, aimed at the children who had grown up with the films rather than the ones who were then watching them. The Whomping Willow was in that first wave, alongside the Great Hall and the Quidditch pitch — a forest set in a year of buildings.

LEGO Whomping Willow 75953 puts the action in the build. The trunk carries four branches that swing on a central mechanism, and the Ford Anglia snaps into them so the car sits up in the canopy at an angle; the tunnel entrance is built into the base and leads to a small hidden room. Harry, Ron, Snape, Hermione and the car's occupants are included as minifigures, and the Whomping Willow #75953 model is scaled so a child can sweep an arm through the branches and dislodge everything.

Branches that swing rule out anything fixed to the canopy, so ZENE Bricks keeps the lego lighting low: warm lamps inside the Anglia's headlights, a cold wash in the tunnel mouth, and a narrow accent across the roots that keeps the trunk visible while the tree turns. The moving parts are left alone, and the dark upper branches stay dark, which makes the car look caught rather than parked.

Cables are tied below the pivot and run down through the base, so the interactive swing still works by hand. These lego lights turn a single scene into the forest edge of a larger harry potter lego castle layout, and the set remains one of the more kinetic harry potter lego sets from the early revival.

• 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.

What's Included

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

Type: Compatible with LEGO® sets
Material: Eco-friendly ABS plastic