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With the boathouse we'll get a Hogwarts modular set based on location we haven't yet seen made as a LEGO set (besides in the microscale Hogwarts Castle).
In 2005, three years after Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) was released, the vehicle used in the original footages was stolen from South West Film Studios in Cornwall, presumably by a fanatic fan. In 2006, the car was found near a castle in England. [8] [9] Despite holding some reservations about the Anglia’s gear ratios, the magazine praised the transmission as “one of the best yet developed in a car in this class and shifts smoothly, engages precisely and is fast either up or down”. Updated February 2022: If you're a fan of Harry Potter or the Ford Anglia, you'll be happy to know that we've updated this article with even more interesting facts about the cool and quirky flying car. After the Harry Potter movies finished filming, a range of fates awaited the cars featured. Singer Liam Payne paid a six-figure price for one of the movie cars, now on display in his garden. Another car is on display at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Actors Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint drove a different, operational version of the Ford Anglia to the 2010 opening of the same theme park. Unitary construction was adopted for the first time and the suspension evolved, with McPherson struts at the front and anti-roll bar and semi-elliptic leaf springs at the rear.J K Rowling recently revealed that the inspiration for the car, and indeed the character of Ron Weasley, was old school friend Sean Harris, who she describes as “getaway driver and foul-weather friend”. In all, 250 models were sold in blue, and 500 in gold, out of a total production run of 1,288,956 Anglias over eight years from 1959 to 1967. Motor Life concluded that the American looking for a small car could do worse than plump for the Anglia, which it says “handles better, performs better and has better economy” than its predecessor.
Arthur Weasley faced an inquiry at work following this incident. [4] By Christmas, the Daily Prophet reported that he was fined fifty Galleons for bewitching the Muggle car. [5] Upon their return to the Burrow, Mrs Weasley was furious with her sons for taking the car but placed no blame on Harry. The next morning, at breakfast, Mrs Weasley told Mr Weasley what the boys had done, and, startled, he began to ask how it went before hastily switching to a reprimand at a look from his wife. He tried to excuse the car by referring to a loophole in the law regarding ownership of charmed objects, but Molly noted that he wrote that law intentionally making sure that there was a loophole which legally allows him to charm Muggle objects. [2] The car has been stolen by his son Ron on a number of occasions. Once to rescue his friend Harry Potter from the Dursley’s house and once with Harry to return to Hogwarts after the gate to Platform 9¾ is sealed by Dobby. Considering they crash landed the car in the Whomping Willow when returning to Hogwarts, the car is in amazingly good condition. In addition to the boathouse section itself, which as said can be combined with the other Hogwarts modular sets, some boats are also said to be included. Rowling said: “That turquoise and white car meant freedom and no more having to ask my father to give me lifts, which is the worst thing about living in the countryside when you are a teenager.In total there will be 7 new sets in the first half of the year, all of which will be released on March 1st. Flying Ford Anglia (76424) The Flying Ford Anglia is a turquoise automobile bought by Arthur Weasley for the purposes of taking it apart in his shed to see how it worked – at least, that’s the story he told Molly. In fact, in the process of dismantling and reassembling the car, he also bewitched it to be able to fly and installed an Invisibility Booster. He also magically expanded the inner spaces so that an enormous amount of luggage could fit in the boot and an amazing number of people could sit comfortably in its wide seats.
In summary, the magazine was full of praise for the upgraded Anglia: “Economical, robust, safe, easy to drive and extremely ‘biddable’, the Anglia Super 1200 offers everything to be expected of a strictly four-seater family car – plus more lively performance, a degree of attention to detail and superior finish that raise it above the run of small, cheap saloons.” The new engine, while still antiquated in concept, pumped out an improved 36bhp and propelled the Anglia to 70mph, passing 60mph in 29.4 seconds The turquoise car itself is famous around the world so it seems surrealist that it was even in Cornwall in the first place. The Harry Potter crew had to use 16 different Ford Anglias for this scene alone. It is reported that 14 of them were destroyed. While the Mini changed everyone’s perception of what a small car could be, the Triumph Herald and the Anglia revolutionised their respective manufacturers’ public image with hitherto unseen sharp, angular styling.Rowling provided a deleted draft to the Harry Potter: A History of Magic exhibition for Harry and Ron's original crashing of the Ford Anglia in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. They were originally going to crash into the Great Lake instead of the Whomping Willow and encounter Merpeople for the first time. [12] When the The Wizarding World of Harry Potter opened in 2010, most of the invited actors arrived in the Knight Bus, but Rupert Grint and Daniel Radcliffe arrived in the flying Ford Anglia. The Anglia was going up in the world, however – a second windscreen wiper was added at no extra cost! A spokesperson for the police said: "For those who have not seen the Harry Potter films, this is the car that flies in the movie and is very well known. Some unbelievable things have happened in Cornwall over the years - and one of them is that one of the "flying" Ford Anglia cars used in the Harry Potter films was stolen from a local studio before reappearing, months later, on Carn Brea.
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