They had to go with a rival's fort because
they've never strayed far from the trackside (a few cows and a set of pylons
maybe!), I don't recognise it offhand, with my Walther's' in front of me maybe,
but they've mucked the walls about to fit it in the corner!
There was a flying car (Ford Anglia?) which
gives a clue as to the theme! Probably also bought-in, possibly Oxford
Die-cast? The train - obviously - is the Hogwarts Express, leaving from
platform something-&-a-half (thirteen?), I've never read the books, never
seen the filums and only heard the first section of the first book read by
Steven Fry (which was very good, I was laughing out loud as the letters spilled
from the chimney-breast) on Radio 4 years ago!
Round and round and round it goes, where it
stops; everyone knows . . . Hogwarts academy of geeky weirdoes!
Hornby still have a lot of support for the franchise, but how long that
will last is anyone's guess as I think it's fair to say the popularity of Harry Potter is on the wane, and while I
understand it's kept alive with stage-plays, 'Extraordinary Beasts' and DVD boxed-sets, that will only carry it
(the franchise) so far?
The Hornby Group's subsidiary brand of Corgi also have Harry Potter stuff, I don't know if it fits in with the OO-gauge
compatibility of the Hornby sets, but assume it looks the part, although I'm
guessing the gauge on the Corgi
locomotive is 'carpet-gauge' not a scale 4 feet 1½-inches
(13.17mm to 1 metre) or an actual 16.5mm between wheels? It certainly won't be
powered.
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