76384 Hogwarts Moments: Herbology Class.
This is my favorite of the Harry Potter sets I've had.
Like the Hufflepuff House Banner, it belongs to a series of folding sets.
This series, Hogwarts Moments, depicts classes that Harry attends.
But the minifigures that come with Herbology Class don't include Harry and his two best friends. Instead, we have Cedric Diggory and Neville Longbottom, along with Professor Pomona Sprout.
Here they are pulling up a shrieking mandrake. Whoops, the boys aren't wearing their earmuffs.
Within the folding set, there are smaller foldable parts.
For example, this grey table folds up when you want to put it away. Right now, there's a book and a parchment about mandrakes on the table.
Next to the table is a wooden cupboard. You can store the book in there.
Attached to the central "pillar," or book hinge, is a circular lamp (on its own hinge), tiny plants, and a shovel.
The stickered wall (above right) shows the Fat Friar ghost peeking out from a window.
You also have a golden water tap and bucket, set in a small, free-standing build (lower left of the photo above).
"BE AWARE" says the door sign.
The windowed walls can be folded up neatly, like so:
When you want to pack up the set, you mount the pumpkin patch and water tap sections onto the folded central walls.
It's all very compact.
On the book cover, there's a detailed school crest and, less visibly, pretty gold patterns all over the cover.
The back is plain. See the four round pieces on the margins. Those are for connecting to other Hogwarts Moments sets, so you can display them like they're back-to-back classrooms.
I totally love this set, but one flaw it has--also present in the House Banner series--is that there's no space to store minifigures within.
You'll have to settle for standing the minifigs upon studs on top.
I enjoy fiddling with the folding features of Herbology Class, and it's fun to pack it up into a nicely compact book. It turns a static display piece into something more dynamic.
This might be the best of the Hogwarts Moments sets, not least of all for the number of moveable parts. And I suspect that other fans agree it's the best, because copies of Herbology Class tend to be priced higher than the other classroom sets on the resale market.
Being a retired product it was of course marked up, but I thought it worth paying 6,500 yen. Later, I let it go for 6,000 yen, which meant a 70% return after deducting fees. I'll miss having it!