LEGO Harry Potter 75979 Hedwig

LEGO Harry Potter set 75979 “Hedwig” was released in 2020 and represents Harry Potter’s owl. It belongs to the Harry Potter theme, contains 630 pieces, and focuses on a recognizable subject from the licence.

Set 75979 is built around Hedwig, the owl closely associated with Harry Potter in the series. Within the LEGO Harry Potter theme, it differs from castle rooms and story scenes by presenting a single animal character as the main model.

The build is centred on the owl’s shape and visual identity, keeping Hedwig as the focus rather than using a large surrounding setting.

The set can be used for display while still fitting into a play based Harry Potter collection through the included minifigure. Among sets from the same theme, it works as a companion piece to locations, vehicles, and narrative builds, offering a creature focused subject instead.

Inventory of set 75979

The inventory of set 75979 lists 630 pieces, spare parts excluded: 167 different lots (one shape in one color) for 134 part shapes. The box also contains 15 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 75979

Main color: white, making up 43% of the parts, followed by black (18%) and reddish brown (9.8%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 75979

127 of the 134 part shapes in this set have their own page on Setopedia, with their colors, element numbers and the other sets that use them. See all LEGO parts

Exclusive parts in set 75979

2 part shapes in set 75979 appear in no other set in the catalog, most often printed elements, stickers or molds specific to the model. If one gets lost, you will need to look for it individually, for example on BrickLink, rather than in another set.

Rebuilding set 75979 from another set

Share of the parts of set 75979 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

No similarly sized set goes above 28%: the model relies on a little-shared assortment, most of which has to be gathered piece by piece.

Size of set 75979 within its line

With 630 pieces, set 75979 ranks #62 out of 186 Harry Potter sets in our database, which have an average of 672 parts. Among the 490 sets released in 2020, it ranks #85.