My 2020 Funko Harry Potter advent calendar arrived yesterday and I was really excited to see what was included this year. This is the third year that Funko has released a Christmas set, and my hope before opening it was that it would be 100% holiday-themed.

I’m not going to lie, I was disappointed. None of the three sets are truly holidayish​. The 2019 set probably came closest because the figures were dressed for Yule Ball festivities, but I want Christmas. The 2020 set is about half what I wanted and half small versions of previous releases that have nothing to do with the holiday season, and one or two new figures that aren’t holiday-related and haven’t been released as a larger figure.

My set included a duplicate of Dobby. I remember that previous sets has problems with duplicates but until now I was fortunate enough to get all unique figures in mine. I’m disappointed to discover that duplicates remain a problem this year. I sent an email to Funko to see if I can get Crookshanks, the figure that I’m missing, and will follow up with their response.

Update: Funko gave me a response. They said that they couldn’t do anything and that I needed to go back to wherever I bought the calendar from. In my case, I bought it from GameStop and they were great. They ordered another calendar for me and they did an exchange. I wish people luck who also got duplicates in getting the missing piece(s).​

Below are the pictures from my set. Someone shared her picture of Crookshanks with me. Dobby was in day 6 and day 10 in my set, but that wasn’t where Crookshanks was for the woman who helped me with her picture. This tells me that Funko is not consistent with who is in each day. If so, that explains why there are problems with duplicates.

Additionally, the paint on several of my figures is not very good. For example, the purple paint on Day 5’s Dumbledore bled into the brown of his hat, and Day 9’s Severus Snape has a spot on his nose that looks like a nose piercing. I think Funko needs to work on their quality control.

Below are the figures as I opened them in my set. Keep in mind that the figures in your set might vary from mine.

Ron Weasley

This is a very Christmasy Ron. He’s wearing a green cap, similar to a took, and is holding a Christmas cracker.

Harry Potter

This is a very Christmasy Harry. He’s dressed for winter, including a scarf. He’s holding a golden owl, which I assume is supposed to be Hedwig, but I’ll be honest. I don’t understand why Harry is holding a golden owl, since this isn’t something from the books or movies.

Hedwig

Does Hedwig look a bit fuzzy in this picture? That’s because she is! Harry’s owl is one of two flocked animals, and she looks even cuter in person than in this picture.

Hermione Granger

Hermione Granger is ready for Christmas. She is casually dressed, with a purple scarf, and is holding a present.

Albus Dumbledore and Baby Harry Potter

Here we have Albus Dumbledore holding baby Harry Potter. This is the first time we’ve seen a Funko Harry as an infant.

Dobby

Dobby is seen here holding a sock. I got a duplicate of this figure for days 6 and day 10, so I’m not sure if this is really supposed to be Dobby’s day or Crookshanks’s day (the figure that I’m missing).

Fred Weasley

Fred is seen here wearing the ‘F’ sweater that his mother knitted for him as a Christmas gift.

Fang

Hagrid’s boarhound, Fang, is seen here. He is not flocked like two of the animals are.

Severus Snape

This is professor Severus Snape, wearing the robes he was often seen in while teaching.

Crookshanks

This is the figure that I was missing, so someone else allowed me to use her picture. Like Fang, Hermione’s cat is not flocked.

Minerva McGonagall

Professor McGonagall is wearing her emerald green cloak and matching hat.

Harry Potter

This version of Harry has him holding his invisibility cloak, which was given to him on his first Christmas at Hogwarts.

Albus Dumbledore

This is Headmaster Dumbledore, looking every bit like a wise old wizard.

Draco Malfoy

Draco Malfoy is seen here wearing his Slytherin house robe.

Hermione Granger

This is Hermione after her polyjuice transformation went terribly wrong. She understood after this happened why you don’t use polyjuice potion to transform into an animal.

Ginny Weasley

Ginny is wearing her Gryffindor house clothes, but no robe.

Luna Lovegood

Luna Lovegood is wearing her spectrespecs glasses, holding a Quibbler, and has her dirigible plum earrings.

George Weasley

Like his twin, George is wearing the ‘G’ sweater that his mother, Molly, made for him.

Neville Longbottom

Neville is seen wearing his Gryffindor house robe and holding the Monster Book of Monsters.

Fawkes

Dumbledore’s phoenix is the second and last animal of the four that is flocked. This might be my favorite of all 24 figures.

Ron Weasley

Ron loved his mother but he didn’t like the sweaters that she made him. Here he is wearing the ‘R’ sweater that Molly gave him for Christmas.

Rubeus Hagrid

Hagrid was able to carry a tree entirely by himself, which he is seen holding here. The tree will be brought into the Great Hall of Hogwarts castle, to be used as a Christmas tree.

Albus Dumbledore

Dumbledore is seen here wearing a robe and hat that makes him look like Father Christmas. He is holding a present wrapped in silver paper.

Harry Potter

It should come as no surprise that the final figure is Harry wearing the ‘H’ sweater that Molly Weasley made for him for his first Christmas at Hogwarts.

So, there you go, all 24 figures of the 2020 Harry Potter Funko advent calendar. Now I’m going to share a few more pictures. The first one is the adorable red and green packaging that each figure is wrapped in. One thing confused me about these, though. Some were crinkly plastic, while others were softer plastic, and there was no consistency as to why some were crinkly and others weren’t.

Here is the front and back of the box for this year’s calendar.

The front panel of the box has a velcro tab. When you open the panel, it folds down, exposing the 24 doors and gives you a place to set the figures as you open them. You might want to invest in some museum putty to keep your figures from falling over because they are top-heavy. That’s what I use to keep mine from toppling over.

What do you think? Will you buy this? Which figure is your favorite? Mine is the flocked Fawkes.