HP merchandise I'd like to see

[joanne0012]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "dicentra_spectabilis_alba" <bonnie at n...> wrote:
> I don't know about y'all, but I've been sorely disappointed by the
> nature of the HP merchandise I've seen. 

I've been totally disappointed, too.  The various trinkets and figurines were so 
ugly, I wasn't even tempted.  Oh, well, better for my budget's sake.

> A Hogwarts robe (adult sized, please) with the Hogwarts insignia plus
> a secret pocket for a wand. . . . Those goofy little student hats. . . .  
Gryffindor (or any house) scarves and gloves. . . .Seeds for a wizard's garden 
(Aconite and other actual plants) . . . Lots and lots of woolen socks, including 
Dobby colors. . . McGonagall's emerald robes.

My handy niece is making a tidy fortune churning out witch and wizard hats for 
all and sundry.  She works with a middle-school theater group, and I think that 
pretty soon every kid in the school will have bought one.
> 
> Golden snitches with wings.  Real fliers, if possible (pull the string
> and off it goes...).

Warner Bros. store did have nice-looking snitches with key chains on (mine's 
hanging on the fridge) but they didn't fly.
> 
> Dicentra, who got the shampoo because it was amusing.

All those suggestions were absolutely wonderful (except the live owl).  I think 
Bloomsbury and AOLTimeWarner seriously underestimated the market for 
good-quality well-designed adult stuff.  They've gotten less than $50 out of me 
(including t-shirts we got for $5 when the WB store was closing) whereas we 
would've spent quite a bit on Dobby socks, Hogwarts patches to put on our 
bathrobes, or such.  It seems as though WB has a basic list of items (notebooks 
etc.) that they just plaster with the latest logo and that's that.