HP merchandise I'd like to see

[dicentra_spectabilis_alba]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Catherine Keegan <keegan at m...> wrote:
> At 06:34 PM 1/9/02 +0000, you wrote:
> >A Hogwarts robe (adult sized, please) with the Hogwarts insignia plus
> >a secret pocket for a wand.
> 
> http://halloweencostumes4u.com/harrypotter.htm I can't tell from the 
> pictures whether they're worth the money or not.  If you can sew, I
think you'd do better to make it yourself.  
> 
> >Those goofy little student hats.
> 
> These are also easy to make.  
> 
> >Gryffindor (or any house) scarves and gloves.
> 
 Knitting them wouldn't be that hard.   
> 
> >Pet owls.  Real ones.
> 
> You don't want to keep an owl as a pet.  Really.  
>> 
> >Size 2 pewter cauldrons.
> 
> I still wonder at pewter.  Pewter melts at such a low 
> temperature.  
> 
> >Seeds for a wizard's garden (Aconite and other actual plants)
> 
> These are available.  
> 
> I'd be happy with a trip to Flourish and Blotts.  Ollivander's would be 
> nice, too...
> 
> Catherine in California

*sigh*

I don't want to make it myself.  I was only wishing.  I just have to
wonder about the marketing savvy of the HP money-making machine. 
Shouldn't someone be cranking out this "real" paraphernelia instead of
making HP pencils? 

Dicentra, who already knows that people in marketing are too busy
using nouns as verbs to come up with the really good ideas.