HP merchandise & "Dobby" as an adjective

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--- 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. Johnson's and Johnson's
> shampoo with a lightning bolt hole in the bottle.   

My brother made the mistake of giving this to my son.  His son is 23 
now, so I guess he's out of touch with 9-year-olds, but boys this 
age do NOT want to get shampoo for a gift, even with Harry Potter's 
picture on it.

> Wands made of various types of wood, in various lengths, containing
> "unicorn" (horse) hairs and "phoenix" (peacock) feathers and such, 
> in dusty old Ollivander's boxes.

Now THAT would be great.  Except, of course, you really wouldn't 
know or be able to see what's inside the wands.

> Pet owls.  Real ones.

Someone already mentioned the problems with this.  Unfortunately, 
there's no such thing as "real" post owls.

> Size 2 pewter cauldrons. 

Another person mentioned pewter melting too easily.  Isn't this why 
Neville keeps going through cauldrons?

> Golden snitches with wings.  Real fliers, if possible (pull the 
> string and off it goes...).

Er, liability nightmare.  Decent in-house counsel would never let a 
company produce this.  (Not if they moved as fast as it's depicted 
in the film.)

> A battered sorting hat.

I've seen a couple of really cheesy-looking versions.  Nothing good 
so far.

> Seeds for a wizard's garden (Aconite and other actual plants)

Perhaps Burpee should put together a package?

> Lots and lots of woolen socks, including Dobby colors.

Easy--just don't match up your socks. <g>  This is a term we use 
around our house now for mismatched socks: Dobby socks!  Plus, my 
husband is terrible about losing gloves, and come the cold weather, 
we have to go through the large wicker basket of hats, scarves and 
gloves we keep by the front door to find an actual pair for him to 
wear (he especially tends to lose his right gloves).  This time, we 
found him a left glove that was green and a right glove that was 
black, so that's what he's using at the moment.  He held out his 
hands to our daughter to show her what he was wearing, and she 
immediately responded, "Daddy!  You have Dobby gloves!"
 
--Barb

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