[HPFGU-OTChatter] HP-shopping in London

GulPlum hp at plum.cream.org
Sat May 10 15:08:55 UTC 2003


Richelle wrote in answer to my previous comments:

>Hmm.  Okay, so what is your projected outlook for, say, next June (2004)?  If
>PoA really is released then, will that make it easier to find HP stuff or 
>will
>they still keep in until Christmas?  That's when my trip is currently planned
>for.

My projected outlook? In a word (or, rather) two: "very good". :-)

Just because PoA will be a summer rather then Christmas release, doesn't 
mean that the shops will wait until Christmas to do their merchandising. I 
expect it's the same in the USA. The amount of coverage the film's release 
will have and thus the opportunities for publicising new toys, etc, far 
outweighs the benefits that come from the Christmas season.

I would expect that big shops in the UK will go HP crazy about a week 
before the movie's release, although character figures such as Sirius or 
Remus probably won't hit the shelves until the weekend of the movie's 
release (considering both characters are spoilers of themselves).

As the in the USA, new movies come out on Fridays, although PoA will 
probably follow the previous HP movies' lead and have a massive "preview" 
release the weekend before, so the merchandising drive will be timed to 
coincide with that.

As for the exact release date, nobody knows (and if WB have plans already, 
they've not told anyone yet), although I would guess at either next years' 
equivalent of this weekend (mid-May) or not until schools in the USA are 
out (mid June; British schools aren't out until mid July).

--
GulPlum AKA Richard, wondering if the only new toys will be a Shrieking 
Shack and Firebolt.





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