[HPFGU-OTChatter] WB missing out on a lot of merchandising

[Heidi Tandy]

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 2:54 am, elady25 wrote:
> Ok, so I do not understand why there is not more licensed HP
> merchandise out there.  They do a few toys and some T-shirts for the
> kids, and that's about it. 

JKR has a lot of say over what's been created. She's turned down things 
she things are stupid, inapropriate, etc. I spoke with WB about the lack 
of stuff for grownups about 2+ years ago and now, we finally have some 
gorgeous stuff at noblecollection.com - but still, there's no line of 
bath potions by Snape.

You should check out HPWizardStore and if you're near LA, Whimsic Alley, 
their real shop on Wiltshire. And if you want a wolly hat like the one 
Hermione wears in PoA, I can give you the name of someone who'll knit 
one. And HPwizardStore has ornaments, too - I've been buying HP-themed 
ones at Hallmark for five seasons now.

There's links to more store-stuff on FictionAlley's Shopping in 
Hogsmeade forum, about 2/3 of the way down at 
http://www.fictionalley.org/fictionalleypark/forums.