[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: HP toys

[Marita Jan]

What do you mean by "Japan website"?  Do you have a URL?
   
  Thanks.
   
  MJ

Tonks <tonks_op at yahoo.com> wrote:
          First there is a place to get HP things for adults. Robes, hats and 
so on. Order of Merlin at www.orderofmerlin.com has custom make 
robes. They have official McGonagall, DD, hats too. I have a robe 
from there and I love it.

Also the place to get the really cool HP stuff is, I am sorry to 
say, Japan. It seems that the HP market over there is very hot. I 
went to the Japan website a year ago and tried to buy somethings 
just by looking at the pictures because I could not read anything. 
But when I put in my address I got a note that they can not ship to 
the U.S.

Finally I did get one of the items that I wanted for 3x the price on 
e-bay. There is a guy from Japan that gets the stuff and sells it 
on e-bay. I have a small Quidditch chest with the beater, bludger, 
snitch, etc. It is really a jewelry box. And very nice. Well made.

About a year ago I did call a contact that I had at WB and he told 
me all about the Japanese market. I said "well the adults in the 
U.S. want this stuff too!". They even sell all of these really cool 
things at the theaters when the movies comes out, which they don't 
do here. Part of the contract with the U.S. theaters is they will 
pull the films if they sell anything in the lobbies. I know some 
places get away with doing that anyway, but they would be in trouble 
with WB if caught. 

I was collecting everything that I could, including the action 
figures. I was disappointed that there wasn't any for the last 
movie. There were a lot of companies that made stuff early on, but I 
think the licensing prices got a bit high and a lot of companies let 
their licenses go. Maybe if WB didn't charge so much for the license 
there would be more merchandise. 

I think that there might be a big push next year with a movie and 
the last book ocming out. But after that I don't expect much in the 
way of new items. The merchandise is tied to the movie releases, not 
to the books, but even so, I expect it to dry up pretty soon.

Tonks



         

 		
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