Department 56

[Brooks R]

No: HPFGUIDX 1868

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer 
<linsenma at h...> wrote:
> Hi --
> 
> Scott wrote:
> 
> > Brooks wrote-
> > > I think I am going to have to get at least Hermione on the
stack 
of
> > > books - I'm in love with the picture.
> >
> > Excuse me but did you say Picture!?!?!  If so where is a link?  I
> > love Dept. 56 and can't wait to buy the pieces but in the latest
> > catalogue there was no pictures and so I'm a bit confused.
> 
> My local Hallmark store had a copy of a brochure (slick purple 
paper)
> from Dept 56 that showed pictures of the 6 figurines they'll be
> distributing this fall.   (snip)

> . . . I haven't found anything online myself, and my store only had 
the
> one copy of this brochure (so naturally they were reluctant for me 
to
> leave with it). 


Sounds like exactly what I saw.  For the one big item, with three 
figures and a background, they had covered over the price and just
had 
a note about taking advance reserve orders.  And indeed they had only 
the one copy which was in a Lucite display thing on the counter.

I have no idea if the store I go to to see this is a national chain
or 
not; it is called Graham's Crackers.  Half of it is full of Christmas 
decorations of various quality and expense, 1/6 or so of it is the 
Department 56 houses; and various other seasonal and decorative stuff 
fills the rest. 

My nearest-to-work Hallmark store (which is also a bookstore of 
the Bookland chain) still has the gap in the middle of the ornament 
display which looks like the HP stuff may go there.  I have a feeling 
I am going to be buying an unusually large number of ornaments this 
year, because the Seven of Nine and Maleficent ornaments look so
cool, 
as well as GI Joe in the Spacesuit, and a few more.....

-Brooks