Merchandise sneak preview

[Ellen & John Anglin]

No: HPFGUIDX 15918

Well, yes, those are the costumes I saw yesterday- since they are out 
on the web, I guess I can say more about them!

The costume sets look pretty nice- tho the wands and broomsticks look 
way too chunky and cartoonish for my tastes.  The real props for the 
movie look very "real", but the costume versions do accurately 
reflect a cartoon version of the actual prop.  Hermiones wand has the 
light colored handle, Ron's wand is suitably ragged and worn looking, 
looking, the third wand there depicts Harrys, if I recall correctly.

The mask is a good depiction of what Flitwick looks like- I didn't 
see the actual flitwick mask, but that picture looks much like the 
still from the movie.  I did get to see the Hagrid Mask, and it looks 
much beter than the flitwick mask, in my opinion.  If the production 
masks and costumes look as good as the pre-production samples, you 
are all going to be thrilled!

I wasn't impresses by the pictures of McGonnagal robes (A funny 
looking print pattern) Dumbledores robes (Again, a print is a poor 
substitute for the rich brocade of the actual costume) but the Hagrid 
costumes wure Ok, and the Snape, Hermione, and Harry stuff was pretty 
good for "off the shelf" costumes. (Speaking as an avid costumer!)

The accessories were what I thought was the best- Robe clasps 
with "H"' on each side, and Broomsticks and wands, that while chunky 
and cartoonish (Probably for safety- I can just hear some mom 
yelling "You'll put your eye out with that thing!")  the detail is 
really nice. Masks and/or wigs are also available to go with each 
costume- even Hermione's bushy hair!  

I guess that's what impressed me about most of the merchandise- 
Detail!  everything had a lot more detail in it than you usually see 
in merchandise of this type.  Lots of attention to detail, even to 
getting the colors of things correct. Lots of little details and 
accessories with the toys- I wish I could say more!

I didn't see any pictures of Troll or goblin costumes- Can't help 
there!

Ellen

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "B.K. DeLong" <bkdelong at p...> wrote:
> At 05:45 PM 04/03/2001 +0000, you wrote:
> >In the scene with Hermione floating the feather, Flitwick is 
standing
> >off to the left, on top of his desk, coaching the class.  Flitwick 
is
> >bald, with full muttonchop whiskers- very distictive looking.  He
> >reminds me of an illustration I once saw of an aged Bilbo Baggins.
> 
> Let me guess - this is what he looked like:
> http://www.hollywood-costumes.com/pics/flitwick.jpg
> 
> >I can also say that Wands, in the movie, have definate handles.
> >Hermiones handle is lighter colored than the shaft of the wand,
> >shaped slightly, and with a ridge where it joins onto the handle.
> 
> Again, like this?
> http://www.hollywood-costumes.com/pics/wands.jpg
> (left-to-right - Harry's, Ron's, and Hermione's)
> 
> For anyone who's wondering WHAT the above are, Rubies Costumes is 
doing the 
> entire Harry Potter line of costumes this season:
> http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2001_03_18_archive.html#2856793
> 
> According to various reports, there are more masks to come 
including the 
> troll, Snape, goblins etc. I have to admit, I'm pretty impressed 
with the 
> detail.
> 
> --
> B.K. DeLong
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