HP Toy ideas (was: Stuffed Snitches, other gaak)

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No: HPFGUIDX 11709

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Dave Hardenbrook <DaveH47 at m...> wrote:

> Is it my imagination, or are they being spectacularly unimaginative
> in the toys/games they're coming out with?  Seems like they're
> just taking old saws and forcing them into Harry Potter mold.
> 
> Here's some ideas I just happened to think of, in case T-W
> is listening (doubt it):
> 
> -- A Quidditch board game -- Sort of like chess, but with
>       Quidditch players/balls and moves that reflect the rules
>        of the #1 wizard sport.
> 
> -- The Weasley's clock -- Set it so that the hands tell you
>       when it's "Time to go to school", "time to eat", etc.
> 
> -- Snape's chemistry set -- The Potions master teaches the
>       "magic" of chemistry.
> 
> -- Moody's chest -- I remember when I was a kid in the 70's
>        there were these things called "strange change", where
>        you'd open it and it showed one thing, then when you closed
>        it a mechanism rotated the insides, so when you opened
>        it again it showed something completely different.  So how
>        about a "strange change" Moody's chest: Opening it successive
>        times reveals invisibility cloaks, potions, foe glasses, 
and....
>        Moody himself!
> 
> Anyone who has creative ideas they want to add to my list, please 
do...
>                                                  -- Dave

Okay....
-Quidditch video game- We may yet see this one, in time for the movie 
release; I'd prefer a PC version because 1)The graphics are superior, 
and 2) I don't own a game console (Needless to say, I won't be buying 
one until I'm sure what platform(s) this game will be on!)

-Flying car model kit- just as it sounds, a 1/25 scale plastic model 
kit of a Ford Anglia 105E, prepainted as a turquoise Deluxe, with 
Harry, Ron and Hedwig figures and a flight stand. (Police equipment 
and decals to replicate Neil's current alternate form optional.)

-Real, working Quidditch balls and fly-on-'em-yourself broomsticks. 
(Well, a guy can dream, can't he?)