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Pssst... anyone want a Nimbus 2000? It's a bargain at £2450 (490 Galleons, according to the Lexicon - I wonder how that compares to wizarding-world prices?), and they'll even throw in a golden snitch.
Or if you don't like flying, how about taking the Knight Bus? Of course, you'll need some money for the fare (though the exchange rate is pretty steep!), unless you have a Gringott's Bank Cheque.
Alternatively, if you know how to get through the station wall, you could take the Hogwart's Express. If you want to know whether it's on time, perhaps a Divination Tea Set will do the job - a snip at $350.
I dread to think how many hours I've wasted over the last few weeks gawping at the wierd and wonderful world of Harry Potter merchandise.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
_lady_narcissa_, I blame you for this. ;) After we were chatting about [not] making clothes for Lucius (wouldn't want his manorial wardrobe to be empty, after all) I began to wonder whether Lucius dolls actually existed, and what costume would be used. So I went to Google, and... well. It wasn't quite like 25 months ago when I put in "Lucius Malfoy" (having never even heard of the fandom) and was left goggling at the Lucius/Tom, Lucius/Snape and Lucius/James porn, but I couldn't believe what was out there:
- A PoA!Hermione style belt, or if that's not Hermione!Sue enough, a Hermione Hand Mirror. (Perhaps she got it at the end of term so she would always know what her hair looked like at the back?)
- A Monster Book of Monsters Book Cover - cute tentacles and plush teeth galore (though to me there's something a tad... disturbing about the inside view).
- A Harry Potter Cutlery Set with optional added pyjamas (!) I guess that's to go with the Prisoner of Azkaban Pillow, which sadly doesn't seem to come with performance-enhancing drugs for animal-noise aficionados.
- Erm, Harry Potter thimbles. (Why?!)
- Dumbledore's nine-handed watch
- A Sorting Hat ("one size fits all")
- and more wall plaques, snowglobes, autographs and costume cards (whatever they are) than you could shake a broomstick at.
As for Lucius, I never found a doll (which is probably just as well, really), though Dobby is available. Well, I suppose Lucius really isn't that cuddly (much as many of us would wish otherwise). There's always the lego version (available with or without cape, hair and, erm, legs, but though lego!Lucius has the requisite evil grin, he does lack something of Jason Isaacs' je ne sais quoi. Not to mention fingers.
I was gobsmacked when I found out that snake-headed canes are actually available, after two years of wishing for yone - there was rather a glut of them before Christmas, though they seem to have crawled back to their snakey-holes now.
What amazes me about all this stuff - apart from the sheer variety of items clamoring to sate our consumerist conditioning - is why so much of it is only available in Japan. It's not as if no one in the US, UK or elsewhere wouldn't want any of it, and it's most unlike WB not to maximise a profit-making opportunity. I wonder if JKR has something to do with that, given that she's said she gets to vet all the proposed merchandise? (I'm still regretting the loss of the Moaning Myrtle toilet seat. ;)
Disclaimer: I am not associated with any of the above auctions! Links provided for entertainment purposes only. ;)
Or if you don't like flying, how about taking the Knight Bus? Of course, you'll need some money for the fare (though the exchange rate is pretty steep!), unless you have a Gringott's Bank Cheque.
Alternatively, if you know how to get through the station wall, you could take the Hogwart's Express. If you want to know whether it's on time, perhaps a Divination Tea Set will do the job - a snip at $350.
I dread to think how many hours I've wasted over the last few weeks gawping at the wierd and wonderful world of Harry Potter merchandise.
_lady_narcissa_, I blame you for this. ;) After we were chatting about [not] making clothes for Lucius (wouldn't want his manorial wardrobe to be empty, after all) I began to wonder whether Lucius dolls actually existed, and what costume would be used. So I went to Google, and... well. It wasn't quite like 25 months ago when I put in "Lucius Malfoy" (having never even heard of the fandom) and was left goggling at the Lucius/Tom, Lucius/Snape and Lucius/James porn, but I couldn't believe what was out there:- A PoA!Hermione style belt, or if that's not Hermione!Sue enough, a Hermione Hand Mirror. (Perhaps she got it at the end of term so she would always know what her hair looked like at the back?)
- A Monster Book of Monsters Book Cover - cute tentacles and plush teeth galore (though to me there's something a tad... disturbing about the inside view).
- A Harry Potter Cutlery Set with optional added pyjamas (!) I guess that's to go with the Prisoner of Azkaban Pillow, which sadly doesn't seem to come with performance-enhancing drugs for animal-noise aficionados.
- Erm, Harry Potter thimbles. (Why?!)
- Dumbledore's nine-handed watch
- A Sorting Hat ("one size fits all")
- and more wall plaques, snowglobes, autographs and costume cards (whatever they are) than you could shake a broomstick at.
As for Lucius, I never found a doll (which is probably just as well, really), though Dobby is available. Well, I suppose Lucius really isn't that cuddly (much as many of us would wish otherwise). There's always the lego version (available with or without cape, hair and, erm, legs, but though lego!Lucius has the requisite evil grin, he does lack something of Jason Isaacs' je ne sais quoi. Not to mention fingers.
I was gobsmacked when I found out that snake-headed canes are actually available, after two years of wishing for yone - there was rather a glut of them before Christmas, though they seem to have crawled back to their snakey-holes now.
What amazes me about all this stuff - apart from the sheer variety of items clamoring to sate our consumerist conditioning - is why so much of it is only available in Japan. It's not as if no one in the US, UK or elsewhere wouldn't want any of it, and it's most unlike WB not to maximise a profit-making opportunity. I wonder if JKR has something to do with that, given that she's said she gets to vet all the proposed merchandise? (I'm still regretting the loss of the Moaning Myrtle toilet seat. ;)
Disclaimer: I am not associated with any of the above auctions! Links provided for entertainment purposes only. ;)
