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FEBRUARY 9, 2004 at 5:29 PM
Posted by CHEESER
Source: Reuters UK
Manufacturers of children's toys come together
for an annual convention next week at the American International Toy Fair in New York. Harry Potter licensees Mattel, Hasbro and Lego will be present, all hoping for a better year after disappointing industry sales in 2002 and 2003.
A handful of movies coming out in the spring, including sequels to Spider-Man, Shrek and the Harry Potter series, are expected to spawn popular licensed toy lines.
Lego's product line for the Prisoner of Azkaban movie appeared for pre-ordering on ToyWiz in January, but later mysteriously vanished. Thanks to reader Sirius Black (we assume the name is coincidental) and French site La Gazette du Sorcier, we have some images available once again:
USA Today says licensed merchandise, such as those based on popular movies, television shows and characters, comprise 25% to 30% of total toy sales in a year. Spider-Man generated $1 billion in merchandise sales alone.
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Honeydukes Sweetie Pie
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Points: 4710
Keng says:
I love lego! My neighbour (who had every friggin' lego set available ever) and I used to dump all his lego collections on the floor, take turns choosing what we wanted, and then built giant kingdoms, then going to war. It was awesome...
Posted Feb 10, 2004 at 8:47 PM EST
Head Girl
Points: 483
Gemmy says:
The lego recreation of the secenes is amazingly clever!
Posted Feb 10, 2004 at 11:16 PM EST
Professor
Points: 1140
dan's girl says:
Thats a first ....im not excited because i have no interest in toys...
Posted Feb 11, 2004 at 5:06 AM EST
Quidditch Captain
Points: 6166
Alex Seeker says:
Even though I'm completely obsessed with a children's book I don't think I could bring myself to get any of the toys. I wouldn't mind the Hedwig cuddly toy that Professor Lupin has though - it sounds so cute!
Posted Feb 11, 2004 at 8:23 AM EST
Prefect
Points: 308
davie7117 says:
Well I would be buyin the toys to save them as collectors items...
Posted Feb 11, 2004 at 11:18 AM EST
Order of Merlin, 1st Class
Points: 1987
tigerlili_08 says:
Thats interesting, yet a little x-treme for me. Im not exactly a HP lego collector. Im a teen & I dont have
any excuses for owning 1 personally...but then I have a little brother :) Anyways, the Hagrid's Hut, Draco, & Sirius ones seem very cool.
Posted Feb 11, 2004 at 4:30 PM EST
Witch
Points: 977
Butterbeer says:
I need to get those!!! They are soo cool! Id love to have all of them lined up in my home office!
Posted Feb 11, 2004 at 11:41 PM EST
Lethifold
Points: 2862
Snitch Sox says:
As long as Mars don't inflict anymore horrible sweets on us I don't care! Some of them were quite nice but the every flavour beans were diabolical!
Posted Feb 12, 2004 at 3:30 PM EST
Snape's Woman
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Points: 5392
Prof. Andaxia Moonstar says:
Yay - more toys *ahem* collectibles! I am still awaiting word on the action figures - weren't Dueling Club Ron and Hermione supposed to be released last fall? Am hoping there will be a Sirius figure, a McGonagall would be cool too.
Posted Feb 12, 2004 at 11:44 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 2nd Class
Points: 1660
siriusgyal says:
They look so cute.
i would buy them and not use them that's the problem.
Posted Feb 13, 2004 at 6:43 PM EST
Unspeakable
Points: 3920
stocco says:
Yay! I love Harry Potter toys! haha. I'm gonna buy some of those. Haha. It'll be awesome; I know it. Haha.
Posted Mar 23, 2004 at 5:57 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2303
padfoot5312 says:
I think the bus and the train were the best. The others were ok.
Posted May 4, 2004 at 9:06 PM EST
Mediwitch
Points: 2608
nickyole1 says:
The toys are all really cute! My sister and I have some of the LEGOs right now, and they are awesome. Really entertaining!
Posted Jul 26, 2004 at 9:04 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 4th Class
Points: 1247
Matt12 says:
There are so many Harry Potter toys out there. I went down the The WareHouse the other day, (local shopping mall thing) and there were rows of Harry Potter merchandise.
Posted Sep 12, 2004 at 2:31 AM EST
Rickmaniac to the Core
Points: 2564
snaily says:
AVADA KEDAVRA!!
Lord Voldemort has performed a 404 on this page and it cannot be found.
Hahahaha ... this is the message that I blinks on the screen when I try to operate those links! :D
Posted Jul 9, 2008 at 10:08 AM EST
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