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...millions of children around the world, Harry Potter means fun, adventure and toys, toys, toys...
...recent trip to FAO Schwartz, I couldn’t help but notice the prominent display of Harry Potter merchandise. The front of the store was overflowing with stuffed Hedwigs, electronic Quidditch games, card decks reminiscent of Pokémon and all sorts of gadgets to drive kids mad with desire and send adults reaching for their wallets...
...further exploration of the store, I discovered a second Harry Potter section, just as big, on the second floor. With a table full of Harry Potter Legos and a section in the game board corner dedicated to games and puzzles inspired by the books and upcoming movie, I think it’s safe to say that the wave of Harry Potter merchandising is in full gear. Created by several companies including Mattel and Gund, most of the toys are cute, clever, or at least nicely crafted, as well as pricey. The doll collection is well detailed and, unlike most...
...technology side, the Harry Potter hand-held electronic games are outdated. The tiny, colorless, dot matrix screens are a far cry from the technological genius of a Gameboy Advance, but young children may be lured by the simplicity of the games and the colorful and creative 3-D control pads. The Fluffy Action Game actually snaps the mouth of two of its three heads on the player’s thumbs. “That’s right,” says the packaging, “his mouth could suddenly snap closed and chomp your fingers! If you?...
...Monsters, Inc. the new movie by the Pixar computer animation studio, is about a colony of monsters who teleport themselves into children’s closets and use their screams for energy—a sort of primal, New Economy Where the Wild Things Are. And of course, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, which opens Friday, is about an 11-year-old who discovers his magical heritage and ships off to a school for wizards that resembles an English “public school” in its grammar—but has an enchanting meter...