Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Harry Potter Souvenirs

This, the latest of my posts about our recent trip to Harry Potter land at the Universal Orlando theme park, is devoted to my souvenir haul. The amount of amazing things for sale in the Potter shops was astounding; believe it or not, what's shown below is only a small sample:


These tiny bottles of Skele-Gro measure just 3 1/4 inches tall. (They were actually keychains.)


 The Monster Book of Monsters was tops on my Need-to-Get souvenir list, and it didn't disappoint. It rolls around, growls, bites, and snaps, just like the "real thing"!

There was a single-page edition of the Quibbler, complete with Spectrespecs, for sale in one of the shops:

Prefects and Department of Magical Law Enforcement officials could get new badges from a display at the end of the castle ride:


Soft and cuddly Pygmy Puffs are as irresistable in real life as they are in the books:


Much less cuddly was Mr. Filch's nemesis, the Fanged Flyer, complete with a Handler's Glove, on sale at Zonkos!


Of course, if you're using a Fanged Flyer, it's good to have an Extendable Ear nearby, in order to hear the outraged shouts of your intended victims, teachers, or mother:


The ear actually works; it has a microphone inside:









Another good item to have handy at all times is a Sneakoscope, which spins and flashes brilliantly at any nearby nefarious activity (or, when you install the batteries and give it a twirl):


No trip to Ollivander's would be complete without a beautifully boxed wand:


All that shopping tends to leave one famished. Good thing Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, Chocolate Frogs, and bottles of Pumpkin Juice were readily obtainable:



7 comments:

  1. I beleive you had tons of fun Tracy!!! You got away with some neat stuff! I could sure use that extendable ear!!! Might come in handy!!
    Hugs,
    Michelle

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  2. Am I to understand that you bought ALL of this stuff? I guess people who buy Mormon missionary dolls aren't in a good position to give you grief about this, much as they might want to.

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  3. Yes I did, and no, you're not. :) I HAVE to get some of those Mormon missionaries figures: just think of the play possibilities involving the chomping Monster Book of Monsters...

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  4. what flavours are there in the bertie botts every flavour beans?

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  5. Most are just normal Jelly Belly flavors, and then there are several HARRY POTTER VARIETIES mixed in:

    banana
    BLACK PEPPER
    blueberry
    BOOGER
    bubble gum
    cherry
    cinnamon
    DIRT
    EAR WAX
    grape jelly
    GRASS
    green apple
    lemon drop
    toasted marshmallow
    buttered popcorn
    SARDINE
    SPINACH
    tutti frutti
    VOMIT
    watermelon

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  6. Oh, such beautiful packaging on the HP candy items! All of it, really. It is so nice that whoever did the design work on this obviously gets the quasi- Victorian aesthetic of the books.

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  7. You mean they have got a booger flavor!? Oh it seems to have been great! The wand and the pumpkin juice sure looks great! And I want a pygmy puff! They look so cute and cuddly!

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