Chase of Harrypotter7.net tells us that the first Bloomsbury newsletter has just been sent out (Bloomsbury is the British publisher of the HP series). The paperback edition of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire will be released on July 6th 2001 in Britain, and to celebrate its release they are giving away a copy …read more!

I have added a full series of stills from the EA Games Trailer to The Harry Potter Galleries. Great pics!!!

Kurt S. Adler has a new series of Harry Potter Ornaments and Figurines for the next holiday season out. Harry Potter with gifts Ron and one of Molly’s famous hand-knitted sweaters Hagrid on Sirius’ motorbike Ron, Harry and Hermione in Potions Lesson Hagrid carrying a christmas tree Harry on his Nimbus 2000 Harry with a …read more!

A bit of old news but still something I haven’t seen before. The Unofficial Harry Potter Fan Club has a picture of what appear to be collectible statuettes like what you might see at Hallmark. Each comes with what looks like small chit (chip) and some sort of identification card. Click on the picture below …read more!

Forbes Magazine has published a Harry Potter Merchandise preview today… some excerpts: The Harry Potter book series has already turned out to be gold mine for publisher Scholastic . Potter books accounted for roughly 10%, or $200 million of Scholastic’s total sales, in its most recent fiscal year ended in May. Well, it’s nothing like …read more!

Here’s some concept art we received a couple of months ago from Wizards of the Coast for their Harry Potter “Trading Card Game” (TCG). It’s titled “Out of the Woods” – frankly, I’m not impressed. I was expecting shots from the movie on the cards. This was early-April (when we posted the other card) so …read more!

We learned from Sylvan Lane Shoppe’s Deb Martino that the Toy Fare Magazine photo came with two letter’s to the editor. One was just plain juvenile and stupid. But here’s the first: I’d like to take a minute to express my disappointment with the Harry Potter toys coming out this year. It’s not that I’m …read more!

I decided to ignore the stationary, bookbags and other boring merchandise on the Danish Hasbro Web site, but here’s a few more things Nicolai translated for us that I thought was interesting: Fluffy Action Game – An electronic game where you have to help Harry Potter in his search for the Sorcerer’s Stone. You have …read more!

Thanks to loyal fan Nicolai Vittrup, we have a sneak peak at the toy line coming from Hasbro including their Tiger Toys, Cap Candy, and Koosh brands. Nicholai was also nice enough to help translate the Danish (I’ve added some extra details). The below images include (in order): Harry Potter Book of Spells (English version) …read more!

Reader Liza Garcia emailed us this picture of a new Harry Potter action figure found in ToyFare Magazine. Looking back at some of the pictures from this year’s Toy Fair we see an exact match in what appears to be the Hogwarts 3-D Game.