Our KMart Insider sent us

Apr 04, 2001

Posted by: bkdelongTLC

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Our KMart Insider sent us an email with a few more details about the Rubies Costumes in relation to a previous post we did:

The costume sets look pretty nice- tho the wands and broomsticks look way too chunky and cartoonish for my tastes. The real props for the movie look very “real”, but the costume versions do accurately reflect a cartoon version of the actual prop. Hermiones wand has the light colored handle, Ron’s wand is suitably ragged and worn looking, looking, the third wand there depicts Harrys, if I recall correctly.

The mask is a good depiction of what Flitwick looks like- I didn’t see the actual flitwick mask, but that picture looks much like the still from the movie. I did get to see the Hagrid Mask, and it looks much better than the flitwick mask, in my opinion. If the production masks and costumes look as good as the pre-production samples, you are all going to be thrilled!

I wasn’t impresses by the pictures of McGonnagall’s robes (A funny looking print pattern) Dumbledores robes (Again, a print is a poor substitute for the rich brocade of the actual costume) but the Hagrid costumes were Ok, and the Snape, Hermione, and Harry stuff was pretty good for “off the shelf” costumes. (Speaking as an avid costumer!)

The accessories were what I thought was the best- Robe clasps with “H”‘ on each side, and Broomsticks and wands, that while chunky and cartoonish (Probably for safety- I can just hear some mom yelling “You’ll put your eye out with that thing!”) the detail is really nice. Masks and/or wigs are also available to go with each costume- even Hermione’s bushy hair!

I guess that’s what impressed me about most of the merchandise- Detail! everything had a lot more detail in it than you usually see in merchandise of this type. Lots of attention to detail, even to getting the colors of things correct. Lots of little details and accessories with the toys- I wish I could say more!

I didn’t see any pictures of Troll or goblin costumes- Can’t help there!





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