Lots of good news today. Enesco is now showing their second edition Harry Potter collectibles including Wall Plaques (including Harry, Ron, Hermione, Gryffindor and Hogwarts), 22 new collectors stones, sculptured character mugs (Harry, Ron, Hermione and Hedwig), Magic Trinket Boxes (Mirror of Erised, Fat Lady Portrait, Gringotts, Scabbers in a book, Norbert in an Egg, …read more!

Great News! It looks like Borders.com has received an official release date for “Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts” and “Where to Find Them” – I got the following note: I’m writing to you in regards to your order, [old order number], for “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” and “Quidditch Through the …read more!

Forbes names Hasbro as their “Disaster of the Day” and analysts say that they don’t think the “kids” who read Harry Potter” are the same “kids” who play with toys. Yet the licenses Hasbro has are for Candy (Bertie Botts’ Every-Flavor Beans and allegedly the Chocolate Frogs), Hand-held games from Tiger Electronics, and the trading …read more!

Lego subtly announces a new line of 11 LEGO sets based on Harry Potter.

Texas’ University Interscholastic League choose Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone for their 2001 reading selection of their high school literary criticism competition.

Exclusive Casting News! We’ve been given a glimpse of an Official Harry Potter Call Sheet and discovered that Ginny Weasley will be played by Bonnie Wright. We’ve also confirmed that Neville Longbottom will be played by Matthew Lewis and Dean Thomas will be played by Alfie Enoch. We’ve come across 3 other people with no …read more!

Reuters is predicting that Harry Potter will be big at this year’s Toy Fair.

eBay has several props and items from the Harry Potter movie including a wizard cap, a call sheet, wizard money, and one of the envelopes of the letters Harry received from Hogwarts.

According to Empire Online, The London Daily Express is the most recent paper to publish the photo of a Daniel Radcliffe stand-in and claim it to be the actor himself. Unfortunately, the Daily Express is no longer online so I don’t have a copy of the original article. If anyone does, feel free to email …read more!

Another First Edition Harry Potter sells for big – a library bought it for 20 pence ($0.30) and a smart auction-goer bought it for £1500 ($2214). However it could be worth £10,000 ($14,759 ). Yeesh.