Reader Greg Benninger has just informed us that all the Mattel Harry Potter Action Figures are up for pre-order at Amazon as well. Most of them have pictures and all of them are $9.99 and will be available starting October 10th. Gryffindor Harry Quidditch Harry Gryffindor Ron Gryffindor Hermione Professor Snape Slytherin Malfoy Headmaster Dumbledore …read more!

While we still haven’t heard from Newsround regarding the CBBC Prom in the Park announcement, they just added a new article with exclusive pictures from Chamber of Secrets – the Hogwarts Express.

Ali WildGoose from Diagon Alley has written A Newbie’s Guide to the Harry Potter Fandom which includes some alternative views on slash fiction.

BBC Newsround sent us this news about the music for the Harry Potter movie and says “stay tuned”: Sometime today there’ll also be a big announcement about the Harry Potter music and the CBBC Prom in the Park. Empire Online speculates that it may be a live performance of the Harry Potter score.

Reuters reports that the Hogwarts Express got stuck at Banavie station near Fort William on its way to West Highland in Scotland where filming for Chamber of Secrets was to begin. You can see pictures of the West Highland train line at RailScot.

Thomas de Veen from Zweinstein Club sent us a new picture from the movie:

GREAT NEWS! You can now pre-order the Harry Potter Movie Soundtrack from Amazon.com due out October 30th. Get yours today! (Thanks to reader Greg Benninger).

Wizards of the Coast has its first chat about the Harry Potter Trading Card Game on Thursday….PoJo.com was smart enough to get ahold of a log of the chat.

According to Nurice and Majandriah from The Harry Potter Connection, a secret message on the James & Oliver Phelps Web site says that it will launch on September 10th. “Alright, guys, if you’ve been there(James & Oliver Phelp’s[Fred & George Weasley] site) recently- you’ll see this. : TOAIPHTLTHEOH2ETORH : BE : EENH1TTSWAALHYESBU : Okay, well, …read more!

According to CountingDown.com, HarryPotterFun.com and the UEWFC have come together to create Emma Watson Online, the premier fan site for the girl portraying Hermione Granger in the upcoming movie. The site is set to launch September 10th.