![]() As of February 2023, the books have sold more than 600 million copies worldwide, making them the best-selling book series in history, and have been available in 85 languages. They have attracted a wide adult audience as well as younger readers, and are widely considered cornerstones of modern literature. ![]() Since the release of the first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, on 26 June 1997, the books have found immense popularity, positive reviews, and commercial success worldwide. Major themes in the series include prejudice, corruption, madness, and death. A series of many genres, including fantasy, drama, coming-of-age fiction, and the British school story (which includes elements of mystery, thriller, adventure, horror, and romance), the world of Harry Potter explores numerous themes and includes many cultural meanings and references. The series was originally published in English by Bloomsbury in the United Kingdom and Scholastic Press in the United States. The main story arc concerns Harry's conflict with Lord Voldemort, a dark wizard who intends to become immortal, overthrow the wizard governing body known as the Ministry of Magic, and subjugate all wizards and Muggles (non-magical people). The novels chronicle the lives of a young wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The Noble Collection is a US company but most of its items are avaialble in the UK by a variety of stockists including my own store.Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by British author J. The Noble Collection also have a range of wand displays and stands to accompany the wands giving you a wide variety of display options. Wands from characters with smaller roles in the movies can only be found in the standard character range. The Ollivanders range also include some of the other characters such as Sirius Black and Voldemort. The central characters of Harry, Ron, Hermione and Dumbledore all have their wands recreated in the guises mentioned above. Despite being plastic they are still finished nicely and look close to the movie versions. The wand brightness can be controlled by a button on the wand handle. ![]() These wands are made of plastic and are thicker than the other wands (to house 2 x batteries). They retail at about £27.95.įinally, there is a range of illuminating wands, which simulate the look of the wands when they light up in the movies (Lumos!). This is still a nice box, but not as nice as the Ollivanders one. Slightly cheaper is the same wand but in a standard box. These come with the cold-cast porcelain wand in a screen accurate box, featuring a luxurious interior as well as a name tag and clip. The most screen accurate wand and box is the style that comes with the Ollivanders box. Being made of bronze, they are stronger and heavier then the porcelain versions. Although made of Bronze, these appear to be painted to still look wooden. The most expensive are the bronze wands which are available in either Harry Potter’s or Dumbledore’s models. The Noble Collection offer four types of wands: ![]() This differs to the book measurements, but is supposedly screen accurate. Taking Harry Potter’s wand as an example: The wand weighs around 160 grams and measures 14 inches in length. The porcelain is then hand painted to simulate the look of wood. This enables them to accurately recreate exact models of the wands from the movies. So, The Noble Collection rely on cold-cast porcelain moulded around a metal rod. However, the large scale demand of fans wanting replicas, mean wood would be impractical and too expensive to use. The wands in the movies were made of wood. For example, Luna Lovegood had a particularly pretty wand that as proven popular by collectors. Of course, the central characters (Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Grainger and Dumbledore) are the most popular wand choices, but some stunning wands belong to some of the other lesser known Characters. Every character who wielded a wand had a different design. If you’ve been to the Harry Potter Studio Tour in the UK, you will have been lucky enough to see up close the massive range of wands that were used in the movies. For years, The Noble Collection has produced exact copies of the various wands used by the characters in the movies. Harry Potter Wands are very popular replicas purchased by many fans of both the books and the movies.
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