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Lego Overwatch and a Wild Groot Puppet Are Among the Most Delightful Toys of the Week

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s weekly round-up of the coolest toys we’ve seen draining our wallets for a perpetually growing list of preorders. This week: Bastion the robot gets turned into Lego! Hot Toys is making an Infinity War meme a very expensive reality! Groot gets a disturbingly detailed puppet! And more! Lego Overwatch…

Toys & Collectibles Andrew Liszewski Oct 12

Pottery Barn Is Going to Bankrupt Harry Potter Fans Wanting to Redecorate Like Hogwarts

Almost a year after Pottery Barn revealed a massive collection of Harry Potter-themed paraphernalia, the decor-focused chain is back with new additions to the collection that will have lustful muggles wanting to redecorate all over again. But this isn’t Ikea, and even just a handful of these lavish items is enough to make a bank…

io9 Andrew Liszewski Aug 31

The Harry Potter: A History of Magic Audiobook Will Be Narrated by the Dulcet Tones of Natalie Dormer

If you’ve ever wanted to listen to Natalie Dormer talk about magic, you are about to get very lucky.

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Feel the Hufflepuff Pride in This Clip From the Upcoming Movie Theater Screening of Puffs

The production is readying special US movie theater screenings so more people can take in the magic.

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Lego’s New Hogwarts Great Hall Set Is Going to Magically Drain My Wallet

This isn’t Lego’s first attempt at miniaturizing Harry Potter’s Hogwarts Castle (it’s at least the sixth) and at 878-pieces it’s not the largest version either. But somehow the new Hogwarts Great Hall set stands several Hagrids above all the previous versions by recreating, in wonderful detail, one of the franchise’s best set-pieces. The set features…

Toys & Collectibles Andrew Liszewski Feb 16

The New Wizarding World of Harry Potter Light Show at Universal Studios Looks Spectacular

Walt Disney World has finally opened its Pandora—The World of Avatar attraction in Florida, so Universal Studios is doing what it can to keep tourists flocking to its theme parks. This past weekend Universal Studios Hollywood revealed an amazing nighttime light show at its Wizarding World of Harry Potter, but you don’t need to fly…

io9 Andrew Liszewski May 31

J.K. Rowling Shows Off The International Wizarding World With New Magical Academies

We’ve known about the existence of an international wizarding community in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter universe. Now, in a recent update to Pottermore, she’s revealed the identities of a number of additional magical academies across the world. Writing for Pottermore, Rowling deeply broadened her world, explaining that there are several more magical schools in addition…

io9 Andrew Liptak Jan 31

Which science fiction or fantasy school do you wish you could attend?

Tons of genre stories take place in schools, where students learn to command superpowers and magical abilities, or learn advanced skills in sciences and warfare. Which school do you feel offers the best education—and the best odds for survival? Give us your best argument for the school of your choice—the academics, the faculty, the amenities,…

io9 Lauren Davis Nov 4

This LEGO Hogwarts includes everything from Snape’s classroom to the Chamber of Secrets

Alice Finch’s 400,000-brick LEGO Hogwarts would be impressive enough if she had built just the outside of the grand magical school. But inside, her Hogwarts is even more glorious, containing the rooms and passages Harry Potter traveled in his school days, from the Hogwarts kitchen to the Room of Requirement, creating the perfect sets for…

io9 Lauren Davis Feb 26

Stunning Hogwarts-themed dresses are high fashion magic

Why don dress robes for a Hogwarts ball when you can dazzle your fellow witches and wizards with a showstopping gown? Costume designer Cavalyn exercises the Muggle magic of clothing design with these four gowns, each inspired by one of the Harry Potter Hogwarts houses. Cavalyn, who is known as ~DistantDream on deviantART, used the…

io9 Lauren Davis Aug 11

JK Rowling is building Hogwarts-style treehouses in her back yard

JK Rowling’s children probably get a little bit more of the Hogwarts magic than your average child does, and it looks like Rowling’s latest property improvement project will bring them even more Harry Potter whimsy. Rowling has filed for permission to build a pair of fantasy treehouse towers in her back garden. Rowling filed plans…

io9 Lauren Davis Jul 28

Get dating advice from the ladies of Hogwarts

Now that Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley have been dubbed the highest grossing on-screen couple, it makes sense to turn to Hogwarts for dating advice. The magically gifted ladies are happy to oblige, with one girl from each house giving her advice on approaching that cute girl in your potions class and the hazards of…

io9 Lauren Davis Jan 7

Baby Voldemort toy is the most horrifying thing to come out of the Harry Potter world

Potter Babies! One skilled newborn babydoll artist has made ultra-realistic versions of Harry Potter characters as newborns. Behold the twisted limbs of baby Dobby, the furry face of Baby Remus Lupin, and stare into the snake eyes of Baby Voldemort! Creator and artist Tracy Ann Lister is the hands behind these beings. And while some…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 18

The Original Harry Potter Screen Tests that Started It All

This weekend marks the end of a magical era. We’re bidding a huge farewell to Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Harry Potter, and the rest of the Hogwarts stalwarts. But before we leave Harry Potter’s world forever, let’s take a minute to remember where this all began — with a collection of the original screen tests…

Movies Meredith Woerner and Jonathan Wilkins Jul 15

New Harry Potter Trailer shows off the horrible carnage at the war of Hogwarts

The latest Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 trailer is full of the horrors of all-out magical war. Watch your favorite characters get thrown into the fires of war. Who will live, and who will die? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 opens July 15, 2011. [via Apple]

Movies Meredith Woerner Jun 17

A mother lode of concept art takes you inside Harry Potter’s gorgeous Deathly Hallows animation

Alexis Liddell, the concept artist for Harry Potter’s amazing animated sequence The Tale of the Three Brothers, has released a ton of concept art from the Deathly Hallows short. Get a closer look at death in this extensive gallery. Perhaps one of the biggest surprises in the first half of Harry Potter’s Deathly Hallows was…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 18

What would happen if REAL teenagers went to Hogwarts

Ever curious what Hogwarts would be like if the kids didn’t have to spend most of their time fighting off the Dark Lord? We bet there would have been a lot more butter beer. And it would look like this. Here’s a previous videos the Outcasts did a while ago — it may be silly,…

Movies Meredith Woerner Nov 18

5 new ultra dark Harry Potter clips: war is hell in Hogwarts

A new batch of clips from the first half of the big Harry Potter finale has been released, and everything has changed. Magical charms and childlike innocence have been traded for death, war, rage and fear. Watch. And here’s a fantastic little feature with a lot of new footage: Harry Potter will be in theaters…

Movies Meredith Woerner Nov 10

Hogwarts

Fantastic Beasts Is Probably Dead, As It Should Be

Keep Your Memories, Kill Your Nostalgia

Lego Overwatch and a Wild Groot Puppet Are Among the Most Delightful Toys of the Week

Pottery Barn Is Going to Bankrupt Harry Potter Fans Wanting to Redecorate Like Hogwarts

The Harry Potter: A History of Magic Audiobook Will Be Narrated by the Dulcet Tones of Natalie Dormer

Feel the Hufflepuff Pride in This Clip From the Upcoming Movie Theater Screening of Puffs

Lego’s New Hogwarts Great Hall Set Is Going to Magically Drain My Wallet

The New Wizarding World of Harry Potter Light Show at Universal Studios Looks Spectacular

J.K. Rowling Shows Off The International Wizarding World With New Magical Academies

Which science fiction or fantasy school do you wish you could attend?

This LEGO Hogwarts includes everything from Snape’s classroom to the Chamber of Secrets

Stunning Hogwarts-themed dresses are high fashion magic

JK Rowling is building Hogwarts-style treehouses in her back yard

Get dating advice from the ladies of Hogwarts

Baby Voldemort toy is the most horrifying thing to come out of the Harry Potter world

The Original Harry Potter Screen Tests that Started It All

New Harry Potter Trailer shows off the horrible carnage at the war of Hogwarts

A mother lode of concept art takes you inside Harry Potter’s gorgeous Deathly Hallows animation

What would happen if REAL teenagers went to Hogwarts

5 new ultra dark Harry Potter clips: war is hell in Hogwarts

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