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Harry Potter or Harry the Accountant?

Friday, December 8th, 2006

Action-Figure.com was given a special sneak peek at the new Harry Potter action figures due out next year before Order of the Phoenix arrives.

I’m sure in the world of collectible action figures these are considered top-notch and first class, but I just can’t get past the fact that Harry looks like an accountant.

Everything, right down to his sweater and belt, says, “They just opened a Sears in Diagon Alley…Expecto Taxonum!”

Whether Harry looks like an accountant (left) or Grandpa (below…a little Photoshop on the right-hand image to help illustrate the point) these action figures just don’t quite capture the spirit of the books or the movies. The level of detail is obviously impressive, but the style choices leave a lot to be desired. Even if they were just trying to be faithful to Harry’s style in OOTP, I doubt his OOTP style is really this bland.

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Behind the Scenes :: OOTP

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

If you happened to be watching the Harry Potter movies on ABC Family this past weekend you got to see a few sneak previews of the upcoming Order of the Phoenix. In case you’ve missed any or all of them they’re all here in one handy video:

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