Just some glamour shots of my Harry Potter POPs. I've always been a super huge fan of Harry Potter - like, die-hard - and so this is the collection of POPs I'm most likely to complete. In light of my recent re-ignition of interest in the series (just kidding; I always love Harry Potter), I decided to do a Funko-themed post about it. Enjoy!
Wave 1
I've collected almost all of Wave 1; I haven't got the Sword of Gryffindor or the Quidditch Harry, seeing as I thought it'd be a little pointless to have what is likely to be something like a dozen different Harrys by the end of the line. I might get the Quidditch ones, seeing as there's a matching Draco one from Wave 2 - it'd be super cute to have a little Quidditch duo. But there isn't enough to interest me with the Sword of Gryffindor version; it's wand Harry with a sword. Big deal, really. I love all these POPs; I actually have this weird obsession with the Snape one, even though he was never really a character I liked in the series.
If you can't tell, the POPs in this first wave are modelled after Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Albus Dumbledore, Severus Snape, Lord Voldemort and a super-sized Rubeus Hagrid (in respective order). It is really hard to take Voldemort seriously after seeing how cute his POP is.
I had a Harry Potter-themed birthday party last year; my and a couple of my friends transformed my backyard into a Great Hall/Weasley house dinner table, with a long table and 'elegant' cutlery. I had fifteen people invited; fourteen came. In their invitations we sorted them into Houses; not only was this a great way to organise party activities, but it was also really great for keeping certain people apart (a lot of my friends hate each other, so seating them was interesting). Anyway, I got some really cool Harry Potter-themed stuff from a couple of my friends; I have a set of twins as besties, and they got me this really neat display case with bookmarks from each Hogwarts house (at some point I'll elaborate on this, so you'll understand what I mean by it); they also got me the Harry Potter POP. It was my first ever POP; I'd seen them in stores and wanted them, but was too anxious about what others would think of a teenage/adult girl buying toys for herself. Apparently it's an adult market, so... YOLO, I don't care what people think now. So, another one of my friends - and it was a surprise to me, considering we were Human Bio partners and not super-close - gifted me the Hermione POP and told me she knew it was my favourite character. Maybe it was an assumption thing, maybe not; either way, I treasure both these POPs as evidence that my friends really do know me inside out (an especial revelation considering my state of mind back then).
I kept them both in box for several months; they fit pretty easily on my shelf. When Christmas rolled around, my mum (and dad, but more mum) got me Dumbledore, Ron and Snape. Pretty soon I figured out that the boxes just weren't going to fit on my shelf; besides, they're toys, and I didn't plan on selling them, so I took them all out. It's freed up a hell of a lot of space in my room. Shortly after Christmas, I used some of the money my relatives gave me and bought Hagrid and Voldemort from EB Games in Midland. EB Games is the best place for POPs - mainly for the mainstream/kiddy/Marvel POPs - and the staff are seriously the best. They always stock heaps of HP POPs, so that's pretty great.
Wave 2
If you haven't already guessed, Hermione is my favourite character in the series. Why? I think it's obvious - she's awesome. But I think it's really because I am so much like her; bossy, opinionated, constantly studying and striving for excellence. So I got the Yule Ball version of Hermione yesterday, when I decided randomly to go into the city. They had heaps of POPs in EB Games at Perth, so if you live here definitely go check that out. I was able to pick out a literally flawless paint-job from the five available Hermiones there, so I'm super happy about that! I also managed to score a Dobby as well, as it is almost impossible to find him in stores. I found him in the corner of the store, behind some Harry Potter boardgames in another section of the shop. The cashier guy couldn't believe they had still been stocking the little guy, and I'm super pleased that I was sharp enough to spot it out the corner of my eye. Luna and Draco were gift voucher splurges at JB HI-FI online; I got the $50 voucher for being a high-achieving WACE student at my school, and they called everyone who scored over 90 back for recognition. I love Luna and Draco - heck, I love them all - so of course I had to add them to my collection. I got them together, and they look like albino twins side-by-side! I separate them because it's creepy. All the paint jobs for this wave are immaculate, I have yet to find a single flaw on any of them, which is really impressive. Any POP collector knows that quality varies not only between POP brands but also individual POPs.
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