Last week The Wand Company sent me one of their Kymera magic wand remotes to review on the site. If you would like your own wand, visit this page to buy one! Before I get to the actual usage of the wand I must say that it is VERY well made and I am in love with the user manual. It is totally in keeping with the Potter world and old timey feel with the parchment background and fun graphics.
The wand starts out in practice mode so you can learn all the different gestures like twisting the wand, flicking up or down, swishing down and more. The wand pulses to let you know you have done the movements correctly, which I found very helpful. Then when you are ready you can go into learning mode to teach your wand what you want each gesture to do, so the wand is very customizable! This part is a little tricky and took me a while to learn, but the good thing is once you teach it you won’t have to do it again (unless you want to change what a gesture does).
I will admit that I got very frustrated when I tried to teach my wand how to do things but then I asked my father to help and it works a lot better when you have two people. That way someone can do the wand movements and can tell the person holding the clicker when to push the buttons. Or perhaps I have lost all my hand eye coordination now that I’m an old fart (even though I’m only 22). Now I feel like a real wizard when I change the channel or turn the volume up or down! It’s pretty darn cool! I tried to take a video to show you all how it works, but I’d rather not subject you to that horribleness…
*I was gifted with the wand for the purpose of reviewing but that in no way affected my review. My thoughts are my own.
The full episode of ITV’s Behind the Magic hosted by Ben Shepard has found its way on to Youtube and may be watched below. The special takes a look at the making of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II. The episode features interviews with Dan Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Matt Lewis, Tom Felton, Bonnie Wright, Julie Walters, Helena Bonham Carter, David Barron, David Heyman and David Yates. There are also some new behind the scenes shots from the final film!
Warner Bros have released a TON of new high resolution promotional and behind the scenes photos from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II. You can see the promotional photos in this album and the behind the scenes photos in this album!
Also, don’t forget to check out my New York City and London premiere photos! 😉
Once again Harry Potter has proven that it is the best franchise in the world by breaking a bunch of Box Office records, it will probably break more over the course of its run in theatres! So far it has earned $92.1 million Domestic and $82.5 million international for a total of $174.6 million!
Distributor Warner Bros. reports that “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” summoned up $92.1 million domestically on opening day Friday. That’s nearly $20 million more than the previous record-holder, “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” which took in $72.7 million in its first day two years ago.The finale of the “Harry Potter” saga also set a record for midnight screenings with $43.5 million. That topped “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,” which pulled in about $30 million in its first midnight shows last year.
Box-office tracker Hollywood.com projected Saturday that “Deathly Hallows: Part 2” also could break the opening-weekend record of $158.4 million domestically held by “The Dark Knight.”
Insight Editions have emailed to let us know about some exciting news for Potter fans! They will be releasing an iPad app for the Harry Potter Film Wizardry book. The app is the first-ever authorized Harry Potter™ Film Wizardry book app and contains the entire New York Times bestselling book as well as interactive features, video, audio, additional never-before-seen photography, and will include an update on the making of Deathly Hallows Part 2 late this month. For more information visit this page. You can buy the app here for $12.99!
