HARRY POTTER COSTUMES, PART 1

There will be many costumes of wizards and of witches (not the old Halloween hag types) and nerdy black glasses on the market for Halloween 2001, but only a handful are the legitimate, licensed Harry Potter ones.

Two companies, Rubie's Costume Co., Inc., of New Hyde Park, New York, and Elope, Inc., of Colorado Springs, Colorado, created the "real" Harry stuff. Rubie's made full costumes, masks, eyeglasses, wigs and props. Elope ("Everybody's Laughing on Planet Earth") crafted puppet hats and distinctive glasses worn by major characters. Costumes hit the market in July and August 2001.

Where to buy costumes on the Internet:

Halloween Costumes For You
Hollywood Costumes
Danny's Halloween Superstore Trix & Kix

...and more. Make a search of "Harry Potter costumes."

The images below show some of the Rubie's getups and their suggested costs:

Harry school robe, $40. Includes wand, lightning bolt tattoos and glasses. Robe also sold alone for $24.	Harry Quidditch robe, $50. Includes glasses, Golden Snitch and lightning tattoos. Robe also sold separately for $24.	Harry Fiber Optic hooded robe, $50. Features fiber optic light effects. Intriguing!
Ron Weasley robe with Scabbers prop, $50. Ron robe also sold separately for $24 (economy) and $32 (deluxe).	Hermione Robe Costume, $50. Includes wig. Hermione robes also sold alone for $24 (economy) and $32 (deluxe). Hermione wig sold alone for $11.	Albus Dumbledore, $50. Includes belt, pouch, wig and beard.

Rubie's Costume also produced these rubber masks closely based upon the makeup worn by Richard Harris (Dumbledore), Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid) and Warwick Davis (Flitwick). Each mask costs $60.

Trick-or-treaters and party-goers also can select from a number of props for their costumes.

Among the Rubie's accessories you can buy are a Hogwarts movie broom or the Nimbus 2000, for $17; small candy cauldron, $5; medium cauldron, $10; large cauldron, for $17; 6-inch safety lantern, $15; and wands, $13 each. From left to right, the wands are Harry, Ron and Hermione.

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