Harry Potter Wands: An Overview of Those Made by The Noble Collection
Harry Potter wands are very popular replicas bought by many fans of both the books and the movies. For years, The Noble Collection has produced exact copies of the various wands used by characters in the movies.
If you’ve been on the Harry Potter Studio Tour in the UK, you’ll have been lucky enough to get an up-close look at the huge variety of wands that were used in the movies. Each character wielding a wand had a different design.
Of course, the central characters (Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Grainger, and Dumbledore) are the most popular wand choices, but some impressive wands belong to some of the other lesser-known characters. For example, Luna Lovegood had a particularly pretty wand that proved popular with collectors.
The wands in the movies were made of wood. However, the large-scale demand from replica fans means that wood would be impractical and too expensive to use. Therefore, The Noble Collection is based on cold-cast porcelain molded around a metal rod. This allows them to accurately recreate exact models of the wands from the movies. The porcelain is then painted by hand to simulate the look of wood. The result is surprisingly realistic.
Taking Harry Potter’s wand as an example: The wand weighs around 160 grams and is 14 inches long. This differs from the book measurements, but is supposedly screen accurate.
The Noble Collection offers four types of wands:
The most expensive are the bronze wands that are available in Harry Potter or Dumbledore models. Although they are made of bronze, they appear to be painted to look like wood. Being made of bronze, they are stronger than porcelain versions. They retail for around the £100 mark.
The most screen accurate wand and box is the style that comes with the Ollivanders box. These come with the cold cast porcelain wand in a display accurate box, with a luxurious interior, as well as a name tag and clip. They retail for around £29.95.
Slightly cheaper is the same wand but in a standard box. This is still a nice box, but not quite as nice as the one at Ollivanders. They retail at around £27.95.
Finally, there is a range of glow sticks that simulate what wands look like when lit up in the movies (Lumos!). These wands are made of plastic and are thicker than the other wands (to hold 2 batteries). The wand’s brightness can be controlled via a button on the wand’s handle. Despite being plastic, they still have a nice finish and look just like the movie versions. These retail at around £39.95.
The central characters of Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Dumbledore have their wands recreated in the aforementioned appearances. The Ollivanders range also includes some of the other characters such as Sirius Black and Voldemort. Character wands with minor roles in the movies can only be found in the standard character range.
The Noble Collection also has a range of wand displays and stands to accompany the wands, giving you a wide variety of display options.
The Noble Collection is an American company but most of their items are available in the UK through a variety of dealers including my own shop.
