The Noble CollectionHermione Granger's Illuminating Wand

Light is turned on too easily but it's cute and my daughter loves it

Very nicely made. My wife liked alot. Great addition to her Harry Potter collection.

Bought as a gift. The seven year-old girl loved it. The battery does run down a little quickly if used often.

For Harry Potter Fans

Sturdy plastic, but the light is rather dim. I was looking for something that would be as useful as a flashlight and this isn't it. Still cool though

Yes that's correct, I'm 22 years old and I bought this toy for myself ;) I've always been a huge fan and I grew-up with the characters, but I'm usually only ever extremely nerdy in my own house. This toy is wonderfully fun, I bought it, believe it or not, because I'm aways waking up in the middle of the night to get a drink or use the bathroom, and I thought this would be much sweeter than a flashlight or a night light.It is larger than the collectable wands, and much less in quality than them too, but that's because this is a toy. It's larger because two batteries need to fit in there, and quite obviously made of plastic.I can't stress this enough to those negative reviewers, you're paying for the Harry Potter name, the price is not going to go down. I'm an avid collector, and yes it's as much as the collectable wands even though I myself would consider it less of a collectable and more of a toy, but it's also ten times more fun since it really does light up with just a flick of the wrist, and off again in the same manner, which is better than any other light-up wand you'll find out there.My conclusion: If your'e willing to spend the dough, this really will be worth it, you or your child will go bonkers for it. To you it may look too fake, but to your kid, they are a real wizard! How big of a price tag can you put on that kind of joy? By far the most fun thing I've added to my collection of HP items. And I plan to use it constantly.

This is a _really_ fun Harry Potter cosplay prop. Something not made clear in the listings for the wand is that the odd looking round-ended tab with a hole in it, at the bottom of the wand, is actually a removable 'key' for the battery compartment's screw-on end cap. You would normally not have that key there when using the wand, and it won't stay there on its own. Removing the key makes the wand look much better in use. A down side of the wand's design is that the motion and touch sensitivity is pretty easy to trigger, and there is no 'on/off switch', other than using the key to open the battery door a half-turn or so and disable the light feature. So when carrying it around while doing cosplay, but not intending to make it light up, you'll probably want to use that key to deactivate it to save battery power and avoid accidental light-up moments. Then just a quick twist of the key is needed before playing with the wand's light-up feature. Having the key is nice, and it would be easy to attach to a con badge lanyard with a loop of cord. But designing the end cap to be able to use a coin to turn it might have been better. If you lose the key, a flat blade screwdriver of the right size could probably be used to turn the end cap.

We've been reading the Harry Potter books at bedtime all summer, so my daughter is very happy to have Hermione's wand. It's very easy to use, just insert two AAA batteries (not included). The tip lights up when you flick your wrist and there is also a brightness adjustment button. It's plastic and basic, but it gets five stars because my daughter loves it. Comes in a nice box as well.