Jim R. posted:Alan B posted:Although I am primarily an AF S gauger, I bought the Lionel O gauge Hogwarts Express as a Christmas gift for my wife several years ago. She and the grand kids are big HP fans, and I admit I really enjoyed all the movies. We just got back from joining our sons and grandkids at Universal StudiosParks in Orlando. Sherry could spend all day just soaking up Hogsmead and Diagon Alley, and I really like the train ride between the parks.
I missed the Ford Anglia and the Harry and Ron figures when they came out, but I found these figures on eBay. I think they were from Italy and were originally intended to be put in a plastic bubble to be sold in "gumball" machines that dispense toys rather than gumballs. Mine also came with a second set of the of the same figures but unpainted. Although Platform 2 is a Department 56 piece, I put the Platform 9 3/4 magnet I bought on an earlier trip to Orlando, set up the figures on the platform next to the train, and call the resulting diorama: "Trouble on Platform 9 3/4."
Cheers!
Alan
Those look great. How tall are the figures?
I just measured Ron Weasley, and he is about 1 5/8 inches tall without his stand which is removable.
After digging around in the "train room" this morning, I found the rest of what I got from Signore Roberto Satta in Italy along with these figures.
The material that came with the figures included several small identifying/promotional/licensing/choking hazard inserts to be included in the gumball capsules with each figure. Gotcha, Tomy and Gotcha International are mentioned on the insert. I see that Gumball.com still supplies "Tomy Gotcha" Toy Capsules, but they don't show Harry Potter figures at this time.
It has been two or three years since I found these on eBay. I was looking for the Ford Anglia and its figures (which I found to be too expensive!), and these showed up.
Alan
