Wizard Candy

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[Kevin]

Thanks Everyone.

I am well on the way to completing a chocolate frog box. The intention is to use the correct star spangled gold foil on the interior and include an accurate 3D (lenticular) wizard card of Dumbledore matching the screen effect. I'll also be including a chocolate frog (although it's really painted plastic!).

[sfmuggle]

That would be really nice!!!  Some friends and I were just talking about how cool it would be if there was a chocolate frog box w/ lenticular Dumbledore.

btw, speaking of bon bons, just noticed this auction, http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180173761349&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBUAA:GB:1123

[Bitsy]

well ended up buying the card at a decent price.  Thanks for input and information everybody!

CONGRATULATIONS! That is wonderful! Make sure you post a pic when you get it! 

Kevin--That is an outstanding prop replica! 

[sfmuggle]

Thanks Bitsy.  Just arrived today (lightning fast shipping).  #281/538.  I really like this card 

[PepperD]

Congratulations sfmuggle it is an amazing card!  Lovely colours

And Kevin,  can't wait to see more of your replicas

[Kevin]

Thanks for the kind words. Have you seen the Daily Prophet covers I posted in a different thread?

[sfmuggle]

Thanks PepperD.  Kevin - I haven't seen the Daily Prophet covers.  What section are they in? or thread url?

[Bitsy]

That is a gorgeous swatch!  Really beautiful card!

[Kevin]

I haven't seen the Daily Prophet covers.  What section are they in? or thread url?

http://www.theyakshack.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=5564.0

Thanks to Lick-O-Rish Spider, I have moved on apace. I've also made good progress on a couple of the Azkaban Prophets. At the moment I am trying to finish off a pack of Bertie Bott's beans and then back to the Chocolate Frog bax.

[sfmuggle]

Thanks Bitsy    Kevin, what an incredible prop.  very nice.  Please keep them coming 

[Kevin]

Hey Everyone,

I am making good progress with the Fizzing Whizbees. It would really help if people can post scans of their prop cards for reference. I have a few that have been featured earlier in this thread and a few from ebay, but any more would be great. Also, even if you have already posted your card, it would be great if you could post a scan at 300dpi.

Then it'll be either the Bertie Botts Beans or I'll grasp the nettle and get back to my Chocolate Frog box.

Thanks in advance.

[Sharon]

I can't remember what I scanned this in and unfortunately we are scannerless at the moment (Microsoft VISTA  ) but hopefully this will help



Here is a plain swatch as well, just for the colour

[sfmuggle]

very nice Sharon!!! especially the first one.  I don't have any of the fizzing wizzbees props but it's on my list.

[Kevin]

Thanks Sharon. That's great.
In case you haven't noticed, there are two type of Fizzing Whizbee package; those where the title arcs over, and those where it arcs under (does that make sense?). I am working on the assumption that they are the front and the back of the packet.

[sfmuggle]

Thanks Sharon. That's great.
In case you haven't noticed, there are two type of Fizzing Whizbee package; those where the title arcs over, and those where it arcs under (does that make sense?). I am working on the assumption that they are the front and the back of the packet.

I wasn't aware of that partially b/c I've not seen all too many. However, your explanation makes sense 

[kbmum]

Is it possible that there are two packages, one made for SS and the other redesigned for POA?

[Kevin]

Good idea, but no.
Anybody with this particular prop card (which is from PoA) can check for themselves. It took me a while to notic this, but in the large photo there is one packet of candy that has the upward curve and the rest have the downward curve. This coupled with the illustration of the head being reversed makes me fairly confident that it's front and back.

The left of this picture shows a detail from the prop card and an actual prop photographed on exhibition in Japan. The picture on the left includes both the up and down curves.

[kbmum]

Kudos for your attention to detail!

In case you need a close-up of the bee on the bottom of the label, Anna pulled this card from one of her boxes.  I think it's one of the best prop swatches I've seen for any HP card.

http://annao14.tripod.com/imagelib/sitebuilder/misc/show_image.html?linkedwidth=actual&linkpath=http://annao14.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/ss_wizard_candy_369-538.jpg&target=tlx_new

[Kevin]

Fantastic!
Thanks for that. I was resigned to trying to draw that image from scratch. I'll still need to redraw it to get a clean version, plus the head and shoulders are the same as the much larger version on the top of the box, but this means I can be sure that what I do is accurate.

Thank you again!

[sfmuggle]

Anna's candy prop swatch is super nice (lucky to catch a face image from box).  LikORish-Spider's collection is incredible.  I've not seen this many examples from one source.  Very nice & very lucky 

Here's one more from me #330.  Thanks for sharing folks