**The New** Marauders Map Thread

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[JTobcat]

wanna hear something cool you could try doing after you finished your map. (This is what my map looks like).  I made a map completely blank, i put it together jsut like one would look like if it was writen on.  Then i went out to the store and bought one of those invisible writing pens, that has a blacklight in the other end usually, and hand drew my entire map on it while using a bigger blacklight to make sure i did it right.  So now i have a completely blank map to the normal eye, but when you put it under a black light. BAM. I solemnly swear i am up to no good and have a marauders map.  If you really wanted to make it cool, you could even do what i did and take the mini blacklight bulb out of the pen you bought and buy a light up wand from noble (The ones where you wave it and it goes on) and replace the bulb in that with the blacklight bulb.  (CAUTION: only try this if you feel completely comfortable with electronics and the wand.  otherwise i suggest disguising the blacklight pen as a wand).  This way i can take my marauders map out to screenigns and what not and when people as what im holding i can go "I solemnly swear i am up to no good" wave my wand at the Map so it lights up the blacklight which in turn makes the map visible.  Kinda cool huh.  You can try it you really want.  You can get blacklight pens for pretty cheap at your local radio shack usually.

[EmmasOneandOnly]

Thats totally awasome I'm going to have to try that I'll have to change the wand light because that would be really cool

[JTobcat]

just be careful not to break the wand.  and make sure that the light you use runs off of two AAA.

[EmmasOneandOnly]

Ok

How many people ask so much about it?

[JTobcat]

well, if your asking how many people have asked about my map since it was pulled, theres been a little more than 30.

[EmmasOneandOnly]

I've bet they've ordered one from your site

I was asking about the "Mischief Managed" map

[JTobcat]

Actually your the first person ive told that ive made that map.  The only people that have seen the map are the people at the GOF premiere i went to at midnight.  Otherwise no one else knows it exists.  Mainly because I dont want everyone copying my idea that way hopefully when i bust it out for future hp outings and especially book 7 release, itll be something no ones seen b4 and people will be in awe.  (That and if people knew i made an invisible map that appears with the wand, theyd want me to make me one of those for them instead of the ones I sell on my site, and the invisible one took me two straight weeks to make, so its not ideal to sell)

[EmmasOneandOnly]

Still a great idea

[Sharon]

That is a really clever idea JTobcat.  It is just a shame WB are being so awkward.  That is definitely the sort of thing you could copyright and market if not for them.  Have you got any plans for stuff that has been in GOF, like that gorgeous silver menu card?

[HPfamily]

Still a great idea

That is a really clever idea JTobcat.  It is just a shame WB are being so awkward. 

I agree!!!  My kids would be all over that!!!!

[grecopa]

JTobcat, do you plan on listing anything on ebay again?  I had my Quidditch program prop pulled and haven't listed any props since.  D you think the problem was listing them with Harry Potter in the title?  I have questions, so I'll PM you.

[JTobcat]

Right now i kinda still sell some things on ebay, sorta, lol.  Basically, I sell the light up wands that noble sells along with my wizard map.  I call it that, b/c i cant figure out if Marauder's Map is copyrighted or not, so to be safe i call it a Wizards Map. (But its customizable, so people just tell me to call it the Maurauders map after they buy it).  I do it this way b/c then im not using WB trademarked names to sell my item.  In fact, my Wizard Map cant be associated with WB at all as there are no WB names on it.  I jsut sell a wand with it on Ebay as a way to get people to notice it still, because in truth, without being able to use the name harry potter, no one would ever come across the map.  Other things i know you cant do when listing items is use their copyrighted images (like using pictures from the movie in your listing, and technically your not sposed to use stock pictures that you copied from their site either so you dont have to take apicture of the item yourself)

[EmmasOneandOnly]

Have you got any plans for stuff that has been in GOF, like that gorgeous silver menu card?

Did I miss something in GOF

[JTobcat]

Ummm.....so far i havent put much thought into props from GoF yet, mainly because a lot of my time has gone into setting up my store, and getting the rest of my props finished.  Once i get things going, and get settled (and see GoF a few more times ), ill come up with some ideas from that one too

[JTobcat]

Yea, so theres not a point to this post but to say i posted the 50,000 post on yak shack, that is all

[JTobcat]

hey, in case you havent seen this yet, heres a picture of what the inside of the quidditch program looks like (at least some of it)

[EmmasOneandOnly]

hey, in case you havent seen this yet, heres a picture of what the inside of the quidditch program looks like (at least some of it)

Where could you find a folder like that?

[grecopa]

You can get the clear frosted folders at Staples and then trim them down.

[EmmasOneandOnly]

Oh, right

[Taichi]

Just for the record (I haven't read the whole thread, but I did read the first page and it was not addressed)

on the Film Prop map, "Moony" is spelled "Mooney", this is deliberate, as one of the effects people is named "Mooney"......