Harry Potter's Magical Vibrating Broom

Slate's Summary Judgment points to the funny Amazon customer reviews of the Harry Potter Nimbus 2000 Broom (pics), a vibrating toy for 8 to 12 year olds. Some samples:

Well, I had my doubts of buying my daughter such a toy, but she seemed to like this movie a lot so..I got it. I wasn't too keen on letting her play with it when the batteries were in so I took them out. I mean come on it VIBRATES ...

just got this for my girl-friend who is in love with harry potter. She loved the broom (it replaced the 'normal' one), and she now has a full outwit that she can wear for Halloween. And even i enjoy it at times too. Even though we're 21, your never too old for a toy with this much FUN!

Gives 'Quidditch' a whole new meaning, doesn't it?

 

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Posted by Gene Smith on Sep 10, 2002. Before this there was Tweaks & Fixes. Next up is Frizzle....

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Gene Smith is a principal with nForm, one of Canada's leading user experience consulting firms. He writes about information architecture, interaction design, community, the web and other such topics. More >

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