Comments on: Hogwarts in Matchsticks

Hogwarts in Matchsticks

jonson — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:42:35 -0800

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry recreated to scale using 526,000 matchsticks is the latest model being constructed over at Matchstick Marvels.

By: Mave_80

Mave_80 — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:47:18 -0800

Bloody hell. That's pretty amazing.

By: ericb

ericb — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:47:41 -0800

Incredible!

By: Faint of Butt

Faint of Butt — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:01:45 -0800

::waves wand:: Incendio!

By: poppo

poppo — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:10:00 -0800

How much does 526,000 matchsticks cost anyway?

By: Julnyes

Julnyes — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:19:46 -0800

great googly moogly

By: jonson

jonson — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:22:26 -0800

How much does 526,000 matchsticks cost anyway? 1 galleon, 13 sickles and 28 knuts.

By: Kickstart70

Kickstart70 — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:23:44 -0800

Do the stairways move?

By: triolus

triolus — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:26:31 -0800

Excellent! The other models listed on the page are impressive as well.

By: pokermonk

pokermonk — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:33:12 -0800

How much does 526,000 matchsticks cost anyway? My half-assed researched guess is somewhere between $750-1000. In the Matchstick Marvels' FAQ it says the smallest bulk order is $500. Another matchstick modeler claims to buy in bulks of 250,000 sticks. A craft kit of 2000 matchsticks runs between $7-10, so it makes enough sense that the $500 bulk purchase would be about 250k sticks.

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:38:11 -0800

That's simply insane. (Also, The Dinner Game.)

By: prostyle

prostyle — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:29:00 -0800

Two hundredths of a cent for a useless matchstick? What a racket! I bet this entire hobby market is astroturfed by the manufacturers. Seriously though, that's a lot of work. I'm surprised they don't ever airbrush these models, the natural wood appearance really isn't all that striking and I'd imagine it would provide some interesting opportunities for contrast as you looked closer and realized how many individual components were involved. I see some that have a lighter appearance, but that could be a different species of wood or a bleached run of material, can't tell at this resolution.

By: Kwine

Kwine — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 13:32:11 -0800

I built this over two weeks this summer(in my parent's basement, no less! I didn't have the space). If my normal-ish life spiralled completely out of control, I think I'd wind up with these matchstick guys, and maybe happier.

By: i_am_a_Jedi

i_am_a_Jedi — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 13:39:06 -0800

amazing

By: liquorice

liquorice — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 16:22:53 -0800

*squees a little* Why do I always have to turn into a frothing fool whenever anything Harry Potter related is mentioned? Oh. That's right. I'm a fan.

By: Samizdata

Samizdata — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 22:06:03 -0800

That...That...is... UNHOLY! (Not the whole Harry Potter thing, but what it took to build something like that...) BURN HIM!

By: LeeJay

LeeJay — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 22:40:07 -0800

That is awesome!