I ordered this as a gift for someone who's a Potter fanatic and I must say, those who left glowing reviews must've received something entirely different than what I did.  The box is nice, the packaging is impressive looking, but the wand itself looks NOTHING like the one in the photo - the one I recieved was tan colored - not brown at all.  The thing looks like a butterscotch stick with a little stain slapped on here and there (very little stain, this thing is 95% just plain tan-colored).  Worse still, it has a big trademark logo and lettering inked onto the wand itself that cannot be removed - it's printed along the wand near the handle and is VERY noticable.  Worse still, as others have stated, this wand feels extremely fragile; almost like it's made out of glass, not resin.  I was actually scared I'd break it getting it in and out of the box - this wand will not hold up to much of any handling.  The reviews of children playing with them or casting spells with them must've recieved something very different.  I guarantee you, if the wand I recieved was waved back and forth like a conductor's baton, it would snap off at the handle in very quickly.

VERY unimpressed and disappointed in this product, especially for the money spent.  I didn't have time to return it and ask for one that actually was brown, so, that's my experience.  This thing is a piece of junk.