This piece from the Noble Collection is a very nice replica of the one shown in the Harry Potter Movie's.  I bought this for myself, I am 21, and have been a Harry Potter fan since I read the first book back in 5th grade.  But, I have nothing to show for my being a fan, and it occured to me that all the movies have neat gadgets and magical pieces in them, which got me wondering where i could find a nice collectible or myself.

I found this piece, which has great reviews, and is neat because, depending on how comfortable you are sharing your crazy about harry potter personality, you can actually wear it yourself.  I'm not 10 years old anymore, and I can't get away with carrying around a wand as much as I used to be able to, but this piece I can wear and enjoy.

It just arrived in the mail today, and it seems very sturdy, but as other reviews have said, I don't think this version would be a good toy for younger children.  (I don't really understand why any parent would let their children play with a collectable in the first place, you wouldn't let them throw around your signed champoinship baseball, would you? (It's kind of like that.)
It is made of a nice lieghtwieght metal, the white-gold color is beautiful, and it turns very well, and moves as shown in the movie.
I was a little dissapointed with the star cut-out in my piece, they look sloppily cut-out, and the smaller stars are just imprints that look like they forgot to be cut-out. But unless your inspecting it thuroughly you wouldn't be able to tell. The words are nicely painted, mine has just a tiny bit of a pant drip on it. Doesn't look bad.

I have seen a lot of complaints about the glass breaking, you have to wear this as if it is glass... which IT IS. don't bang it on things, or smack it against anything, take care of it and i will stay in good shape, just like anything else.

I also see a lot of complaints about the box, I think it is nice, it is not real wood, and people need to realize that the reason this item costs so much, is because it is labeled a movie replica, and you are buying the Harry Potter name. if it were real nice metal, and a real tick wood display case, plus the Harry Potter name, you'd be looking in the hundreds... this is a fairly decent price, for a very nice replica.

I would recommend this to any older/ teenage Harry Potter fan, to wear or to display, but not to play with as a toy.