Harry Potter Boxset Books 1-7 (Hardcover)

by J. K. Rowling (Author)

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Product Description
HARRY POTTER BOXED SET 1-7 includes the seven phenomenal Harry Potter hardcover books by best selling author J. K. Rowling. These books are housed in a collectible trunk-like box with sturdy handles and privacy lock. Bonus decorative stickers are included in each boxed set.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Hardcover
• Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books (October 16, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0545044251
• ISBN-13: 978-0545044257
• Product Dimensions: 14.3 x 10.9 x 7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 17.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (361 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,605 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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357 of 377 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Sadly, not much thought went into the packaging, October 20, 2007

By	T. Burger (Chicago) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

There's no question that the contents of the books inside this so-called chest are of the highest order. The entire Harry Potter epic was ingenious, brilliant, engaging, and encouraged hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of young readers to read when they might have rather played with their Xbox.

But this is about the packaging, and the packaging is just horrid.

I wasn't expecting something that was as heavy and substantial as, say, a pirate's chest, but I certainly was hoping that the box was more sturdy than a few flaps of cardboard rather cheaply assembled, and easily DISassembled.

I bought this so that I would have a full set of unread hardcovers with the original artwork, for the sake of posterity. In one of the worst marketing decisions I've seen regarding the Harry Potter series, the publishers thought it would be a good idea to include the extras (decals and whatnot - things I'm not interested in) shrink wrapped with the books. To get at them, you have to tear the shrink wrap, and thus compromise the books over time (a long period of time, and admittedly not much would be compromised).

Also, the clasp on the box was cheap plastic. Horrible. I almost broke it when undoing it. Is a metal clasp too much to ask for? Apparently it is.

I'm not completely dissatisfied with the purchase, because the books are phenomenal. I would have purchased a compilation of all seven books at some point, but I wish I had waited until they offered such a product without the sadly and unfortunately shoddy "chest". When I bought this product, I absolutely, 100% was buying the packaging, and the packaging was dismal.

143 of 156 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars hmmmmmmmmm!!!!!, October 16, 2007

By	4EverYoung (Sin City, Nevada) - See all my reviews

I am a big Harry Potter fan and am no less than thrilled to pieces to finally own the complete set of books. (and in hardback no less) The books in this collector's set are the same books (content, artwork, cover and all) that have been sold before individually.

Yet I'm somewhat disappointed, if not slightly disillusioned that the "special collectors case" was a huge letdown. Given the obvious fact that Harry is huge worldwide, it would had behooved the publishers to do right by this commemorative set and make the case out of engineered wood (at the very least!) Instead they opted for the cheaper route and decided to make it out of... drum roll please.... CARDBOARD!

I dunno, maybe I was expecting to much?! (sigh...) 5 stars for Harry & minus one for the presentation...

160 of 179 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Cardboard!, October 17, 2007

By	Derek Philp - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This packaging is horribly cheap looking and feeling... because it is cheap, nothing more than cardboard and a plastic 'privacy lock'. Junk.