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Marker, pigment liner, colored pencil on craft paper.

The Nimbus 2000s are described as sleek and shiny. They have a mahogany handle and a long tail of neat, straight twigs. Nimbus 2000 is written in gold near the top of the handle.

Harry Potter acquires his Nimbus 2000 broomstick after Professor McGonagall witnesses him fly during his first flying lesson at Hogwarts in his first year. The Nimbus 2000 can reach speeds up to 100 mph, more if wind resistance is magically casted away. Gryffindor team captain, Oliver Wood, suggests that Harry requires a better broomstick than the school provides. However, it is unclear who provided the cash for this first broom, although the film version implies that Professor McGonagall got the broom for Harry. There are a few implications as well in the book that McGonagall put up the money for it in the book version as well, as her name is on the note, and Professor Flitwick is already well aware of its existence when Draco Malfoy tries to get Harry in trouble by mentioning it to the diminutive teacher.

Harry flew his Nimbus 2000 for another two years until in his third year it flew into the Whomping Willow and was smashed to bits. It is known Harry still has the pieces of the broom as a keepsake since it was his first broom.

When the broom first appeared in the book it was touted as 'the fastest model yet'. However, this might be interpreted to mean that it was the fastest Nimbus model of broom. The Firebolt, said to be the fastest racing broom ever designed at the present time of the book, did not appear until The Prisoner of Azkaban. When Harry saw a prototype of the Firebolt early on in The Prisoner of Azkaban, it was described as a brand new broom which had just come out that summer. However, it may already have existed prior, but simply wasn't seen. The Firebolt had to have been developed at least within the two years previous, as the Firebolt already had gained acclaim in the wizarding world. Since Quidditch through the Ages does describe the development of various brooms, it is safe to assume the Firebolt had likely been a work already in progress by the time of Harry's second year at the very least, since Harry only spends two or three months with the Dursleys, before he goes back to Hogwarts.

Description
Marker, pigment liner, colored pencil on craft paper.

The Nimbus 2000s are described as sleek and shiny. They have a mahogany handle and a long tail of neat, straight twigs. Nimbus 2000 is written in gold near the top of the handle.

Harry Potter acquires his Nimbus 2000 broomstick after Professor McGonagall witnesses him fly during his first flying lesson at Hogwarts in his first year. The Nimbus 2000 can reach speeds up to 100 mph, more if wind resistance is magically casted away. Gryffindor team captain, Oliver Wood, suggests that Harry requires a better broomstick than the school provides. However, it is unclear who provided the cash for this first broom, although the film version implies that Professor McGonagall got the broom for Harry. There are a few implications as well in the book that McGonagall put up the money for it in the book version as well, as her name is on the note, and Professor Flitwick is already well aware of its existence when Draco Malfoy tries to get Harry in trouble by mentioning it to the diminutive teacher.

Harry flew his Nimbus 2000 for another two years until in his third year it flew into the Whomping Willow and was smashed to bits. It is known Harry still has the pieces of the broom as a keepsake since it was his first broom.

When the broom first appeared in the book it was touted as 'the fastest model yet'. However, this might be interpreted to mean that it was the fastest Nimbus model of broom. The Firebolt, said to be the fastest racing broom ever designed at the present time of the book, did not appear until The Prisoner of Azkaban. When Harry saw a prototype of the Firebolt early on in The Prisoner of Azkaban, it was described as a brand new broom which had just come out that summer. However, it may already have existed prior, but simply wasn't seen. The Firebolt had to have been developed at least within the two years previous, as the Firebolt already had gained acclaim in the wizarding world. Since Quidditch through the Ages does describe the development of various brooms, it is safe to assume the Firebolt had likely been a work already in progress by the time of Harry's second year at the very least, since Harry only spends two or three months with the Dursleys, before he goes back to Hogwarts.