Sunday, October 28, 2007

Where's Waldo the Fantastic Journey (Yellow)

Oct 1989/SE 1997
Overview: Waldo travles to fantasy lands in search of Wizard Whitebeard's magical scrolls.

Comments: In the tenth anniversary editions (and any reprints since 1997) Waldo and some other items have been relocated, and in some cases (like the first two books) lots of things have been added to find. Also, each book (only first 4 Waldo books) has a recurring mystery character showing up in each scene. The original US title has been changed from The Great Waldo Search. This book introduced Wizard Whitebeard & his scrolls, and the element that characters from each scene follow Waldo to the last scene in the book.
Characters & Items to find on each page: Waldo, Woof, Wenda, Wizard Whitebeard, Odlaw, the Mystery Character (has orange hair and beard, and wears a green shirt with a white collar), a few items (Wizard Whitebeard's Scroll, Waldo's Key, Woof's Bone, Wenda's Camera, Odlaw's Binoculars), 25 Waldo Watchers (not all on each page, they are spread throughout the book, for reference sake #1 follows Odlaw and #25 is at the very end of the line on The Stone Age Page), as well as Eleven Travelers (starting at second scene, adding one character from each prior scene. which includes - Chef, Monk of Water, Middle Eastern Woman, Member of the Green Team, Red Dwarf, Witch, Mermaid, Forest Woman, Knight, Giant, Green Dragon).
The two-page spreads include the following scenes;

1. The Gobbling Gluttons, 2. The Battling Monks, 3. The Carpet Flyers, 4. The Great Ball-Game Players, 5. The Ferocious Red Dwarves, 6. The Nasty Nasties, 7. The Fighting Foresters, 8. The Deep-Sea Divers, 9. The Knights of the Magic Flag, 10. The Unfriendly Giants, 11. The Underground Hunters, 12. The Land of Wallies.
Total Characters & Items to search for in this book comes to 000.