Where is Waldo I mean Mario

[PhilipA]

Pmd and emailed Mario on Sunday and Monday for some parts with no reply which is unlike them.

Anyone know if he is OK as I assume they may be on hols.
Regards Philip A

[rangieman]

Pmd and emailed Mario on Sunday and Monday for some parts with no reply which is unlike them.

Anyone know if he is OK as I assume they may be on hols.
Regards Philip A

He is ok ;)
And why the Waldo thing is that a personal joke or is it poor taste:confused:

[PhilipA]

Geez Chris , its a kids game.

Why not Google "Where is Waldo" and you may see the joke,( I hope)

My daughter bought my son's kids one of the books and we had great fun finding Waldo.
Regards Philip A

[rangieman]

Where`s Wally is the one i know of;)

[Roverlord off road spares]

I'm here what's the emergency!
I took Sunday off to try and do some of my own stuff.
Had some email computer probs, getting through the dozens of emails to catch up.
Cheers, Mario

[p38arover]

Where`s Wally is the one i know of;)

Waldo is the American version. Crikey, even I who knows nothing about popular culture nor kid's games knew that :D

[Roverlord off road spares]

Wally or Waldo is a character in children's books that is hidden in pictures. The idea is to see if you can locate him.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/02/125.jpg
\and because you needed to know, see below
Where's Wally?

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For the first book in the series, see Where's Wally? (book) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_Wally%3F_%28book%29).
Where's Wally? https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/02/126.jpg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MartinHandfordWally%26Friends.PNG) Martin Handford (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Handford) with Wally, Wenda, Odlaw, Wizard Whitebeard, and Woof
Author Martin Handford (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Handford) Country United Kingdom Language English Genre Children's literature Publisher UK: Walker Books (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_Books)
US: Little Brown & Co (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little,_Brown_and_Company) then Candlewick Press (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candlewick_Press) Published 1987 – present Media type Print (hardback & paperback) Where's Wally? (known in the United States and Canada as Where's Waldo?) is a series of children's books created by the English illustrator Martin Handford (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Handford). The books consist of a series of detailed double-page spread illustrations depicting dozens or more people doing a variety of amusing things at a given location. Readers are challenged to find a character named Wally hidden in the group. Wally's distinctive red-and-white-striped shirt, bobble hat, and glasses make him slightly easier to recognise, but many illustrations contain red herrings (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_herring) involving deceptive use of red-and-white striped objects. Later entries in the long-running book series added other targets for readers to find in each illustration.[1] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_Wally%3F#cite_note-1) The books have also inspired a TV show, comic strip and a series of video games.
Contents






1 History (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_Wally%3F#History)
2 Characters (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_Wally%3F#Characters)
3 International editions (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_Wally%3F#International_editions)
4 Media (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_Wally%3F#Media)

4.1 Books (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_Wally%3F#Books)

4.1.1 Primary books (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_Wally%3F#Primary_books)
4.1.2 Other books (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_Wally%3F#Other_books)
4.1.3 Collections (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_Wally%3F#Collections)
4.1.4 Publication details (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_Wally%3F#Publication_details)

4.2 Magazine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_Wally%3F#Magazine)
4.3 Television show (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_Wally%3F#Television_show)
4.4 Film (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_Wally%3F#Film)
4.5 Video games (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_Wally%3F#Video_games)
4.6 Comic strip (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_Wally%3F#Comic_strip)
4.7 Cereal boxes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_Wally%3F#Cereal_boxes)

5 Real-life Where's Wally? phenomena (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_Wally%3F#Real-life_Where.27s_Wally.3F_phenomena)

5.1 World record attempts (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_Wally%3F#World_record_attempts)
5.2 Real-life recreation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_Wally%3F#Real-life_recreation)

6 See also (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_Wally%3F#See_also)
7 References (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_Wally%3F#References)
8 External links (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_Wally%3F#External_links)


History

In 1986, Handford was asked by his art director at Walker Books to draw a character with peculiar features so that his pictures of crowds had a focal point. After much thinking, he came up with the idea of "Wally", a world traveller and time travel aficionado who always dresses in red and white.[2] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_Wally%3F#cite_note-EW-2) Sometimes it would take him up to eight weeks to draw a two-page sketch of the elusive "Wally" and the characters surrounding him.[3] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_Wally%3F#cite_note-Scholastic-3)
While the Wally character is unique, the style of the series is evocative of a children's book titled Where's Wallace? by Hilary Knight (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilary_Knight_%28illustrator%29), published in 1964, in which a red-haired orangutan escapes from the zoo and "hides" in highly detailed picture panoramas, including a beach, department store, circus, stadium, and museum.
The first Where's Wally? book was published on Monday 21 September 1987.[4] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_Wally%3F#cite_note-Walkers_books-4) The Where's Wally? books were published in the UK by Walker Books (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_Books) and in the US under the title Where's Waldo? first by Little, Brown and Company (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little,_Brown_and_Company) before being taken on by Candlewick Press (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candlewick_Press) (Walker Books' American subsidiary publishing company). The first four titles were originally printed in Italy, but later reprinted in China.
The books became extremely popular and were localised for many different territories, with name changes for Wally in certain regions. The franchise also spawned other media in a more storyline-based form, including a TV series (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_Waldo%3F_%28TV_series%29), a comic strip (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_Waldo%3F_%28comic_strip%29) and a series of video games.
Characters



Wally, whose name was localised (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_Wally#International_editions) for certain international editions. In the first two books, Wally wandered alone and was the only person to be found in every illustration. Over time, more characters were added to find in each scene.
Wilma, Wally's friend first appeared in the Ultimate Fun Book, and was replaced by her identical twin sister Wenda in the Where's Wally: The Magnificent Poster Book.
Wenda, A friend of Wally who replaced her twin sister Wilma for In Hollywood (although she previously appeared in The Magnificent Poster Book).
Odlaw, Wally's nemesis, who made his print debut in The Magnificent Poster Book. He appears nearly the same as Wally, except that his clothes are yellow and black striped instead of red and white; his glasses have a blue tint to them; and he has a moustache. He also has a British accent in the TV series. Although we are told "his bad deeds are many", he is not depicted in the books doing anything particularly nasty. However, in the T.V. series (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_Waldo%3F_%28TV_series%29), he is frequently seen to be attempting to steal Wally's magical walking stick. Note that the name "Odlaw" is simply a reversal of the spelling of "Waldo", the American name for Wally, although he is called "Odlaw" in the UK as well.
Woof, Wally's dog, first appeared in The Ultimate Fun Book, where he was identified as Wenda's dog. Only his tail can be found with the exception of the final page of Where's Wally: The Wonder Book, which depicts all of Woof, and the six activity books released between 1993 and 1995 (the first book of which is titled The Truly Terrific Activity Book), where Woof shows himself to the reader.
Wizard Whitebeard, first seen in The Fantastic Journey. His signature is his exceptionally long beard, which is often the key to finding him. In his first appearance, he was responsible for sending Wally on a quest to discover the truth about himself, and he has tagged along on Wally's travels ever since. His appearance in The Ultimate Fun Book, however, is in just one scene ("Old Friends") and his presence is unmentioned in the book and acts as one of the background characters.
The Wally Watchers are Wally's devoted fan-club that first appeared in Where's Wally? The Ultimate Fun Book (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_Waldo%3F:_The_Ultimate_Fun_Book) (1990). They turn up wherever Wally goes, dressed in the same red-and-white striped outfit. 25 appear in most books, though there are 99 of them in the Ultimate Fun Book.
In the earlier books, a character appears in every scene, which the reader must look to find out who it is. This is because no information on the characters is given in the books aside from the task to look for them. The characters appeared as background characters and all had something unique to them (like blonde hair or a ginger beard).
In some cases, characters from previous scenes would also appear.

International editions

In international editions, Wally has often been given a name in the local language:


Afrikaans (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrikaans_language): Willie
Arabic (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_language): فضولي (Fodhouli)
Bulgarian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgarian_language): Уоли (Uoli)
Catalan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_language): Wally
Chinese (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language): 威利

Mandarin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin_Chinese) pronunciation: Wēil? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin)
Cantonese (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantonese_Chinese) pronunciation: Wai1 lei6 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyutping)


Croatian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_language): Jura
Czech (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_language): Vald?k
Danish (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_language): Holger
Dutch (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language): Wally



Estonian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonian_language): Volli
Finnish (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_language): Vallu
French (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language): Charlie
German (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language): Walter
Greek (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language): Γουόλι (Gouόli)
Hebrew (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language): אפי (Efi)
Hindi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindi_language): हेट्टी (Hetti)
Hungarian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_language): Vili
Icelandic (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_language): Valli
Italian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_language): Ubaldo, Wally
Japanese (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_language): ウォーリー (Wōrī (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepburn_Romanization))
Korean (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_language): 월리 (Wolli (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Korean))
Lithuanian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuanian_language): Valdas
North American English (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_English): Waldo
Norwegian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_language): Willy
Polish (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_language): Wally
Portuguese (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_language): Wally
Russian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language): Уолли (Uolli)
Serbian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbian_language): Гиле (Gile)
Spanish (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language): Wally
Swedish (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_language): Valle, Hugo
Turkish (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_language): Ali, Gezgin Veli
Vietnamese (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_language): Văn Lang
Welsh (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_language): Wali


Media

[67hardtop]

I think some of u guys have too much time on ur hands. U should b out working on ur Land Rovers
😆😆😆

Cheers Rod

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[Mick_Marsh]

Found him. Almost smack bang in the middle.

[Saitch]

Shouldn't this be in the "Where am I" thread?

[Mick_Marsh]

Shouldn't this be in the "Where am I" thread?
Are you Wally?

[Saitch]

Are you Wally?
You know, Mick, I have been called that a few times!:D

[Roverlord off road spares]

Are you Wally?
Shouldn't the saying be " Don't you a Wally?"

[rangieman]

Waldo is the American version. Crikey, even I who knows nothing about popular culture nor kid's games knew that :D

Well we know who the real Wally is in all of this :angel:
Good on you Ron im glad you had that bit of useless info my life we be so much better for it now :p not.
Oh and if Waldo is a American thing that is why it did not register on my radar .
Im not into Americanism bull****;)

[Roverlord off road spares]

Well we know who the real Wally is in all of this :angel:
Good on you Ron im glad you had that bit of useless info my life we be so much better for it now :p not.
Oh and if Waldo is a American thing that is why it did not register on my radar .
Im not into Americanism bull****;)
Come on Chris you know you love the Halloween door knockers deep down.;)

[Dark61]

I used to enjoy a nice big fat wally with my Fish and Chips.
cheers,
D

[cuppabillytea]

Shouldn't this be in the "Where am I" thread?

That wally's not on the forum.:D

[Chops]

That wally's not on the forum.:D

Naa, not that one, but I'm sure there's a few others here ;)

[cuppabillytea]

Naa, not that one, but I'm sure there's a few others here ;)

A few? :confused: