From BAUERLE@engr.erie.ge.comSun Feb 18 14:10:45 1996 Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 21:21:08 -0500 (EST) From: Ron Bauerle Reply to: sonic@bort.mv.net To: sonic@bort.mv.net Cc: aa2043@freenet.lorain.oberlin.edu, nefaria@aol.com, panda@ophelia.waterloo.net, quozl@netcom.com, ray.rooney@dscmail.com, rune@delphi.com, BAUERLE@engr.erie.ge.com Subject: New Sonic Merchandise: Sonic Look and Find I saw this in the grocery store last night, and for $5 I figured it was worth having (they only had two left, and if anybody wants them bad enough to pay me $10 for them (includes shipping) I'll pick them up for them). Basically it's like a Where's Waldo book except it uses the Sonic characters (i.e., scenes of many characters doing many things, and you're supposed to find certain objects and/or people in them). Penciled by Art Mawhinney, Inked by Dan Burr and Brian Thomas (how did they _do_ all that, and how long did it take?). Illustration Script Developers: Ken Penders and Mike Kanterovich. Published by Louis Weber, CEO, Publications International, Ltd. 7373 North Cicero Avenue Lincolnwood, IL 60646 ISBN: 0-7853-0849-0 The rest of this message contains spoilers, so here's a form feed for you: The inside front cover has nice pics of the following characters: Sonic, Tails (though the kind of babyish version that I don't really like), Sally, Antoine, Bunnie (yay!!! Though about the best pic of her in the whole book), Rotor, Snively, Swat-bot, and Dr. Robotnik (oddly enough, the daily version, not the Sat. AM one - maybe they figured the kiddies wouldn't recognize him otherwise...) Each page has a follow-the-blur sequence of Sonic doing various things, which is kind of neat. Here are some misc. comments on the more interesting things on the various pages: Green hill: Sonic saving Sally. Marble zone: some skunks blasting something off-page (was the original art bigger?) with aerosol cans; Bunnie trying on jewels from a treasure chest while being menaced by skeletons. Aquatic zone: SS Minnow life preserver, Ariel the mermaid (not worried about being sued by Disney? :^)), Bunnie in a submersible vehicle. Robotropolis: Just-married Swat-bots???, the robot dog lifting his leg against a "curb your dog" sign. South island: some furries playing that fish game with sticks Knothole: skunk scouts (!), Sonic giving his autograph. Icecap zone: what is Bunnie holding? Veg-o-fortress (?): "dangerous curves" indeed :^) Launch base: Hanger 18: "There's nothing in here. Really." But I thought the "Shuttle Experiment DOA 86" was a bit in bad taste... All in all, a nice book for furrie/Sonic fans for $5... RDB