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Wally find his grandfather's old chest of magic supplies and grows confident in himself. Meanwhile, the
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Wally the Great (Tony Harvey), great-grandson of Waldo the
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Wiggles Movie was garnered with positive reviews and later found huge success on home video. It topped Australian video sales charts in 1998 and continued performing well internationally after a 2003 North American DVD release.
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