r/wizardofoz May 04 '26

GoFundMe for Dennis Anfuso, writer-illustrator of non-canonical Oz books

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I am a longtime friend of Dennis Anfuso, a writer and illustrator of several non-canonical Oz books. Here is Dennis's entry on the Oz Wiki:

https://oz.fandom.com/wiki/Dennis_Anfuso

Back on March 4, an accidental fire at the Anfuso home killed Dennis's wife, Linda, and severely injured him:

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/one-person-dead-another-seriously-injured-in-fire-in-southern-nh/3910515/

I am trying to help Dennis while he heals by spreading the word about a GoFundMe another friend of his set up for him:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-dennis-rebuild-after-tragic-house-fire

I would be very grateful if anyone who sees this would please consider donating to the GoFundMe. Thank you!


r/wizardofoz Apr 12 '21

Spam Update

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We've had a lot of spam from users named FirstnameLastnameNumber posting dumb tshirts. For now, I've increased the spam filter settings for link posts. I'll be reviewing the spam filter closely over the next few days, so if your post gets removed as spam, bear with me, and I will try to approve it as soon as possible.


r/wizardofoz 5h ago

Flying with the Great & Powerful Oz from different adaptations would be a challenge. Don’t arouse one of them.

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If you’d sit with one of the actors who played the Wizard, who you’d sit next to in whichever number you’d take in the plane?

FACT: The other 3 on the right side are future ones.


r/wizardofoz 1d ago

My handmade male take on Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz [self]

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I’ve wanted to make my own version of Dorothy for a while, but instead of simply recreating the original dress I wanted to adapt her visual identity to something that felt like me.
I kept the elements I immediately associate with Dorothy — light blue gingham, white fabric, red shoes and the overall simplicity of the farm-girl look — but reworked them into a masculine outfit.
I drafted and sewed the costume myself. For the shirt I chose a white broderie anglaise fabric that I completely fell in love with, while the blue gingham became the main part of the outfit.
Oz (and Wicked) has meant a lot to me creatively over the years, so finally wearing this felt strangely personal.
I’d genuinely love to know what Oz fans think of this interpretation of Dorothy.


r/wizardofoz 1d ago

A painting I did called “The Life Of The Wicked”

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Im a fantasy artist and I love The Wizard Of Oz. This painting symbolizes identity and the path in which a woman walks. In the movie all you see is the witch under the house with her striped socks and red shoes peeking out from underneath and that’s what inspired me to paint this. Thank you for looking!


r/wizardofoz 23h ago

Sphere adding monkeys, scented apples to new ‘Wizard’

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r/wizardofoz 1d ago

Yellow Brick Road Base for Lego Minifigures

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Hello fellow Oz fans. I recently bought the Wicked Emerald City Wall Art (75685) and I wanted to create a base for the Minifigures that represented the Yellow Brick Road. So I designed this MOC. You can build your own for free using this Yellow Brick Road MOC I uploaded to Rebrickable. All the information you need is there.


r/wizardofoz 23h ago

The Wizard of Oz at Sphere Unveils New & Expanded 4D Effects – Company Announcement

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r/wizardofoz 2d ago

Vivian Reed as Princess Ozma in the introduction to several early Oz films

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r/wizardofoz 2d ago

Oz Twisted Tales books ideas

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Twisted Tales "is an anthology series of books based around alternate "What if" spins on Disney and Pixar animated films". Now I know the Wikipedia description is specifically says animated movies, but they could very well make books based on their live action movies.

Return to Oz-

What if Billina didn't kill the Nome King?

  • The Nome King's eaten Jack Pumpkinhead and Billina since she didn't lay an egg and kill her, but Dorothy, the Scarecrow, Tik-Tok, and the Gump are able to escape into hiding and are figuring out a way to overthrow the Nome King once and for all

Oz the Great and Powerful-

What if the Wizard never came to Oz?


r/wizardofoz 2d ago

I Made a Video Analyzing the Color of The Wizard of Oz and Wicked then Swapping It

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I analyzed the color of both films, their contrast, palette, and saturation, and then did my best to swap those characteristics.

Through the making of this video, I've really come to appreciate both films and how they interpret Oz. Most notably, they act as time capsules for the generations in which they were made. Hope you enjoy!!


r/wizardofoz 3d ago

Inconsistencies in my wizard of oz books by Wilco publishing 🤔

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I’m not complaining very hard since from what I’ve noticed these mistakes are thankful only on the covers

The inconsistencies being the books being in the wrong order and Dorothy having red slippers instead of sliver. I can kind of understand the latter since she famously has red shoes in the movie but I don’t understand how they put the books in wrong order??

How did the covers get accepted when the books aren’t in correct order 😭?


r/wizardofoz 4d ago

Toto and The Wizard (a.k.a Prof.Marvel) in my art style

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r/wizardofoz 4d ago

Got this box set for 35 aud 🥹

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I am so happy, it was a steal too!!

I’ve never read the books but I’ve always loved the wizard of oz, but I love return to oz the most!! (Unpopular opinion maybe?)

I’ve always wanted to read the books because of ozma!! But I was never able to find any (besides the wonderful wizard) but now I finally can. I’m overjoyed


r/wizardofoz 5d ago

Ozma’s birthday?

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So online you’ll see people celebrating her birthday on August 21st and if you Google her birthday it says that’s her birthday and it’s even listed as her birthday on her Wikipedia page, all these will source The Road to Oz (1909) as where they got her birthday, as the entire plot of the book revolves around her birthday. However can anyone please tell me where in the book that it states it’s August? I do know for a fact they say “her birthday is on the 21st of this month” multiple times, but I do not recall the specific month ever being specified or it being implied to be August or even summer. Even if they are going off the books publication date the book was published on July 10th, which would make her birthday July 21st. I cannot locate my own copy of Road to Oz to confirm nor deny this, nor would I have the time to reread the entire book, but if someone knows exactly when it’s stated to be August in the book please let me know because this is actually driving me crazy, I feel like I’m being gaslit (though if y’all prove it is August I’ll admit my memory can be wrong). Please someone 😭


r/wizardofoz 6d ago

Despicable

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r/wizardofoz 6d ago

The Wizard of Oz Lego Set

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I found this really cool The Wizard of Oz LEGO Set on LEGO Ideas. Please go support it. It's really close to 10K Supporters.


r/wizardofoz 6d ago

I just realized if Universal wanted to make an Oz theme park land, they wouldn't just be limited to using stuff from Wicked (and the original books of course), as there's other Oz media they own too

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Now would they is a different story, considering most of them are obscure and/or forgotten, unless you're an Oz fan (and I don't mean just of the 1939 film and Wicked)

However, even though Tales of the Wizard of Oz and its TV special follow up Return to Oz are very niche, I think they could still successfully use them in an Oz theme park- by having stuff from the show and its TV special follow up in a little kids' section of the park. Even though most people wouldn't even know of the show and special's existence, they'd potentially still like it and just view them as baby or cutesy versions of the characters. And for characters exclusive to the franchise like Ham, Topsy Turvey, Robby the Rubberman, etc, they could make statues of them around the park and have a plaque (for lack of better word) explaining the characters' origins. They could even have a bakery that's called the Baker's shop (the Baker's also character from the show)

A statue of a Green Elephant from Journey Back to Oz with Mombi riding it would be pretty cool, but I can't help but feel like unlike the Tales of the Wizard of Oz characters, it just wouldn't work with them; don't know why. A merry go round or carousel with Woodenhead Stallion III from the same movie (on a side note, they could even make a merry go round based on the canonical book Merry Go Round in Oz, which I've yet to read), but again, too niche. I will say though, outside of Oz land they could do a merry go round/carousel based off the movie, but people that don't know about the movie won't be confused why it's there since not all rides at Universal parks are based on something, and they'd just assume that it's one of them.

I don't know what they could hypothetically do from The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story since it's a documentary but thought I'd throw it in there

Also, since NBCUniversal made and owns The Wiz and The Wiz Live!, do they or do they not have the rights to do stuff based on it at a theme park?

I thought of including Tin Man (2007) and Flying Monkeys (2013), but from what I understand, Universal's parent company Comcast, doesn't own Syfy anymore, so they wouldn't have the rights to use things exclusively to those productions

As for the film on the last slide, it's an edited compilation of four films made by the Oz Film Manufacturing Company that were never released in their original forms. The set of films was originally also called Violet's Dreams. The film is lost media and I even considered not including it in the slideshow at all, but decided it should go at the end (even though it was the first one that was made and released lol)


r/wizardofoz 6d ago

Wicked Witch Great Movie Ride WDW Disney Pin for sale

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Having been an active member of this community for a bit, I wanted to share my “piece of Disney history” pin I have for sale. This is the 2008 Great Movie Ride piece of history Wicked Witch pin with piece of the animatronic in her crystal ball.

I have it listed on eBay, I’m unfamiliar with if the mods allow this, I apologize if not. I was going to post in Disney pin Reddit, but I’m already active in this community as a huge fan and collector.

I’m going to be selling more from my extensive memorabilia collection because my AC broke and I live in Florida. I’m a few grand shy of what I need to replace it, and this is easier than getting a raise in 2026.


r/wizardofoz 6d ago

Since Walter Murch has stated in interview(s) that the subtext of Return to Oz is defending your dreams and imagination, does that mean the events of the movie actually are a dream?

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Gemini is claiming that he intended it to be ambiguous, but I think we know why I'm not taking its word for it lol


r/wizardofoz 7d ago

Does anyone know a way to make this old Oz game work?

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Emerald City Confidential. I LOVED it when I was younger. I bought it on Steam years ago but I've never been able to get it to function on any of my computers since, the graphics glitch out. I just haven't asked for a refund in hopes one day I'll get it to work. It's a wonderful little game but I never finished.

If the reviews are to be believed, people even this year have played. Has anyone here gotten it to work? It would be something I would appreciate returning to on a hard day.


r/wizardofoz 9d ago

Baby Nursery Theme?

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I'm 5 months pregnant and planning to do a Wizard of OZ themed baby nursery 🌈

I'd love to hear from anyone who's done this or hear any ideas. I'm not sure whether to lean into muted or colorful.

I was thinking soft green walls with a poppy mural at first, but I also love the idea of a gingham accent wall or something really colorful with red.

We need a rug, because the nursery won't be carpeted, so any links to suitable one would be great.

Thanks 💚


r/wizardofoz 9d ago

You guys remeber "The legend of OZ"

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r/wizardofoz 10d ago

Everything I Have Been Able To Find To Date About The RTO Ruby Slippers.

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