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Well, if you ask me, my personal opinion is that the storyline in Balto 1 made almost everything about what REALLY happened in the Great Serum Run "pure garbage". Where's Togo and Fritz? How could one team cover a round trip of 674 miles (between Nenana and Nome)??

Well, anybody wanting to know the true distance the dogs covered for the serum run, would surely by then know that (parts of) Balto1 were fictional. Kids couldn't care less

Even *I* wouldn't force that movie on my kids.

Wings of Change was good,a one step from WQ,but the best part mostly I liked is the "You don't have to be a hero song" but the Kodi's attitude of beeing goody goody wasn't that lol,most parts were a little boring.Stella's appereamnce was a fishstake,like useless.But in most parts is running Stella-Boris then Balto's appereance.
I say I hate WQ too.

Balto one was better then the sequels,because were very good animators,a good director,and the story was based on reality,like it happened.That determinates people to watch it.

2. Once in Seattle, they were met by Hollywood producer Sol Lesser, who was eager to make a few short-subject movies about the team at the time (a common form of the day...like those of the comedy teams of the day, such as Laurel & Hardy and Charlie Chaplin). Lesser had his production team with him, and they apparently did some stock footage of the team in the snow-covered mountains of Washington state. They were then whisked, in style, down to Hollywood, where more footage was shot, based on scripts developed for the short subjects. Gunnar Kaasen and his wife were given a room at the posh Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, and so was Balto! The rest of the team were kept in a kennel on the lot where Lesser worked. Here is a link, from Internet Movie Database, of the short-subject movies Balto (and probably the team) appeared in (the dates may be the result of either mistakes in research, or else that the movies were not released until a couple of years later...as the team was in the U.S. in 1925): http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1023926.

6. The team begins to encounter trouble as the "steam" of the trip is starting to run out, and money is becoming a problem. As they work their way back out west, Kaasen is contacted by Seppala (probably by wire) to return to Nome. Kaasen leaves the team in the hands of what are probably assistants of his and Seppala's. Now, doubt exists about what will become of them. More vaudeville fills their travels.

7. An offer is made, by the owner of a "dime-a-look" museum store in Los Angeles. Seppala is contacted by wire, and agrees to sell the team. They then enter a dark period in their U.S. experience. By now, it's early 1926, and they would spend three sad months confined in the museum, in a dark, poorly-lit, hot musty room. A small sign on the street, in front of the museum, advertised their presence, but the museum received few visitors (such museums were becoming a worn-out fad by this time). The dogs languished with little exercise and chance to be outside, for three months.

8. George Kimble, a Cleveland, Ohio businessman, is in Los Angeles on a business trip, and chances upon the dime-a-look museum while walking down the street. He sees the sign, and remembers the press coverage off Balto's part in the Serum Run. Curious, he goes in, pays the fee, and encounters the dogs...still harnessed to their sled, laying in a despondent state in the dark room. Taking pity on them, he confronts the owner of the museum about it, but doesn't have much success. The owner complains about them not having produced the kind of profits he'd hoped for...and is thinking he'd be glad to be rid of them, that it was a mistake to ever buy them in the first place. Kimble, sensing a chance, offers to buy the team with what money he can immediately muster. The museum owner wants $2000.00. Kimble doesn't have that money on hand, or easily-accessible...but plans to raise it, and says he will purchase the team if the museum owner will only give him time. The museum owner probably makes a claim of other interested buyers, but does tell Kimble that he only has a short time before he will take other steps to sell or be rid of the team.

9. Kimble wires his contacts in the Cleveland news corps (the press) abou the situation, and asks for help in announcing the dogs' plight, and asking for donations to save them from a terrible fate. The story goes out, and immediately, other news agencies across the country get hold of it, and spread the news. A remarkable response is created, as money is donated by families and children from all over the U.S. to save Balto and his team.

10. Kimble manages to raise the $2000.00 just in the nick of time, and takes possession of the team. They are taken to a secure location outside of Los Angeles where they are bathed, cleaned up, fed and cared for for a short time. Then, they are sent by rail to Cleveland.

11. In Cleveland, a home is prepared for them at the Brookside Zoo (now the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo). A brand-new semi-circular enclosure is built for them, and preparations are made to receive the team. But first, a grand parade and picnic celebration are held, and the team is marched down the Cleveland city streets as heroes. The mayor of Cleveland makes a speech at the end of the parade, which features a now-famous and oft-quoted line..."the dog is man's best friend".

12. The team is then transported to the Brookside Zoo, where they are placed in their enclosure, and are visited by thousands of citizens eager to catch a glimpse of Balto especially, and to pet the dogs. It goes on for some weeks.

So basically as you can tell, people (kids included) only bought Balto2 because they THOUGHT it was going to be good, hence why not as many people bought Balto3.