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The Disney Blu-ray Thread: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Vault
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Is there any affordable way to collect classic Disney cartoons?
I was looking for collections featuring certain characters or collections from a certain time period, but most of what turns up are things like the releases from the Walt Disney Treasures line, which are crazy high priced:
Mickey Mouse in Black and White
Disney Rarities - Celebrated Shorts, 1920s-1960s
Silly Symphonies
I was looking for collections featuring certain characters or collections from a certain time period, but most of what turns up are things like the releases from the Walt Disney Treasures line, which are crazy high priced:
Mickey Mouse in Black and White
Disney Rarities - Celebrated Shorts, 1920s-1960s
Silly Symphonies
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
If I wanted to collect Disney shorts, I'd make a list first. Many Disney blu releases of full-length films come with one or two shorts on them. So I'd start with those. Thankfully, some of the Disney fans on the blu-ray.com forums have made pretty great lists:
Shorts by type: http://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=6037173&postcount=1
Shorts by blu-ray release order: http://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=6037197&postcount=2
Slightly more updated shorts by original release year, along with the blu-ray release they were attached to: http://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=8795285&postcount=398
But after that, the Treasures line is in fact the last home release for most of the shorts, and it seems unlikely they will release many of them on Blu-Ray (the Treasures DVD releases were somewhat improbable themselves, unprofitable by the end, and happened at least partially because of Leonard Matlin pushing the issue). I'd hope for streaming, personally.
Shorts by type: http://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=6037173&postcount=1
Shorts by blu-ray release order: http://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=6037197&postcount=2
Slightly more updated shorts by original release year, along with the blu-ray release they were attached to: http://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=8795285&postcount=398
But after that, the Treasures line is in fact the last home release for most of the shorts, and it seems unlikely they will release many of them on Blu-Ray (the Treasures DVD releases were somewhat improbable themselves, unprofitable by the end, and happened at least partially because of Leonard Matlin pushing the issue). I'd hope for streaming, personally.
Fox Mulder
Member
it's such a shame there's no market for these and the companies arent committed to remastering these classic anyways. I got the sadly named Tom and Jerry Golden Collection Vol. 1, and one of the looney toons collections, but they sell like shit and studios don't really care about the format really. Disney didn't even release the newest Mickey shorts on bluray.
manzoman96
Member
IIRC the vault cycle is 7 years right? I'd love to get some of the blu-rays I missed.
That's a bummer, but I expected it. I guess I'll have to make a spreadsheet like you suggested because there's no way I'm going to spend thousands to get all of those marked-up Walt Disney Treasures DVDs, as much as I'd love to have them. It looks like you can get volumes 1-6 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection for $100 on Amazon, while some of those Walt Disney Treasures DVDs cost that much for just one. I guess I shouldn't expect too much from Disney though. I've been waiting almost 7 years for them to release seasons 4 and 5 of the Muppet Show
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
Picked them up today, they are pretty well tucked away.
Are they still replacing little mermaid disks? Are any versions safe? I got the 3d, bluray, DVD version of it today.
ConsumerSquare
Member
Will these Ghibli discs go out of print like a lot of the classic Disney movies? I want these for my daughter, but she's a little too young now. But, I'm afraid they'll be gone if I don't jump on them now.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
So far, no they haven't, and there's no Vault system or anything like that. But anything can happen, and Disney is in many cases a licensor, so it's feasible to imagine some time in the future where another company gets the rights.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
Unfortunately you missed the boat by 2 years or so. After the prices on those went insane they released a collectors tin of all of those treasures DVDs for $500 on the d23 site. That was the last reasonable price to buy that I've seen. I was incredibly lucky to realize they did it. Hopefully one day they'll release them all but like other companies, most people don't care and those companies seem to love continually relaunching to screw over those who do care any how. It's funny too that companies day they don't care but they release such bad content that many times it feels like a self fulfilling prophecy. Disney saw demand drop so they started only release the old oddball shows with real people in them... I'm pretty sure that's a niche of a niche market.That's a bummer, but I expected it. I guess I'll have to make a spreadsheet like you suggested because there's no way I'm going to spend thousands to get all of those marked-up Walt Disney Treasures DVDs, as much as I'd love to have them. It looks like you can get volumes 1-6 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection for $100 on Amazon, while some of those Walt Disney Treasures DVDs cost that much for just one. I guess I shouldn't expect too much from Disney though. I've been waiting almost 7 years for them to release seasons 4 and 5 of the Muppet Show
Disney just needs a streaming service with all of their content. Disney is one of the largest rights holders in the world when it comes to how much they own, and they could easily justify a service if they just threw it all up.
Fox Mulder
Member
Disney will replace them for a fee if you contact them.
That's a bummer, but I expected it. I guess I'll have to make a spreadsheet like you suggested because there's no way I'm going to spend thousands to get all of those marked-up Walt Disney Treasures DVDs, as much as I'd love to have them. It looks like you can get volumes 1-6 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection for $100 on Amazon, while some of those Walt Disney Treasures DVDs cost that much for just one. I guess I shouldn't expect too much from Disney though. I've been waiting almost 7 years for them to release seasons 4 and 5 of the Muppet Show
I'm probably going to rip mine soon, so if you're interested in the files shoot me a message. (I own about four or five of the treasure DVD sets.)
The Broken Ska Record
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I hate that I missed out on the Treasure Sets. AH well.
The Broken Ska Record
Member
Is it my imagination, or did they color the smoke from Cruella's cigarette to yellow in the Blu-ray?
The Broken Ska Record
Member
Fall 2015. So probably around October/November.
MaizeRage25
Member
Probably October.
Christopher
Member
The transfer is flawless I just have a problem with the speaking audio
Oct 6th
manzoman96
Member
Which ones didn't come in slips? I just got my initial order and all of mine had the slip covers.
Too bad my mail people aren't the best and half of them looked like they were stepped on
The ones I ordered that came with slip covers were Sleeping Beauty and Jungle Book. The ones that didn't have slip covers are The Little Mermaid, Cinderella, Dumbo, Robin Hood, and The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.
It may be that Dumbo, Robin Hood, and Pooh don't have the covers because they're not diamond editions, but both Little Mermaid and Cinderella are. I need to find a place that lists which Blu Rays come with them.
manzoman96
Member
That's strange. I also got Cinderella but I got a slip cover. Wonder what the deal is on that.
Fox Mulder
Member
i only just recently got an interest in these, shame it's so out of print. This stuff should be available digitally if they don't want to print dvds again or even step up to bluray.
the disney movie club still has a few available, and a used bookstore near here has a couple. I'm not going to pay top dollar for sealed copies though.
I have slip covers for both Dumbo and Robin Hood so they do exist.
Hopefully this isn't too wrong of a place to ask, but since I don't see an actual thread for it and there's some discussion on the site here:
Recently signed up for the Disney Movie Club thing to finish out my Ghibli collection (sadly had to go DVD for Castle in the Sky and Porco Rosso thanks to the "Members Only" nonsense in the initial setup), and I was preparing to finish things out with the two commitment titles I needed to still grab. However, I can't seem to turn off the darn special 40% offer to save me. Everything I look at seems to say you click "special offers", then "other offers," and then you get an option to not use a discount. However, when I click special offers it only shows a variety of offers and a "view all offers" button. And looking around the site hard as I can, I just can NOT find this darn option. Can anyone help me out here?
Recently signed up for the Disney Movie Club thing to finish out my Ghibli collection (sadly had to go DVD for Castle in the Sky and Porco Rosso thanks to the "Members Only" nonsense in the initial setup), and I was preparing to finish things out with the two commitment titles I needed to still grab. However, I can't seem to turn off the darn special 40% offer to save me. Everything I look at seems to say you click "special offers", then "other offers," and then you get an option to not use a discount. However, when I click special offers it only shows a variety of offers and a "view all offers" button. And looking around the site hard as I can, I just can NOT find this darn option. Can anyone help me out here?
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Click Special Offers -> View All Offers. You should come to this page:
On the right hand side, the module says "Shop Using a Site-Wide Discount". The second choice is "No Discount". Click it and the page will reload and you will no longer have a discount.
Click Special Offers -> View All Offers. You should come to this page:
On the right hand side, the module says "Shop Using a Site-Wide Discount". The second choice is "No Discount". Click it and the page will reload and you will no longer have a discount.
Bizarrely, I see exactly that, but it only has the first bubble for selection and then nothing else, with some more ads below it.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Since you weren't clear in your original post, is it possible that your initial commitment order hasn't shipped yet? I think some people have reported troubled trying to finish out their membership instantly. Maybe wait a week or two and see if the option appears?
Ah yes, I only just got cleared as a member and wanted to get it finished out. But yeah, no rush so I'll just give it some time then, thanks.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
So you can't order those two blu-rays upon sign up? After you complete your initial order of the 6-7, you can buy those blus as part of your commitment though, right?
Why don't you want the 40% offer?
I needed to save the post sign-up blu-rays for commitment for Princess Mononoke and The Wind Rises, since those aren't available at all for non-members. And it ruins the cost balance of the thing if you do more than the absolutely necessary two after signing up, far as I can tell, and unfortunately I don't want enough other stuff to justify a second time around for now. It's not a huge deal though as I already had Kiki as a DVD in the past and Spirited Away is only on DVD, and I'm not a big stickler for quality that I'm that worried about having the Blu-rays. But yeah, not ideal.
And I don't want the 40% since it makes the discounted item no longer count as a commitment item.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Hmm, do "Members Only" titles ever become available in the initial sign up process? They have 7 Ghibli titles at start up, but I already have Ponyo and I don't really want any non Ghibli movies right now. You'd think Castle in the Sky would be in there since it's been out for several years, but it isn't - it's still Members Only.
Ah, I see.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
No, it's totally random. It's been a while since they've done a batch, though.
Lee Chaolan
Member
Any new info on the US Aladdin blu ray yet? I need to fanciest L.E. (pls make one Disney)
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
It's a Diamond Edition, which is Disney's most high-importance release category. But they don't typically release limited editions of everything. They have done Steelbook partnerships with individual retailers in the past (no bonus features besides the case). So, glass half full or glass half empty?
Lee Chaolan
Member
Yeah, I'll have to find whichever retailer is doing the fanciest extra then I guess. I like the Disney Store lithographs, but that's not enough for my Aladdin.
With them taking SO long, and it being Aladdin, I hope they can come up with something fancier. So I guess my hopes are half-full. haha.
manzoman96
Member
I'm debating whether I should get the little mermaid with my rewards points since I have enough. It would end up using most of them though.
Fox Mulder
Member
They don't do that in the US. Best you can hope for is a really nice retailer exclusive slipcover like best buy had for the recent sleeping beauty rerelease.