WALT DISNEY TREASURES

The '"Walt Disney Treasures"' are two-disc DVD sets of classic Disney works, covering work from the studio's earliest days to more recent work.
There have been six waves of the DVDs, each comprising three or four different sets (for a total of 22 different titles).
First released on Region 1 DVDs on December 4, 2001 as part of Walt Disney's 100th birthday, the sets have been released in limited edition packaging, with many now unavailable new. Only a small handful of these titles have been sold outside of Region 1.
Each title has been packaged in a limited, numbered tin case. The first two waves featured the numbering as stamped into each case, while subsequent waves were packaged with a certificate of authenticity marking the number. The first three waves were additionally bound in a cardboard band signed by Leonard Maltin and Roy Disney. In 2003, a boxed set was packaged of the first and second waves of the series, without the tin canisters.
The DVD sets were the idea of film critic/historian Leonard Maltin^[1], who appears on each set to introduce the DVDs, and to provide historical context to some of the more dated (or, more to the point, politically incorrect) works.

Contents

Release History

End of the Treasures?

References

External links

Release History

★ — December 4, 2001

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★ Mickey Mouse in Living Color

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★ Silly Symphonies

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★ Disneyland, USA

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★ Davy Crockett

★ — December 3, 2002

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★ Mickey Mouse in Black and White

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★ The Complete Goofy

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★ Behind the Scenes at the Walt Disney Studio

★ — May 18, 2004

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★ Mickey Mouse in Living Color, Volume 2

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★ The Chronological Donald

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★ On the Front Lines

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★ Tomorrow Land

★ — December 7, 2004

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★ Mickey Mouse In Black and White, Volume 2

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★ The Complete Pluto

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★ The Mickey Mouse Club

★ — December 6, 2005

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★ The Chronological Donald, Volume 2

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★ Disney Rarities: Celebrated Shorts, 1920s - 1960s

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★ The Adventures of Spin & Marty (The Mickey Mouse Club)

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★ Elfego Baca and The Swamp Fox: Legendary Heroes

★ — December 19, 2006

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★ More Silly Symphonies

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★ The Complete Pluto Volume 2

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★ The Hardy Boys: The Applegate Mystery

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★ Your Host, Walt Disney

★ — December 11, 2007^[2]

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★ Disneyland: The Secrets, Stories and Magic

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★ The Chronological Donald, Volume Three

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★ Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

End of the Treasures?

In January of 2007, members of several Disney forums (such as goldenagecartoons.com) reported that they received e-mails from Walt Disney Treasure's host Leonard Maltin claiming that the Walt Disney Company will not allow him to continue the series past Wave 6. The news sparked distress in the internet community and forum members sent various letters and petitions to the company asking to release one more wave, hoping to complete their cartoon short collections of Donald Duck cartoons, which has only seen half of the shorts released.
Later that month it was reported on TheDigitalBits.com^[3] that the Walt Disney Treasures line would be continuing and that many sets were planned for the future. This was confirmed on March 30, 2007 by UltimateDisney.com when they announced the seventh wave of Treasures were set to be released in December of 2007.

References

1. Ultimate Disney interview with Leonard Maltin
2. The Digital Bits: My Two Cents, 04/02/07
3. The Digital Bits: My Two Cents, 01/26/07

External links

★ The Official Walt Disney Treasures Website

★ UltimateDisney.com's Guide to the Walt Disney Treasures

★ News that the Treasures are continuing