Disney 100th Mickey & Minnie 10 Shorts Collection (Volume 1) - January 3, 2023

[HD Canuck]

All they need to do is release these to Blu-ray...

[rdodolak]

Adding regular retailer links for the wider release on 7 Feb 2023.


https://www.deepdiscount.com/mickey-...1/786936895766
https://www.importcds.com/mickey-and...1/786936895766
https://www.amazon.com/Mickey-Minnie...dp/B0BRQMWJCK/

[Areyakiddin]

Originally Posted by rdodolak

Adding regular retailer links for the wider release on 7 Feb 2023.


https://www.deepdiscount.com/mickey-...1/786936895766
https://www.importcds.com/mickey-and...1/786936895766
https://www.amazon.com/Mickey-Minnie...dp/B0BRQMWJCK/

Hopefully the aspect ratio being listed on Amazon as 1.78:1 is a mistake!

[Bubbles-11]

Originally Posted by Areyakiddin

Hopefully the aspect ratio being listed on Amazon as 1.78:1 is a mistake!

Probably is

[Nailwraps]

It's probably just for the bridging segments while shorts will be in 1.33:1 (as is proper).

[Wummyhulk]

Originally Posted by HD Canuck

All they need to do is release these to Blu-ray...

I couldn't agree more.

[milojthatch]

Originally Posted by HD Canuck

All they need to do is release these to Blu-ray...

Right? I bet Maltin would have even done some new content. * sigh *

[disneygeek98]

Originally Posted by milojthatch

Right? I bet Maltin would have even done some new content. * sigh *

I bet so too, Leonard Maltin’s fairly recently book Starstruck is an excellent read and has a very fascinating chapter on the Walt Disney Treasures. His chapter confirms that Dick Cook is why the series happened, and after Bob Iger fired him in late 2009 the series came to an abrupt end as there was no one in Disney management to champion for them. I think and wonder quiet often if the series would have continued had Dick Cook stayed. As the final wave was only 30,000 copies I think that it still might have ended had he stayed if the number of sets continued to shrink each new wave. But I bet that whatever the case we would have gotten much more vintage Disney on Blu-ray in the 2010s had he stayed.

Also here are some of the pages from Starstruck of the chapter on the Walt Disney Treasures. Not the entire chapter, but I think it’s a good sampling to show how amazing both the chapter and Starstruck really are! Please buy the book and support Mr. Maltin!

[WaltWiz1901]

Originally Posted by disneygeek98

I bet so too, Leonard Maltin’s fairly recent book Starstruck is an excellent read and has a very fascinating chapter on the Walt Disney Treasures. His chapter confirms that Dick Cook is why the series happened, and after Bob Iger fired him in late 2009 the series came to an abrupt end as there was no one in Disney management to champion for them. I think and wonder quite often if the series would have continued had Dick Cook stayed. As the final wave was only 30,000 copies I think that it still might have ended had he stayed if the number of sets continued to shrink each new wave. But I bet that whatever the case we would have gotten much more vintage Disney on Blu-ray in the 2010s had he stayed.

Also here are some of the pages from Starstruck of the chapter on the Walt Disney Treasures. Not the entire chapter, but I think it’s a good sampling to show how amazing both the chapter and Starstruck really are! Please buy the book and support Mr. Maltin!

I have Starstruck myself, and I can vouch for all of this 100%! The chapter about the Treasures was hands down my favorite part of the book. After reading it, I became even more appreciative for what Maltin and associates did than I already was.

To add to the first two pages, another tidbit from later on in the chapter - and a particularly telling one at that:

One release came about because of popular demand: Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow, also known as The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh. [...] Fan interest in this program, which originally aired in three parts on Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color, was so great that it was out of stock within weeks of its release and (like many of the other Treasures) was already commanding scalper prices on eBay. I pleaded with the head of marketing to release more copies but he refused. And so it goes.

I sometimes think about how much better the Treasures would've sold had they (or at least most of them) not been limited to a set number of copies. Chances are we'd have at least a few more sets and even Blu-ray versions had they scratched the whole itch...

[WonkaBedknobs83]

Originally Posted by milojthatch

Right? I bet Maltin would have even done some new content. * sigh *

Unfortunately, his health nowadays isn't the best, so even if the studio wanted to bring it back tomorrow in Blu-ray or even (let's not get ahead of ourselves) in 4k, would he still be able to participate?

[Hardback247]

Originally Posted by WonkaBedknobs83

Unfortunately, his health nowadays isn't the best, so even if the studio wanted to bring it back tomorrow in Blu-ray or even (let's not get ahead of ourselves) in 4k, would he still be able to participate?

I noticed that his voice seems to have a slight lisp now. Maybe it's age?

[dig311dug]

Originally Posted by Hardback247

I noticed that his voice seems to have a slight lisp now. Maybe it's age?

He has parkinson's disease.

[Hardback247]

Originally Posted by dig311dug

He has parkinson's disease.

Oh...

[disneygeek98]

Originally Posted by WonkaBedknobs83

Unfortunately, his health nowadays isn't the best, so even if the studio wanted to bring it back tomorrow in Blu-ray or even (let's not get ahead of ourselves) in 4k, would he still be able to participate?

He would, Leonard Maltin and his daughter Jessie do livestreams almost every Sunday which I almost always attend. He continues to do introductions for content on TCM quite often and mentions pretty often that he is available and would love to do work with Disney again and wished that those in management would let him make vintage content available.

[rdodolak]

[Mayboy128]

Originally Posted by rdodolak

“Widescreen (1.78:1)”

[warbington]

Originally Posted by Mayboy128

“Widescreen (1.78:1)”

Only the "Introductions" are 1.78:1, the shorts are OAR.

1. Steamboat Willie 1.21:1
2. Brave Little Tailor 1.36:1
3. The Little Whirlwind 1.40:1
4. Mickey's Delayed Date 1.38:1
5. On Ice 1.37:1
6. Hawaiian Holiday 1.40:1
7. Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip 1.37:1
8. Figaro and Frankie 1.37:1
9. Bath Day 1.37:1
10. Thru the Mirror 1.37:1

DMC order arrived today.

[Creeper3455]

Originally Posted by rdodolak

Like, not even DTS-HD Master 2.0, just Dolby 2.0 like it's nothing... :-/

[girlfightmovie]

Originally Posted by Creeper3455

Like, not even DTS-HD Master 2.0, just Dolby 2.0 like it's nothing... :-/

Those are the same boring vinyl stickers DMC have been shipping with orders for over a year. Better than the Wreck It Ralph keyboard stickers, those were nasty.

[milojthatch]

Originally Posted by WonkaBedknobs83

Unfortunately, his health nowadays isn't the best, so even if the studio wanted to bring it back tomorrow in Blu-ray or even (let's not get ahead of ourselves) in 4k, would he still be able to participate?

As Disneygeek pointed out, yes. And if not him, at least his daughter.