Rankin Bass Wish List

[Dragon78]

Ones that come to mind...

Jack Frost
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
Return of The King
The Hobbit
The Leprechaun's Christmas Gold
The Life and Adventures of Santa Clause

[Kirk76]

Mouse on the Mayflower

[playingphysicist]

Lol I see my wish list entry for the Hobbit inspired this thread.

It amazes me, that with the popularity of the live action Peter Jackson films, that they couldn't be bothered to track down the proper elements for a decent release of the Hobbit that doesn't have the missing audio. I've never known what the back story was to this, but the recent re-release of the early 00s DVD had the exact same problem.

[cicada88]

Mad Monster Party needs a new HD (or UHD) release. The DVD is considered superior to the Blu-ray according to the thread on this forum.

[Blades1370]

Originally Posted by cicada88

Mad Monster Party needs a new HD (or UHD) release. The DVD is considered superior to the Blu-ray according to the thread on this forum.

It's there an issue with the OCN? My memory might be a bit foggy, but I believe a fire was involved and there was a problem securing proper elements for the Blu-ray.

[whiteberry]

I've been wondering if or when Warner will release the ones they own on blu-ray. Many of them have been available in HD digitally for a few years now:

• The First Christmas: The Story Of The First Christmas Snow
• Frosty's Winter Wonderland
• Rudolph's Shiny New Year
• The Easter Bunny Is Comin' To Town
• The Hobbit
• Rudolph And Frosty's Christmas In July
• Jack Frost
• Pinocchio's Christmas

[whiteberry]

Originally Posted by whiteberry

I've been wondering if or when Warner will release the ones they own on blu-ray. Many of them have been available in HD digitally for a few years now:

• The First Christmas: The Story Of The First Christmas Snow
• Frosty's Winter Wonderland
• Rudolph's Shiny New Year
• The Easter Bunny Is Comin' To Town
• The Hobbit
• Rudolph And Frosty's Christmas In July
• Jack Frost
• Pinocchio's Christmas

They are finally coming to blu-ray:
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=364700

[Dragon78]

There is a lot Rankin Bass stuff I have not seen or just don't remember seeing because I was too young.

[Dragon78]

It is a shame so much of their stuff hasn't aired on TV for many years...if at all.

[Dragon78]

You would think that we would have had the Hobbit on blu ray by now especially when the live action movies came out.

[Dragon78]

Never understood why they keep releasing the same ones all the time and rarely ever give the other stuff a chance.

Never watched the Monster Party blu ray, glad to know it is worse then the DVD.

[Dragon78]

Who owns the rights for the Rankin/Bass stuff?

[Dragon78]

Looks like NBCUniversal owns the pre-1974 stuff while Warner Bros. owns anything from 1974+.

[Torgon]

Originally Posted by Dragon78

Looks like NBCUniversal owns the pre-1974 stuff while Warner Bros. owns anything from 1974+.

Coming Oct 18, 2022!

It appears that Universal and WB are working together to make a larger Rankin/Bass set with some never-before released shows (I'm assuming these may be some of the Warner Archives: The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, Pinocchio's Christmas and such that weren't available outside of WB Shop). I have most of them, but if this adds new content or better encode over the current DVDs, I'll probably bite. Hopefully it will sell well and get a blu-ray release eventually.

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Noticed a Complete Rankin Bass Christmas Collection coming out on DVD according to a Canadian retailer site

Description
Universal and Warner Bros. multi-studio Rankin/Bass Christmas collection​. Never-before released complete collection on DVD. Collection includes 24-page booklet French audio will only be included on some titles. Artwork will not be bilingual. Packaging will be stickered with “includes some French tracks.

Complete Rankin Bass Christmas Collection

[Dragon78]

Cool, too bad it is DVD only, but at least some of these are getting love.

[karsten]

It would be nice to get a Drummer Boy with better picture quality.

[Dragon78]

Also didn't know they did more then one Little Drummer Boy special until recently.

[Shane Rollins]

Rudolph, with all versions included
Frosty, with all versions included
The Year Without A Santa Claus
The Little Drummer Boy, properly restored (I seriously think that movie's cursed)

[Dragon78]

What is the problem with the Little Drummer Boy?

[batman2000]

Originally Posted by Dragon78

What is the problem with the Little Drummer Boy?

It’s missing parts of the film and it might never be found because the footage wasn’t treated with care so the original footage might be lost forever that’s also way the video quality isn’t great.