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. So far there have been nine waves of the DVDs, each comprising of two, three or four different sets (adding up to a total of 30 different titles).
The first wave was released to Region 1 DVD on December 4, 2001 as part of Walt Disney's 100th birthday. Sold in limited quantities, the numbered units are largely commercially unavailable outside of second-hand sales. Only a small handful of these titles have been sold outside of Region 1.
Each title has been packaged in a 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 featuring reproductions of signatures by Leonard Maltin and Roy Disney. In 2003, a Costco exclusive boxed set "The Ultimate Disney Treasure Chest" packaged the first two waves of the series, without the tin canisters (as pictured).
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, and sometimes politically incorrect, works.
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Release History
- Walt Disney Treasures: Wave One — December 4, 2001
- Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Two — December 3, 2002
- Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Three — May 18, 2004
- Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Four — December 7, 2004
- Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Five — December 6, 2005
- Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Six — December 19, 2006
- Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Seven — December 11, 2007
- Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Eight — November 11, 2008
- Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Nine — November 3, 2009
Rumored end to series
In January 2007, members of several Disney forums (such as goldenagecartoons.com) reported that they received e-mails from Walt Disney Treasures host Leonard Maltin claiming that the Walt Disney Company would not allow him to continue the series past Wave 6. The news sparked distress in the internet community and forum members sent various letters, e-mails and petitions to the company asking to release at least one more wave, hoping to complete their collections of theatrical Donald Duck cartoons, of which only half had been released on the Treasures at that point.
Later that month it was reported on TheDigitalBits.com[2] that the Walt Disney Treasures line would be continuing and that "at least a couple more waves of releases in the line are planned." Three more waves of Treasures have been released, in December 2007, November 2008, and November 2009.
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