Comparing Home Releases Cover Arts

[Disney Duster]

I agree, let's keep to just one film a week.

[Farerb]

I'll continue with one per week. If I see the conversation die down I'll try to do the next one earlier if I find the time.

[Farerb]

The Many Adventurs of Winnie the Pooh:

First VHS:


Classics VHS (?):


Masterpiece VHS (?):


Special Commemorative Edition:


25th Anniversary DVD:


The Friendship Edition DVD:


Blu-ray:

[JeanGreyForever]

Honestly, most of these covers are garbage. The 2nd/Classic VHS cover is a nice iconic image though and I've always loved the Deluxe Masterpiece VHS cover.

Will you include the VHS tape covers for the individual shorts?

[Disney Duster]

I actually think there are four really good covers for this!

My favorite is The Masterpice VHS. It's so classy with the white, and the font, and the use of just the right amount of colored characters. Very much evoking the film and it's storybook. My second favorite is The Friendship Edition DVD, I guess because of the deep colors, which is also great with the storybook page white, and something about the composition is nice. My third favorite is the 25th Anniversary DVD, once again, classy, but this one was just a little less classy looking than my first favorite. And my fourth favorite is the Blu-ray. I think the rest of the covers actually are bad.

[DisneyBluLife]

Swedish covers of the many adventures of Winnie the Pooh
( 1997 VHS, 2002 DVD, 2006 DVD, 2013 Blu-ray)
https://www.d-zine.se/filmer/filmenomnallepuh.htm

Fun fact: The movie is called "Filmen om Nalle Puh" in Sweden. The Swedish name for Winnie the Pooh is "Nalle Puh" which translates to "Teddy-Pooh". So the movie title translates to "The movie about Teddy-Pooh" ("The movie about Winnie the Pooh"). And the Winnie the Pooh franschise is really popular in Scandinavia.

[DisneyBluLife]

UK DVD and Blu-ray of The many adventures of Winnie the Pooh
UK DVD 2002
http://www.45worlds.com/dvd/disc/5017188885102

UK 5-movie collection DVD
https://www.discshop.se/filmer/dvd/winn ... rt/P159555


UK DVD (This is the French edition)
https://www.amazon.fr/Aventures-Winnie- ... NJA3ZX00YS

UK Blu-ray
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Many-Adventure ... B015PEV8OC

[DisneyBluLife]

Many adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Japanese VHS and Laserdisc for the shorts
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/576320083536236556/
https://originaltrilogy.com/user/GoboFr ... 670/page/2

Japanese Blu-ray
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-The-Many ... ect=mobile

[DisneyBluLife]

Many adventures of Winnie the Pooh.
Australian VHS (Click the link, and scroll down)
http://thecia.com.au/reviews/w/winnie-the-pooh/

[blackcauldron85]

My favorite is The Masterpice VHS. It's so classy with the white, and the font, and the use of just the right amount of colored characters. Very much evoking the film and it's storybook. My second favorite is The Friendship Edition DVD, I guess because of the deep colors, which is also great with the storybook page white, and something about the composition is nice.

I completely agree!

The other ones I like are the Japanese Blu Ray, Australian VHS, and all of the Swedish ones!

[Disney Duster]

I'm so glad we agree Amy! I also like the 1997 Swedish VHS, the 2006 Swedish DVD, and the Japanese Blu-ray, like you!

[D82]

Thanks for posting all these covers, DisneyBluLife! It turned out this film has had more releases and covers than we thought! In Spain we also got the Swedish DVD cover from 2002 with Pooh, Christopher Robin and Piglet on the bridge and the Swedish Blu-ray cover from 2013.

Honestly, most of these covers are garbage. The 2nd/Classic VHS cover is a nice iconic image though and I've always loved the Deluxe Masterpiece VHS cover.

I agree that in general the covers for this movie leave a lot to be desired. I think part of the reason is because, as we well know, Disney markets Pooh to preschoolers, and it seems they think they don't need to make a big effort to please that audience.

Masterpiece VHS (?):

As JeanGreyForever pointed out, it seems that cover is from a Deluxe Edition that included the Special Commemorative Edition VHS, plus a making-of featurette and some lithographs, among other things. Here are some photos of that release: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-The-Ma ... SwY75d3Gq7


I'll rank just my top 5 this time:

1. Swedish DVD from 2002: Christopher Robin and Piglet could've been drawn a bit better, but this is quite a nice cover.

2. Japanese Blu-ray: This one is also very nice and the characters are quite on-model.

3. UK 5-movie collection DVD: It's very simple, but Pooh is really well drawn here and I like the yellow and red theme.

4. UK DVD from 2002: What I like about this cover is that it looks like a book illustration. Pooh is also quite well-drawn, but I just wish they had given more expression to his eyes; he looks like a inanimate teddy bear.

5. Deluxe Masterpiece VHS (above): It's the same drawing of Pooh from the previous cover, but I prefer it without the other characters below.


And the worst one in my opinion is the DVD with Pooh's face taking up all the cover.

[Disney's Divinity]

The Masterpiece VHS is my favorite, then the Friendship Edition.

UK DVD and Blu-ray of The many adventures of Winnie the Pooh
UK DVD 2002
http://www.45worlds.com/dvd/disc/5017188885102

UK 5-movie collection DVD
https://www.discshop.se/filmer/dvd/winn ... rt/P159555

I wasn't able to look at all the images you posted, but, of the ones I did, I liked these two.

[Disney Duster]

Well something could stop Phillip just before he kisses her! Lol.

There are Internet memes like that which usually take on a pro-feminist stance.

I know it's random I quoted this now, but I was wondering, what exactly happened in those memes? I'm guessing Aurora waking up just before Phillip kisses her to stop Phillip from date rape?

[JeanGreyForever]

Both extremes are portrayed.

[Disney Duster]

Oh, ok I see. The second one is really funny. Poor Aurora.

[D82]

UK DVD and Blu-ray of The many adventures of Winnie the Pooh
UK DVD 2002
http://www.45worlds.com/dvd/disc/5017188885102

UK 5-movie collection DVD
https://www.discshop.se/filmer/dvd/winn ... rt/P159555

I wasn't able to look at all the images you posted, but, of the ones I did, I liked these two.

I'm going to post the covers shared by DisneyBluLife directly in the thread, so you can see all of them.

Swedish covers (1997 VHS, 2002 DVD, 2006 DVD, 2013 Blu-ray):



UK covers (2002 DVD, 5-movie collection DVD, DVD French edition, Blu-ray):



Japanese covers (VHS, Laserdisc for two of the shorts, Blu-ray):



Australian VHS:

[Disney's Divinity]

That’s very kind, D82, you didn't have to do that. I had tried the Swedish website, but all the images were broken for some reason? I hadn’t got around to trying the other links after the UK covers yet.

These were the ones I liked of those. I like the way the colors look on those first three Japanese covers. The Australian cover looks a great deal like the first UK cover except... Well, uglier.

[D82]

No problem, Disney's Divinity. I agree with you, the covers you selected are also the ones I like the most of them.

[D82]

Will you include the VHS tape covers for the individual shorts?

I was also curious about those covers. I remember some of them from my childhood, but I never owned the shorts individually. Here are links to the covers for the people who might be interested (I included Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore even though it's not part of The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh):

Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree: https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Winnie_t ... ee_(video)
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day: https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Winnie_t ... ay_(video)
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too: https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Winnie_t ... oo_(video)
Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore: https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Winnie_t ... re_(video)