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I just realized this year marks the 50th anniversary for The Sword in the Stone. I hope we get that one soon. I won't hold my breath but I'm excited to see how they'd restore that one given what a good job they did with Aristocats and (from what I saw on the trailer) Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.

Prince Edward wrote:"Who Framed Roger Rabbit" gets a Norwegian release on April 10th.

Thanks. Added.

For Middle East (Update: January 2013)

23-Jan-2013 * The Odd Life of Timothy Green DVD
23-Jan-2013 * Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey and Donald Have a Farm DVD
11-Feb-2013 Frankenweenie 3D BD DVD
20-Feb-2013 Ultimate Spider-Man Vol 1: Spider-Tech DVD
20-Feb-2013 Ultimate Spider-Man Vol 2: Spider-Man Vs. Marvel's greatest villains DVD
26-Feb-2013 * Mulan BD
01-Mar-2013 Peter Pan: Return to Never Land BD DVD
06-Mar-2013 * Monsters, Inc. 3D BD
06-Mar-2013 Aladdin BD
13-Mar-2013 * The Hunchback of Notre Dame BD
13-Mar-2013 * Brother Bear BD
13-Mar-2013 * Brother Bear 2 BD
13-Mar-2013 * Pete's Dragon BD
20-Mar-2013 * Phineas and Ferb: Animal Agents DVD
20-Mar-2013 * Doc McStuffins: Friendship Is The Best Medicine DVD
03-Apr-2013 Wreck-It Ralph 3D BD DVD
01-May-2013 The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes! Vol 5 DVD
01-May-2013 The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes! Vol 6 DVD
01-May-2013 The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes! Vol 7 DVD
01-May-2013 The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes! Vol 8 DVD
19-Jun-2013 * Marvel's Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United DVD
19-Jun-2013 * Chimpanzee BD DVD
28-Jun-2013 Oz: The Great and Powerful 3D BD DVD
07-Aug-2013 * Super Buddies DVD
14-Aug-2013 * The Jungle Book: Diamond Edition DVD
28-Aug-2013 Iron Man 3 3D BD DVD

Source:
Rotana Home Entertainment (Disney Distributing Company in the Middle East).

Note:
An asterisk * beside any release date, means that this release was added recently to the schedule, or that a change occurred in its releasing date.

NeverLand wrote:The Jungle Book: Diamond Edition DVD

The Jungle Book will be only on DVD? No Blu-ray?

Weird.. must be a typo. No mention of Hercules either. It's nice to see that we're getting Mulan and Hunchback in spring though

How come a Diamond Edition (Jungle Book) is coming out in August?

Pinocchio is being re-released in Spain on January 30th.

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Sotiris wrote:Pinocchio is being re-released in Spain on January 30th.

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Yeah... I don't get the point about release it again. I don't know what are they thinking.
Disney Spain is the worst company of all the world, they don't care about Disney movies like they did before... Well, after all I'm out many years ago. They can go to hell, I'm with Disney USA

The cover for the German Blu-ray of Aladdin is up. Apparently, there's a new trend to recycle the Platinum covers in Europe. First Peter Pan, now Aladdin. Ugh.

Sotiris wrote:The cover for the German Blu-ray of Aladdin is up. Apparently, there's a new trend to recycle the Platinum covers in Europe. First Peter Pan, now Aladdin. Ugh.

The cover says 'temporary image' at the bottom, so we'll have to wait and see if they keep this though.

PatrickvD wrote:

Sotiris wrote:The cover for the German Blu-ray of Aladdin is up. Apparently, there's a new trend to recycle the Platinum covers in Europe. First Peter Pan, now Aladdin. Ugh.

The cover says 'temporary image' at the bottom, so we'll have to wait and see if they keep this though.

Wouldn't shock me in the slightest; there is a terrible habit of recycling covers atm...such as shame as almost every film has had better posters/home releases than their most recent releases.

I wouldn't be surprised if some countries in Europe recycle the art, but for the US I think Dalmatians and Aladdin will get cover art. They couldn't even give most countries Peter Pan's coverart when they already had it.

Release date: July 23, 2013 | Series: Step into Reading

Disney's The Little Mermaid comes to Diamond Edition DVD and Blu-ray in October 2013! Ariel is one of the most beloved Disney princesses of all time, and now girls ages 4–6 can relive the magic of the film with this Step 2 book.

Source: amazon.com

Release date: July 23, 2013 | Series: a Big Golden Book

Ariel wants to be human and nothing—not even a nasty sea witch—is going to stop her. Girls ages 3–7 who are Disney Princess fans will love this beautiful hardcover storybook retelling of Disney The Little Mermaid, releasing on Diamond Edition DVD and Blu-ray October 2013!

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Release date: July 23, 2013 | Series: Color Plus Chunky Crayons

Little girls ages 3–7 will love to color 32 pages of their favorite Disney Princess, Ariel, in this coloring book featuring four chunky crayons. And the Diamond Edition DVD and Blu-ray of Disney The Little Mermaid releases October 2013.

Source: amazon.com

Release date: July 23, 2013 | Series: Friendship Box

Just in time for the Diamond Edition DVD and Blu-ray release of Disney's The Little Mermaid, this sturdy boxed set of four board books stars Ariel, Flounder, Sebastian, and King Triton. Little girls ages 2–5 who love Disney Princess will love carrying the books with them wherever they go using the convenient handle!

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Release date: July 23, 2013 | Series: 3-D Pictureback

Girls ages 3–7 who love Disney Princess will love reading all about their favorite Disney mermaid princess—in 3-D! Ariel swims, dives, and pops off the pages thanks to the included 3-D glasses. This 3-D storybook is available just in time for the Diamond Edition DVD and Blu-ray of The Little Mermaid, releasing in October 2013.

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Release date: July 23, 2013 | Series: Deluxe Paint Box Book

Girls ages 3–7 will love this enchanting Deluxe Paintbox Book. Featuring a paintbrush, 16 different watercolors, and 64 scenes to paint starring the beloved mermaid, Ariel, this is a must for Disney Princess fans. And the Diamond Edition DVD and Blu-ray of Disney The Little Mermaid releases October 2013.

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Also two new Aladdin books are being released on March 1st. The one's called Aladdin: Wishes Can Come True and the other's called Aladdin: Moonlight Ride. Could they have to do with an upcoming Blu-ray release for Aladdin in North America?

Sotiris wrote:
Also two new Aladdin books are being released on March 1st. The one's called Aladdin: Wishes Can Come True and the other's called Aladdin: Moonlight Ride. Could they have to do with an upcoming Blu-ray release for Aladdin in North America?

I hope so

I would LOVE it if we got Aladdin this year! ...As long as it is more like the Alice in Wonderland or Dumbo blu-ray releases and less like any of the sub-par practically barebones blu-rays of The Aristocats, The Rescuers films, Fox and the Hound, The Great Mouse Detective, and, unfortunately, Hunchback and Mulan by the looks of things. As long as they ported over all the Platinum Edition's special features, it'd be a great release, regardless of whether it was 'Diamond' or not. Their stupid marketing has little bearing on how good or appreciated a film is, anyway. I also hope we'll see Hercules and Tarzan this year. If we got those three on blu-ray, all of the Renaissance films would be taken care of.

I would love a nice september release of Aladdin even though thats very close to TLM, August I'm sure will be packed.

THANKS DISNEY FOR LISTENING!

Not only is the cover for Hunchback gorgeous, but there's no mention of the sequel like many of us complain. Much better than that strange yellow thing before. Good job

Why don't they ever use their old theatrical release posters for any of their films? The closest they came was with Pocahontas last year, no ?

Some new Disney Blu-ray releases in Sweden:
Finding Nemo (Blu-ray & Blu-ray 3D) March 6th, 2013
Who framed Roger Rabbit (Blu-ray & DVD) March 27th, 2013

We in Sweden have got the cover art for the Blu-ray edition of Walt Disney´s 22nd animated classic: The Many adventures of Winnie the Pooh.
Which will be released March 27th 2013 here in Sweden.

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What do you think about the cover art?

These last few days I've been watching clips from the package films. These films fascinate me. Even if they feel a little "half-baked", there's plenty to admire in them. My favourite thing about them is the diversity of art and animation styles on show.

Unfortunately, the DVDs don't hold up too well. I think AV Quality-wise, these titles looked quite good when released 10 to 12 years ago. However, each has a number of issues. The following refer to the UK and Danish releases, which I think are identical to the Region 1 Gold Collection discs:

Saludos Amigos: Good colours, not terribly sharp, a hint of encoding artefacts.

The Three Caballeros: A little soft, slightly lacking in contrast, dirty print, with a very annoying moiré effect that kills any crispness there is to the lineart. Was this moiré corrected for the Caballeros Collection DVD released a few years ago?

Make Mine Music: Average, poorly handled NTSC-to-PAL transfer.

Fun and Fancy Free: Very clean print, but drab colours.

Melody Time: Good, gets spotty during the later part of the film.

Ichabod and Mr. Toad: Spotty. and occassionally dark.

I wonder ... should I be asking when the package features will be released on Blu-ray, or whether that will happen at all? What do you guys think are the chances we may see these films released as 2-Movie Collections, with a minor restoration*?

* I really don't expect Disney to spend big bucks restoring these titles, but if they were to just give them a budget scrubbing and do a careful encode to avoid digital artefacts, I would be more than happy.