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I suppose they could have picked a worse time to do this. I mean, everything is out on DVD, and they've only just started on Blu-Ray. Pinocchio and Sleeping Beauty will be re-released as Diamonds annyway... Snow White is the only one that's really gonna be the issue for me. It's not just the number though, its the moving of the little portrait from the bottom to the top of the spine that sticks out the most to me.

Sleeping Beauty is odd though, didn't it just go back in the vault?

The covers on those *ahem* Musical Masterpiece editions are horribly off-model.

Anyway for list-purists I don't think this the best option since it includes Mary Poppins, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Pete's Dragon and The Wild. So, I know for a fact that the Dutch spines count TPaTF as the 53rd Classic, not the 49th. Not sure about the UK ones.

http://disneyinfo.nl/dvddetail.php?film=3496
This link shows The Princess and the Frog cover with the number 53 on the spine.

http://disneyinfo.nl/dvddetail.php?film=2052
And this link shows Mary Poppins with the number 19 on the spine.

I dont think animated/live action movies nor outsourced ones are being counted in this case.

Well, better late than never I suppose

I do have some issues with the way they chose to portray these numbers on the spine...

Such an ugly messed up, easily photoshoped logo

I think most of us here could manage way better.

I also resent Disney releases from now on being released as sole

''disney '' instead of ''walt disney'' it's like taking away a bit of
pixiedust

There's a list of them inside the Dumbo case for the UK release, and no Live Action stuff on there. It goes up to Bolt at 48. Oddly, there's a coming soon page, with Blu Ray boxes for Beauty and the Beast, number 30, with the little profile pic on the bottom, Fantasia as 13 (huh?), and no profile pic, so guess this was thrown together quickly, and then more bizarre, Princess and the Frog with a number 4 and no profile pic.

GrinwithoutaKat wrote:There's a list of them inside the Dumbo case for the UK release, and no Live Action stuff on there. It goes up to Bolt at 48. Oddly, there's a coming soon page, with Blu Ray boxes for Beauty and the Beast, number 30, with the little profile pic on the bottom, Fantasia as 13 (huh?), and no profile pic, so guess this was thrown together quickly, and then more bizarre, Princess and the Frog with a number 4 and no profile pic.

I just got my Dumbo Blu-Ray edition just yesterday and didn't got an insert of any kind nor a shiny cardboard slipcover.

I feel so violated

Well, thanx for the intel

That poster is odd, it does include The Wild, yet fails to mention Dinosaur. If I had a dollar for every time Disney contradicted themselves with the so-called "Classics"-list, I'd have enough money to buy the company and enter an offiicial list myself.

I'm not a fan of this. It just looks stupid if you've another system to order your DVDs and Blu-Rays. Anyway, it's still better than what Disney Germany had up one's sleeve though. I just hope they won't restart the (not so) Special Collection on Blu-Ray later:





You have to buy DACs, Sequels, Pixars, Live Action films with animated sequences and many of them twice to complete your collection. It's the german pendant of the Gold Collection, but still in use. All rereleases will just added at the end. And that's all for a picture which is completed just a little less hideous.

EDIT: Not forgetting the limited "Best of Special Collection Steelbook Series"

That's actually quite a nice design. Makes me wish Collections were still being done in America.

though I understand they're not in order of production, if that's where you're coming from.

EDIT: Okay, I just read your complaint about buying the sequels. But It would be nice if we got something like that here for theatrical releases only.

I prefer to separate my Platinum/ Diamond Editions from the rest. Well, maybe it's just what I'm used to till 10 years, because you simply can't integrate them here into your Disney Collection. They're the only titles without the spine drawing.

Err I'm peeved alot by this. On Monday I was in HMV and seen Dumbo and was going to pick up the Blu-Ray and the standalone DVD for my collection (As it's one of the very few classics I'm yet to purchase) and I seen the stupid numbering on the spine, I decided against purchasing it there and then, but when I do get around to get it it's certainly going to look out of place with the rest of DAC Also when I was in HMV today (OK so I LOVE HMV bit of a guilty pleasure ) I noticed that Mulan the Musical Masterpiece Edition had been given a numbered spine as someone else pointed out earlier, I checked Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs amongst others to see if they'd been re-printed which they haven't as of yet. I guess I can expect the rest of the Diamonds to have labelled spines grrr, two other Classics that I've been waiting to obtain are Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 now they're going to look so out of place as well, my collection will look bish bosh. Sorry I know I'm rambling here but I like to keep some level of conformity, plus I know what Disney are like they will start something like this but there's no saying they will stick with it, so in two years time they might suddenly decide to stop labelling the spines and that'll look even weired...sorry...I'm tired and irraited I'll shut up now

Really, who cares? They're just numbers on a cover! Can't see them once they're in the cupboard, anyway.

This was part of the insert inside the UK Blu-ray of Tangled. Apparently, in the UK canon Dinosaur has been substituted with The Wild.

Yup, they've been doing this in Holland since Snow White in 2009...it came with a sheet of stickers (1 to 50) for those who wish to sticker all the spines of dvds they already own. Horrible!

Especially in Holland, since they include Mary Poppins, Bedknobs and Pete's Dragon (and maybe more, who knows).

I just wish to collect the 51 (so far) classics as the US is considering them. I mostly import R1 dvds...

I do buy the Diamond Edition DVDs in Holland, because I want some of them for the Dutch Audio Track. I just number them (with the stickers) 1 to 12 myself.

Hope the US won't start the numbered spine trend. And I also hope they soon stop doing it over here.

Khonnor wrote:Yup, they've been doing this in Holland since Snow White in 2009...it came with a sheet of stickers (1 to 50) for those who wish to sticker all the spines of DVDs they already own. Horrible!

Could you please take a pic or scan the insert that lists the canon in Holland?

Khonnor wrote:Especially in Holland, since they include Mary Poppins, Bedknobs and Pete's Dragon (and maybe more, who knows).

In France, it's even worse. They include and number as classics all of the DTV sequels.

Sotiris wrote:Could you please take a pic or scan the insert that lists the 'canon' in Holland?

In France, it's even worse. They include and number as 'classics' all of the DTV sequels.

All? I thought just Peter Pan 2? All of them is bizarre, haha...

Hmm...I might take a pic, but it will be next weekend....sorry...I could find the list and post it, though...if you'd want me to...?

Khonnor wrote:All? I thought just Peter Pan 2? All of them is bizarre, haha...

Yep, all of them. They also include the animation/live-action hybrids. The latest classic, Winnie the Pooh (2011), is #102!

Khonnor wrote:Hmm...I might take a pic, but it will be next weekend....sorry...I could find the list and post it, though...if you'd want me to...?

Yes, please!

^^^ How is "The Wild" on that list when it was animated by a studio outside of Disney? O_o

Sotiris wrote:Yep, all of them. They also include the animation/live-action hybrids. The latest 'classic', Winnie the Pooh (2011), is #102!

Khonnor wrote:Hmm...I might take a pic, but it will be next weekend....sorry...I could find the list and post it, though...if you'd want me to...?

Yes, please!

here's the list....it's in Dutch though! Haha...I'll translate them later...
Would you be able to post a list with the French classics? 102 is absurd! Haha...

1 1937 Sneeuwwitje en de zeven dwergen
2 1940 Pinokkio
3 1940 Fantasia
4 1941 Dombo
5 1942 Bambi
6 1943 Saludos amigos
7 1945 De drie caballeros
8 1946 Make mine music
9 1947 Vrij en vrolijk
10 1948 Melody time
11 1949 The Adv of ichabod Crame en mr.Toad
12 1950 Assepoester
13 1951 Alice in wonderland
14 1953 Peter Pan
15 1955 Lady en de vagebond
16 1959 Doornroosje
17 1961 101 Dalmatiers
18 1963 Merlijn de tovenaar
19 1964 Mary Poppins
20 1967 Jungleboek
21 1970 De aristokatten
22 1971 Heksen en Bezemstelen
23 1973 Robin Hood
24 1977 Het grote verhaal van Winnie de Poeh
25 1977 De reddertjes
26 1977 Peter en de Draak
27 1981 Frank en Vrij
28 1985 Taran en de toverketel
29 1986 De speurneuzen
30 1988 Oliver & Co
31 1989 De kleine zeemeermin
32 1990 De reddertjes in kangoeroeland
33 1992 Belle en het Beest
34 1993 Aladdin
35 1994 De leeuwekoning
36 1995 Pocahontas
37 1996 De klokkenluider van de notre dame
38 1997 Hercules
39 1998 Mulan
40 1999 Tarzan
41 2000 Fantasia 2000
42 2000 Dinosaur
43 2001 Keizer Kuzco
44 2002 Atlantis de verzonken stad
45 2003 Lio & Stitch
46 2003 Piratenplaneet
47 2004 Brother Bear
48 2004 Paniek op de Prairie
49 2005 Chicken Little
50 2006 The Wild
51 2007 Meet the Robinsons
52 2008 Bolt
53 2009 De Prinses En De Kikker
54 2010 Rapunzel
55 2011 Winnie De Poeh

EDIT:
1 1937 Snow White
2 1940 Pinocchio
3 1940 Fantasia
4 1941 Dumbo
5 1942 Bambi
6 1943 Saludos amigos
7 1945 The Three Caballeros
8 1946 Make mine music
9 1947 Fun And Fancy Free
10 1948 Melody time
11 1949 The Adv of ichabod An mr.Toad
12 1950 Cinderella
13 1951 Alice in wonderland
14 1953 Peter Pan
15 1955 Lady And The Tramp
16 1959 Sleeping Beauty
17 1961 101 Dalmatians
18 1963 Sword In The Stone
19 1964 Mary Poppins
20 1967 Jungle Book
21 1970 The aristocats
22 1971 Witches And Broomsticks (?)
23 1973 Robin Hood
24 1977 Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh
25 1977 Rescuers
26 1977 Pete's Dragon
27 1981 Fox And The Hound
28 1985 Black Cauldron
29 1986 Great Mouse Detective
30 1988 Oliver & Co
31 1989 Little Mermaid
32 1990 Rescuers Down Under
33 1992 Beauty And The Beast
34 1993 Aladdin
35 1994 The Lion King
36 1995 Pocahontas
37 1996 The Hunchback Of Notre Dame
38 1997 Hercules
39 1998 Mulan
40 1999 Tarzan
41 2000 Fantasia 2000
42 2000 Dinosaur
43 2000 The Emperor's New Groove
44 2001 Atlantis
45 2002 Lilo & Stitch
46 2002 Treasure Planet
47 2003 Brother Bear
48 2004 Home On The Range
49 2005 Chicken Little
50 2006 The Wild
51 2007 Meet the Robinsons
52 2008 Bolt
53 2009 Princess And The Frog
54 2010 Tangled
55 2011 Winnie The Pooh

I'll let the Dutch list stay available, for those who might be interested in reading all the Dutch (butchered) titled...

Khonnor wrote: 22 1971 Witches And Broomsticks (?)

Bedknobs and Broomsticks^^