Walt Disney Treasures 3602903 225114052 2008-07-11T23:07:17Z 72.89.68.176 Destino will not be part of wave 8, it will instead be a seperate release [[Image:Disneytreasures-titlecard.png|thumb|250px|'''Walt Disney Treasures''' promotional title card.]] [[Image:Leonardmaltin-disneytreasures.png|thumb|250px|Leonard Maltin introduces Disc 2 of ''Mickey Mouse in Living Color''.]] [[Image:Disneytreasures-boxset.jpg|thumb|250px|Re-packaged titles, sans tin cases.]] The '''"Walt Disney Treasures"''' are two-disc [[DVD]] sets of classic [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] works, covering work from the studio's earliest days to more recent work. There have been seven waves of the DVDs, each comprising three or four different sets (for a total of 25 different titles). The first wave was released to [[DVD region code|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,<ref>[[Ultimate Disney]] [http://www.ultimatedisney.com/leonardmaltin-interview.html interview with Leonard Maltin]</ref> 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. ==Release History== * '''Walt Disney Treasures: Wave One''' — December 4, 2001 ** [[Walt Disney Treasures: Wave One#Mickey Mouse In Living Color|Mickey Mouse in Living Color]] ** [[Walt Disney Treasures: Wave One#Silly Symphonies|Silly Symphonies]] ** [[Walt Disney Treasures: Wave One#Disneyland, USA|Disneyland, USA]] ** [[Walt Disney Treasures: Wave One#Davy Crockett|Davy Crockett]] * '''Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Two''' — December 3, 2002 ** [[Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Two#Mickey Mouse in Black and White|Mickey Mouse in Black and White]] ** [[Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Two#The Complete Goofy|The Complete Goofy]] ** [[Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Two#Behind the Scenes at the Walt Disney Studio|Behind the Scenes at the Walt Disney Studio]] * '''Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Three''' — May 18, 2004 ** [[Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Three#Mickey Mouse in Living Color, Volume 2|Mickey Mouse in Living Color, Volume 2]] ** [[Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Three#The Chronological Donald|The Chronological Donald, Volume 1]] ** [[Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Three#On the Front Lines|On the Front Lines]] ** [[Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Three#Tomorrow Land|Tomorrow Land]] * '''Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Four''' — December 7, 2004 ** [[Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Four#Mickey Mouse In Black and White, Volume 2|Mickey Mouse In Black and White, Volume 2]] ** [[Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Four#The Complete Pluto|The Complete Pluto, Volume 1]] ** [[Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Four#The Mickey Mouse Club|The Mickey Mouse Club]] * '''Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Five''' — December 6, 2005 ** [[Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Five#The Chronological Donald, Volume 2|The Chronological Donald, Volume 2]] ** [[Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Five#Disney Rarities: Celebrated Shorts, 1920s - 1960s|Disney Rarities: Celebrated Shorts, 1920s - 1960s]] ** [[Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Five#The Adventures of Spin & Marty (The Mickey Mouse Club)|The Adventures of Spin & Marty (The Mickey Mouse Club)]] ** [[Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Five#Elfego Baca and The Swamp Fox: Legendary Heroes|Elfego Baca and The Swamp Fox: Legendary Heroes]] * '''Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Six''' — December 19, 2006 ** [[Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Six#More Silly Symphonies|More Silly Symphonies]] ** [[Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Six#The Complete Pluto Volume 2|The Complete Pluto Volume 2]] ** [[Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Six#The Hardy Boys: The Applegate Mystery|The Hardy Boys: The Applegate Mystery]] ** [[Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Six#Your Host, Walt Disney|Your Host, Walt Disney]] * '''Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Seven''' — December 11, 2007 ** [[Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Seven#The Chronological Donald, Volume Three|The Chronological Donald, Volume Three]] ** [[Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Seven#The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit|The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit]] ** [[Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Seven#Disneyland: Secrets, Stories and Magic|Disneyland: Secrets, Stories and Magic]] * '''Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Eight''' — November 11, 2008 <ref>[http://www.ultimatedisney.com/treasures.html UltimateDisney.com's Guide to the Walt Disney Treasures]</ref> ** [[Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Eight#The Chronological Donald, Volume Four|The Chronological Donald, Volume Four]] ** [[Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Eight#Dr. Syn, Alias The Scarecrow|Dr. Syn, Alias The Scarecrow]] ==Rumored end to series== In January of 2007, members of several Disney forums (such as goldenagecartoons.com) reported that they received e-mails from Walt Disney Treasure's host Leonard Maltin claiming that the Walt Disney Company will not allow him to continue the series past Wave 6. The news sparked distress in the internet community and forum members sent various letters and petitions to the company asking to release one more wave, hoping to complete their cartoon short collections of Donald Duck cartoons, which has only seen half of the shorts released. Later that month it was reported on TheDigitalBits.com<ref>[http://www.thedigitalbits.com/mytwocentsa132.html#wdup The Digital Bits: My Two Cents, 01/26/07]</ref> that the Walt Disney Treasures line would be continuing and that many sets were planned for the future. This was confirmed on March 30, 2007 by UltimateDisney.com when they announced the seventh wave of Treasures were set to be released in December of 2007. The seventh wave was officially released on [[December 11]], [[2007]]. Also UltimateDisney.com has confirmed that the eighth wave of Treasures is scheduled to be released in November 2008. In an interview published on November 15th, 2007, Disney chairman Dick Cook confirmed that the series will continue after wave seven.<ref>[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/features/?id=2417&pagenum=2&p=.htm Box Office Mojo, 11/15/07]</ref> == References == <references /> == External links == *[http://disney.go.com/DisneyVideos/disneytreasures/index.html The Official Walt Disney Treasures Website] [[Category:Disney videos and DVDs]] [[Category:Walt Disney Treasures|*]] [[Category:Mickey Mouse]] [[Category:Donald Duck]] [[fr:Walt Disney Treasures]] [[it:Walt Disney Treasures]]