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Logo descriptions by Nicholas Aczel, Sean Beard, Kris Starring, WileE2005, TVBRobotnik and Sega3dmm
Logo captures by Eric S., V of Doom, and others
Editions by V of Doom, Bob Fish, Mr. Logo Lord, Nathan B., UniversalxDisney172, and betamaxtheflyer
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Background: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment began its life in 1978 as Walt Disney Home Video. Though prior to 1981, the first releases were only live action films such as Pete's Dragon and The Love Bug. Starting in 1981 with Dumbo, they began releases videos of animated films and cartoons. The Walt Disney Home Video name was kept until 2001 when it was renamed as Walt Disney Home Entertainment. Starting in the late 1990's, the company began producing DVDs, and in 2006, they started to release Blu-Ray Discs. As of 2008, it is known as Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment.
1st Logo
(December 1978-June 25, 1986) 
From left to right: The standard variants, the "Walt Disney and You" promo variant, the Cartoon Classics variant, and the blue binder variant
Nicknames: "Neon Mickey", "Evil Mickey Mouse", "Mickey the Terrible", " The reason I don't want to see the beginning of the original Disney classics"
Logo: Here are the two standard variants of this logo:
Variants:
Trivia: The second variant of this logo was used in foreign countries from 1981.
FX/SFX: All the animation in the logo.
Cheesy Factor: Early computer animation effects abound (probably "Scan"-imate), and a terrible color scheme, too. Also, the script font on the first variation is so ugly, with a capital UGLY to boot, and the text on the 2nd variation zooms in very cheaply. Oh, and the fanfare is way TOO loud which doesn't help either. But the main one that looks SUPER WEIRD is the CGI neon Mickey that has VERY POOR accuracy.
Music/Sounds: A loud orchestral fanfare, composed by Buddy Baker. In 1983, the music was reverbed/distorted. The "Walt Disney and You" promo had the end theme playing over the regular animation before the video freeze.
Availability: Seen on Disney videos from the period. The best way to find it is to look for a Disney video with white clamshell packaging and the Sorcerer Mickey print logo on the top of the cover, which usually takes up almost half the box. The versions on the Cartoon Classics series as well as the "Walt Disney and You" promo are extremely rare, since that promo was seen only in 1983 and 1984.
Scare Factor: Medium to NIGHTMARE; the bad quality of the "Scan"-imated graphics as well as the loud fanfare might not sit well with some people. The intimidating, somewhat monstrous CGI Mickey isn't exactly that friendly-looking, either with a little or no accuracy. Low for the "Walt Disney and You" promo variant. But for those who aren't afraid of it, none to minimal.
2nd Logo
(October 14, 1986-July 11, 2000)
Nickname: "Sorcerer Mickey"
Logo: On a black background, we see Mickey Mouse dressed as the Sorcerer's Apprentice under a blue spotlight and holding out his right hand. As we zoom up to his hand, a spark flies out from it, and as we zoom past, we see the spark circling and writing the words "Walt Disney", in red, and in the "Disney" font. The words "HOME VIDEO", also in red, zoom out and settles underneath. The logo "shines".
Variants:
Trivia: This logo was used in foreign countries from 1987-1995. Some of the last titles to have this logo were the Spanish-language version of Disney's Sing Along Songs: Friend Like Me, a rental tape of Man of the House from the UK, and a Brazilian VHS print of The Lion King. Also, in North America, while this logo was primarily used from 1986-1992, this became an alternate logo beginning in that same year (1992) with the 4th logo from then until 2000.
FX/SFX: The spark flying and writing and the logo shining.
Music/Sounds: A low-key, gradually rising synth theme.
Availability: Quite common. Seen on home video releases of Disney shows such as DuckTales, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, TaleSpin, Disney's Sing Along Songs, Dinosaurs, The New Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh, classic Disney cartoon collections, Walt Disney Mini Classics, and Darkwing Duck. Also seen on a few Classics and Masterpiece Collection videos before the previews as well as all prints of The Brave Little Toaster (1991, 1994, and 1998). It also shows up on the 2006 DVD release of My Dog the Thief, which is most likely due to the DVD using a cira-1990s VHS tape master of the film.
Scare Factor: None; this logo is very clean and professional, compared with the predecessor.
3rd Logo (Australia)
(1982-1989)
Logo: Against a white BG, we see the usual Walt Disney Home Video text from before in blue. "distributed by" appears below in very small print. It then cuts to one of the two Roadshow Home Video logos used during the 80's. For tapes that were released in 1982-1986, the "Aussie Light Trails" logo is used; tapes from 1986-1989 used "The Other V of Doom".
FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: None.
Music/Sounds: None.
Availability: Seen on some Aussie and New Zealand PAL tapes of Disney material that was distributed through Roadshow Home Video.
Scare Factor: None by itself. However, it cuts rather jarringly to the Roadshow logo, especially when "The Other V of Doom" is used; that logo has a high scare factor in the first place.
4th Logo
(November 15, 1991-May 1, 2001)
Nickanme: "Boring Logo"
Logo: On a black background, we see the golden words:
with "Walt Disney" in the corporate "signature" font. The words shine.
Variants:
FX/SFX: The "shining".
Music/Sounds: A lilting dreamy strings tune (sound similar to the Feature Presentation logo).
Availability: Seen on most (non Classics/Masterpiece) Disney video/DVD releases of the era.
Scare Factor: Low, the music may turn some people off; otherwise, it's a clean (and BORING) logo.
5th Logo
(December 27, 1994-November 1, 2003)
Nicknames: "Disney Videos", "The Purple Cubes", "Cheap Logo"
Logo: On a blue/green gradient background, three black balls fall from the top of the screen and bounce off the bottom. Two of the balls form the ears of Mickey Mouse and one ball forms the head. Many purple cubes fall from above to form a rectangle. A right-slanted yellow rectangle and a green square also fall from above, the rectangle slants left and settles on the left while the green square slants right and settles on the right. The balls in the Mickey Mouse logo bounce onto the green square. The red corporate font "Disney" zooms out and settles on the yellow rectangle. Below, the rectangular green banner with white text "VIDEOS" unfolds to the right.
Variant: On releases from the UK, the background is purple (so, the purple cubes don't appear), and the square is white. Also, the font for ''VIDEOS'' is slightly different. This was spotted on a PAL tape of Song of the South.
Trivia: Although this logo was shown in the U.S. in 2000 only, it was used in international countries from late 1994 to circa 2003; for example, on 1995 releases of Pocahontas, 101 Dalmatians, and One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing, on 1998 releases of Flubber, and on some Disney's Sing Along Songs tapes. On early releases from 1994-1995 in some countries, this logo was used concurrently with the 2nd logo, then again with the "The Ring" logo on early 2000's releases until 2003 in Venezuela. The UK variant began in early 1995.
FX/SFX: All the animation in this logo.
Cheesy Factor: The logo and animation looks way too simple and cheap.
Music/Sounds: A very short orchestral rendition of "When You Wish Upon a Star" (different from the version used on the Walt Disney Pictures logo) ending with an orchestral hit. On some swedish Disney VHS tapes there was a swedish V/O saying "From Walt Disney Video, we get a fantastic world to come back to. Over and over again!" over the music. The variant with the purple BG and the white square had a V/O saying ''Watch out for future releases from Disney Videos.''. Sometimes, the logo is seen silent.
Availability: Seen on assorted kid-oriented Disney videos, most of which were released outside of the U.S.
Scare Factor: None; another very nicely animated logo from Disney. However, it is annoying for those who like the older logos.
6th Logo
(August 1, 1995-March 20, 2001)
Nicknames: "The Very Boring Logo", "Blue Letters on a Black Background", "They Seriously Used This?!", "This logo can bother me sometimes (Yoshidude987 learns that when he edits this page)!"
Logo: On a black background, we see the blue words:
Variant : There is a variant with smaller text, and a slightly different font.
FX/SFX: None.
Cheesy Factor: The whole logo looks lazy. There is no animation, and the text isn't even in the corporate font.
Music/Sounds: Same as the Walt Disney Home Video logo from 1992-2001.
Availability: Rare; seen on home video releases from Disney from the mid to late '90s, such as releases of the shows Bonkers, Goof Troop, Gargoyles, Quack Pack, Timon and Pumbaa and others. Also found on assorted post-1998 VHS releases (non Classics/Masterpiece). It ended with the 2001 VHS release of Remember the Titans.
Scare Factor: Low, because of the 1992 logo's music, but in all seriousness, this logo is even more boring than that logo. But some people may hate it, since this cuts to the Feature Presentation indent they used at the time, which has a high scare factor in itself.
7th Logo
(October 9, 2001-April 30, 2008)
Nicknames: "The Ring", "Ring in Space"
Logo: We see a bright flash with the "D" from the gold text "Walt Disney" (in the familiar signature font) both of which are zooming out on a blue (or black) space background. When everything is at a comfortable distance at the top of the screen, the flash forms an abstract shining star below "Walt Disney", and the light spreads out to form a glowing arc. When this is finished, "HOME ENTERTAINMENT" fades in underneath the arc in gold.
FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: All modern computer graphics.
Music/Sounds: A short synth/orchestral tune. In 2006, the tune was modified.
Availability: Extinct on VHS, but can be found on DVD and Blu-ray Disc releases from the era. Some are still in print. Studio Ghibli films didn't have this, instead using the text "WALT DISNEY HOME ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS" on there as well.
Scare Factor: None to low; the animation and music may get to some, but this is one of the best home video logos ever!
8th Logo
(2007- )
Nicknames: "The Beautiful Disney Castle"
Logo: We start out with clips from movies of the following order: Pirates of the Caribbean, Peter Pan, The Princess Diaries, Toy Story, WALL-E, until we reveal a wall of hundreds of clips from Walt Disney movies, both animated and live action, both old and new. One by one, the words "MOVIES", "MAGIC", and "MORE" zoom in and fade out. Then all the clips come together to form the 2006 Disney Castle. The ring gets drawn around the castle, as usual, then "DISNEY", in the famous script, fades in below.
FX/SFX: All modern and beautiful effects of accuracy.
Music/Sounds: The majestic American Masters fanfare. Most of the time, an announcer will say "From the magic within our hearts, to the adventure beyond the horizon, there is only one Disney.".
Availability: Current, Can be found in The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning amongst others
Scare Factor: None, very very beautiful logo.
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Walt Disney Company
(October 14, 1986-August 15, 2002)
Logo: Like the Walt Disney Productions in-credit text, we see a black background with the "chryoned" in-credit disclaimer in white.
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: Same as Buena Vista Television's 1st logo.
Availability: Plasters over the Walt Disney Television "rainbow castle" logo on DuckTales videos and some The New Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh videos. However, this logo was seen on a Spanish print of the "Disney's Golden Classics: Pluto" VHS.
Scare Factor: Medium to High; the twinkling sound from the Buena Vista TV logo may startle you.
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Walt Disney Home Video International
(1981-1987)
Logo: A flash occurs. The face of Mickey Mouse in his then current drawing style zooms in, which quickly turns neon, then we see brief clips from Disney films and shorts such as Steamboat Willie, Snow White, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Bambi, Alice in Wonderland, Zorro, Old Yeller, Treasure Island, The Country Bear Jamboree, and The Absent Minded Professor. After Donald Duck's neon head zooms in, then a wall of light appears, Mary Poppins floats down with her parasol, then Tinkerbell flies up with sparkles forming. We see a picture of a castle, neon, with fireworks, in the background. We zoom into it, then we zoom in to a vector-like rendition of Epcot. After we go to a black/dark red gradient background. the Walt Disney text zooms up from the top, then HOME VIDEO is cheaply inserted below. The whole thing sparkles.
Variants:
FX/SFX: The whole Scanimate animation... and the clips! This was originally from the US intro of the '80s version of The Wonderful World of Disney back when it was called, quite simply, Walt Disney.
Music/Sounds: A powerful disco version of "When You Wish Upon a Star". Extended on only 2 releases and the first showings of the TV series. The ''HOME VIDEO''-less variation has a slightly different end.
Availability: Was only seen on tapes released outside the United States and Canada, usually from the UK and Europe, but this was spotted on a few Mexican (including Wini Pu y el arbol de miel) and Venezuelan (including El abismo negro) tapes of the era, so go south of the border (or across the Atlantic) if you wish to find this logo. You might even spot an Asian tape with this logo as well (like an NTSC-format tape from Japan, or in the case of YouTube user "akhenaten1881", a PAL tape from Malaysia). You might even find it on some Roadshow Home Video-distributed tapes from Australia or an AVH-distributed tape from Argentina, or even a Nu Metro Home Entertainment-distributed tape from South Africa. Also seen on the TV series mentioned, sans the "Home Video".
Scare Factor: Low to medium, thanks to the the loud music and in-your-face animation such as the neon Versions of Mickey and Donald, and the flashing effects . But if you are very familiar with the 1980s version of The Wonderful World of Disney and its intro, then it isn't much of a problem.
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Walt Disney Classics
Background: "Walt Disney Classics" was created as a brand to release classic Disney animated features on video such as Dumbo and The Rescuers. Beginning in the early 1990s, however, it also focused on releasing current releases in the Disney Animated Features Canon to video such as Aladdin and The Great Mouse Detective.
1st Logo
(December 6, 1984-October 6, 1987)
Nicknames: "Cheesy Diamond", "Early Black Diamond", "Navy Blue Diamond"
Logo: On a navyblue background, the red "Disney" font text "Walt Disney Home Video" flies in circular motion from the right to the left, passing by rather close to the screen, then flips and cycles back. Following closely behind it is the white text "THE CLASSICS" doing likewise. The blue background begins to slowly take on a diamond shape. A black diamond zooms up from the center of the screen at a fast pace. "THE CLASSICS" flips its way to the top of the diamond, and "Walt Disney Home Video" flips its way to the bottom. A white diamond outline zooms out and plasters itself on the black diamond.
Variants:
FX/SFX: The text "flipping," the zooming diamonds.
Cheesy Factor: Primitve 1980s computer FX standards used in the flipping text and formation of the diamond, but not too cheesy.
Music/Sounds: A bouncy Medieval-style Moog synthesizer fanfare.
Availability: Rare, it only used for a short period of time. Seen on 1984-1987 video prints of Disney animated features including the original video releases of The Sword in the Stone and Robin Hood. Usually it is in clamshell packaging with the cover featuring a black flap in the lower right corner reading "The Original Animated Classic!", and often has the diamond print logo on the spine (without WDHV text) and on the videotape label (with WDHV text). The last video to use this logo was Lady and the Tramp.
Scare Factor: Medium; it's still a classic logo, but with that Medieval-style synthesizer fanfare, and that in-your face animation and odd-looking "The Classics" font still, it can unnerve several people.
2nd Logo
(October 4, 1988-March 4, 1994)
Nicknames: "The Black Diamond", "Sorcerer Mickey II"
Logo: On a black background, we see Mickey Mouse dressed as the Sorcerer's Apprentice under a blue spotlight and holding out his right hand (reused from the 1986 Walt Disney Home Video logo). As we zoom up to his hand, a spark flies out from it, and as we zoom past, we see the spark circling and starting to write words "Walt Disney" in metallic white in the "Disney" font. As this is being done, the background changes to blue, the "Walt Disney" text zooms out as a black diamond with a metallic white outline slowly zooms up and the metallic white text "CLASSICS" in a fancy font zooms out from the bottom of the screen. "Walt Disney" settles itself on top of the diamond and "CLASSICS" on the bottom. A spark flies from the left, circles behind the diamond, flies out from the top right and in front of the diamond, leaving a trail of pixie dust that changes the "Walt Disney" and "CLASSICS" to gold and adds a purple tint to the diamond outline. The logo “shines”.
Variants:
FX/SFX: All the animation in the logo.
Music/Sounds: A majestic synthesizer fanfare. Starting with the 1992 release of The Rescuers, the music became distorted as a result of a video processing error.
Availability: Uncommon; It was first used on the original 1988 "Cinderella" video release. Seen on 1988-1994 Disney video releases of their feature films with the text "(A) WALT DISNEY('S) CLASSIC" on top and the diamond print logo on the clamshell spine. Some early releases with this logo feature the diamond print logo (with WDHV text) on the label like the last logo. These videos can often be found on eBay and used video stores. The most common Disney Classics tapes featuring this logo are Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin (both with the distorted music). The 1992 version of the logo with the original (clean) music only appeared on 101 Dalmatians and The Great Mouse Detective. While the distorted audio appeared from The Rescuers to The Fox and The Hound, which is the last video to use this logo.
Scare Factor: Minimal, the distorted version of the fanfare can cause more than a few scares, but this is probably one of the best home video logos ever. The animation and music mix very well.
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Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection
Background: "Masterpiece Collection" replaced the "Classics" brand in 1994.
(October 28, 1994-July 13, 1999)
Nickname: "The Emblem"
Logo: On a black background, a spark of light sketches the gold "Disney" font words "Walt Disney" in an arc formation as the screen gradually zooms away. The gold text "MASTERPIECE" zooms out from the bottom of the screen and settles underneath on the far left, followed by the gold text "COLLECTION" which settles underneath on the far right. Tinkerbell flies out from behind "MASTERPIECE," flies to the top right of the logo, and waves her wand. A flash of light and the logo is surrounded by a purple canvas with a gold, black, and white frame and a light blue circle with the "Disney Castle" logo in between the "MASTERPIECE" and "COLLECTION." Tinkerbell exits to the left of the screen, leaving a trail of pixie dust to dissolve a little slowly. The logo "shines."
FX/SFX: All the animation in this logo.
Cheesy Factor: Some of the CGI elements seem a bit more cheesy than its predecessor.
Music/Sounds: A fast-paced remix of the fanfare used in the Disney Classics logo #2. Sometimes an announcer will say, “And now our feature presentation.”. This can be spotted on The Aristocats and Oliver & Company, as well as some prints of The Black Cauldron.
Variant: A few early releases like So Dear To My Heart and others used a cut-short version of the 1988 Walt Disney Classics music (1992 variant) playing underneath and logo shines twice at the end.
Availability: Seen on VHS releases of Disney feature films in clamshell packaging with the text “(A) WALT DISNEY('S) MASTERPIECE” on front and the "Masterpiece Collection" print logo on the top of the spine (sometimes the print logo is on the front as well), starting with Snow White, Dumbo, and Robin Hood, among others. The last video released under the series was The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad. These videos are now out of print, though, but they may still be easy to find at used video stores. In 1999, the "Masterpiece Collection" brand was dropped and all new Disney products were released with the "Walt Disney Home Video" or "Walt Disney Home Entertainment" logo. Strangely, the original VHS of The Lion King has the logo on its spine, but not on the tape. Some early prints of the 1999 VHS release of Pinocchio feature this logo, while later prints don't. It also unusually shows up on the original 1997 VHS release of Pooh's Grand Adventure, which is strange since it is a direct-to-video movie and not part of the Disney Animated Features canon, and the print logo is nowhere to be found on the box.
Scare Factor: None to low, this is yet a very nicely animated logo.
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Walt Disney Mini Classics
Background: "Walt Disney Mini Classics" was created, due to the success of the "Black Diamond Classic" series, as a brand to release Disney animated featurettes on video. It included special featurettes such as Ben and Me and Mickey’s Christmas Carol, excerpts from the '40s "packaged" Disney films such as Peter and the Wolf and The Wind in the Willows, and the four classic Winnie the Pooh featurettes.
(October 13, 1987-February 26, 1993)
Nickname: "The Mini-Classics Shield"
Logo: On a black background, yellow neon lines begin drawing a fancy shield outline, with scrolls and more, and as the background turns blue, the words "Walt Disney" in metallic white zoom out and plaster onto the top of the shield outline, still tracing itself onscreen, and then, as the shield is finished "drawing," "MINI" in gold appears letter by letter and zooms out onto the shield. Then a gold bar with "CLASSICS" on it in black zooms out and plasters itself in the center above "MINI". Suddenly the shield outline background fills with rainbow colors as glitter effects fly from the now-completed logo, which "shines".
FX/SFX: All the CG animation in the logo.
Music/Sounds: A bright, musical synthesizer theme, which matches up with the animation in the logo.
Availability: Rare; seen on Disney Mini Classics videos from 1987 to 1993, which are in slipcover packaging, and featuring the Mini Classics print logo on top. This logo usually followed the 1986 "Sorcerer Mickey" Walt Disney Home Video logo on these videos. It ended with Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too, and these videos immediately went out of print, in contrast to a newer series created in 1993 entitled "Walt Disney Favorite Stories".
Scare Factor: Minimal; this is a cute logo with neat animation and music.
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Walt Disney Gold Classics Collection
(January 11, 2000-March 20, 2001)
Nicknames: "Disney Christmas", "It's Beginning to Feel A Lot Like Christmas" , "Boring Logo Redux"
Logo: On a blue background filled with gold glitter effects, the gold words in corporate font "Walt Disney" is seen and below it is a gold ribbon with the red words GOLD COLLECTION, separated by a red (gold outlined) circle with the Disney castle and the word "CLASSIC" below, both etched in gold. The logo "shines".
FX/SFX: The glitter, the "shining"...
Cheesy Factor: ...which are rather cheesy CGI effects that have some accuracy; not up to par with other recent Disney Video logos.
Music/Sounds: Same as Walt Disney Home Video’s 4th logo, the lilting dreamy strings tune.
Availability: Although it was only used for a year, several Disney DVD prints dating back to 2000 such as Hercules and A Goofy Movie are still available, so it’s an easy find. A few Gold Classic Collection DVDs use the 1992 WDHV logo instead of this one.
Scare Factor: None to low because of the 4th Logo's Music, but otherwise, it's pretty nice to look at
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Disney DVD
1st Logo
(October 9, 2001-May 2006)
Nickname: "CGI Tinkerbell"
Logo: On a night-sky background, a spark shoots at the middle of the screen forming a "D". It comes again forming a "V" this time, next to the "D" and for the third time forming another "D". A curved line is drawn and "Disney" in that famous font goes on top of "DVD". The spark goes across the bottom forming "Pure Digital Magic" (in the native language of the country in which it was released) and that spark appears to be a CGI Tinkerbell who smiles at us and takes off, leaving a trail of fairy dust that dissolves a moment later.
FX/SFX: All the animation in this logo.
Music/Sounds: An orchestral tune, with a few "swoops" when the sparks fly in.
Availability: Seen on pre-2006 Disney DVD releases. Several of them are still in print.
Scare Factor: None to minimal, well, still, but the sparks flying and trying to transform words to "DVD". This is definitely low for first-time viewers because of the swooping sound, but this is one of the best logos ever.
2nd Logo
(June 2006- )
Nicknames:
Logo: Starts with the "D" in Disney being formed, uncomfortably close to the screen. A spark flies by in tune with the music. When the "Disney" text is formed, it flies out, and "DVD" does so as well, one letter at a time. An explosion of pixie dust forms an arc around the text, completing the logo. More pixie dust forms a white bar with the text "Movies, Magic & More" (same as above in the native language of the country in which it was released). Tinkerbell flies up to the screen momentarily before exiting (reused from the 2002 logo). Starting in 2007, the logo was given an enhanced look, and Tinkerbell is in traditional-style 2D animation.
FX/SFX: All the animation in the logo.
Music/Sounds: Same as the previous logo, with more whooshing sounds added when the "DVD" letters fly in.
Availability: Current; can be seen on any Disney DVD made since 2006 such as The Chrinocles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, Cars, WALL-E, Tinker Bell, among others, The 2-D Tinkerbell Variant can be seen on the Disney DVD Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
Scare Factor: None, this is a very beautiful logo.
Logo captures by Eric S., V of Doom, and others
Editions by V of Doom, Bob Fish, Mr. Logo Lord, Nathan B., UniversalxDisney172, and betamaxtheflyer
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Background: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment began its life in 1978 as Walt Disney Home Video. Though prior to 1981, the first releases were only live action films such as Pete's Dragon and The Love Bug. Starting in 1981 with Dumbo, they began releases videos of animated films and cartoons. The Walt Disney Home Video name was kept until 2001 when it was renamed as Walt Disney Home Entertainment. Starting in the late 1990's, the company began producing DVDs, and in 2006, they started to release Blu-Ray Discs. As of 2008, it is known as Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment.
1st Logo
(December 1978-June 25, 1986)
From left to right: The standard variants, the "Walt Disney and You" promo variant, the Cartoon Classics variant, and the blue binder variant
Nicknames: "Neon Mickey", "Evil Mickey Mouse", "Mickey the Terrible", " The reason I don't want to see the beginning of the original Disney classics"
Logo: Here are the two standard variants of this logo:
- 1978-1984: On a black background, we see a large CGI outline of Mickey Mouse, with thin blue lights lining it on the inside, appearing and then panning forward leaving a trail of outlines while rotating counterclockwise on its pivot. The outlines then start to change one-by-one to purple. As the text "Walt Disney" in yellow ( in Walt Disney's original signature ) , the Mickey outlines one-by-one change to red. The outlines again one-by-one change to yellow as the words "Home Entertainment" in yellow zoom up and settle underneath. Last but not least, the Mickey outlines one-by-one change to green. This is mainly on the old tapes where the Fantasia Mickey took up nearly half the box.
- 1981-1986: Nearly the same as the 1978 version, but with darker colors and smaller Mickey graphics, the "Walt Disney" text in the corporate "Disney" font, and with "HOME VIDEO" in a Handel Gothic-like font.
Variants:
- In the original 1983 series of Disney’s Cartoon Classics, the videos featured a different variant of this logo. The animation plays as normal (the standard 1983 Walt Disney Home Video variant), but without any text animation, plus the music is time-compressed. Once the Mickey outlines become yellow, the screen "flips" over to another logo, which is a still shot of "Walt Disney HOME VIDEO," with "The magic lives on…” over it. The Disney text is in its corporate font in red, while the other text is light blue. The only animation in this part is the "Walt Disney" text has glitter effects all over it, and then the text flashes when the Cartoon Classics theme begins playing, and then we fade into the intro for the video series.
- On the Walt Disney and You promo, there is a video freeze and the text ''WALT DISNEY HOME VIDEO'' along with a cartoon version of Sorcerer Mickey (as seen on the box) zoom in. An announcer says "Now available from Walt Disney Home Video".
- On some Italian tapes, we see a blue binder on a wooden table with the ''WALT DISNEY HOME VIDEO'' print logo in it and then it opens to reveal the logo's animation, and the whole thing plays as normal. This is very rare.
Trivia: The second variant of this logo was used in foreign countries from 1981.
FX/SFX: All the animation in the logo.
Cheesy Factor: Early computer animation effects abound (probably "Scan"-imate), and a terrible color scheme, too. Also, the script font on the first variation is so ugly, with a capital UGLY to boot, and the text on the 2nd variation zooms in very cheaply. Oh, and the fanfare is way TOO loud which doesn't help either. But the main one that looks SUPER WEIRD is the CGI neon Mickey that has VERY POOR accuracy.
Music/Sounds: A loud orchestral fanfare, composed by Buddy Baker. In 1983, the music was reverbed/distorted. The "Walt Disney and You" promo had the end theme playing over the regular animation before the video freeze.
Availability: Seen on Disney videos from the period. The best way to find it is to look for a Disney video with white clamshell packaging and the Sorcerer Mickey print logo on the top of the cover, which usually takes up almost half the box. The versions on the Cartoon Classics series as well as the "Walt Disney and You" promo are extremely rare, since that promo was seen only in 1983 and 1984.
Scare Factor: Medium to NIGHTMARE; the bad quality of the "Scan"-imated graphics as well as the loud fanfare might not sit well with some people. The intimidating, somewhat monstrous CGI Mickey isn't exactly that friendly-looking, either with a little or no accuracy. Low for the "Walt Disney and You" promo variant. But for those who aren't afraid of it, none to minimal.
2nd Logo
(October 14, 1986-July 11, 2000)
Middle: Standard logos
Bottom: The variants, including UK variations
Nickname: "Sorcerer Mickey"
Logo: On a black background, we see Mickey Mouse dressed as the Sorcerer's Apprentice under a blue spotlight and holding out his right hand. As we zoom up to his hand, a spark flies out from it, and as we zoom past, we see the spark circling and writing the words "Walt Disney", in red, and in the "Disney" font. The words "HOME VIDEO", also in red, zoom out and settles underneath. The logo "shines".
Variants:
- Sometimes, this logo is shown without Mickey, and only the spark animation plays.
- Sometimes, "presents", in white or 3-D red, fades in below with spark effects.
- On Disney's SAS: Collection of All-Time Favorites, the opening theme plays over the logo, which is sped up to accomodate it.
- Sometimes, this logo is shown without Mickey, leaving a blank space until the spark writes out the words.
- Sometimes, the "HOME VIDEO" text will be blacked out and either "Coming to Home Video", "Coming on Video Cassette This Summer" (only seen on 101 Dalmatians with a remix of the 1986 WDHV jingle), "Coming This Fall to Home Video" (without music; only seen on 101 Dalmatians and The Great Mouse Detective) or "Now on Home Video" replaces it. (The "Coming to Home Video" variation has the 1991 FP jingle (The Rescuers has a shortened version of the FP jingle with Mark Elliot saying "Coming soon from Walt Disney Home Video" and Beauty and the Beast has the full 1991 FP jingle with Brian Cummings saying "Coming from Walt Disney Home Video", and the "Now on Home Video" variation, which is only seen on Beauty and the Beast with the 1991 FP jingle with Brian Cummings saying "Now on Walt Disney Home Video".
- On tapes released in Spanish-speaking and Italian-speaking countries, "presenta", in red, fades in below, cheaply inserted. No spark effects are seen.
- On some UK releases, the short version was used and shifted down in order to make room for "COMING SOON/ALSO AVAILABLE FROM".
- There is a variant at the end of some Disney Italian promos where the logo shines twice.
Trivia: This logo was used in foreign countries from 1987-1995. Some of the last titles to have this logo were the Spanish-language version of Disney's Sing Along Songs: Friend Like Me, a rental tape of Man of the House from the UK, and a Brazilian VHS print of The Lion King. Also, in North America, while this logo was primarily used from 1986-1992, this became an alternate logo beginning in that same year (1992) with the 4th logo from then until 2000.
FX/SFX: The spark flying and writing and the logo shining.
Music/Sounds: A low-key, gradually rising synth theme.
- A few releases that use this logo before the previews have the announcer saying "Coming from Walt Disney Home Video."
- On some UK releases, the announcer says " A world of magic which can be yours to treasure for a lifetime from Walt Disney Home Video."
- Also on some PAL tapes there's a high pich that also exist.
Availability: Quite common. Seen on home video releases of Disney shows such as DuckTales, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, TaleSpin, Disney's Sing Along Songs, Dinosaurs, The New Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh, classic Disney cartoon collections, Walt Disney Mini Classics, and Darkwing Duck. Also seen on a few Classics and Masterpiece Collection videos before the previews as well as all prints of The Brave Little Toaster (1991, 1994, and 1998). It also shows up on the 2006 DVD release of My Dog the Thief, which is most likely due to the DVD using a cira-1990s VHS tape master of the film.
Scare Factor: None; this logo is very clean and professional, compared with the predecessor.
3rd Logo (Australia)
(1982-1989)
FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: None.
Music/Sounds: None.
Availability: Seen on some Aussie and New Zealand PAL tapes of Disney material that was distributed through Roadshow Home Video.
Scare Factor: None by itself. However, it cuts rather jarringly to the Roadshow logo, especially when "The Other V of Doom" is used; that logo has a high scare factor in the first place.
4th Logo
(November 15, 1991-May 1, 2001)
Nickanme: "Boring Logo"
Logo: On a black background, we see the golden words:
WALT DISNEY
HOME VIDEO
HOME VIDEO
with "Walt Disney" in the corporate "signature" font. The words shine.
Variants:
- Sometimes, a blue or green BG would be used instead.
- A version with the Jim Henson Video music was used around 1993-1998.
- Some live-action releases or some promos have the background blue. On The Spirit of Mickey, only the words fade at the beginning of the opening theme.
- On Gordy, as well as Spot tapes, the words are blue and "presents" is seen below. This was seen from 1993-1997.
- On various video promos, the background is green. On the "Bright Beginners" promo from 1994, the background was rainbow-coloured and ''PRESENTS'' was chyroned in below.
- There is a variation with "NOW YOU CAN OWN THESE HIT TITLES..." above in a Times New Roman Font.
FX/SFX: The "shining".
Music/Sounds: A lilting dreamy strings tune (sound similar to the Feature Presentation logo).
Availability: Seen on most (non Classics/Masterpiece) Disney video/DVD releases of the era.
Scare Factor: Low, the music may turn some people off; otherwise, it's a clean (and BORING) logo.
5th Logo
(December 27, 1994-November 1, 2003)
Nicknames: "Disney Videos", "The Purple Cubes", "Cheap Logo"
Logo: On a blue/green gradient background, three black balls fall from the top of the screen and bounce off the bottom. Two of the balls form the ears of Mickey Mouse and one ball forms the head. Many purple cubes fall from above to form a rectangle. A right-slanted yellow rectangle and a green square also fall from above, the rectangle slants left and settles on the left while the green square slants right and settles on the right. The balls in the Mickey Mouse logo bounce onto the green square. The red corporate font "Disney" zooms out and settles on the yellow rectangle. Below, the rectangular green banner with white text "VIDEOS" unfolds to the right.
Variant: On releases from the UK, the background is purple (so, the purple cubes don't appear), and the square is white. Also, the font for ''VIDEOS'' is slightly different. This was spotted on a PAL tape of Song of the South.
Trivia: Although this logo was shown in the U.S. in 2000 only, it was used in international countries from late 1994 to circa 2003; for example, on 1995 releases of Pocahontas, 101 Dalmatians, and One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing, on 1998 releases of Flubber, and on some Disney's Sing Along Songs tapes. On early releases from 1994-1995 in some countries, this logo was used concurrently with the 2nd logo, then again with the "The Ring" logo on early 2000's releases until 2003 in Venezuela. The UK variant began in early 1995.
FX/SFX: All the animation in this logo.
Cheesy Factor: The logo and animation looks way too simple and cheap.
Music/Sounds: A very short orchestral rendition of "When You Wish Upon a Star" (different from the version used on the Walt Disney Pictures logo) ending with an orchestral hit. On some swedish Disney VHS tapes there was a swedish V/O saying "From Walt Disney Video, we get a fantastic world to come back to. Over and over again!" over the music. The variant with the purple BG and the white square had a V/O saying ''Watch out for future releases from Disney Videos.''. Sometimes, the logo is seen silent.
Availability: Seen on assorted kid-oriented Disney videos, most of which were released outside of the U.S.
Scare Factor: None; another very nicely animated logo from Disney. However, it is annoying for those who like the older logos.
6th Logo
(August 1, 1995-March 20, 2001)
Nicknames: "The Very Boring Logo", "Blue Letters on a Black Background", "They Seriously Used This?!", "This logo can bother me sometimes (Yoshidude987 learns that when he edits this page)!"
Logo: On a black background, we see the blue words:
WALT DISNEY
HOME VIDEO
HOME VIDEO
Variant : There is a variant with smaller text, and a slightly different font.
FX/SFX: None.
Cheesy Factor: The whole logo looks lazy. There is no animation, and the text isn't even in the corporate font.
Music/Sounds: Same as the Walt Disney Home Video logo from 1992-2001.
Availability: Rare; seen on home video releases from Disney from the mid to late '90s, such as releases of the shows Bonkers, Goof Troop, Gargoyles, Quack Pack, Timon and Pumbaa and others. Also found on assorted post-1998 VHS releases (non Classics/Masterpiece). It ended with the 2001 VHS release of Remember the Titans.
Scare Factor: Low, because of the 1992 logo's music, but in all seriousness, this logo is even more boring than that logo. But some people may hate it, since this cuts to the Feature Presentation indent they used at the time, which has a high scare factor in itself.
7th Logo
(October 9, 2001-April 30, 2008)
Nicknames: "The Ring", "Ring in Space"
Logo: We see a bright flash with the "D" from the gold text "Walt Disney" (in the familiar signature font) both of which are zooming out on a blue (or black) space background. When everything is at a comfortable distance at the top of the screen, the flash forms an abstract shining star below "Walt Disney", and the light spreads out to form a glowing arc. When this is finished, "HOME ENTERTAINMENT" fades in underneath the arc in gold.
FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: All modern computer graphics.
Music/Sounds: A short synth/orchestral tune. In 2006, the tune was modified.
Availability: Extinct on VHS, but can be found on DVD and Blu-ray Disc releases from the era. Some are still in print. Studio Ghibli films didn't have this, instead using the text "WALT DISNEY HOME ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS" on there as well.
Scare Factor: None to low; the animation and music may get to some, but this is one of the best home video logos ever!
8th Logo
(2007- )
Nicknames: "The Beautiful Disney Castle"
Logo: We start out with clips from movies of the following order: Pirates of the Caribbean, Peter Pan, The Princess Diaries, Toy Story, WALL-E, until we reveal a wall of hundreds of clips from Walt Disney movies, both animated and live action, both old and new. One by one, the words "MOVIES", "MAGIC", and "MORE" zoom in and fade out. Then all the clips come together to form the 2006 Disney Castle. The ring gets drawn around the castle, as usual, then "DISNEY", in the famous script, fades in below.
FX/SFX: All modern and beautiful effects of accuracy.
Music/Sounds: The majestic American Masters fanfare. Most of the time, an announcer will say "From the magic within our hearts, to the adventure beyond the horizon, there is only one Disney.".
Availability: Current, Can be found in The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning amongst others
Scare Factor: None, very very beautiful logo.
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Walt Disney Company
(October 14, 1986-August 15, 2002)
Logo: Like the Walt Disney Productions in-credit text, we see a black background with the "chryoned" in-credit disclaimer in white.
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: Same as Buena Vista Television's 1st logo.
Availability: Plasters over the Walt Disney Television "rainbow castle" logo on DuckTales videos and some The New Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh videos. However, this logo was seen on a Spanish print of the "Disney's Golden Classics: Pluto" VHS.
Scare Factor: Medium to High; the twinkling sound from the Buena Vista TV logo may startle you.
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Walt Disney Home Video International
(1981-1987)
Logo: A flash occurs. The face of Mickey Mouse in his then current drawing style zooms in, which quickly turns neon, then we see brief clips from Disney films and shorts such as Steamboat Willie, Snow White, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Bambi, Alice in Wonderland, Zorro, Old Yeller, Treasure Island, The Country Bear Jamboree, and The Absent Minded Professor. After Donald Duck's neon head zooms in, then a wall of light appears, Mary Poppins floats down with her parasol, then Tinkerbell flies up with sparkles forming. We see a picture of a castle, neon, with fireworks, in the background. We zoom into it, then we zoom in to a vector-like rendition of Epcot. After we go to a black/dark red gradient background. the Walt Disney text zooms up from the top, then HOME VIDEO is cheaply inserted below. The whole thing sparkles.
Variants:
- Sometimes, the screen flips down like if you were turning a page in a book.
- Sometimes, "PRESENTS" will fade in below, written in the language of the country in which is was released (e.g., "PRESENTA" in Spain and Italy, "präsentiert" in Germany, and "presenterar" in Sweden).
- On some tapes, "HOME VIDEO" is omitted. This variation also has different clips.
- On two tapes and the first airings of The Wonderful World of Disney, the above variation is used, but with more clips and the addition of a neon Pluto head.
FX/SFX: The whole Scanimate animation... and the clips! This was originally from the US intro of the '80s version of The Wonderful World of Disney back when it was called, quite simply, Walt Disney.
Music/Sounds: A powerful disco version of "When You Wish Upon a Star". Extended on only 2 releases and the first showings of the TV series. The ''HOME VIDEO''-less variation has a slightly different end.
Availability: Was only seen on tapes released outside the United States and Canada, usually from the UK and Europe, but this was spotted on a few Mexican (including Wini Pu y el arbol de miel) and Venezuelan (including El abismo negro) tapes of the era, so go south of the border (or across the Atlantic) if you wish to find this logo. You might even spot an Asian tape with this logo as well (like an NTSC-format tape from Japan, or in the case of YouTube user "akhenaten1881", a PAL tape from Malaysia). You might even find it on some Roadshow Home Video-distributed tapes from Australia or an AVH-distributed tape from Argentina, or even a Nu Metro Home Entertainment-distributed tape from South Africa. Also seen on the TV series mentioned, sans the "Home Video".
Scare Factor: Low to medium, thanks to the the loud music and in-your-face animation such as the neon Versions of Mickey and Donald, and the flashing effects . But if you are very familiar with the 1980s version of The Wonderful World of Disney and its intro, then it isn't much of a problem.
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Walt Disney Classics
Background: "Walt Disney Classics" was created as a brand to release classic Disney animated features on video such as Dumbo and The Rescuers. Beginning in the early 1990s, however, it also focused on releasing current releases in the Disney Animated Features Canon to video such as Aladdin and The Great Mouse Detective.
1st Logo
(December 6, 1984-October 6, 1987)
Nicknames: "Cheesy Diamond", "Early Black Diamond", "Navy Blue Diamond"
Logo: On a navyblue background, the red "Disney" font text "Walt Disney Home Video" flies in circular motion from the right to the left, passing by rather close to the screen, then flips and cycles back. Following closely behind it is the white text "THE CLASSICS" doing likewise. The blue background begins to slowly take on a diamond shape. A black diamond zooms up from the center of the screen at a fast pace. "THE CLASSICS" flips its way to the top of the diamond, and "Walt Disney Home Video" flips its way to the bottom. A white diamond outline zooms out and plasters itself on the black diamond.
Variants:
- On some tapes, the logo stays onscreen for an extra ten seconds before finally fading out. This was most commonly seen around 1986.
- The 1988 Canadian print of Alice in Wonderland has this logo staying onscreen for an extra three seconds.
FX/SFX: The text "flipping," the zooming diamonds.
Cheesy Factor: Primitve 1980s computer FX standards used in the flipping text and formation of the diamond, but not too cheesy.
Music/Sounds: A bouncy Medieval-style Moog synthesizer fanfare.
Availability: Rare, it only used for a short period of time. Seen on 1984-1987 video prints of Disney animated features including the original video releases of The Sword in the Stone and Robin Hood. Usually it is in clamshell packaging with the cover featuring a black flap in the lower right corner reading "The Original Animated Classic!", and often has the diamond print logo on the spine (without WDHV text) and on the videotape label (with WDHV text). The last video to use this logo was Lady and the Tramp.
Scare Factor: Medium; it's still a classic logo, but with that Medieval-style synthesizer fanfare, and that in-your face animation and odd-looking "The Classics" font still, it can unnerve several people.
2nd Logo
(October 4, 1988-March 4, 1994)
Nicknames: "The Black Diamond", "Sorcerer Mickey II"
Logo: On a black background, we see Mickey Mouse dressed as the Sorcerer's Apprentice under a blue spotlight and holding out his right hand (reused from the 1986 Walt Disney Home Video logo). As we zoom up to his hand, a spark flies out from it, and as we zoom past, we see the spark circling and starting to write words "Walt Disney" in metallic white in the "Disney" font. As this is being done, the background changes to blue, the "Walt Disney" text zooms out as a black diamond with a metallic white outline slowly zooms up and the metallic white text "CLASSICS" in a fancy font zooms out from the bottom of the screen. "Walt Disney" settles itself on top of the diamond and "CLASSICS" on the bottom. A spark flies from the left, circles behind the diamond, flies out from the top right and in front of the diamond, leaving a trail of pixie dust that changes the "Walt Disney" and "CLASSICS" to gold and adds a purple tint to the diamond outline. The logo “shines”.
Variants:
- In 1992, starting with 101 Dalmatians, the logo had brighter and beautiful colors with the diamond a bluish tint and fades out earlier than before.
- On several prints of the 1991 video release of Robin Hood, the Mickey scene is cut, and only the spark/diamond animation plays.
- The original 1988 prototype version seen on Cinderella (and later Canadian prints of Robin Hood and The Rescuers Down Under) had the background as a dark to light blue gradient, a more shiny, metallic diamond, and rougher animation.
FX/SFX: All the animation in the logo.
Music/Sounds: A majestic synthesizer fanfare. Starting with the 1992 release of The Rescuers, the music became distorted as a result of a video processing error.
Availability: Uncommon; It was first used on the original 1988 "Cinderella" video release. Seen on 1988-1994 Disney video releases of their feature films with the text "(A) WALT DISNEY('S) CLASSIC" on top and the diamond print logo on the clamshell spine. Some early releases with this logo feature the diamond print logo (with WDHV text) on the label like the last logo. These videos can often be found on eBay and used video stores. The most common Disney Classics tapes featuring this logo are Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin (both with the distorted music). The 1992 version of the logo with the original (clean) music only appeared on 101 Dalmatians and The Great Mouse Detective. While the distorted audio appeared from The Rescuers to The Fox and The Hound, which is the last video to use this logo.
Scare Factor: Minimal, the distorted version of the fanfare can cause more than a few scares, but this is probably one of the best home video logos ever. The animation and music mix very well.
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Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection
Background: "Masterpiece Collection" replaced the "Classics" brand in 1994.
(October 28, 1994-July 13, 1999)
Nickname: "The Emblem"
Logo: On a black background, a spark of light sketches the gold "Disney" font words "Walt Disney" in an arc formation as the screen gradually zooms away. The gold text "MASTERPIECE" zooms out from the bottom of the screen and settles underneath on the far left, followed by the gold text "COLLECTION" which settles underneath on the far right. Tinkerbell flies out from behind "MASTERPIECE," flies to the top right of the logo, and waves her wand. A flash of light and the logo is surrounded by a purple canvas with a gold, black, and white frame and a light blue circle with the "Disney Castle" logo in between the "MASTERPIECE" and "COLLECTION." Tinkerbell exits to the left of the screen, leaving a trail of pixie dust to dissolve a little slowly. The logo "shines."
FX/SFX: All the animation in this logo.
Cheesy Factor: Some of the CGI elements seem a bit more cheesy than its predecessor.
Music/Sounds: A fast-paced remix of the fanfare used in the Disney Classics logo #2. Sometimes an announcer will say, “And now our feature presentation.”. This can be spotted on The Aristocats and Oliver & Company, as well as some prints of The Black Cauldron.
Variant: A few early releases like So Dear To My Heart and others used a cut-short version of the 1988 Walt Disney Classics music (1992 variant) playing underneath and logo shines twice at the end.
Availability: Seen on VHS releases of Disney feature films in clamshell packaging with the text “(A) WALT DISNEY('S) MASTERPIECE” on front and the "Masterpiece Collection" print logo on the top of the spine (sometimes the print logo is on the front as well), starting with Snow White, Dumbo, and Robin Hood, among others. The last video released under the series was The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad. These videos are now out of print, though, but they may still be easy to find at used video stores. In 1999, the "Masterpiece Collection" brand was dropped and all new Disney products were released with the "Walt Disney Home Video" or "Walt Disney Home Entertainment" logo. Strangely, the original VHS of The Lion King has the logo on its spine, but not on the tape. Some early prints of the 1999 VHS release of Pinocchio feature this logo, while later prints don't. It also unusually shows up on the original 1997 VHS release of Pooh's Grand Adventure, which is strange since it is a direct-to-video movie and not part of the Disney Animated Features canon, and the print logo is nowhere to be found on the box.
Scare Factor: None to low, this is yet a very nicely animated logo.
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Walt Disney Mini Classics
Background: "Walt Disney Mini Classics" was created, due to the success of the "Black Diamond Classic" series, as a brand to release Disney animated featurettes on video. It included special featurettes such as Ben and Me and Mickey’s Christmas Carol, excerpts from the '40s "packaged" Disney films such as Peter and the Wolf and The Wind in the Willows, and the four classic Winnie the Pooh featurettes.
(October 13, 1987-February 26, 1993)
Nickname: "The Mini-Classics Shield"
Logo: On a black background, yellow neon lines begin drawing a fancy shield outline, with scrolls and more, and as the background turns blue, the words "Walt Disney" in metallic white zoom out and plaster onto the top of the shield outline, still tracing itself onscreen, and then, as the shield is finished "drawing," "MINI" in gold appears letter by letter and zooms out onto the shield. Then a gold bar with "CLASSICS" on it in black zooms out and plasters itself in the center above "MINI". Suddenly the shield outline background fills with rainbow colors as glitter effects fly from the now-completed logo, which "shines".
FX/SFX: All the CG animation in the logo.
Music/Sounds: A bright, musical synthesizer theme, which matches up with the animation in the logo.
Availability: Rare; seen on Disney Mini Classics videos from 1987 to 1993, which are in slipcover packaging, and featuring the Mini Classics print logo on top. This logo usually followed the 1986 "Sorcerer Mickey" Walt Disney Home Video logo on these videos. It ended with Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too, and these videos immediately went out of print, in contrast to a newer series created in 1993 entitled "Walt Disney Favorite Stories".
Scare Factor: Minimal; this is a cute logo with neat animation and music.
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Walt Disney Gold Classics Collection
(January 11, 2000-March 20, 2001)
Nicknames: "Disney Christmas", "It's Beginning to Feel A Lot Like Christmas" , "Boring Logo Redux"
Logo: On a blue background filled with gold glitter effects, the gold words in corporate font "Walt Disney" is seen and below it is a gold ribbon with the red words GOLD COLLECTION, separated by a red (gold outlined) circle with the Disney castle and the word "CLASSIC" below, both etched in gold. The logo "shines".
FX/SFX: The glitter, the "shining"...
Cheesy Factor: ...which are rather cheesy CGI effects that have some accuracy; not up to par with other recent Disney Video logos.
Music/Sounds: Same as Walt Disney Home Video’s 4th logo, the lilting dreamy strings tune.
Availability: Although it was only used for a year, several Disney DVD prints dating back to 2000 such as Hercules and A Goofy Movie are still available, so it’s an easy find. A few Gold Classic Collection DVDs use the 1992 WDHV logo instead of this one.
Scare Factor: None to low because of the 4th Logo's Music, but otherwise, it's pretty nice to look at
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Disney DVD
1st Logo
(October 9, 2001-May 2006)
Nickname: "CGI Tinkerbell"
Logo: On a night-sky background, a spark shoots at the middle of the screen forming a "D". It comes again forming a "V" this time, next to the "D" and for the third time forming another "D". A curved line is drawn and "Disney" in that famous font goes on top of "DVD". The spark goes across the bottom forming "Pure Digital Magic" (in the native language of the country in which it was released) and that spark appears to be a CGI Tinkerbell who smiles at us and takes off, leaving a trail of fairy dust that dissolves a moment later.
FX/SFX: All the animation in this logo.
Music/Sounds: An orchestral tune, with a few "swoops" when the sparks fly in.
Availability: Seen on pre-2006 Disney DVD releases. Several of them are still in print.
Scare Factor: None to minimal, well, still, but the sparks flying and trying to transform words to "DVD". This is definitely low for first-time viewers because of the swooping sound, but this is one of the best logos ever.
2nd Logo
(June 2006- )
Nicknames:
- 2006-2007: "CGI Tinkerbell Redux"
- 2007-: "2-D Tinkerbell"
Logo: Starts with the "D" in Disney being formed, uncomfortably close to the screen. A spark flies by in tune with the music. When the "Disney" text is formed, it flies out, and "DVD" does so as well, one letter at a time. An explosion of pixie dust forms an arc around the text, completing the logo. More pixie dust forms a white bar with the text "Movies, Magic & More" (same as above in the native language of the country in which it was released). Tinkerbell flies up to the screen momentarily before exiting (reused from the 2002 logo). Starting in 2007, the logo was given an enhanced look, and Tinkerbell is in traditional-style 2D animation.
FX/SFX: All the animation in the logo.
Music/Sounds: Same as the previous logo, with more whooshing sounds added when the "DVD" letters fly in.
Availability: Current; can be seen on any Disney DVD made since 2006 such as The Chrinocles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, Cars, WALL-E, Tinker Bell, among others, The 2-D Tinkerbell Variant can be seen on the Disney DVD Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
Scare Factor: None, this is a very beautiful logo.
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The end of the 1986-2000 Walt Disney Studios Entertainment logo plays as the 1991-1999 Feature Presentation fanfare plays over the logo with the announcer saying "And available now on videocassette."
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What font did they use for the texts "Masterpiece" and "Collection"? The font is very difficult to figure out and find.
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| CTWElmo | Walt Disney Home Video International logo (1981-1987) | 0 | Aug 29 2009, 2:04 PM EDT by CTWElmo | ||
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We may even spot this logo on an Italian videocassette (I think it comes from Walt Disney Home Video Cartoon Classics: Limited Gold Editions from 1984). I'm not so sure where does the black screen with the words "Walt Disney Productions" in white come from. Also in Spain on a print of "Now you see him, now you don't".
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