Today, Wave 9 of Walt Disney Treasures hits stores with the release of Zorro Seasons 1 & 2. I took my lunch break running over to Best Buy and purchasing both sets. I can't wait to start watching these tonight with my kids. The last time I saw these were back in the 80s or 90s when they ran syndicated on The Disney Channel. You can find some reviews on Imaginerding and Ultimate Disney.
The Walt Disney Treasures series is by far my favorite DVD series. This series, spear-headed by the highly respected movie critic and Disney aficionado Leonard Maltin, delves deep into the Disney vaults to restore, organize, and present classic Disney programs to Disney fans. The packaging is classic on these as they come in limited edition tins. The norm is a standard silver tin, with the exception of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit which came in a gold tin. But, now, guess what color Zorro comes? Yep, black! And, it pops out when you look at it.
The WDT releases come in "waves" and usually include 3 to 4 different program anthologies. Just like with the color of the tins, this wave breaks the norm by only including the two Zorro seasons. Now, the first wave came out in December 2001 and included Mickey Mouse in Living Color, Silly Symphonies, Disneyland USA, and Davy Crockett. Unfortunately, I was on Disney hiatus at this time and wasn't aware of this series until Wave 4 which came out in December of 2004. Since then, I have been faithfully buying each new wave on the day it hits the stores.
As for the missed waves? Well, I have been asking relatives to buy them for me for Christmas each year. This year, I know I am getting The Complete Goofy from my parents since I recently purchased it on eBay "for them" to give me. You can find a nice list of all the waves and reviews at Ultimate Disney.
Now, don't make the mistake I made in the past by not buying these as soon as they come out. They are limited, and this wave is extremely limited. There are only 30,000 copies available. So, if you want it and don't want to pay double or triple for the DVD, you better head over to Amazon, Best Buy, or Target as soon as you can to pick these up and add to your Disney collection.
My wife has been grabbing the Treasures DVDs for me (and the kids) for a few years now.
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Definitely. I still need to catch up watching a few of the sets. I'm just glad I finally have all of those from the first 3 waves.
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