Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection

The Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection (Walt Disney Colección Maestra in Spanish and Collection Chefs-d'œuvre de Walt Disney in Canadian French) was a line of VHS tapes and Laserdiscs released by Walt Disney Home Video from 1994 to 1999 in the U.S. and Canada. Similar to the Walt Disney Classics line that preceded it, it consisted mainly of Disney animated features (excluding the Pixar films, the DisneyToon Studios theatrical films, and the direct-to-video sequels) along with a few live-action/animated hybrid films. French and Spanish versions were also released.

Each tape in this video collection began with a short animated opening sequence of Tinker Bell sprinkling pixie dust on the bare version of the logo to the completed version of the logo (a purple hump-shaped logo complete with Disney castle in the middle, as seen on the spine and front of each video's case) while a re-orchestrated version of the 1988-1994 Walt Disney Classics music plays over.

Of note, the series featured the first home video releases of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Lion King, Pocahontas, The Aristocats, Oliver & Company, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Melody Time, The Black Cauldron, and Mulan.

The series was followed by the Limited Issue DVDs in 1999, and then the Gold Classic Collection in 2000.

Releases[]

Film	Release date	Bonus Feature	Disappeared to Vault
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	October 28, 1994	N/A	April 30, 1995
Alice in Wonderland (first release)	October 28, 1994	N/A
Bedknobs and Broomsticks	October 28, 1994	N/A
Dumbo	October 28, 1994	N/A
Mary Poppins (first release)	October 28, 1994	N/A
Pete's Dragon	October 28, 1994	N/A
Robin Hood (first release)	October 28, 1994	N/A
So Dear to My Heart	October 28, 1994	N/A
The Sword in the Stone	October 28, 1994	N/A
The Three Caballeros	October 28, 1994	N/A
The Lion King	March 3, 1995	N/A	1997 (originally slated for an April 30, 1996 vault date, but was kept available for an extra year due to strong sales and popular demand) ^[1]
Cinderella	October 4, 1995	N/A	April 30, 1996
Pocahontas	February 28, 1996	N/A
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh	March 27, 1996	The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpiece
The Aristocats	April 24, 1996	N/A
Oliver & Company	September 25, 1996	N/A
Bambi (THX 55th Anniversary Edition)	February 4, 1997	Bambi: The Magic Behind the Masterpiece	March 31, 1997
The Hunchback of Notre Dame	March 4, 1997	N/A
Fun and Fancy Free (THX 50th Anniversary Edition)	July 15, 1997	The Story Behind Fun and Fancy Free	January 31, 1998
Mary Poppins (second release, THX Limited Edition)	August 26, 1997; March 31, 1998	Mary Poppins: Practically Perfect in Every Way
Sleeping Beauty (THX Limited Edition and THX Widescreen Edition)	September 16, 1997	Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Sleeping Beauty	January 31, 1998
The Jungle Book (THX 30th Anniversary Limited Edition)	October 14, 1997	The Jungle Book: The Making of a Musical Masterpiece	January 31, 1998
Hercules	February 3, 1998		January 31, 1999
Peter Pan (THX 45th Anniversary Limited Edition)	March 3, 1998	You Can Fly!: The Making of Peter Pan	April 16, 1998
The Little Mermaid (THX Special Edition)	March 31, 1998	"Part of Your World" music video	January 31, 1999
Melody Time (THX 50th Anniversary Special Edition)	June 2, 1998
The Black Cauldron	August 4, 1998		January 31, 1999
Lady and the Tramp (THX Limited Edition and THX Widescreen Edition)	September 15, 1998	Teaser for Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure	January 31, 1999
The Rescuers	January 5, 1999 (original release date) and March 23, 1999 (reissue after a recall on January 8.)
Mulan	February 2, 1999
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (THX Limited Edition)	March 9, 1999	N/A	June 18, 1999
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (50th Anniversary Limited Edition)	May 25, 1999
Alice in Wonderland (second release)	July 13, 1999
Robin Hood (second release)	July 13, 1999

Trivia[]

Some early copies of the Pocahontas VHS contained the 1989 Walt Disney Classics opening logo instead of the opening logo of its respective video line.
The videotapes of Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin, Old Yeller (1997 Film Classics Collection release), and early copies of the 60th anniversary edition of Pinocchio contain the opening logo for the video line at the start, despite the fact that those videos were not part of the line. Pinocchio was most likely planned to be released in the Masterpiece Collection for fall 1999. A tape master was prepared, but was quickly aborted when the series ended; however, early copies of the 60th Anniversary edition still contained the early master with the Masterpiece Collection logo.
In the 1994 trailer for the video line, Pinocchio, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and The Fox and the Hound are shown among the many clips shown, but a Masterpiece Collection VHS was never released for those films. This is because the films were in moratorium during the series' run. A Spanish-dubbed version of Aladdin was released as part of the lineup, however.
The video line was promoted by McDonald's. That same restaurant chain gave out toys that included Toy Story and The Return of Jafar, even though these two movies were stand-alone video releases and not part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection line.
Some early copies have the August 1994 print date and the 1986 Sorcerer Mickey Walt Disney Home Video Logo on it.
Some tapes from 1995-1996 had the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection logo, but with the 1992 variation of the Walt Disney Classics music. The logo also shines twice on this variant. It also shows up on most (if not all) 1996-1999 non-VHS releases in the line, including laserdiscs such as Peter Pan and Hercules, and the 1998 DVD release of Mary Poppins.
- Surprisingly, the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection logo was shown on 1996 French Canadian VHS tapes of The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and The Aristocats, and on the Toy Story 1997 DTS Laserdisc.
Some tapes in this VHS series did not have the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection logo ident. These include early printings of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (to have the 1986 WDHV logo instead because the WDMC logo wasn't completed yet at the time), The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Mulan, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, and early printings of The Black Cauldron. However, the laserdisc had the WDMC logo and the THX logo.
Some tapes from 1997-1999 were THX certified. Such tapes were advertised as "Fully Restored Limited Edition" on either their VHS covers and/or their VHS trailers beforehand.
This series' release of Melody Time is censored to remove scenes involving cigarettes from the Pecos Bill segment. This edit is also later carried over to it's 2000 VHS and DVD release from Walt Disney Gold Classic Collection.
Mary Poppins is, thus far, the only title to have had a DVD released in the series because it was still part of the collection at the time.
Lady and the Tramp is released simultaneously in both alternate Academy ratio and letterboxed CinemaScope versions in both it's respective VHS and Laserdisc releases.
- Similarly, Sleeping Beauty is also released simultaneously on both alternate letterboxed widescreen version and pan-and-scan versions on separate VHS releases, while it's laserdisc version only contains the letterboxed widescreen version.

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See also[]

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Editions

Walt Disney Classics • Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection • Walt Disney Limited Issues • Walt Disney Gold Classic Collection • Walt Disney Platinum Editions • Walt Disney Diamond Editions • Walt Disney Signature Collection • Disney Special Edition releases • Disney 2-Movie Collections • Disney 3-Movie Collections • Disney 4-Movie Collections • Disney Movie Club DVDs • Walt Disney Treasures • Disney Blu-ray 3D • Disney·Pixar Classics • Disney Legacy Animated Film Collection • Ghibli ga Ippai Collection • Studio Ghibli Collection (North America) • Collection Studio Ghibli (France)

Animated Films
Walt Disney Animation Studios films	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) • Pinocchio (1940) • Fantasia (1940) • Dumbo (1941) • Bambi (1942) • Saludos Amigos (1942) • The Three Caballeros (1944) • Make Mine Music (1946) • Fun and Fancy Free (1947) • Melody Time (1948) • The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) • Cinderella (1950) • Alice in Wonderland (1951) • Peter Pan (1953) • Lady and the Tramp (1955) • Sleeping Beauty (1959) • One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) • The Sword in the Stone (1963) • The Jungle Book (1967) • The Aristocats (1970) • Robin Hood (1973) • The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) • The Rescuers (1977) • The Fox and the Hound (1981) • The Black Cauldron (1985) • The Great Mouse Detective (1986) • Oliver & Company (1988) • The Little Mermaid (1989) • The Rescuers Down Under (1990) • Beauty and the Beast (1991) • Aladdin (1992) • The Lion King (1994) • Pocahontas (1995) • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) • Hercules (1997) • Mulan (1998) • Tarzan (1999) • Fantasia 2000 (1999) • Dinosaur (2000) • The Emperor's New Groove (2000) • Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) • Lilo & Stitch (2002) • Treasure Planet (2002) • Brother Bear (2003) • Home on the Range (2004) • Chicken Little (2005) • Meet the Robinsons (2007) • Bolt (2008) • The Princess and the Frog (2009) • Tangled (2010) • Winnie the Pooh (2011) • Wreck-It Ralph (2012) • Frozen (2013) • Big Hero 6 (2014) • Zootopia (2016) • Moana (2016) • Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) • Frozen II (2019) • Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) • Encanto (2021) • Strange World (2022) • Wish (2023) • Moana 2 (2024)
Pixar films	Toy Story (1995) • A Bug's Life (1998) • Toy Story 2 (1999) • Monsters, Inc. (2001) • Finding Nemo (2003) • The Incredibles (2004) • Cars (2006) • Ratatouille (2007) • WALL-E (2008) • Up (2009) • Toy Story 3 (2010) • Cars 2 (2011) • Brave (2012) • Monsters University (2013) • Inside Out (2015) • The Good Dinosaur (2015) • Finding Dory (2016) Cars 3 (2017) • Coco (2017) • Incredibles 2 (2018) • Toy Story 4 (2019) • Onward (2020) • Soul (2020) • Luca (2021) • Turning Red (2022) • Lightyear (2022) • Elemental (2023) • Inside Out 2 (2024)
Disney Princess films	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) • Cinderella (1950) • Sleeping Beauty (1959) • The Little Mermaid (1989) • Beauty and the Beast (1991) • Aladdin (1992) • Pocahontas (1995) • Mulan (1998) • The Princess and the Frog (2009) • Tangled (2010) • Brave (2012) • Moana (2016) • Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) • Moana 2 (2024)
Disney Fairies films	Tinker Bell (2008) • Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure (2009) • Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue (2010) • Secret of the Wings (2012) • The Pirate Fairy (2014) • Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast (2015)
Blue Sky Studios films	Spies in Disguise (2019)
Other Animated films	A Christmas Carol • A Goofy Movie • The Jungle Book 2 • The Nightmare Before Christmas • Piglet's Big Movie • The Pirate Fairy • Pooh's Heffalump Movie • Planes • Planes: Fire & Rescue • Return to Never Land • Secret of the Wings • The Tigger Movie • Tinker Bell • Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue • Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast • Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure • The Wild
Direct-to-Video films	101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure • Aladdin and the King of Thieves • Atlantis: Milo's Return • Bambi II • Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins • Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World • Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas • Brother Bear 2 • Cinderella II: Dreams Come True • Cinderella III: A Twist in Time • An Extremely Goofy Movie • The Fox and the Hound 2 • The Hunchback of Notre Dame II • Kronk's New Groove • Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure • Leroy & Stitch • Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch • The Lion King 1½ • The Lion King II: Simba's Pride • The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning • The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea • Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas • Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas • Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers • Mulan II • Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World • Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin • Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie • The Return of Jafar • Stitch! The Movie • Tarzan II • Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year • Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving • Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo
Non-Disney films	The Brave Little Toaster • Valiant • The Bob's Burgers Movie
Studio Ghibli films	Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind • Castle in the Sky • My Neighbor Totoro • Kiki's Delivery Service • Porco Rosso • Pom Poko • Whisper of the Heart • Princess Mononoke • My Neighbors the Yamadas • Spirited Away • The Cat Returns • Howl's Moving Castle • Tales from Earthsea • Ponyo • The Secret World of Arrietty • The Wind Rises • Miscellaneous

Live-action feature films
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea • Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day • Alice in Wonderland (2010 film) • Aladdin (2019 film) • Alice in Wonderland (2010 film) • Alice Through The Looking Glass • A Wrinkle in Time • Beauty and the Beast (2017 film) • Bedknobs and Broomsticks • The BFG • Bedtime Stories • Beverly Hills Chihuahua • Bridge to Terabithia • Christopher Robin • The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe • The Country Bears • Cinderella (2015 film) • Cruella • The Devil and Max Devlin • Dumbo (2019 film) • Enchanted • Escape to Witch Mountain • The Finest Hours • Freaky Friday (2003 film) • G-Force • The Game Plan • The Greatest Game Ever Played • The Haunted Mansion • Haunted Mansion (2023 film) • Holes • Into the Woods • James and the Giant Peach • John Carter • The Jungle Book (2016 film) • Jungle Cruise • The Lion King (2019 film) • The Little Mermaid (2023 film) • The Lone Ranger • The Love Bug • Herbie Rides Again • Herbie Goes Bananas • Maleficent • Maleficent: Mistress of Evil • Mary Poppins • Mary Poppins Returns • Max Keeble's Big Move • McFarland, USA • Million Dollar Arm • Mulan (2020 film) • The Muppets • The Muppet Christmas Carol • Muppets Most Wanted • Muppet Treasure Island • National Treasure • National Treasure: Book of Secrets • The Nutcracker and the Four Realms • Old Yeller • Oz the Great and Powerful • The Parent Trap • The Parent Trap (1998) • Pete's Dragon • Pete's Dragon (2016 film) • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales • Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl • Pollyanna • Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time • The Princess Diaries • The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement • Queen of Katwe • The Santa Clause • The Santa Clause 2 • The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause • Saving Mr. Banks • Snowball Express • So Dear To My Heart • The Sorcerer's Apprentice • Swiss Family Robinson • The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men • Tomorrowland • Tron • Tron: Legacy • Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Disneynature films	African Cats • Bears • Born in China • Chimpanzee • The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos • Monkey Kingdom • Oceans • Wings of Life
Disney Channel Original Movies	Camp Rock • The Cheetah Girls • Descendants • Halloweentown • High School Musical • Twitches • Zombies • Miscellaneous
Lucasfilm films	Rogue One: A Star Wars Story • Solo: A Star Wars Story • Star Wars: The Force Awakens • Star Wars: The Last Jedi • Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker • Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Marvel Cinematic Universe films	Ant-Man • Ant-Man and the Wasp • Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania • The Avengers • Avengers: Age of Ultron • Avengers: Endgame • Avengers: Infinity War • Black Panther • Black Panther: Wakanda Forever • Black Widow • Captain America: Civil War • Captain America: The Winter Soldier • Captain Marvel • The Marvels • Deadpool & Wolverine • Doctor Strange • Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness • Eternals • Guardians of the Galaxy • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 • Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings • Spider-Man: Far From Home • Spider-Man: Homecoming • Spider-Man: No Way Home • Iron Man 3 • Thor: The Dark World • Thor: Love and Thunder • Thor: Ragnarok
20th Century Studios films	X-Men: Dark Phoenix • The Art of Racing in the Rain • Ad Astra • Ford v Ferrari • Underwater • The Call of the Wild • The Creator • The New Mutants • Free Guy • West Side Story • Death on the Nile • Avatar: The Way of Water • A Haunting in Venice • Poor Things • The First Omen • Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Animated shorts

Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck Cartoon Collections • Cartoon Classics (Limited Gold Editions) • Mini Classics • Favorite Stories (UK Equivalent: Storybook Favorites) • Classic Cartoon Favorites • Mickey and Friends' Greatest Hits (Outside USA) • Funny Factory • It's a Small World of Fun! • Timeless Tales (UK Equivalent: Walt Disney's Fables) • Walt Disney Animation Collection: Classic Short Films • Have a Laugh! • Miscellaneous • Pixar • Disney Cartoon Festival (Japan only)

Television shows
Animated shows	101 Dalmatians • Adventures of the Gummi Bears • Aladdin • Bonkers • Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers • Darkwing Duck • Doug • DuckTales • Gargoyles • Goof Troop • Gravity Falls • Jungle Cubs • Kim Possible • The Little Mermaid • The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh • Phineas and Ferb • The Proud Family • Quack Pack • Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure • Recess • Star Wars Rebels • TaleSpin • Timon & Pumbaa • W.I.T.C.H.
Live-action shows	Dinosaurs • Good Luck Charlie • Hannah Montana • Lizzie McGuire • The Mickey Mouse Club • The Suite Life of Zack and Cody/The Suite Life on Deck • That's So Raven • Walt Disney anthology series • Welcome to Pooh Corner • Wizards of Waverly Place • You and Me, Kid
Playhouse Disney/Disney Jr.	Doc McStuffins • Elena of Avalor • Handy Manny • Jake and the Never Land Pirates • The Lion Guard • Little Einsteins • Mickey and the Roadster Racers • Mickey Mouse Clubhouse • My Friends Tigger & Pooh • Sofia the First • The Book of Pooh
Compilation videos • Other shows

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