As inconvenient as it can be, I have some respect for the Disney business plan for video releases. Titles are released for a limited period of time and then go “back into the Disney vault” on moratorium for several years. This ensures the Mouse House sells volumes while the titles are available, but don’t flood the market with millions of movies. (Personally, I wish the movies remained available year round at the parks, but that’s my minor quibble).
Three Disney flicks are headed for the vault very soon, so here’s your warning to make sure you pick them up. Bambi: Special Edition, Lady and the Tramp: 50th Anniversary Edition, Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp’s Adventure and the Four Disc Extended Edition of The Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe will be closed off after January 31st. Sure, stores will hold on to the copies they have, but no more will come out, which means the titles will rapidly be difficult to obtain.
Of those, the last one is the most bothersome to me. That edition of Chronicles of Narnia only came out a few weeks ago (December 12th), making it a very limited release.
If you, like me, still need to pick up some of these Disney classics, it’s time to act very soon. After January 31st, the vault doors will close and it will be some time before any of those four titles will be available again.
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Oh my! I just found a site where you can get Disney movies that are in the Vault. Rushmydvds.com. I have not ordered anything from there yet. I'm not sure how good it is. I figured i would share it with you. Good Luck you all. I'm on the same hunt.
The Little Mermaid 2 is available at some Morrisons stores for a limited time only. I saw it today and i was gonna buy it then forgot so im gonna go back tomorrow before it goes off the shelves. Does anyone know where to buy The Aristocats cheap because its like £15 and i dont wanna pay that much. Also where can you buy Lady and the Tramp 1 besides the internet. Thanks.
I have the original Lion King 2 disc special edition when it came out of the vault about 6 years ago. Does anyone have a list for when all the films come out. I want to buy them all but when they DO come out of the vault, they are so expensive,well almost all of them. I hate this vault thing,they will not make any profits by doing this. What is the Disney vault anyway???
I'm afraid that title has just been put into the vault. I can still find a scarce copy or two of it at K-Mart, and it goes kind of cheaply on Ebay right now. If you want a copy, use Ebay.
Does anyone know when Little Mermaid II will come out of the vault? My four year-old adores Ariel and LOVES Little Mermaid II as well. Everytime we go to the video store we rent this movie. I would love to buy a copy, but am afraid by the time it comes out again, my little girl will no longer care.
Snow White - October 08'
101 Dalmatians 2 - fall 08'
Pinocchio - March 09'
Fantasia - 09'
Beauty and the Beast - 2010
This is the list of everything i know so far.. i wish i know when the lion king will be back, i haven't heard anything yet so far. and i don't think the list that is up farther is right.
I trained the dogs in Pablo and the Dancing Chihuahua and yes it was a film about a little Mexican boy, Pablo (Armando Islas) as he and the dog, he called Chiquita, trek across the desert to Tucson to find an uncle.
I have the movie on DVD reproduced from a PAL version several years ago. I was never released in the US.
Feel free to contact me if you wish for further details...it was a great family film
jan cooper
jan4rott@rott-n-chatter.com
Ok the Vault is not 10 years and it is not always 7 years. I work for walmart and am involved in electronics. I also control the ordering that goes on in my deartment. I have had to contact disney when it gets hard to restock movies that are not even in the vault. Sleeping Beauty comes out in the summer of 2008. It went in the vault last year but is coming back out again. Some movies take 7 years, some take 10 years, but in reality some only take a few years to digitally remaster the movie for it to come out on dvd. Do I agree with the vault? No I do not as I am a big collector for my 3 children but I have seen some movies come and go and come right back out. Disney has asked for us to be patient but we cant be as consumers. The advice I can give is that when you know it is going to go back in the vault, and the shelf is full, BUY IT. That is the best thing to do. Also look in papers for special deals. I have been able to get my dvds as low as 10 dollars each because of special deals from places like toysrus, circuit city, and best buy. Good luck to all.
I wish I could find a movie called "Pablo and the Dancing Chihuahua" it aired January 1968...it was in two parts. It aired on TV when Disney's wonderful world of color on Sundays. I hope it is the movie I am thinking about. It was about a little orphaned mexican boy and his chihuahua. That little dog would stand on his hind legs and dance whenever he played some sort of flute or whistle. I was only six years old when it came out.
Actually... stores don't be hold onto these or any other "Disney Vault" bound movies. They actually are - by orders of the Disney company - forced to send those movies back to ensure that their "Vault-Sealing Date" is accurate. On January 31st, we sent back all of our Narnia, Bambi, Aladdin, Cinderella, etc movies.
I was at diney store today and they gave me a website I believe ultimatedisney.com or something to go to about vaults. I believe she said aristocrats is coming this year or next as well as pinochio and beautiy and the beast will be out in 2010 she named other stuff too. I think sleeping beauty is this yr.
Aristocats - Feb 5, 2008
101 Dalmations - March 4, 2008
I would really like to know when the vault releases these disney movies, They should make a website letting collectors know about these things.. it sucks having to wait and find out.
How can I find a schedule of vault releases? My son is young and since I found out I was pregnant, we have been collecting every Disney released. My parents had almost all Disney movies on VHS for us when we were kids and we watched them over and over. I want my son to have them but in DVD. I haven't been able to find a site yet...thanks.
Does anybody know when 101 Dalmations with the real life actor's (Glenn Close) in it with the real dogs in it will come out again? I read the previous posts where the one version is coming out in March 2008 but I'm assuming that is the animated version. Thanks!
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