Walt Disney Mini-Classics was a video series of Disney animated featurettes, which ran from 1988 to 1993 and strangely, 1995. Each featurette ran about 25-40 minutes. This list covers all the Walt Disney Mini-Classics titles released from these date ranges.
Part of the Mini-Classics series (1988-1993)
May 1988
Due to the success of the Black Diamond Classics series, which launched in 1984, the Mini-Classics series was expected to be the big selling series from Disney at the time that it was launched, starting with a four-part offering topped off by “Mickey’s Magical World,” in honor of Mickey Mouse’s 60th birthday. The other three were “Mickey and the Beanstalk,” “Donald in Mathmagic Land” and “The Reluctant Dragon.” These first four titles do not have any promos at the end of the videos.
This title was originally a short, but eventually became a segment of the 40-minute version of the same name that was released over 5 months later.
Contains a bonus cartoon short, "Morris, the Midget Moose" (1950) at the end of the video.
When the 1986 Walt Disney Home Video “Sorcerer Mickey” logo at the beginning of this release of the title starts to fade out, you can faintly hear the 1986 video dealer announcement. This was likely due to a print-mastering error.
At the end of the video, there is a copyright notice dated from 1987, outsourced from the original 1987 standard release of this title.
This title was originally a segment from the 1949 film, "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad", but later got re-issued as a standalone featurette in the 1950s.
During the promo at the end of the video, the audio clip used is a generic telephone ringing chime sound that remains unidentified and uninspired to this day. This title is the only one to have this version of the promo.
This title was the first one in the series to have a promo at the end of the video.
During the promo at the end of the video, the audio clip used is a slightly abridged variation of the Walt Disney Mini-Classics logo theme music and the promo itself was updated to show this title and "Bongo", making this title the first of the only two titles in the series to use this version of the promo.
This title is comprised of the 1955 Disneyland episode, "Jiminy Cricket Presents Bongo" and the 1947 film, "Fun and Fancy Free", in which the film itself was originally a segment of.
This title was the last of the only two titles in the series to use the May 1989 promo with the slightly abridged logo theme music.
September 1989
Starting in this month of 1989, the Winnie the Pooh featurettes on home video were released in the series, coinciding with the video release of "Bambi". In fact, an insert booklet that comes with the "Bambi" video release advertises the titles released in this batch.
On the Winnie the Pooh titles released in this batch, copies prior to early September 1989 use the 10-second freezing cut-out Mini-Classics logo variation, while copies printed after use the 2-second freezing fade-out variation.
During the promo at the end of the video, the audio clip used is a dance tune taken directly from the 1936 Mickey Mouse cartoon short, "Thru the Mirror", and the promo itself was updated to show the Winnie the Pooh titles in the series, including this title, making this title the first of the only five titles in the series to use this version of the promo.
This title was originally released as a double-feature with "The Ugly Dashchund".
This title was originally released as a double-feature with "The Island at the Top of the World", then later became a segment of the 1977 full-length film, "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh".
This title was originally released as a double-feature with the re-issue of the 1963 film, "The Sword in the Stone". In fact, this release was likely to ride on the coattails of the video reissue of that film.
This title was the last of the only five titles in the series to use the September 1989 promo at the end of the video.
This title was originally released as a segment of "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad", but later got re-issued as a standalone featurette in the 1950s.
This title was the first one in the series to have a Proof of Purchase tab label printed below the back cover.
This title has the Halloween Videos promo at the end of the video, instead of the Mini-Classics promo, since this release of the title was a Halloween title released when Disney introduced promos for special titles.
December 1990
Catalog number
Title
Country of origin
Original year
Length
Version
MPAA rating
Film format
Tape count
Tape break placement (if applicable)
Color
Released
Note(s)
459
Mickey's Christmas Carol
USA
1983
25 minutes
Standard version
G
Matted 1.75
1
N/A
Color
December 9, 1990
This issue of the title has the Christmas Videos promo at the end of the video, in place of the Mini-Classics promo, since this issue of the title was a Christmas title released when Disney introduced promos for special titles.
The back cover on this issue was slightly altered to have a Proof of Purchase tab label below it.
This title was originally released as a double-feature with the re-issue of the 1940 film, "Pinocchio".
This title has the Christmas Videos promo at the end of the video, instead of the Mini-Classics promo, since this title was a Christmas title released when Disney introduced promos for special titles.
Some copies omit the Buena Vista logo, while select ones printed after early December 1990 retain it.
April 1991
The Winnie the Pooh featurettes in this series were being re-issued at this time with Proof of Purchase tab labels printed below the back covers in very strange text fonts. These re-issues coincided with the moratorium of two limited availability Classics titles, "Peter Pan" and "The Little Mermaid", as well as Handleman Corporation's buyout of Viking Entertainment from the McGraw brothers.
Catalog number
Title
Country of origin
Original year
Length
Version
MPAA rating
Film format
Tape count
Tape break placement (if applicable)
Color
Released
Note(s)
49
Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree
USA
1966
25 minutes
Televised version
G
Matted 1.66
1
N/A
Color
April 30, 1991
This issue still uses the second version of the September 1989 print master.
63
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
USA
1968
24 minutes
Televised version
G
Matted 1.66
1
N/A
Color
April 30, 1991
This issue still uses the second version of the September 1989 print master.
64
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
USA
1974
25 minutes
Televised version
G
Matted 1.66
1
N/A
Color
April 30, 1991
This issue still uses the second version of the September 1989 print master.
532
Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore
USA
1983
25 minutes
Original version
G
Academy
1
N/A
Color
April 30, 1991
This issue still uses the second version of the September 1989 print master.
June 1991
Catalog number
Title
Country of origin
Original year
Length
Version
MPAA rating
Film format
Tape count
Tape break placement (if applicable)
Color
Released
Note(s)
49
Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree
USA
1966
25 minutes
Televised version
G
Matted 1.66
1
N/A
Color
June 7, 1991
The only additional changes this issue of the title had to its print master are:
The regular "Licensed for Private Home Exhibition Only" portion of the red-orange FBI warning screens was replaced with the shadowed variant.
The September 1989 Mini-Classics promo was replaced with the June 1991 promo.
63
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
USA
1968
24 minutes
Televised version
G
Matted 1.66
1
N/A
Color
June 7, 1991
The only additional changes this issue of the title had to its print master are:
The regular red-orange FBI warning screens were replaced with the Goudy Old Style variant.
The September 1989 Mini-Classics promo was replaced with the June 1991 promo.
64
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
USA
1974
25 minutes
Televised version
G
Matted 1.66
1
N/A
Color
June 7, 1991
The only additional changes this issue of the title had to its print master are:
The regular "Licensed for Private Home Exhibition Only" portion of the red-orange FBI warning screens was replaced with the shadowed variant.
The September 1989 Mini-Classics promo was replaced with the June 1991 promo.
532
Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore
USA
1983
25 minutes
Original version
G
Matted 1.66
1
N/A
Color
June 7, 1991
The only additional changes this issue of the title had to its print master are:
The regular "Licensed for Private Home Exhibition Only" portion of the red-orange FBI warning screens was replaced with the shadowed variant.
The September 1989 Mini-Classics promo was replaced with the June 1991 promo.
After the promo at the end of the video, there is a small, all-caps copyright notice dated from 1991, in white text and black background.
533
The Reluctant Dragon
USA
1941
28 minutes
Short version
NR
Academy
1
N/A
Color
June 7, 1991
This title was originally a short, but eventually became a segment of the 40-minute version of the same name that was released over five months later.
In fact, this issue was released in honor of the 50th anniversary of both the short and 40-minute versions of the film.
Contains a bonus cartoon short, "Morris, the Midget Moose" (1950) at the end of the video.
The only additional changes this issue of the title had to its print master were:
The regular red-orange FBI warning screens were replaced with the Goudy Old Style variant.
The Walt Disney Home Video "Sorcerer Mickey" logo is omitted from this issue.
The June 1991 Mini-Classics promo was placed at the end of the video.
After the promo at the end of the video, there is a small, all-caps copyright notice dated from 1991, in white text and black background, replacing the larger-text one that's dated from 1987.
690
Mickey's Magical World
USA
1988
27 minutes
TBD
NR
Academy
1
N/A
Color, Black-and-white
June 7, 1991
This issue of the title does not have the Mini-Classics promo at the end, as the original release from May 1988 did not either.
The only additional change this issue of the title had to its print master was that the regular red-orange FBI warning screens were replaced with the Goudy Old Style variant.
749
Bongo
USA
1947
36 minutes
1955 version
G
Academy
1
N/A
Color
June 7, 1991
The only additional changes this issue of the title had to its print master were:
The May 1989 Mini-Classics promo was replaced with the June 1991 promo.
The regular red-orange FBI warning screens were replaced with the Goudy Old Style variant.
This title was originally released as a double-feature with "The Rescuers Down Under".
The promo at the end of the video was updated to show this title, "Willie the Operatic Whale" and "Peter and the Wolf", making this title the first one in the series to have this version of the promo.
Copies printed after early June 1991 have the Mini-Classics logo before the promo and a small, all-caps copyright notice in white text and black background dated from 1991 after it at the end of the video.
This title was originally released as a segment of "Make Mine Music", but later got re-issued as a standalone featurette in 1954.
The “Licensed for Private Home Exhibition Only” portion of the red-orange FBI warning screens is a shadowed variant, while the FBI warning portion is the regular variant.
At the end of the film itself, the "The End - A WALT DISNEY PRODUCTION" bumper is freeze-framed for over ten seconds, with the closing title theme music from "Make Mine Music", in which the film originated from.
Contains two bonus cartoon shorts, "Ferdinand the Bull" (1938) and "Lambert, the Sheepish Lion" (1952) at the end of the video.
"Ferdinand the Bull" on this release of the title uses the 1967 re-issue print transfer of the short, while "Lambert, the Sheepish Lion" uses a circa-early 1960s re-issue print transfer.
This title was originally released as a segment of "Make Mine Music", but later got re-issued as a standalone featurette in 1955.
Contains two bonus cartoon shorts, "Music Land" (1935) and "Symphony Hour" (1942) at the end of the video.
October 1992
Pre-May 1989 titles in this batch were re-issued at this time with Proof of Purchase tab labels in very strange text fonts printed below the back covers. On these re-issues, the Mini-Classics logo is omitted from the front tape label if it is a horizontal ink-label. In addition, there is no Sorcerer Mickey placement on the label.
Catalog number
Title
Country of origin
Original year
Length
Version
MPAA rating
Film format
Tape count
Tape break placement (if applicable)
Color
Released
Note(s)
49
Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree
USA
1966
25 minutes
Televised version
G
Matted 1.66
1
N/A
Color
October 8, 1992
This issue still uses the June 1991 print master. Some copies reused the second version of the September 1989 print master, though.
63
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
USA
1968
24 minutes
Televised version
G
Matted 1.66
1
N/A
Color
October 8, 1992
This issue still uses the June 1991 print master. Some copies reused the second version of the September 1989 print master, though.
64
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
USA
1974
25 minutes
Televised version
G
Matted 1.66
1
N/A
Color
October 8, 1992
This issue still uses the June 1991 print master. Some copies reused the second version of the September 1989 print master, though.
This issue of the title reuses the original May 1989 print master.
April 1993
Catalog number
Title
Country of origin
Original year
Length
Version
MPAA rating
Film format
Tape count
Tape break placement (if applicable)
Color
Released
Note(s)
49
Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree
USA
1966
25 minutes
Standard version
G
Matted 1.66
1
N/A
Color
April 30, 1993
This issue of the title has a special promo for Winnie the Pooh titles at the end of the video, in place of the Mini-Classics promo.
The only other additional changes this issue of the title had to its print master are:
The 1984 red-orange FBI warning screens were replaced with the 1991 green FBI warning screens.
The 1986 Walt Disney Home Video "Sorcerer Mickey" logo is absent on this issue.
The original Buena Vista logo is restored on this issue.
63
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
USA
1968
24 minutes
Standard version
G
Matted 1.66
1
N/A
Color
April 30, 1993
This issue of the title has a special promo for Winnie the Pooh titles at the end of the video, in place of the Mini-Classics promo.
The only other additional changes this issue of the title had to its print master are:
The 1984 red-orange FBI warning screens were replaced with the 1991 green FBI warning screens.
The 1986 Walt Disney Home Video "Sorcerer Mickey" logo is absent on this issue.
The original Buena Vista logo is restored on this issue.
64
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
USA
1974
25 minutes
Standard version
G
Matted 1.66
1
N/A
Color
April 30, 1993
This issue of the title has a special promo for Winnie the Pooh titles at the end of the video, in place of the Mini-Classics promo.
The only other additional changes this issue of the title had to its print master are:
The 1984 red-orange FBI warning screens were replaced with the 1991 green FBI warning screens.
The 1986 Walt Disney Home Video "Sorcerer Mickey" logo is absent on this issue.
The original Buena Vista logo is restored on this issue.
532
Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore
USA
1983
25 minutes
Standard version
G
Academy
1
N/A
Color
April 30, 1993
This issue of the title has a special promo for Winnie the Pooh titles at the end of the video, in place of the Mini-Classics promo.
The only other additional changes this issue of the title had to its print master are:
The 1984 red-orange FBI warning screens were replaced with the 1991 green FBI warning screens.
The 1986 Walt Disney Home Video "Sorcerer Mickey" logo is absent on this issue.
The original Buena Vista logo is restored on this issue.
October 1993
Catalog number
Title
Country of origin
Original year
Length
Version
MPAA rating
Film format
Tape count
Tape break placement (if applicable)
Color
Released
Note(s)
459
Mickey's Christmas Carol
USA
1983
25 minutes
Standard version
G
Matted 1.75
1
N/A
Color
October 1, 1993
This title was originally released as a double-feature with the re-issue of the 1977 film, "The Rescuers".
The only additional changes this issue of the title has to its tape label and print master are:
The 1984 red-orange FBI warning screens were replaced with the 1991 green FBI warning screens.
There is nothing at the end of the video when the film itself is over.
The Mini-Classics logo is omitted from the front tape label on this issue if it is a horizontal ink-label.
No longer part of any special video collection, but released with the Mini-Classics logo (1995)
October 1995
"The Small One" was re-issued in this month of 1995 as a standard title with a new tape label to coincide with the Masterpiece Collection video release of "Cinderella".
Catalog number
Title
Country of origin
Original year
Length
Version
MPAA rating
Film format
Tape count
Tape break placement (if applicable)
Color
Released
Note(s)
1035
The Small One
USA
1978
25 minutes
Standard version
NR
Matted 1.66
1
N/A
Color
October 4, 1995
This title was originally released as a double-feature with the re-issue of the 1940 film, "Pinocchio".
Copies of this issue of the title that use the vertical ink-label have the Mini-Classics logo on the label, as well as the specification, copyright and warning information in a very strange text font.
This issue of the title still uses the second version of the December 1990 print master.
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