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Disney launched the Black Diamond Classics line in 1984 to release their animated films on home video under this line. Before resigning, then-current Disney CEO, Ron Miller, had plans to release their animated classics on home video. The older Disney executives still believed that releasing their animated films on home video would be a little bit risky, despite having released ''Dumbo'', ''Alice in Wonderland'', ''Fun and Fancy Free'', and ''The Three Caballeros'' on home video around the early 1980s. The "untouchable" Disney Classics would usually be re-released in theaters around 7-10 years. And the executives thought that if they had the film on videocassette already, they would not go to the movie theater to see it anymore. Plus, it would gamble away from future theatrical revenue.
Disney launched the Black Diamond Classics line in 1984 to release their animated films on home video under this line. Before resigning, then-current Disney CEO, Ron Miller, had plans to release their animated classics on home video. The older Disney executives still believed that releasing their animated films on home video would be a little bit risky, despite having released ''Dumbo'', ''Alice in Wonderland'', ''Fun and Fancy Free'', and ''The Three Caballeros'' on home video around the early 1980s. The "untouchable" Disney Classics would usually be re-released in theaters around 7-10 years. And the executives thought that if they had the film on videocassette already, they would not go to the movie theater to see it anymore. Plus, it would gamble away from future theatrical revenue.


But by 1984, Walt Disney Home Video was getting increasingly popular, so they decided to release Robin Hood on home video to begin their new Classics line. It was chosen because ''Robin Hood'' wasn't one of the more popular Disney animated classics at the time, as evidenced by a 1982 theatrical reissue not doing well at the box office, so it wouldn't be too much of a risk to release it on home video. Robin Hood was released with a suggested retail price of $79.95 on VHS and Betamax and $34.95 on Laserdisc. The tape was also part of Disney's wrap and ready-to-give promotion, since it was released a few weeks before Christmas Day. The release of ''Robin Hood'' was a small success, eventually becoming one of the best-selling home video titles in 1984.
But by 1984, Walt Disney Home Video was getting increasingly popular, so they decided to release Robin Hood on home video to begin their new Classics line. It was chosen because ''Robin Hood'' wasn't one of the more popular Disney animated classics at the time, as evidenced by a 1982 theatrical reissue not doing well at the box office, so it wouldn't be too much of a risk to release it on home video. Robin Hood was released with a suggested retail price of $79.95 on VHS and Betamax and $34.95 on Laserdisc. The tape was also part of Disney's Wrapped and Ready to Give promotion, since it was released a few weeks before Christmas Day. The release of ''Robin Hood'' was a small success, eventually becoming one of the best-selling home video titles in 1984.


* [[List of Walt Disney Classics home video releases]]
* [[List of Walt Disney Classics video releases]]
* [[List of Walt Disney Classics demo tapes]]
* [[List of Walt Disney Classics demo tapes]]


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Disney launched the Mini-Classics line in May 1988 to release their animated featurettes on home video in the line. Around that time, the company had come up with jumbo packages of releases for the little folks to view during upcoming vacations and summer breaks. With Disney, it was more than price or wrapping--the distinctive and inimitable animation.
Disney launched the Mini-Classics line in May 1988 to release their animated featurettes on home video in the line. Around that time, the company had come up with jumbo packages of releases for the little folks to view during upcoming vacations and summer breaks. With Disney, it was more than price or wrapping--the distinctive and inimitable animation.
* [[List of Walt Disney Mini-Classics video releases]]
* [[List of Walt Disney Mini-Classics video releases]]

=== Disney's DuckTales (1988-1990s) ===
* [[List of Disney's DuckTales video releases]]


=== Disney's The Little Mermaid (1990-2007) ===
=== Disney's The Little Mermaid (1990-2007) ===
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==== December 1986 ====
==== December 1986 ====
These releases open with video trailers for the Classics release of ''Sleeping Beauty'' and ''Flight of the Navigator'' before the standard Video Dealer Announcement and Sorcerer Mickey WDHV logo.
These releases open with video trailers for the Classics release of ''Sleeping Beauty'' and ''Flight of the Navigator'' before the standard Video Dealer Announcement & Sorcerer Mickey WDHV logo.
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| 1371 || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey%2C_I_Blew_Up_the_Kid Honey, I Blew Up the Kid]'' || USA || 1992 || 89 min || TBD || PG || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January 6, 1993 ||
| 1371 || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey%2C_I_Blew_Up_the_Kid Honey, I Blew Up the Kid]'' || USA || 1992 || 89 min || TBD || PG || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January 6, 1993 ||
* Opens with video trailers for ''3 Ninjas'', ''Captain Ron'', and ''The Muppet Movie''. Closes with the music video for "On Top of Spaghetti" performed by Little Richard, promoted with a blue text screen following the opening trailers reading "STAY TUNED after our feature".
* Opens with video trailers for ''3 Ninjas'', ''Captain Ron'', and ''The Muppet Movie''.
* Closes with the music video for "On Top of Spaghetti" by Little Richard, promoted with a blue text screen following the opening trailers reading "STAY TUNED after our feature".
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! 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)
! 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)
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| 2553 || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D2:_The_Mighty_Ducks D2: The Mighty Ducks]'' || USA || 1994 || 106 min || TBD || PG || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || August 26, 1994 ||
| 2553 || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D2:_The_Mighty_Ducks D2: The Mighty Ducks]'' || USA || 1994 || 106 min || TBD || PG || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || August 13, 1994 ||
* Opens with video trailers for ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' and ''The Nightmare Before Christmas''.
* Opens with video trailers for ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' and ''The Nightmare Before Christmas''.
* Closes with a video trailer for ''The Mighty Ducks'' and a promo for the film soundtrack.
* Closes with a video trailer for ''The Mighty Ducks'' and a promo for the film soundtrack.
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! 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)
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| 2554 || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Fang_2:_Myth_of_the_White_Wolf White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf]'' || USA || 1994 || 106 min || TBD || PG || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || October 19, 1994 ||
| 2554 || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Fang_2:_Myth_of_the_White_Wolf White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf]'' || USA || 1994 || 106 min || TBD || PG || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || October 12, 1994 ||
* One of the first releases to use the Flashbang bumpers.
* One of the first releases to use the Flashbang bumpers.
* Opens with a video trailer for ''Angels in the Outfield''.
* Opens with a video trailer for ''Angels in the Outfield''.
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* Closes with video trailers for ''The Santa Clause'' and ''Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book''.
* Closes with video trailers for ''The Santa Clause'' and ''Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book''.
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| 4703 || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_the_House_(1995_film) Man of the House]'' || USA || 1995 || 96 min || TBD || PG || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || August 8, 1995 ||
| 4703 || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_the_House_(1995_film) Man of the House]'' || USA || 1995 || 96 min || TBD || PG || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || August 7, 1995 ||
* Opens with a Timon & Pumbaa healthy eating PSA and video trailers for ''A Goofy Movie'', ''Arabian Knight'', ''Tall Tale'', ''Heavyweights'', and ''A Pyromaniac's Love Story''.
* Opens with a Timon & Pumbaa healthy eating PSA and video trailers for ''A Goofy Movie'', ''Arabian Knight'', ''Tall Tale'', ''Heavyweights'', and ''A Pyromaniac's Love Story''.
* Closes with video trailers for ''The Santa Clause'' and ''Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book''.
* Closes with video trailers for ''The Santa Clause'' and ''Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book''.
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| 4658 || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Goofy_Movie A Goofy Movie]'' || USA || 1995 || 78 min || TBD || G || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || September 6, 1995 ||
| 4658 || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Goofy_Movie A Goofy Movie]'' || USA || 1995 || 78 min || TBD || G || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || September 12, 1995 ||
* Opens with video trailers for the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection and ''Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken'', a Disney Interactive commercial (for the ''Pocahontas'' video game and ''Winnie the Pooh'' / ''The Lion King'' animated storybooks), and the music video for Parachute Express' "Dr. Looney's Remedy," though the music video is removed on Canadian copies.
* Opens with video trailers for the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection and ''Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken'', a Disney Interactive commercial (for the ''Pocahontas'' video game and ''Winnie the Pooh'' / ''The Lion King'' animated storybooks), and the music video for Parachute Express' "Dr. Looney's Remedy," though the music video is removed on Canadian copies.
* Uses the lilac "Feature Presentation" screen.
* Uses the lilac "Feature Presentation" screen.
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| 3633 || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Santa_Clause The Santa Clause]'' || USA || 1994 || 97 min || TBD || PG || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || October 25, 1995 ||
| 3633 || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Santa_Clause The Santa Clause]'' || USA || 1994 || 97 min || TBD || PG || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || October 24, 1995 ||
* Opens with a Walt Disney World commercial, a theatrical trailer for ''Toy Story'', video trailers for ''Pocahontas'' and ''The Johnny Carson Collection'', and a promo for Tim Allen's book "Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man".
* Opens with a Walt Disney World commercial, a theatrical trailer for ''Toy Story'', video trailers for ''Pocahontas'' and ''The Johnny Carson Collection'', and a promo for Tim Allen's book "Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man".
* Early copies of this tape lack the ''The Johnny Carson Collection'' trailer and the Flashbang bumper that accompanies it.
* Early copies of this tape lack the ''The Johnny Carson Collection'' trailer and the Flashbang bumper that accompanies it.
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| 4369 || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordy Gordy]'' || USA || 1995 || 90 min || TBD || G || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || November 8, 1995 ||
| 4369 || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordy Gordy]'' || USA || 1995 || 90 min || TBD || G || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || November 8, 1995 ||
* Opens with a commercial for ''Gordy'' plush toys, the 1995 ''Disney's Sing-Along Songs'' promo, and video trailers for ''Arabian Knight'', ''Tall Tale'', and ''Man of the House''.
* Opens with a commercial for ''Gordy'' plush toys, the 1995 ''Disney's Sing-Along Songs'' promo, and video trailers for ''Arabian Knight'', ''Tall Tale'', and ''Man of the House''.
* Uses the lilac "Feature Presentation" screen.
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==== August 1996 ====
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! 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)
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| 4609 || ''Aladdin and the King of Thieves'' || USA || 1996 || 81 min || TBD || G || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || August 13, 1996 ||
* Uses the lilac "Feature Presentation" screen.
* Uses the lilac "Feature Presentation" screen.
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