As a couple of us were discussing these in the Disney/Sony Thread, I thought it might be fun to see if posters have any fond (or otherwise) memories of these sets and their releases between 2001 and 2008.
I'm pretty sure the only sets ever released in the UK were the two Mickey Mouse colo(u)r sets, the Goofy set and the first Silly Symphonies and Chronological Donald sets. They were released a few years after they were released in the US, and I believe the first one I bought was Mickey Mouse in Living Color Volume 1, I think from the Disney Store, and again if I recall correctly it was around £20, which wasn't exactly cheap but pretty good at that point in time for how much is on the discs. The Donald and Silly Symphonies sets I bought when they were on sale in the much missed Woolworths store. The Goofy set I actually spent a pretty penny importing from the US; it was then given a late release in the UK, and by this point DVDs got pretty cheap pretty quickly and I saw it on sale for as little as £2.99 a few years after I imported it. Ah well, still great to have.
The Black & White Mickey and Oswald sets I imported from the US for fairly decent prices in the early 2010s. Coincidentally over the years I managed to pick up both of the Pluto sets from Charity Shops/Thrift Stores; Volume 2 a Region 1/US copy sometime in the late 00s, and a continental EU version of Volume 1 a few years ago; the solo Pluto shorts were never my favourites, but still good to have.
Volume 2 and 3 of the Chronological Donald I bought during a trip to Germany in 2015, where as we all know Donald is very popular; it was a triple pack so I had to double dip on a second copy of Volume 1, but well worth it as it was only something like 18Euros (although Commando Duck and Der Fuehrer's Face are missing for obvious reasons, and Donald's Crime is missing for no apparent reason)
Never owned Behind the Scenes at the Walt Disney Studio, but was able to rent it through a local library.
Of the others released, if I could I would certainly buy More Silly Symphonies, Disney Rarities and On the Front Lines, perhaps the Mickey Mouse Club sets if they weren't too expensive. My White Whale, of these releases and perhaps of all DVDs, is The Chronological Donald, Volume Four which got very expensive, very quickly and has some of my all time favourite shorts on it, particularly Donald's Diary. They're hardly impossible to see without the set, but still, I want them to be mine!
Over to you.
I'm pretty sure the only sets ever released in the UK were the two Mickey Mouse colo(u)r sets, the Goofy set and the first Silly Symphonies and Chronological Donald sets. They were released a few years after they were released in the US, and I believe the first one I bought was Mickey Mouse in Living Color Volume 1, I think from the Disney Store, and again if I recall correctly it was around £20, which wasn't exactly cheap but pretty good at that point in time for how much is on the discs. The Donald and Silly Symphonies sets I bought when they were on sale in the much missed Woolworths store. The Goofy set I actually spent a pretty penny importing from the US; it was then given a late release in the UK, and by this point DVDs got pretty cheap pretty quickly and I saw it on sale for as little as £2.99 a few years after I imported it. Ah well, still great to have.
The Black & White Mickey and Oswald sets I imported from the US for fairly decent prices in the early 2010s. Coincidentally over the years I managed to pick up both of the Pluto sets from Charity Shops/Thrift Stores; Volume 2 a Region 1/US copy sometime in the late 00s, and a continental EU version of Volume 1 a few years ago; the solo Pluto shorts were never my favourites, but still good to have.
Volume 2 and 3 of the Chronological Donald I bought during a trip to Germany in 2015, where as we all know Donald is very popular; it was a triple pack so I had to double dip on a second copy of Volume 1, but well worth it as it was only something like 18Euros (although Commando Duck and Der Fuehrer's Face are missing for obvious reasons, and Donald's Crime is missing for no apparent reason)
Never owned Behind the Scenes at the Walt Disney Studio, but was able to rent it through a local library.
Of the others released, if I could I would certainly buy More Silly Symphonies, Disney Rarities and On the Front Lines, perhaps the Mickey Mouse Club sets if they weren't too expensive. My White Whale, of these releases and perhaps of all DVDs, is The Chronological Donald, Volume Four which got very expensive, very quickly and has some of my all time favourite shorts on it, particularly Donald's Diary. They're hardly impossible to see without the set, but still, I want them to be mine!
Over to you.
