

This is the 1986 Walt Disney Home Video Sorcerer Mickey logo. I remember seeing this on the 1993 VHS of The Little Mermaid Ariel's Undersea Adventures Volume 2, Stormy the Wild Seahorse. This logo surprisingly appears on 1992 Classics LaserDiscs, and very early printings of the 1994 Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection titles. It starts off with Mickey Mouse wearing is Sorcerer's Apprentice outfit from Fantasia standing on a blue spotlight. Then the crescent moon and stars flash on his hat. Then, a magic spark appears on Mickey's hand. Then the spark swirls around and writes Walt Disney in its corporate font in red. After that, the words Home Video also in red zoom out and settle under the Walt Disney text. After that, the logo shines.
The music is a low B Flat synth tuba note at the beginning, then it turns into a synthesized hip hop tune with drums beating at the end.
The next logo I remember seeing is...






It is seen on all Classics releases from 1988-1994, and makes surprise appearances on the early printings of the 1996 VHS of Pocahontas, and the 2003 UK VHS of Pinocchio. It starts off with the same 1986 Walt Disney Home Video logo Sorcerer Mickey animation, except after the spark swirls around, it writes the words Walt Disney in the same corporate Disney font, except it's in blue. After that, a diamond zooms in as the word Classics zooms out and settles under the diamond to a comfortable distance, then the edges glow white, and a magic comet appears flying off to the right side of the screen, causing the letters to shine and turn gold.
The music is completely different from the 1986 Walt Disney Home Video logo. Instead, it starts at a low A synth note with strings, followed by a magical majestic synthesized fanfare, and when the comet circles around a diamond a sizzling noise is heard.
There are 4 versions of this logo.
Version 1: 1988-1989: The background is a black/blue gradient background, and the diamond looks like a metal plaque.
Version 2: 1989-1992: The background color is now dark blue and diamond now looks like a picture frame instead of a plaque, with pink edges around the diamond.
Version 3: 1992: The background is now changed from dark blue to bright blue, Mickey looks a lot brighter, and the lettering is more blue. Also, the diamond is brighter blue when the letters shine.
Version 4: 1992-1994: Same as Version 3, but the audio is heavier on bass and distorted, sounding like it was pumped up with steroids.


The Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection logo.
This can be seen on almost all Masterpiece Collection releases. However, some releases do not have the logo. This logo starts out exactly the same as the 1986 Walt Disney Home Video and Walt Disney Classics logos, except that the Sorcerer Mickey is gone and the spark writes down the words Walt Disney in the corporate font in pinkish gold albeit arced instead of straight. Then, Masterpiece and Collection zoom out with Masterpiece on the left and Collection on the right, settling under the Walt Disney text spaced against each other. Tinkerbell from Peter Pan appears hovering in front, and waves her magic wand. A bright flash appears, and when it clears, the finished logo appears. The text is now in a purple arc, with a Cinderella castle in between Masterpiece and Collection. Tinker Bell flies off to the left side of the screen, leaving a trail of pixie dust. The logo shines once. Sometimes, there is an extended version where the logo shines twice.
The music is an updated orchestrated remix of the 1988 Walt Disney Classics jingle, with a couple of whooshes as the words fly into place, and a twinkling sound when the logo is complete. The extended version has a short version of the 1992 distorted Walt Disney Classics jingle, where the music ends a few seconds later then usual, and starts at the fanfare. An extremely rare version has a voiceover announcer Beau Weaver saying, "And now, our feature presentation over the logo, which can be seen on The Aristocats and Oliver and Company.
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