Walt Disney Gold Classic Collection

The Walt Disney Gold Classic Collection, or the Gold Classic Collection for short, is a series of VHS and DVD releases of animated Disney films, similar to the Walt Disney Classics and Walt Disney Masterpiece Collections that preceded it. The series notably also featured the first home video release of Make Mine Music and the first VHS and DVD release of Saludos Amigos (although content from these two was cut).
The DVDs were similar in content to the failed Limited Issue DVDs, to the point that the Gold Collection DVDs for Pinocchio, Hercules, and Mulan were actually reissues of those films' Limited Issue DVDs. Most of the DVDs contained a few bonus features in the form of interactive read-alongs, trivia games, and sing-alongs, though some also contained making-of featurettes and bonus cartoon shorts.
Each wave of Gold Collection videos and DVDs were released on select days of each month from January 11, 2000 through March 20, 2001. However, due to subpar sales as a result of too many videos in the series being released all at once, Disney discontinued the line afterward. Sadly as a result, later releases with similar content and cover designs were not labeled as Gold Collection videos.
Many of the films released in the Gold Collection have since been released on DVD again, some as part of the Walt Disney Platinum Editions (and its successor series, the Walt Disney Diamond Editions) or as individual "special edition" DVDs. As of 2015, Make Mine Music, Melody Time, and A Goofy Movie are the only films released in the series that have not been given new Region 1 DVD releases since then.
The Spirit of Mickey and So Dear to My Heart were apparently going to be re-released as part of the Gold Collection (as seen on a trailer for the collection on various videos), but these videos were never released. The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Oliver & Company were also planned to be included, but were cut from the collection and instead released as stand-alone videos without the "Gold Collection" banner. So Dear to My Heart was eventually released on DVD as a Disney Movie Club exclusive.
==Release Dates==
Title 	Release date 	VHS cover	DVD cover
Toy StorySpecial Edition 	January 11, 2000 	 	
Mulan 	February 1, 2000 	 	
Pinocchio 	March 7, 2000 	 	
The Aristocats 	April 4, 2000 	 	
The Fox and the Hound 	May 2, 2000 	 	
The Three Caballeros 	May 2, 2000 	 	
Saludos Amigos 	May 2, 2000 	 	
Make Mine Music 	June 6, 2000 	 	
Melody Time 	June 6, 2000 	 	
Pocahontas 	June 6, 2000 	 	
A Goofy Movie 	June 20, 2000 	 	
Fun and Fancy Free 	June 20, 2000 	 	
Alice in Wonderland 	July 4, 2000 	 	
Mary Poppins 	July 4, 2000 	 	
Robin Hood 	July 4, 2000 	 	
The Rescuers Down Under 	August 1, 2000 	 	
Hercules 	August 1, 2000 	 	
A Bug's Life 	August 1, 2000 	 	
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World 	September 5, 2000	 	
The Black Cauldron 	October 3, 2000 	 	
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad	October 3, 2000 	 	
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas 	November 7, 2000 	 	
Pete's Dragon 	January 16, 2001 	 	
Bedknobs and Broomsticks 	March 20, 2001 	 	
The Sword in the Stone 	March 20, 2001 	 	
===Similar later releases===
*Dumbo: 60th Anniversary Edition - October 23, 2001
*Peter Pan: Special Edition - February 12, 2002
*The Hunchback of Notre Dame - March 19, 2002
*The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: 25th Anniversary Edition - May 7, 2002
*Oliver & Company: Special Edition - May 14, 2002
*The Great Mouse Detective - July 23, 2002
*The Rescuers - May 20, 2003
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