Kyroe
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2023-01-07T02:55:10Z
Dreamworks/Universal and Warner Bros. has "joined forces" (NOT kidding here) has put out an "almost" complete release of both the pre-1974 and post-1974 Rankin/Bass, (It's missing "Santa Baby!", though that's not owned by Universal or WB.) It was a quiet release, has only Rankin/Bass specials, so no "Frosty Returns" or "A Miser Brothers' Christmas". Jerry Beck has worked on that last year along other historians. Question is what are ALL of the bonus features? On the back cover, I saw some of those bonus features and a booklet with an introduction by Jerry, but not all. Can someone who has the DVD set share an answer with me?

The collection's website:
https://www.uphe.com/movies/the-...ass-christmas-collection 

Some of the bonus features:



The ones on the back cover seem are the correct ones, the ones on Universal's website seem to be placeholders and didn't make it in to final product.
VoiceTalentBrendan
2023-01-07T03:53:59Z
I have the set. I bought it last year at Barnes and Noble.

the Universal half has the same bonus features as the 2018 DVDs and Blurays.

The Warner Bros half has a few.

The Year Without a Santa Claus disc has it's bonus features intact. The documentary We Are Santa's Elves (with Arthur Rankin Jr, Maury Laws, Don Duga, Paul Coker Jr, Rhoda Mann, Bradley Bolke and Rick Goldschmidt.) and School of Stopmotion [AKA Stopmotion 101] (with Ray Harryhausen and the Chiodo Brothers)

Jack Frost, Twas the Night Before Christmas and Frosty's Winter Wonderland don't have their bonus features

the Frosty"s Winter Wonderland disc is a reprint of the 2004 Warner Home Video double feature with Twas the Night Before Christmas
S. C. MacPeter
2023-01-07T17:45:53Z
Originally Posted by: VoiceTalentBrendan 

I have the set. I bought it last year at Barnes and Noble.



Thanks for the info! I remember 2022 like it was last week

VoiceTalentBrendan
2023-01-07T18:01:19Z
very welcome.
Kyroe
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2023-01-08T02:17:03Z
Originally Posted by: VoiceTalentBrendan 

I have the set. I bought it last year at Barnes and Noble.

the Universal half has the same bonus features as the 2018 DVDs and Blurays.

The Warner Bros half has a few.

The Year Without a Santa Claus disc has it's bonus features intact. The documentary We Are Santa's Elves (with Arthur Rankin Jr, Maury Laws, Don Duga, Paul Coker Jr, Rhoda Mann, Bradley Bolke and Rick Goldschmidt.) and School of Stopmotion [AKA Stopmotion 101] (with Ray Harryhausen and the Chiodo Brothers)

Jack Frost, Twas the Night Before Christmas and Frosty's Winter Wonderland don't have their bonus features

the Frosty"s Winter Wonderland disc is a reprint of the 2004 Warner Home Video double feature with Twas the Night Before Christmas



Got it from eBay today and here's the complete set of bonus features:

The Animagic World of Rankin/Bass documentary
We Are Santa's Elves featurette
Stop Motion 101 featurette
Frosty the Snowman Original Pencil Test
Restoring the Puppets of Rudolph featurette
Reimagining Rudolph in 4D featurette
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Attraction Film
T.E.A.M. Rudolph and the Reindeer Games featurette
Commentary on Frosty the Snowman by Animation Historian Mark Evanier
Commentary on Santa Claus is Comin' To Town by Animation Historian Greg Ehrbar