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*Sometimes an announcer (Beau Weaver) will say, “And now, our feature presentation”. This can be spotted on ''The Aristocats'' and ''Oliver & Company''. The voiceover for the former is heard after the finished logo is formed, while the latter has the voiceover starting just after Tinkerbell appears.

*A few 1995-1996 printings of the early releases like ''So Dear to My Heart'' and others used a cut-short version of the 1988 Walt Disney Classics music (post-1992 bass-heavy variant) playing underneath, and the logo shines twice at the end. The "sizzling" sound remains intact. This can also be found on most 1996-1999 releases on CAV/CLV Laserdisc (such as ''Peter Pan'', ''Hercules'' and ''Lady and the Tramp''), and on the 1998 DVD release of ''Mary Poppins'' (the only DVD to use any form of the Masterpiece Collection logo). It was also seen on the French-Canadian VHS releases of ''Cinderella'' and ''The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh''.

<u>Availability:</u> Seen on VHS releases of Disney feature films in clamshell packaging with the text “A Walt Disney MASTERPIECE” or "Walt Disney's MASTERPIECE" on the front and the "MASTERPIECE COLLECTION" print logo on the top of the spine (sometimes the print logo is on the front as well), starting with ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'', ''Dumbo'', ''Alice in Wonderland'', and ''Robin Hood'', among others. The last video released under the series was ''The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad''. You can find releases with this logo easily at thrift stores or online. Strangely, the original VHS releases of ''The Lion King'' and ''Mulan'' have the logo on their spines, but not on the tapes (though it does appear on the LaserDisc release of ''The Lion King''). Some early prints of the 1999 VHS release of ''Pinocchio'' feature this logo (presumably because the film was originally intended to be included in the line), while later prints don't. It is also absent on the 1998 release of ''The Little Mermaid'' (which used special wraparound segments during the previews) and the 1999 release of ''101 Dalmatians''. It also unusually shows up on the original 1997 VHS release of ''Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin'', which is strange since it is a direct-to-video movie, and the print logo is nowhere to be found on the box. It also unusually appeared on the 1997 VHS of ''Old Yeller'', which was part of the Film Classics Collection, as well as the 1995 Spanish-language Classics release of ''Aladdin''. It also surprisingly appears on the 1996 ''Toy Story'' LaserDisc (with Classics music.) Despite the logo appearing on the case, don't expect to see this on Australian releases as they just use the 1995 "Disney Videos" logo (the last three videos in the line used the 2001 Walt Disney Home Entertainment logo).