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'''Walt Disney Classics''' was a brand name of [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment|Walt Disney Home Video]], created in 1984 to release features from the [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Disney Animated Features]] canon on video. The first release from the line was ''Robin Hood'' (1973), and more soon followed, including ''Pinocchio'' (1940), ''Dumbo'' (1941), ''The Sword in the Stone'' (1963), ''Alice in Wonderland'' (1951) and others, to great success. In 1990, following the box office success of ''The Little Mermaid'' (1989), the Classics line released it to video, and began releasing a mix of older animated films and more recent Disney animated films. In 1994, after the video release of ''The Fox and the Hound'' (1981), the Classics series was discontinued and replaced with a newer series, the [[Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection]]. Tapes released in the Classics series are often referred to as the "Black Diamond Classics" by VHS collectors, in reference to the black diamond logo on the spine of each release. Although the Classics series was discontinued, the international versions (which included the select live-action/traditionally animated hybrid films as well) remained active in their respective international countries until today. The line currently exits the UK and Europe (except France), as '''Disney Classics''' however, France numbers WDAS, [[Pixar Animation Studios|Pixar]] and [[Disney Television Animation|WDTVA]]/[[DisneyToon Studios|DTS]] features and in the UK/Europe the order for the Disney Classics is different than the 61 animated features produced by WDAS to date. This is due to ''The Wild'' (2006), being in the Classics line in the UK despite not being produced by WDAS and ''Dinosaur'' (2000) and ''Winnie the Pooh'' (2011) being left out of the Classics lineup. In Germany, the Classics line features all of the films produced by WDAS while in Spain, ''Piglet's Big Movie'' (2003) is being included in the Classics line in that region.