The absolute final VHS series for the North American retail market, what was planned as the "next generation" of releases, ended up being not only a flop but also a huge setback for contemporary collectors at the time. It serves as the successor to all previous major retail VHS series, particularly the Authentic and Original Looney Tunes series.
The series made a premiere start with two Marvin-related volumes in 1998, followed by its official launch in 1999. In order to better promote the series, all previous VHS and LaserDisc releases were discontinued and removed from print by the time the 1999 wave was released. Due to improved VHS tape models, they held more shorts than previous releases, usually around 10. These releases were targeted towards children, although there is a hint of shorts not released on home media in order to get collectors involved.
With the presence of dubbed version prints of better audiovisual quality being made available, shorts that had such versions used those prints on this series. This meant AAP shorts were presented as their 1995 dubbed versions, and a selection of post-1948 shorts continued to use their 1998 dubbed versions, much like the Modern Looney Tunes series.
Due to the discontinuation of the previous series, this unfortunately left new collectors at the time in a limbo state. Previous VHS and LaserDisc releases were no longer made available, and yet the current releases pale in scope in comparison to previous series. This resulted in consumers turning to the Collector's Edition series at the time, which were mail-in order but were not affected by this and ended up including a much wider range of shorts. The series ended unceremoniously in 2000 with a Taz volume that was primarily double dips from previous releases.
Volumes
- Marvin the Martian & K-9: 50 Years on Earth!
- Marvin the Martian: Space Tunes
- Tweety: Home Tweet Home
- Tweety: Tweet & Lovely
- Bugs Bunny: Big Top Bunny
- Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (movie; contains no original shorts)
- Taz's Jungle Jams
