Also released with its previous entity, this set was no exception to having its controversy. In an attempt to appeal to family markets and "HD supporters", a good fraction of the shorts are cropped. This unfortunately leaves about 5 shorts that managed to make it untampered, which makes it a hard sell for the more hardcore collector, even though all make their disc debuts here.
Like the previous set, a prototypical list was accidentally leaked that points out that a different set of cartoons was intended to appear on the set - many of which are deemed superior choices depending on who you ask. The planned selection included the following, with any axed being underlined. Unlike the previous set, though, all but four got canned instead of five making it to the final set.
What happened? You can check out the synopsis on Hare Extraordinaire for a refresher, as the majority of its same background applies to this set. The set was intended for a release on April 27th, 2010, but was delayed greatly, and to make things easier, a large amount of earlier shorts were swapped out with the more basic 1960s shorts to make restoration a lot quicker. This is also not to mention that "China Jones" would be a bit controversial to the family market as a racially insensitive short, and the new additions would add some of the more family-famous stars, like Bugs and Taz. This can be seen as a bit ironic, as there were shorts in the prototype set that did include notable stars, such as Elmer and Foghorn.
The uncropped shorts included are primarily a few shorts that missed out on the Golden Collection, with two largely awaited shorts being "Nasty Quacks" and "Daffy Dilly". The cropped shorts are more in line with the studio's post-shutdown output, primarily consisting of shorts directed by Robert McKimson, including one from the DePatie-Freleng era.
Unlike Bugs, not all the cropped and prototype shorts have been given their fair share of releases. Some of the cropped Bugs shorts were ported over to HD collections, but even if you do have the main ones (the Platinum Collection, the Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection, and volume 4 of Collector's Choice), there's still a good amount of shorts that still await an uncropped restored release: "Design for Leaving", "Dime to Retire", "Daffy's Inn Trouble", "The Iceman Ducketh", and "Suppressed Duck". As for the prototype shorts, only a few of the omitted shorts have been released restored for home media, which can be done via the Platinum Collection and the Collector's Choice/Vault series. This still leaves some to await their release, although they all have been restored.
Like the previous set, a prototypical list was accidentally leaked that points out that a different set of cartoons was intended to appear on the set - many of which are deemed superior choices depending on who you ask. The planned selection included the following, with any axed being underlined. Unlike the previous set, though, all but four got canned instead of five making it to the final set.
- Tick Tock Tuckered
- Ain't That Ducky
- Nasty Quacks
- Daffy Doodles
- Along Came Daffy
- The Prize Pest
- Quack Shot
- The High and the Flighty
- Boston Quackie
- Don't Axe Me
- China Jones
- Daffy's Inn Trouble
- Quackodile Tears
- Good Noose
- Fast Buck Duck
What happened? You can check out the synopsis on Hare Extraordinaire for a refresher, as the majority of its same background applies to this set. The set was intended for a release on April 27th, 2010, but was delayed greatly, and to make things easier, a large amount of earlier shorts were swapped out with the more basic 1960s shorts to make restoration a lot quicker. This is also not to mention that "China Jones" would be a bit controversial to the family market as a racially insensitive short, and the new additions would add some of the more family-famous stars, like Bugs and Taz. This can be seen as a bit ironic, as there were shorts in the prototype set that did include notable stars, such as Elmer and Foghorn.
The uncropped shorts included are primarily a few shorts that missed out on the Golden Collection, with two largely awaited shorts being "Nasty Quacks" and "Daffy Dilly". The cropped shorts are more in line with the studio's post-shutdown output, primarily consisting of shorts directed by Robert McKimson, including one from the DePatie-Freleng era.
Unlike Bugs, not all the cropped and prototype shorts have been given their fair share of releases. Some of the cropped Bugs shorts were ported over to HD collections, but even if you do have the main ones (the Platinum Collection, the Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection, and volume 4 of Collector's Choice), there's still a good amount of shorts that still await an uncropped restored release: "Design for Leaving", "Dime to Retire", "Daffy's Inn Trouble", "The Iceman Ducketh", and "Suppressed Duck". As for the prototype shorts, only a few of the omitted shorts have been released restored for home media, which can be done via the Platinum Collection and the Collector's Choice/Vault series. This still leaves some to await their release, although they all have been restored.
Disc Specifications
- Release Date: August 10, 2010
- Format(s): DVD
- Disc(s): 1 (DVD-5)
- Shorts Included: 15
- In Print?: Yes
- Runtime: 120 minutes (2 hours)
- Region: Region 1
- New-to-format score (up to 2 points): 2
- Upgrade score (up to 3 points): 3
- Doesn't have an better version score (up to 5 points): 2.33
It might be somewhat ideal to get this set for collection's sake. It may contain a good amount of shorts available in their best state, but contain significant amounts of double dips and/or inferior versions of the shorts. If majority of the set contains unrestored versions of the shorts, they will likely to be subject to being upgraded in future sets. You may get a better value getting a higher rated set.
Included Shorts
| Short Name | Release Date | Status | Notes |
| April 8, 1944 | Restored SD | ||
| December 1, 1945 | Restored SD | ||
| October 30, 1948 | Restored SD | ||
| January 1, 1949 | Restored SD | ||
| December 22, 1951 | Restored SD | ||
| March 27, 1954 | Unofficial SD | Cropped to widescreen | |
| February 26, 1955 | Unofficial SD | Cropped to widescreen | |
| July 9, 1955 | Unofficial SD | Cropped to widescreen | |
| September 3, 1955 | Unofficial SD | Cropped to widescreen | |
| August 17, 1957 | Unofficial SD | Cropped to widescreen | |
| December 19, 1959 | Unofficial SD | Cropped to widescreen | |
| April 2, 1960 | Unofficial SD | Cropped to widescreen | |
| September 23, 1961 | Unofficial SD | Cropped to widescreen | |
| May 16, 1964 | Unofficial SD | Cropped to widescreen | |
| June 18, 1965 | Unofficial SD | Cropped to widescreen |
