Perhaps though the best thing about the collections are their examinations of classic stories, be they novel, folklore, fairy tale, or even vaguely historical. "Paul Bunyan," "Johnny Appleseed," and "Three Little Pigs" (all from different volumes) all put a positively Disney spin on the tales, but still manage to stay true to the source material (mostly).
On the downside, the volumes are currently available as individual items, not a single boxed set, so fans of certain tales can selectively purchase those which interest them. Of course, the Disney archives are incredibly deep, and consequently great shorts air across all six volumes (and assuredly more are sitting there ready to be put into future ones).
The biggest issue however with collection is that, unfortunately, the quality of prints that exist for some of the shorts is distinctly subpar. While that is to be expected with the pieces being decades old, it is certainly still a disappointment — it's not the sort of thing that will distress younger viewers (and most of the shorts are of good quality), but as stated above, some of the shorts are not child oriented.
In the final summation, volumes one thru six of the Disney Animation Collection can't help but bring a smile to anyone who remembers the "Silly Symphonies" of olden days – whether they saw them on the big screen or the small. Seeing the shorts currently on DVD one can't help but wonder what volumes seven thru nine will contain.
The pieces that appear in the Collection are incredibly disparate, the animation may all be done by hand, but the styles are very different, as are the songs in them. However, everyone will be able to find something in the six volumes to interest them.
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