Buena Vista Home Entertainment Coming on Videocassette/DVD Bumpers

Logo descriptions by Rodney William Jenkins Editions by Hoa, Mario9000seven

1st Bumper (1985-1986)
Bumper: On a black background, we see "COMING SOON" in a white font (Arial Narrow).

Variants :
 * In some tapes, the text says "Coming Soon From WALT DISNEY HOME VIDEO" and is in a Helvetica and on a black-blue gradient background.
 * Another variant replaces the text with "COMING SOON FROM", with the Touchstone Home Video logo below. Everything is in turquoise.
 * On the VHS of My Science Project, the text is dark blue.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Rare. The original "COMING SOON" version is seen on the original video releases of Return to Oz and The Small One. The "Coming Soon From WALT DISNEY HOME VIDEO" clip-on is only known to appear on One Little Indian, among other releases of the time. The "Now on Walt Disney Home Video..." clip-on can be spotted on reissues of Disney films from 1986 such as Return to Witch Mountain. The "COMING SOON FROM TOUCHSTONE HOME VIDEO" bumper can be seen on the VHS of Wildside: Buffalo Who?.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Bumper (1990-1992)
Bumper: On a black background we see the blue words "Coming On" flying down and the word "Videocassette" in a western-style font flying up and connecting together, and zooming in. Then they shine and sparkle.

FX/SFX: The words flying and connecting.

Music/Sounds: The 1989 FP jingle with Grant Goodeve saying "Coming on videocassette."

Music/Sounds Variants:
 * On the 1992 release of So Dear to My Heart, it had the 1989 FP jingle but shortened with Mark Elliot saying "Coming Soon From Walt Disney Home Video."
 * Sometimes, Brian Cummings will say "Coming Soon on Videocassette". A similar variant has Grant Goodeve saying the same thing.
 * On the demo copy of The Rocketeer, Billy Bathgate and the original copies of The Doctor and Paradise, the announcer says "Coming From Touchstone Home Video."
 * On the 1991 release of White Fang the announcer says "Coming from Walt Disney Home Video."
 * On the Buena Vista Home Video release of A Day of My Hometown, a deeper-voiced announcer says "Don't miss these exciting upcoming releases that you'll find at your favorite video rental store." The music is also lower-pitched.

Availability: Very rare. Can be found on Mr. Destiny, So Dear to My Heart, The Rocketeer, Billy Bathgate, original copies of The Doctor and Paradise, White Fang, and A Day of My Hometown. It also appeared on Regal Home Video releases in the Phillipines, such as Aswang.

Editor's Note: The fast and sudden flying of the words has surprised some viewers.

3rd Bumper (Spanish/French) (Late 1980s-1990s)
Bumper: Same as the Feature Presentation bumper, but the text reads "Próximamente en Video" (which means "Coming to Video" in Spanish) or "Bientôt disponible sur vidéocassette" ("Soon available on videocassette" in French).

Variants: On the Canadian French release of Aladdin, the text is in Cooper Black font with the 1986 Walt Disney Home Video logo underneath it which looks slightly similar to the "Now You Can Own These Hit Titles" bumper from 1992. An unknown announcer is heard saying "Bientôt disponible sur vidéocassette de Walt Disney Home Video." while the first eight notes of Great Ovation play. So far, on the Canadian French release of Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (Pocahontas 2: À la découverte d'un monde nouveau), the same announcer and jingle are both heard, but this time, the text is in a different font.

FX/SFX: Same as the Feature Presentation bumper at the time.

Music/Sounds: Same as the Feature Presentation bumper at the time.

Availability: Can be found on Spanish and Canadian French Disney-associated videocassettes of the era.

Editor's Note: Same as the Feature Presentation bumper at the time.

4th Bumper (1995)
Bumper: Same as the 1991 "Feature Presentation" bumper, but "Coming to Videocassette" replaces the FP text.

Variant: Select prints say "Coming Soon to Videocassette" with the announcer saying "And now, coming soon to videocassette." The background also has a more purple tint and a horizontal gradient effect.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: Same as the 1989 FP music. The announcer is Brian Cummings, who says "Coming soon to videocassette."

Availability: Very rare. Can only be seen on the original VHS release of The Lion King, though it's fairly easy to find in video stores; however, you won't know what variant you'll get unless you watch the opening previews.

Editor's Note: None.

5th Bumper (1992-1995)
Bumper: On a black background we see the royal blue text "Coming to Videocassette".

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The 1989 FP music with Brian Cummings or Grant Goodeve saying "Coming soon on videocassette." Both of these voiceovers were once used in the first logo.

Music/Sounds Variants:
 * On the first printing of the 1992 VHS of Father of the Bride the 1989 FP jingle is low pitched and slower. In addition the announcer instead says "Don't miss these exciting upcoming releases that you'll find at your favorite video rental store."
 * A rare version has been spotted only on the early 1993 VHS of The Mighty Ducks. This version uses a narrow version of the font, with "Coming to Video THIS FALL", being read by Grant Goodeve, and it has the 1991 WDHV music.
 * A similar variant of the version above, and similar to the rare Touchstone version of this logo's equivalent "Now on Videocassette" bumper has the text "Own this BIG HIT", while Brian Cummings says "Don't miss owning this big hit, from Touchstone Home Video", with the Jim Henson Video version of the 1991 WDHV Music (this could be a variant of this logo and not the respective "Now on Video" logo, because he says it in a future tense).
 * Sometimes, the audio from the previous logo (Brian Cummings saying "Coming Soon to Videocassette" with the 1989/1991 FP Music) is used. This was on The Three Musketeers & the 1994 VHS of The Mighty Ducks.

Availability: Uncommon. Seen on 1992-1995 tapes from Disney, Touchstone, and Hollywood. It was used in tandem with the next bumper starting in 1994.

Editor's Note: Same as the FP bumper at the time.

6th Bumper (1994-2001)
Bumper: Same as the FP bumper of the time, only "COMING SOON TO OWN ON VIDEOCASSETTE" replaces the regular FP text.

Variants:
 * "TO OWN" may be removed from the bumper.
 * Starting in 1998, there were new variants introduced that have the text "COMING SOON ON VIDEO AND DVD", "COMING SOON TO RENT ON VIDEO", "COMING SOON TO OWN ON VIDEO AND DVD", or "COMING SOON TO OWN ON DVD" zooming in. The music is replaced by the 1991 FP theme. Sometimes, it will be on a blue background.

FX/SFX: Same as the FP bumper of the time.

Music/Sounds: Same as the 1994 FP bumper, with Brian Cummings saying "Coming soon to own on videocassette".

Availability: Pretty common. Seen on 1994-2000 tapes such as most Disney Masterpiece Collection titles. These bumpers remained on all Dimension releases until 2001.

Editor's Note: Same as the FP bumper of the time.

7th Logo (1996-2000)
Nicknames: "New Excitement From Disney", "Walt Disney Company Intro"

Bumper: We see a TV in a living room, showing the scene from Fantasia with Mickey Mouse putting the sorcerer's hat on, and then it cuts to a family watching the TV happily, and cuts one more time to the TV, with the 1991 WDHV logo on the screen. The screen comes closer to us, showing the start of the trailer.

Variants:
 * On the 2000 VHS's of Tarzan and Toy Story, the logo plays as usual, then the Gold Walt Disney Home video logo fades in to the Disney DVD logo, which shines and zooms out of the TV screen. The announcer says "Enjoy all the magic at home with these great Disney movies coming to video and Disney DVD!".

FX/SFX: The family watching TV.

Music/Sounds: Either a dreamy string/woodwind tune, or the end of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection logo music (only if it's connected to the Walt Disney Company Intro) with Beau Weaver saying, "Enjoy all the magic at home with these great Disney movies coming to video!"

Music/Sounds Variants:
 * On the 1996 VHS's of The Aristocats and Oliver and Company, the announcer says "And look for these great Disney movies to add to your home video collection!"
 * Also on the 1996 VHS of The Aristocats, the music is the beginning of the Oliver and Company song, "Why Should I Worry?". The announcer is still heard. This was most likely due to a video processing error, as Oliver and Company was not being advertised.
 * On the 1997 VHS of 101 Dalmatians (the live action version), the announcer says "Enjoy all the magic at home with this great Disney movie coming to video!"
 * On some 1999 & 2000 tapes with the WDC Intro like Toy Story, Tarzan, The Great Mouse Detective, and A Bug's Life, the 1992 distorted version of the 1988 Walt Disney Classics music plays.

Availability: Uncommon. Seen on 1996 to 2000 Disney movie videos at the time, beginning with The Aristocats. It last appeared on the 2000 VHS of Tarzan. It can only be found on tapes with the Walt Disney Company intro, though on the 1999 VHS of Pinocchio, it is absent and is replaced with a version of the 7th logo based off Pinocchio.

Editor's Note: The version with the Classics music may bother a few, since it uses the distorted recording of the music. Most may not notice, however.

8th Logo (1998)
Bumper: A bright, lens-flare-styled flash occurs. After the flash disappears, we see a screen that has a yellow box in the upper-left corner, a box of blue television static that has an oddly designed, "retro" styled television set with a transparent screen in the upper right corner, and a cerulean box at the bottom half of the screen. We see cerulean text that reads "coming soon" fading in on the yellow box, followed by the Walt Disney Home Video logo (with the "HOME VIDEO" text packed closely together underneath the Walt Disney text) logo fading in on the cerulean box. At the same time, the television screen on the television set has the Gold 1991 Walt Disney Home Video logo fade in.

FX/SFX: The moving blue television static background, the television screen, and the text for both boxes.

Music/Sounds: A "whoosh" sound for when the flash occurs, accompanied by new-age guitar/synth chords. We hear an announcer (Brian Cummings) say: "And coming soon, from Walt Disney Home Video..."

Availability: Extremely rare. Seen only on VHS tapes of The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride.

Editor's Note: Some may be surprised by the fast-paced nature of the bumper.