Twilight Sparkle's Retro Media Library
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Media from 1986.

Carryovers

Current statistics of most released media as of January 1 this year:

Movies

Title Notes
The Wizard of Oz 1985 VHS Front Cover
The Wizard of Oz
Available on VHS since October 25, 1980. Last re-printed in 1985.
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The Aristocats
Last released in theaters on December 19, 1980.

Only available in book and soundtrack form.

Mary Poppins 1985 VHS
Mary Poppins
Available on VHS since December 30, 1980. Last re-printed in 1985.
1981 The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh VHS
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Available on VHS since June 26, 1981.
The Fox and the Hound 1981 Poster
The Fox and the Hound
Released in theaters on July 10, 1981.

Only available in book and soundtrack form.

Cinderella 1981 Poster
Cinderella
Last released in theaters on December 18, 1981.

Only available in book and soundtrack form.

Bambi 1982 Poster
Bambi
Last released in theaters on June 4, 1982.

Only available in book and soundtrack form.

Dumbo 1985
Dumbo
Available on VHS since July 1982. Re-printed in 1985.
Peter Pan 1982 Poster
Peter Pan
Last released in theaters on December 17, 1982.

Only available in book and soundtrack form.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1983 Poster
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Last released in theaters on July 15, 1983.

Only available in book and soundtrack form.

The Rescuers 1983 Poster
The Rescuers
Last released in theaters on December 16, 1983.

Only available in book and soundtrack form.

The Jungle Book 1984 Poster
The Jungle Book
Last released in theaters on July 27, 1984.

Only available in book and soundtrack form.

1984 Robin Hood VHS
Robin Hood
Available on VHS since December 1984.
Fantasia 1985 Poster
Fantasia
Last released in theaters on February 7, 1985.

Only available in soundtrack form.

Pinocchio 1985
Pinocchio
Available on VHS since July 16, 1985.
The Black Cauldron Poster
The Black Cauldron
Unreleased since 1986 due to its commercial failure.
101 Dalmatians 1985 Poster
101 Dalmatians
Released in theaters on December 20, 1985; continued playing until 1986 and grossed $33,049,729.
Warriors of the Wind VHS
Warriors of the Wind
Available on VHS since December 1985.

The original Japanese film was licensed by Animage Video.

Books

Horton Hears a Who!
Horton Hears a Who! (1954)
Catinthehat book
The Cat in the Hat (1957)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1957)
Green Eggs and Ham
Green Eggs and Ham (1960)
Lorax
The Lorax (1971)
Only available in Japanese:

Nausicaa Vol. 1 (Japanese) Nausicaa Vol. 2 (Japanese) Nausicaa Vol. 3 (Japanese)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Music

Title Notes
The Wizard of Oz 1968 LP
The Wizard of Oz: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

TV Shows

Title Notes
Grinch VHS Early1980s Horton Hears a Who 1986 VHS
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Horton Hears a Who!
Available on VHS since December 1982; released individually this year.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! also reran on December 17, 1986.

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Logo 1971
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Currently airing on PBS. See below for more details.]
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The Cat in the Hat
Dr. Seuss on the Loose
The Lorax
The Hoober-Bloob Highway
Grinch Night
Pontoffel Pock and His Magic Piano
The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat

Available on VHS since 1985.

Paper money

The following was printed during fiscal year 1986:

Denomination Amount printed Notes
File:$1-B (1986).jpeg
$1
3,123,200,000 All as Series 1985 notes.
File:$2-I (1977).jpeg
$2
None whatsoever; most notes in circulation were still Series 1976.
$5-H (1987)
$5
844,800,000 All as Series 1985 notes.
$10-K (1986)
$10
678,000,000 All as Series 1985 notes.
$20-G (1987)
$20
1,475,200,000 118,400,000 as Series 1981A notes;
1,356,800,000 as Series 1985 notes.
$50-E (1987)
$50
137,600,000 Nearly all as Series 1985 notes;
704,000 Series 1981A Star Notes.
$100-H (1987)
$100
160,000,000 32,000,000 as Series 1981A notes;
144,000,000 as Series 1985 notes.

Events in 1986

Date unknown Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1986-1989) Pinocchio (1986-1989) Lady and the Tramp (1986-1991)
Sleeping Beauty (1986-1991) 101 Dalmatians (1986) Winnie the Pooh (1986)

Twin Books, a subsidiary of W.H. Smith Publishers, published six books based on Disney animated films: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty, 101 Dalmatians, and Winnie the Pooh.

January DOS 3.0

Microsoft released Version 3.2 of the Disk Operating System.

February 3–7 Five new episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, titled "Mister Rogers Talks About Making and Creating", premiered on PBS. These were episodes #1556–1560.
February 15 The Wizard of Oz reran on CBS.
February 21 Title

Super Mario Bros. was released for use on the Famicom Disk System.

March 3 Reruns of the old series of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood for this year began.
March 7 Sleeping Beauty 1986 Poster

Sleeping Beauty was re-issued in theaters. It grossed $15,120,195.

Mylittlepony vhs2

My Little Pony: Escape from Catrina was released on VHS.

March 24 Swordinthestone 1986

The Sword in the Stone was released on VHS.

April Kidsongs oldmacdonaldsfarm Kidsongs teachtheworldtosing Kidsongs goodnightsleeptight Kidsongs carsboatstrainsplanes

A new children's video series titled "Kidsongs" launched in music stores. The first four titles available were A Day at Old MacDonald's Farm, I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing, Good Night, Sleep Tight and Cars, Boats, Trains and Planes.

May 5–9 Five more new episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, titled "Mister Rogers Talks About Celebrations", premiered on PBS. These were episodes #1561–1565.
May 28 Aliceinwonderland 1986

Alice in Wonderland was re-released on VHS.

June 3 Smb2j title

Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels was released for the Famicom Disk System.

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Meanwhile in North America, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Mario Bros., Donkey Kong 3 were all released for the North American Nintendo Entertainment System.

June 6 Mylittlepony 1986

My Little Pony: The Movie premiered in theaters. It grossed only $5,958,456.

July 2 The Great Mouse Detective Poster

The Great Mouse Detective premiered in theaters.

August 2 Castle in the Sky Japanese Poster

Castle in the Sky premiered exclusively in Japanese theaters. Because of Hayao Miyazaki's "no cuts" policy, all Studio Ghibli films starting with this one were only available in Japan for now.

August 11–15 Mister Rogers Goes to School alone reran on PBS.
August 24 Windows103

Microsoft released Windows 1.03.

August 25 Kidsongs singoutamerica Kidsongs daywiththeanimals

Two new Kidsongs titles -- Sing Out, America! and A Day with the Animals -- were released in music stores.

September 8 Jeopardy 1986 1983 Wheel of Fortune Logo

The third season of Jeopardy! and the fourth season of Wheel of Fortune began on local syndication.

Sega-master-system-logo

The Sega Master System was introduced to the North American market.

September 15 Mylittlepony 1986tv

A new My Little Pony TV series premiered on local syndication, replacing the two specials.

September 20 Pinocchio aired on The Disney Channel for the first time.
September/October Castle in the Sky Vol. 1 (Japanese) Castle in the Sky Vol. 2 (Japanese) Castle in the Sky Vol. 3 (Japanese) Castle in the Sky Vol. 4 (Japanese)

Castle in the Sky was released in Japanese bookstores, in four volumes.

October 14 Sleepingbeauty 1986

Sleeping Beauty was released on VHS.

Dumbo (1986-1991) Bambi (1986-1989) Cinderella (1986-1989)
Alice in Wonderland (1986-1989) Peter Pan (1986-1991) The Jungle Book (1986)

Later this year, Twin Books published new storybook adaptations of Dumbo, Bambi, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, and The Jungle Book.

October 20 Reruns of all Mister Rogers' Neighborhood episodes to date from #1466 onwards on PBS for this season began.
October 28 My Little Pony The Movie 1986 VHS

My Little Pony: The Movie was released on VHS from Vestron Video.

November 24–28 "Mister Rogers Talks About Playthings" (episodes #1566–1570) premiered on PBS.
December 19 Lady and the Tramp 1986 Poster

Lady and the Tramp was re-issued in theaters.

December 28 The Cat in the Hat aired on Disney Channel for the first time.

By the end of this year, a total of 155 out of 390 remaining episodes of the old series of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood reran on PBS, having previously aired from June 27, 1983 to June 15, 1984, while those that previously aired in 1985 did not air again until the summer of 1987 at the earliest.

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