Last week saw a couple of animated releases, including the Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure Blu-ray from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, released October 27th, 2009.

In this new adventure, the Fairy Queen bestows upon Tinker Bell the honour of building the scepter for the Autumn Revelry.

Tink enlists the help of her friend Terence, and while things start out well, a rift develops between the two, prompting Tinker Bell to try to complete the scepter by herself.

When the precious moonstone is accidentally shattered, Tinker Bell sets off to find a magic mirror that is her only hope to restore the moonstone and save Pixie Hollow.

Through the story’s twists and turns we discover the true meaning of friendship and that you can’t succeed at everything without the help of others.

To be fair, this story is for the children - not a lot here the adults - though I am sure the young ones will be entertained.

The voice cast includes Mae Whitman and Jesse McCartney in the lead roles, with additional contributions from Anjelica Huston, Lucy Liu and Jane Horrocks.

Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure was directed by Klay Hall, who worked on animated the TV series King of the Hill and Father of the Pride.

The film has a middle of the road response from movie fans with an IMDb score of 5.6/10.

The video on the disc is an AVC 1080p encode at 32 Mbps, and is presented at 1.78:1 aspect ratio, filling the HDTV screen.

As with other Disney animated titles, the image quality is excellent.

You can check out the details page for Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure to see full resolution PNG screen captures taken directly from the disc.

The main audio is lossless DTS-HD Master Audio with 5.1 channels - 24 bits resolution at 48 kHz.

The disc is a dual layer BD50, with 33.1 GB used and is coded for Region A.

This release comes with a selection of extras including BD Live features and a DVD copy of the movie for legacy players.

A short titled Magical Guide To Pixie Hollow takes us on a 4 minute guided tour through Pixie Hollow with Tinker Bell and Terence.

A behind the scenes look at the creation of Pixie Hollow at the Epcot Center is presented in the Pixie Hollow Comes To Walt Disney World featurette.

The Scenes You Never Saw feature present a set of ‘outtakes’ from the movie, some of which are quite humorous.

Additionally there is an extensive selection of deleted scene animated storyboards with introductions from the director and producer.

Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure is certainly a family friendly release and another nice Blu-ray title from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment.

The retail price is $39.99, or order it right now at Amazon for $23.49, saving 41%!

Extras:

• Magical Guide To Pixie Hollow
• Pixie Hollow Comes To Walt Disney World
• Scenes You Never Saw
• All-New Music Video

Synopsis:

Let your imagination take flight in an enchanting new motion picture starring the world’s most beloved fairy! This year’s Autumn Revelry promises to be something special. A blue harvest moon will rise, allowing the fairies to use a precious moonstone to restore the Pixie Dust Tree - the source of all their magic. But when Tinker Bell accidentally puts all of Pixie Hollow in jeopardy, she must venture out across the sea on a secret quest to set things right. With some help from her friend Terence - and a charming, rascally firefly named Blaze - Tink braves an astonishing new world and discovers the greatest treasure of all. Tinker Bell And The Lost Treasure is a remarkable tale about the power of true friendship that your family will want to enjoy over and over again!

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