I actually emailed Leonard Maltin and got this response.

Well, damn. I guess streaming will be the way of the future and Disney would rather go that way.

Good thing I managed to find Oswald in the Tin set recently as I had a feeling the Treasures sets would be done and over with.

Dang. I was really hoping for the Treasures line to do some of their tv movies like BRAT Patrol and Earth Star Voyager.

I was hoping for a Chip n Dale set and an Alice in Wonderland set.

I know about CnD, but 3 or 4 of their shorts are not on the Mickey, Donald or Pluto sets.
AIW is so spread out. Get them on one set.

Alice In Wonderland? Do you mean the silent Alice Comedies?

I have every one of the tins and they were/are some of the finnest DVD's ever produced. Engrossing, educational, and (mostly) fun for the whole family.

But ever since early in the run I've pined for some better format to present the animated shorts. It's educational to watch each disney character in chronological order and see him evolve, but watching the same character over and over gets old real fast. I'd love to own something that contained every disney short and could be "shuffled" like a playlist or allow me to make special playlists of all my kid's favorites or all the Christmas themed shorts, or whatever.

Yes, the silent ones.

Maybe I'm thinking of a different one, but aren't they on the Disney Rarities set?

I think some of them are. Maybe all the ones that still exist....It's been a while since I watched the set.

Virginia Davis (Alice) did 15 shorts. only 6 are in the Rarities.

Always thought Treasures would've been a good way to put out Song of the South.

Kinda, yeah. Give it a high price and a bland cover art, only us nutjob collectors would know to even look for it.

Maybe Criterion?

While not a Treasures release, VCI has put out a disc that has pretty solid quality and a bunch that weren't included on Rarities:
http://www.amazon.com/Alice-Cartoonl.../dp/B000MNOY0C

Correct me if I'm mistaken, but doesn't the rarities set include all the Alice cartoons that

1) Are from Disney

and

2) Are not lost in the anals of time

Here you go:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Comedies

There were 57 Alice shorts, all directed and produced by Walt Disney (and some animated by him). 16 are labeled as lost. Walt Disney Treasures only released 10 of them. Some others are released by other companies, and some of them are unreleased on DVD, apparently.