Looney Tunes Collector's Vault: Volume 3 Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		4.5
Video		4.5
Audio		4.0
Extras		2.0
Overall		4.5

Looney Tunes Collector's Vault: Volume 3 Blu-ray Movie Review

From Bosko to Bugs.

Reviewed by Randy Miller III September 2, 2026

Warner Archive's recent run of Looney Tunes shorts includes four Collector's Choice volumes (later bundled as one handy set) and two double-sized Collector's Vaults, but why stop there? The beloved boutique label merrily rolls along with a third Vault collection of recently restored shorts from WB's massive archives, many of which are new to Blu-ray or digital home video entirely. These colorful classics have gotten the royal treatment at an affordable price, and the continued support of fans will certainly translate to even more volumes in the future... because while hundreds of LT shorts have already arrived on Blu-ray via these sets and others like WB's three Platinum Collections and the newly reissued Bugs Bunny Collection, they've still got a ways to go. For now, here's 50 more uncut gems.

"Take my money again, doc."

Like the first two collection, Collector's Vault: Volume 3 offers something for everyone by featuring the well-known characters pictured on its cover plus a handful of lesser-knowns just for good measure... even if a few regulars such as Speedy Gonzalez, the Goofy Gophers, and even Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner sit out this round. It's a fair trade for several historical firsts including the first-ever Looney Tunes short 1930's "Sinkin' in the Bathtub", starring Bosko and Honey) as well as the debut installment of Merrie Melodies (1931's "Lady, Play Your Mandolin!"), and an otherwise very diverse lineup of characters and subject matter. Per usual, fans can look forward to a mixture of family-friendly shorts and those aimed more squarely at adult audiences -- which, to be perfectly honest, were the original intended target of this material -- as well as a variety of visual aesthetics, from true black-and-white to two and three-strip Technicolor, that showcases the terrific work of celebrated and lesser-known directors and animators.

Collectively, this is a wonderful lineup -- perhaps the best of the Vaults thus far, at least in my opinion -- for both its excellent roster of characters as well as a handful of extremely important deep cuts and other landmark shorts. All are worth watching and there are zero duds here, but I'll at least shout out several other notable shorts and hidden gems such as the enjoyable curtain-jerker "Billboard Frolics", the early Chuck Jones-directed short "Dog Gone Modern" (only his second credited work in that regard), the unforgettable black-and-white drama of "Joe Glow, the Firefly", Arthur Davis' excellent Porky Pig vehicle "Nothing But the Tooth", the lampooning hilarity of "A Star is Hatched", and the fan-favorite "Tweet and Sour", which ends Disc 1's trio of shorts starring you-know-who. The second disc's got no shortage of highlights too, including "The Case Of the Missing Hare" (starring Bugs and the magical Ala Bahma), the WWII-era "Daffy – The Commando", dog-and-cat antics in "Fresh Airedale", the essential propaganda piece "Herr Meets Hare", Friz Freleng's highly enjoyable "Pizzicato Pussycat", and a personal favorite, "Rabbit's Kin", which also includes a one-off appearance from Bugs' nephew Shorty and serves as the majestic debut of Pete Puma.

As with the earlier sets, neither of these dual-layered discs focuses on specific characters and these shorts aren't chronologically sorted; instead, they're presented alphabetically. That's a fine enough solution and fittingly works with Looney Tunes' solid variety-show approach to madcap comedy and, if nothing else, it clearly reminds us just how many characters, animators, and directors have been a part of the franchise during these original years. These 50 cartoons are divided neatly into 25 shorts per disc with a handy "Play All" option for half-marathon viewing.

DISC ONE - Never before on DVD or Blu-ray in remastered form on a WB cartoon collection.

"Billboard Frolics", "Country Mouse", "Dog Gone Modern", "Don't Axe Me", "Don't Look Now", "Feather Bluster", "A Feather in His Hare", "The Gay Anties", "Horse Hare", "Joe Glow, the Firefly", "Lady, Play Your Mandolin!", "The Lyin' Mouse", "Mice Follies", "My Green Fedora", "Nothing But the Tooth", "Of Thee I Sting", "A Pizza Tweety Pie", "Shake Your Powder Puff", "Sinkin' In the Bathtub", "Sleepy Time Possum", "Slightly Daffy", "A Star Is Hatched", "Tree Cornered Tweety", "Trick Or Tweet", and "Tweet and Sour"

DISC TWO - First time remastered in HD on a WB cartoon collection.

"Ballot Box Bunny", "Boobs In the Woods", "Booby Hatched", "Case Of the Missing Hare", "Conrad the Sailor", "Daffy – The Commando", "Duck Soup to Nuts", "Fox-Terror", "Foxy By Proxy", "Fresh Airedale", "Goldimouse and the Three Cats", "Herr Meets Hare", "Holiday for Shoestrings", "Hollywood Daffy", "I Got Plenty of Mutton", "Mississippi Hare", "Mutiny On the Bunny", "My Favorite Duck", "Pizzicato Pussycat", "Puss N' Booty", "Rabbit's Kin", "Really Scent", "Stage Door Cartoon", "A Star Is Bored", and "The Windblown Hare"

Looney Tunes Collector's Vault: Volume 3 Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

If you're familiar with Warner Archive's ongoing Looney Tunes sets, you should know exactly what to expect from this two-disc collection as it clearly maintains the boutique label's reliably strong track record. As usual, a variety of source materials have been utilized: some of these 1080p transfers stem from masters created from interpositives by Warner Bros. earlier this decade, while an increased number of newer masters were more recently handled by Warner Archive. (These newer masters reportedly come from recent 4K scans of either original nitrate negatives or, in the case of the three-strip Technicolor shorts, successive exposure negatives. In all cases, these 50 shorts retain most if not all of the more organic "imperfections" like occasional cel dirt but retain varying and sometimes very high levels of film grain, and additional color correction has also been performed when needed. Fans can look forward to a greater number of ground-up restorations this time around, and of course my increased 4.5/5 video rating reinforces this stronger batting average... and much like the shorts themselves, there's nothing even close to bordering on "disappointing" since many of these have likely never looked better in any previous format, including theatrical exhibitions.

Looney Tunes Collector's Vault: Volume 3 Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

Also like previous collections, the DTS-HD 2.0 Master Audio mixes do a great job of rendering the original mono mixes in a two-channel container, standing decently tall as a solid improvement over previous home video versions. Dialogue, sparse as it can be it certain shorts, is consistently clean and crisp, with familiar sound effects mixed nicely and plenty of room left over for the always on-point orchestral scores. Occasional fidelity differences and volume variances can be heard between shorts; this is mostly due to their chronologically random order, with the later shorts often showing a gradual uptick in fidelity. Overall, I'm happy with the results achieved here and consider it a solid 4/5 effort.

Optional English (SDH) subtitles are included during all 50 shorts.

Looney Tunes Collector's Vault: Volume 3 Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

This two-disc set ships in a keepcase with attractive cover art. No inserts are included, but a complete episode list (repurposed above) is printed on the back cover. As for the extras, we get five more this time in the form of legacy audio commentaries presumably recorded during the DVD era and last heard on previous SD releases.

DISC TWO

• "Case of the Missing Hare" with historian and WB consultant Greg Ford

• Fresh Airedale with Greg Ford

• Herr Meets Hare with Greg Ford

• "Mississippi Hare" with animator and filmmaker Eric Golberg

• "My Favorite Duck" with animation historian Jerry Beck

Looney Tunes Collector's Vault: Volume 3 Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

Warner Archive's Looney Tunes Collector's Vault: Volume 3 continues the boutique label's noble campaign that began with several earlier collections linked above, all of which offer nicely restored classic shorts for a very reasonable price. The content is consistently good and A/V merits are even better this time around, and we also get another handful of legacy audio commentaries too. Simply put, this two-disc set belongs on the shelf of even Looney Tunes' most casual fans, as you get six hours of classic shorts here for the price of a boring ol' blockbuster. Highly Recommended.