The Muppet Show still only has three out of five seasons released. And Muppet Babies has zero release even though Disney now actually owns everything that was copyrighted in it that previously made it a dvd nightmare.
They don't own Star Trek, which had a lot of appearances.
Disney really doesn't know how to release series.
Or they have such a high minimum sales threshold to "be worth the trouble" that basically nothing can strike that mark. Doesn't help that they have literally zero advertising whenever the DO do these things.
What's bizarre is that they've been going to the trouble of remastering some of their old shows like Goof Troop and Rescue Rangers and then quietly dumping them onto digital platforms with no physical release or promotion. There's even a few of them that have been remastered and then only released outside of the United States. Presumably that's in preparation for their own streaming service but that's still a way off and it's basically passing on the money they could be making in the meantime. I have a strong suspicion that all this is the result of a pissing contest between divisions where somebody is trying to block their "rivals" from being too successful.
I hope the Blu-Ray is region-free. The page says Region A, but the Transformers: The Movie page says the same and blu-ray.com says that's region-free, so I still have hope.
I think Shout Factory has confirmed that it's both Region A locked and no international shipping due to the terms of the licensing agreement.
And indeed, you think Phineas and Ferb would've been a priority when it was at the peak of it's popularity. It's critically acclaimed for crying out loud. Next to not getting a theatrical movie, that is a mystery to me.
Part of that was the desire to milk the franchise be forcing parents to pay full DVD prices for a handful of episodes at a time; releasing sixteen episodes in four sets for almost seventy dollars makes them a lot more than an entire season for forty dollars.
Far as the film goes, from what I understand, it was put into permanent limbo. If I recall correctly, there were a lot of rumors about it being a live action-animation mix with regulars getting pushed aside for celebrities so it's pretty likely Disney was trying to push the movie in a direction Dan and Swampy weren't comfortable going.
Still kudos on GF breaking the mold at least. Hopefully this will lead in to other shows getting seasonal/complete series sets as well.
We can only hope; it's really sad that a company like Disney has to rely on somebody else doing this sort of thing for them though. It'd be one thing if it was something like Wuzzles or made-for-TV movies like Spot Marks The X that were relatively obscure and might have limited appeal but for something as high profile as Gravity Falls?
