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Tink goes on an adventure past the borders of Pixie Hollow and learns a lesson about friendship.

Every eight years, there is a blue harvest moon in Pixie Hollow, and when it rises, it shines down on the moonstone to create special blue pixie dust. Why is the blue dust so special, you ask? Without it, the tree that creates all the pixie dust in Pixie Hollow would weaken, and no dust would be made. So on the eighth year, a special celebration is held where a scepter made specifically for that year holds the moonstone up and creates the dust.

And this year, it is Tinker Bell’s turn to make the scepter. She is entrusted with the very fragile moonstone and has one month to create a unique scepter. Her friends are all happy for her, but especially her friend Terence, who makes it his job to be Tink’s assistant. He brings her food, he cleans her workspace, he constantly gives her stats on how the scepter should be made, he wakes her up early, he’s always in her way…. You get the picture. Tink has a famously short fuse, and it isn’t long before Terence sets her off. She sends him on a fake errand, only when he comes back, an accident smashes the newly finished scepter, and Tink blames him. He leaves, and then the worst possible thing happens - the moonstone breaks.

Tink is horribly upset, but after hearing a fairy tale about a long lost wish granting mirror, she decides to go on a quest to find the thing and wish the moonstone in one piece again. Off she goes, on her own, but things are more difficult than she realized - there are strangely powerful winds, trolls, rats, and so many other things that get in her way. Luckily she meets a little firefly named Blaze who helps her out, only it’s just a matter of time before Tink’s temper causes her to blame everything that goes wrong on him - and before Tink can get out of the mess that she’s in, she has to learn to take responsibility for her mess - and her temper. With a magical ending that will make little girls everywhere grin (including the grown-up ones), Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure is an excellent addition to the Blu-ray collection of Disney fairy fans everywhere.

This movie features most of the characters we were introduced to in the first Tink film, but it focuses very specifically on the relationship between Tink and Terence, and has a very positive, responsible message about friendship, forgiveness, personal responsibility and saying ’I’m sorry‘ that will be good for growing kids. Children are shows, through Tink’s adventure, that sometimes saying you’re sorry is more important than who is at fault, that a thing broken is not an unfixable disaster, and there’s even a little positive spin on re-using or repairing a broken thing instead of tossing it aside for a new one. It is a wholly appropriate lesson for children.

The bonus features are very good, but almost completely dwarfed by the nearly microscopic print on the main menu screen. I’m sure that kids who like this movie would love to explore the Autumn Are of Pixie Hollow with Tink and Terence, or see how the filmmakers turned Epcot into Pixie Hollow, or watch deleted scenes and even some goofy outtakes, if only they could read what they were clicking on. The print is actually so tiny, that if you were trying to watch the music video that accompanied the film, you’d have to get inches from your screen and then squint a little just to make out the type - and even then, it is iffy. On the plus side, this Blu-ray comes with a matching DVD, so parents with Blu-ray in one room and DVD in the other need not fear. This set also comes with a handful of trailers, including one for the next Tink film, Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue, where Tink gets captured in the real world ad her friends in Pixie Hollow must mount a rescue.

Once upon a time, Tink was the Marilyn Monroe of the Disney world. Pouty and curvy with undeniable grace and femininity, she had that touch of innocence that so endeared her to the audience. But rebranding, like a touch of pixie dust, can work magic. Now instead of being Peter’s jealous right hand gal, she is every little girl’s new best friend. Though she isn’t the Tink we remember from Peter Pan, she is an excellent addition to the Disney family.

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