DVD
- Thomas And Friends - Engines To The Rescue
- Clifford The Big Red Dog - The Pirate King [2004]
- War and Peace (REGION 1) (NTSC)
- Transformers Armada - Metamorphosis
- Fresh [WS] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
- The Rescuers Down Under [1990]
- Chocky's Children [1985]
- The Family Ness
- Benji The Hunted [1987]
- Big Red [1962]
- Three Wishes for Cinderella
- Monster Club (REGION 1) (NTSC)
- Advocate [1994] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
- SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeGuard On Duty [2000] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
- Sesame Street: Learning About Letters (REGION 1) (NTSC)
- Transformers - Season 2 - Vol. 2
- Lizzie McGuire - Season 1.1 - When Moms Attack
- Angelina Ballerina - Lucky Penny [2003]
- As You Like It
- Looney Tunes: Golden Collection, Vol. 2 [P&S] [4 Discs] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
- The Little Unicorn [1998]
- Yu Gi Oh - Vol. 5 - Evil Spirit Of The Ring
- Love Happy [1950] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
- Jane Eyre [Platinum Edition] [1970]
- K-19: The Widowmaker [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Average customer rating:
- GREAT FOR KIDS
- Disappointed with Thomas
- A Must Have For All Thomas Fans!
- Great,Great tape
- Classic Thomas Comes to DVD
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Thomas and Friends - Thomas Comes to Breakfast (Wooden Train Bonus Pack)
Starring: Thomas the Tank Engine
Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
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- Thomas and Friends: Thomas and the Really Brave Engine (Wooden Train Bonus Pack)
- Thomas & Friends - Percy Saves the Day (With Metallic Green Percy Toy)
- Thomas & Friends - 10 Years of Thomas and Friends (w/Train)
- Thomas and Friends - Thomas' Halloween Adventures (with Toy)
- Thomas and Friends - On Site With Thomas & Other Adventures (with Toy)
ASIN: B000CEXF7E
Release Date: 2006-02-07 |
Description
Thomas, Duck, Sir Topham Hatt, and their friends have learned many lessons about behaving well together. They have selected their favorite stories to create this collection about the importance of good behavior. Come along as Thomas shows off and finds himself an unwelcome guest in the Stationmaster's house. See what happens when Diesel decides to make trouble between Duck and the other engines, and when Gordon tries sabotage -- and gets more than he bargained for! Climb aboard for these exciting tales from the Island of Sodor
Customer Reviews:
GREAT FOR KIDS.......2007-02-12
This was great for my 2 year old...he has watched it literally 100 times already...it has singalongs and games to play with your children interactively. Great JOB!
Disappointed with Thomas.......2006-12-05
I recently purchased "Thomas Comes to Breakfast" for my grandson, who is 19 months old and fascinated with the Thomas train set. He never seems to tire of it. Other parents and grandparents have told us that their own kids and grandchildren are the same way. So, I didn't think twice about ordering the DVD from Amazon. The five-star rating helped me decide.
When I received the DVD in the mail, I anxiously put it in the DVD player to preview it knowing that my grandson would be visiting that evening. As I watched it, I was surprised and dismayed by the dark and sinister nature of the stories. Hoping that it wouldn't be a total loss, I searched to find one story that would be ok for him to watch. I did find one but only one.
A week or so later, I was in a local book store, and I saw "The Best of Thomas," which I bought and found to be a little better, but it still had a dark side, which I didn't like.
Today, my daughter called and explained that she had decided that the DVDs were inappropriate and wasn't going to let my grandson watch them anymore. She related how his personality was changing for the worse since starting to watch the stories and his facial expressions were starting to take on the mean-spirited expressions displayed on the DVDs.
I'm by no means a prude, but the story lines are disturbing and inappropriate. I can't believe that they're so popular if, in fact, they really are. They're just too negative for us.
Buyer beware! Watch one if you can before you decide to buy!
A Must Have For All Thomas Fans!.......2006-10-22
This is one of our all time favorites! The stories of Duck and Diesel are the best!
Great,Great tape.......2006-09-29
This is very good,along with A Big Day For Thomas.This & ABDFT has old stories from the old,discounted tapes(Tenders & Turntables,Thomas Breaks The Rules,and Better Late Than Never).Even though the old tapes had Ringo Starr on it,this is still good with George Carlin.The stories include:
Thomas Comes To Breakfast(Vol.3)
The Duck & Diesel Trilogy(Vol.5)
Gordon Takes A Dip(Vol.5)
Double Trouble(Vol.4)
A Cow On The Line(Vol.4)
Trouble In the Shed(Vol.3)
All in all,this is an exellent tape,paired with A Big Day For Thomas,so if you want to see the old episodes,get this NOW.
P.S If you want some Learning Curve Trains,buy the videos with the trains,and you save yourself some money =)
Classic Thomas Comes to DVD.......2006-03-19
The funny thing about Thomas Comes to Breakfast is that it didn't contain new episodes. It contained Ringo Starr Era stories re-narrated by George Carlin. The story Thomas Comes to Breakfast was part of the Tenders & Turntables release which I highly recommend if you can find a copy. This release is a mix of the tapes Tenders & Turntables, Better Late Than Never, and Thomas Breaks the Rules which are three of the best ever made.
If the DVD is the same as the VHS release, the stories are
Thomas Comes to Breakfast
Pop Goes the Diesel
Diesel's Devious Deed
A Close Shave for Duck
Gordon Takes a Dip
Double Trouble
A Cow on the Line
Trouble in the Shed
If you are new to Thomas then your child probably owns the newer DVDs as opposed to the earlier era which isn't really available on DVD and the tapes are really hard to find. These stories contain none of those activities in between stories. It also features the classic theme song that every old fan loves. If you really want a good release I recommend the Thomas Early Days DVD set which has all the old stories narrated by Ringo Starr. You won't see Emily or Salty in any of these stories but you will see the roots that made Thomas so great and classic. The old stories are the ones that parents will want to watch with their kids.
If your kid loves Thomas than this is a must have. Thomas teaches kids more about sharing and friendship than most of the other shows around. As an added bonus you get the wooden train with it. Thomas is something that your kids will want to watch again and again.
Average customer rating:
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- The pain of being the parent of a Thomas fan
- From a clueless, fledgling Thomas fan...
- A hit!
- Better than "Steamies Vs Diesels."
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Thomas The Tank Engine and Friends - It's Great to Be an Engine (with Toy)
Starring: Michael Brandon
Director: Steve Asquith
Manufacturer: Lyons / Hit Ent.
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Similar Items:
- Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends - Hooray for Thomas (W/Toy)
- Thomas and Friends: Steamies vs. Diesels and Other Thomas Adventures
- Thomas and Friends: Thomas' Sodor Celebration! (With Toy)
- Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends - James and the Red Balloon
- Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends - Thomas and The Jet Engine
ASIN: B0002F8MBC
Release Date: 2004-09-21 |
Description
Magic carpets, rip-roaring races, snow, sleet, wind and trainloads of ice cream! Every season on the Island of Sodor brings new opportunities for adventure and discovery. And that means there is never a dull moment for Thomas and all the engines on Sir Topham Hatt's Railway. Will Emily get the timber to Farmer McColl in time to save the baby calves? Will Toby muster enough confidence to push Gordon up a hill? Maybe with a little encouragement from his friends. And will James learn that it's better to be useful than to be important? Watch and find out. Share in these timeless stories featuring seven of the island's classic characters, and you'll see why it's true that it's great to be an Engine!
Customer Reviews:
.......2007-03-11
I can't give you a review since the three DVDs
(Thomas The Tank Engine and Friends - It's Great to Be an Engine (Purchased on 01/14/2007, Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends - Best of Gordon (Purchased on 01/14/2007, Thomas and Friends: Thomas' Sodor Celebration! (Purchased on 01/14/2007) were not working.
The pain of being the parent of a Thomas fan.......2006-01-02
People who know of the pain of the Pokémon or Yu-Gi-Oh! crazes have no clue as to the torment of parents of fans of Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. Children become little addicts, with photographic memories for every character created by the Reverend W.V. Awdry, and somehow quickly learn that there are books, puzzles, videos, TV shows, plastic tracks, wooden tracks, single tracks, double tracks, shunts, points, bridges, stations, windmills, traffic lights, overpasses, tunnels, wooden engines, battery powered engines, die cast metal engines, and more.
It goes without saying that you have to get `em all, even to the extent of buying the awful movie "Thomas and The Magic Railroad", and then of course you have to buy Diesel 10 and Lady in all the available forms and sizes, and it goes on endlessly.
This DVD has seven great Thomas stories, and in addition to the standard characters Thomas, Edward, Henry, Gordon, James and Percy, there's also Emily, Elizabeth, Toby, Spencer and more, all of course with available merchandise for the little collector. My four year old son loves this one, and knows the episodes by heart.
In this package, there's a wooden model train from the series, which is pot luck when you buy on-line, but which starts you nicely on your wooden train collecting spree. The wooden trains are really nicely made and painted, and there are magnets on either side for connecting them up (or repelling them). They are great take-along toys for car trips or play dates.
Amanda Richards, January 2, 2006
From a clueless, fledgling Thomas fan..........2005-05-31
I got "Percy's Chocolate Crunch" on video for my little boy (now 20 months) and he seems to really like it. The result of that purchase was that we have watched that video countless times. Personally, my favourite line from it is "YOU HAVE CAUSED CONFUSION AND DELAY" in that booming voice after Percy gets tipped over. Anyhow, having grown up myself on Sesame Street, I have to say that this whole series/concept is very different for me and takes some getting used to...I usually don't find the stories particularly "funny" or anything else as so other Thomas fans.
That being said... I then purchased "It's great to be an engine" with a toy on DVD. I have to say that I miss the catchy soundtrack from "Percy's chocolate Crunch" and that funky voice that Alec Baldwin offers us. Brandon's voice on this edition seems rather bland and heartless (not much modulation in tone and volume). The first viewing for my little guy resulted in him walking away in the middle (but this may have been because the DVD is quite long) but, after that, he seemed to warm up to it and calls it his "Toot-Toot".
I'd like to get editions with better narration and maybe more imaginative stories but don't really know what to get and the "technical information" offered on Amazon pages doesn't indicate who is narrating the particular edition.
Of course, I also want to get ones which offer the toys (how do you know which toy is going to come with the DVD/video?...what if you get a duplicate?) because the genuine Thomas toys here in Cyprus cost an average of 25+ dollars (for one train car!).
Another question I have is if the toys that are offered for free with the videos/DVDs are the same size/type/style as those offered in the Thomas train sets (I want to get my little boy started on that).
All in all, I am pleased with my purchases in the Thomas area and will continue to develop our collection.
A hit!.......2005-01-11
My 2 year-old doesn't know anything about any previous narrators, music or whatever. She loves these new episodes, loves the games in between and LOVES the Thomas song! Unfortunately, on the VHS version you don't get the children singing it like they do when it airs on TV, you just get the instrumental version at the beginning and end. But she sings and dances along without their help anyway!
Better than "Steamies Vs Diesels.".......2005-01-03
After "Steamies Vs Diesels" I was a bit apprehensive about approaching this DVD, but I really enjoyed it. On "Steamies Vs Diesels," the new camera work made everything look plain weird, but on this DVD it gives the series a more realistic look. The new composer's music has improved, and the score for the DVD is lovely.
As for the episodes themselves, "You Can Do It Toby" and "Edward the Great" are probably the best of the lot. "Too Hot for Thomas," "Percy and the Magic Carpet" and "Gordon Takes Charge" are pretty good too. "Emily's Adventure" and "James Goes Too Far," however, are let down by the obvious "ask politely" and "help your friends" morals rampaging through them.
As far as the narration goes, Michael Brandon does an excellent job as usual. One complaint though is that Mr Brandon is rather inconsistent with his voices. Some of his characters sound different with every line they speak, and others sound different from episode to episode. I suppose the other elements of the narration overlook this, but what's the point of giving individual voices if you aren't going to be consistent with them?
Overall, a very good DVD. Still lacking something, but a vast improvement on the previous batch of HIT-produced episodes.
Average customer rating:
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Thomas and Friends: Thomas Comes to Breakfast and Other Thomas Adventures
Starring: Thomas the Tank Engine
Manufacturer: Anchor Bay
ProductGroup: DVD
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- Thomas and Friends: Thomas and the Really Brave Engine
- Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Cranky Bugs & Other Thomas Stories
- Thomas The Tank Engine and Friends - Races, Rescues & Runaways
- Thomas and Friends: Tales From the Tracks
- Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends - Salty's Secret
ASIN: B000CEXF74
Release Date: 2006-02-07 |
Product Description
PEEP! PEEP! Come along as Thomas shows off and finds himself an unwelcome guest in the Stationmaster s house. See what happens when Diesel decides to make trouble between Duck and the other engines, and when Gordon tries sabotage and gets more than he bargained for! Climb aboard for these exciting tales from the Island of Sodor. Storyteller George Carlin OUR STORY STOPS ARE: -Thomas Comes To Breakfast -A Close Shave For Duck -Pop Goes The Diesel -Gordon Takes A Dip -Diesel's Devious Deed -Double Trouble -A Cow On The Line -Trouble In The Shed
System Requirements:
Length: 46 mins
Format: DVD MOVIE
Customer Reviews:
More Fun From Thomas.......2007-01-28
These 8 storys are from seasons 1 and 2. It is a nice change from the lazy season 8.
The Storys Are Thomas Comes To Breakfast Pop goes the Diesel Diesels Devlish Deed A Close Shave for Duck Gordon takes a Dip Double Trouble A Cow on the Line and Trouble in the Shed
What about bonus features?
I'll leave you to find out the bonus features.
Average customer rating:
-
- The pain of being the parent of a Thomas fan
- From a clueless, fledgling Thomas fan...
- A hit!
- Better than "Steamies Vs Diesels."
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Thomas The Tank Engine and Friends - It's Great to Be an Engine
Starring: Thomas the Tank Engine
Manufacturer: Lyons / Hit Ent.
ProductGroup: DVD
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Similar Items:
- Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends - Hooray for Thomas (W/Toy)
- Thomas and Friends: Steamies vs. Diesels and Other Thomas Adventures
- Thomas and Friends: Thomas' Sodor Celebration! (With Toy)
- Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends - James and the Red Balloon
- Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends - Thomas and The Jet Engine
ASIN: B0002F8MC6
Release Date: 2004-09-21 |
Description
Magic carpets, rip-roaring races, snow, sleet, wind and trainloads of ice cream! Every season on the Island of Sodor brings new opportunities for adventure and discovery. And that means there is never a dull moment for Thomas and all the engines on Sir Topham Hatt's Railway. Will Emily get the timber to Farmer McColl in time to save the baby calves? Will Toby muster enough confidence to push Gordon up a hill? Maybe with a little encouragement from his friends. And will James learn that it's better to be useful than to be important? Watch and find out. Share in these timeless stories featuring seven of the island's classic characters, and you'll see why it's true that it's great to be an Engine!
Customer Reviews:
.......2007-03-11
I can't give you a review since the three DVDs
(Thomas The Tank Engine and Friends - It's Great to Be an Engine (Purchased on 01/14/2007, Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends - Best of Gordon (Purchased on 01/14/2007, Thomas and Friends: Thomas' Sodor Celebration! (Purchased on 01/14/2007) were not working.
The pain of being the parent of a Thomas fan.......2006-01-02
People who know of the pain of the Pokémon or Yu-Gi-Oh! crazes have no clue as to the torment of parents of fans of Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. Children become little addicts, with photographic memories for every character created by the Reverend W.V. Awdry, and somehow quickly learn that there are books, puzzles, videos, TV shows, plastic tracks, wooden tracks, single tracks, double tracks, shunts, points, bridges, stations, windmills, traffic lights, overpasses, tunnels, wooden engines, battery powered engines, die cast metal engines, and more.
It goes without saying that you have to get `em all, even to the extent of buying the awful movie "Thomas and The Magic Railroad", and then of course you have to buy Diesel 10 and Lady in all the available forms and sizes, and it goes on endlessly.
This DVD has seven great Thomas stories, and in addition to the standard characters Thomas, Edward, Henry, Gordon, James and Percy, there's also Emily, Elizabeth, Toby, Spencer and more, all of course with available merchandise for the little collector. My four year old son loves this one, and knows the episodes by heart.
In this package, there's a wooden model train from the series, which is pot luck when you buy on-line, but which starts you nicely on your wooden train collecting spree. The wooden trains are really nicely made and painted, and there are magnets on either side for connecting them up (or repelling them). They are great take-along toys for car trips or play dates.
Amanda Richards, January 2, 2006
From a clueless, fledgling Thomas fan..........2005-05-31
I got "Percy's Chocolate Crunch" on video for my little boy (now 20 months) and he seems to really like it. The result of that purchase was that we have watched that video countless times. Personally, my favourite line from it is "YOU HAVE CAUSED CONFUSION AND DELAY" in that booming voice after Percy gets tipped over. Anyhow, having grown up myself on Sesame Street, I have to say that this whole series/concept is very different for me and takes some getting used to...I usually don't find the stories particularly "funny" or anything else as so other Thomas fans.
That being said... I then purchased "It's great to be an engine" with a toy on DVD. I have to say that I miss the catchy soundtrack from "Percy's chocolate Crunch" and that funky voice that Alec Baldwin offers us. Brandon's voice on this edition seems rather bland and heartless (not much modulation in tone and volume). The first viewing for my little guy resulted in him walking away in the middle (but this may have been because the DVD is quite long) but, after that, he seemed to warm up to it and calls it his "Toot-Toot".
I'd like to get editions with better narration and maybe more imaginative stories but don't really know what to get and the "technical information" offered on Amazon pages doesn't indicate who is narrating the particular edition.
Of course, I also want to get ones which offer the toys (how do you know which toy is going to come with the DVD/video?...what if you get a duplicate?) because the genuine Thomas toys here in Cyprus cost an average of 25+ dollars (for one train car!).
Another question I have is if the toys that are offered for free with the videos/DVDs are the same size/type/style as those offered in the Thomas train sets (I want to get my little boy started on that).
All in all, I am pleased with my purchases in the Thomas area and will continue to develop our collection.
A hit!.......2005-01-11
My 2 year-old doesn't know anything about any previous narrators, music or whatever. She loves these new episodes, loves the games in between and LOVES the Thomas song! Unfortunately, on the VHS version you don't get the children singing it like they do when it airs on TV, you just get the instrumental version at the beginning and end. But she sings and dances along without their help anyway!
Better than "Steamies Vs Diesels.".......2005-01-03
After "Steamies Vs Diesels" I was a bit apprehensive about approaching this DVD, but I really enjoyed it. On "Steamies Vs Diesels," the new camera work made everything look plain weird, but on this DVD it gives the series a more realistic look. The new composer's music has improved, and the score for the DVD is lovely.
As for the episodes themselves, "You Can Do It Toby" and "Edward the Great" are probably the best of the lot. "Too Hot for Thomas," "Percy and the Magic Carpet" and "Gordon Takes Charge" are pretty good too. "Emily's Adventure" and "James Goes Too Far," however, are let down by the obvious "ask politely" and "help your friends" morals rampaging through them.
As far as the narration goes, Michael Brandon does an excellent job as usual. One complaint though is that Mr Brandon is rather inconsistent with his voices. Some of his characters sound different with every line they speak, and others sound different from episode to episode. I suppose the other elements of the narration overlook this, but what's the point of giving individual voices if you aren't going to be consistent with them?
Overall, a very good DVD. Still lacking something, but a vast improvement on the previous batch of HIT-produced episodes.
Average customer rating:
-
- The pain of being the parent of a Thomas fan
- From a clueless, fledgling Thomas fan...
- A hit!
- Better than "Steamies Vs Diesels."
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Thomas The Tank Engine and Friends - It's Great to Be an Engine (with Toy)
Starring: Thomas the Tank Engine
Manufacturer: Lyons / Hit Ent.
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Similar Items:
- Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends - Hooray for Thomas (W/Toy)
- Thomas and Friends: Steamies vs. Diesels and Other Thomas Adventures
- Thomas and Friends: Thomas' Sodor Celebration! (With Toy)
- Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends - James and the Red Balloon
- Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends - Thomas and The Jet Engine
ASIN: B0002F8MAI
Release Date: 2004-09-21 |
Description
Magic carpets, rip-roaring races, snow, sleet, wind and trainloads of ice cream! Every season on the Island of Sodor brings new opportunities for adventure and discovery. And that means there is never a dull moment for Thomas and all the engines on Sir Topham Hatt's Railway. Will Emily get the timber to Farmer McColl in time to save the baby calves? Will Toby muster enough confidence to push Gordon up a hill? Maybe with a little encouragement from his friends. And will James learn that it's better to be useful than to be important? Watch and find out. Share in these timeless stories featuring seven of the island's classic characters, and you'll see why it's true that it's great to be an Engine!
Customer Reviews:
.......2007-03-11
I can't give you a review since the three DVDs
(Thomas The Tank Engine and Friends - It's Great to Be an Engine (Purchased on 01/14/2007, Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends - Best of Gordon (Purchased on 01/14/2007, Thomas and Friends: Thomas' Sodor Celebration! (Purchased on 01/14/2007) were not working.
The pain of being the parent of a Thomas fan.......2006-01-02
People who know of the pain of the Pokémon or Yu-Gi-Oh! crazes have no clue as to the torment of parents of fans of Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. Children become little addicts, with photographic memories for every character created by the Reverend W.V. Awdry, and somehow quickly learn that there are books, puzzles, videos, TV shows, plastic tracks, wooden tracks, single tracks, double tracks, shunts, points, bridges, stations, windmills, traffic lights, overpasses, tunnels, wooden engines, battery powered engines, die cast metal engines, and more.
It goes without saying that you have to get `em all, even to the extent of buying the awful movie "Thomas and The Magic Railroad", and then of course you have to buy Diesel 10 and Lady in all the available forms and sizes, and it goes on endlessly.
This DVD has seven great Thomas stories, and in addition to the standard characters Thomas, Edward, Henry, Gordon, James and Percy, there's also Emily, Elizabeth, Toby, Spencer and more, all of course with available merchandise for the little collector. My four year old son loves this one, and knows the episodes by heart.
In this package, there's a wooden model train from the series, which is pot luck when you buy on-line, but which starts you nicely on your wooden train collecting spree. The wooden trains are really nicely made and painted, and there are magnets on either side for connecting them up (or repelling them). They are great take-along toys for car trips or play dates.
Amanda Richards, January 2, 2006
From a clueless, fledgling Thomas fan..........2005-05-31
I got "Percy's Chocolate Crunch" on video for my little boy (now 20 months) and he seems to really like it. The result of that purchase was that we have watched that video countless times. Personally, my favourite line from it is "YOU HAVE CAUSED CONFUSION AND DELAY" in that booming voice after Percy gets tipped over. Anyhow, having grown up myself on Sesame Street, I have to say that this whole series/concept is very different for me and takes some getting used to...I usually don't find the stories particularly "funny" or anything else as so other Thomas fans.
That being said... I then purchased "It's great to be an engine" with a toy on DVD. I have to say that I miss the catchy soundtrack from "Percy's chocolate Crunch" and that funky voice that Alec Baldwin offers us. Brandon's voice on this edition seems rather bland and heartless (not much modulation in tone and volume). The first viewing for my little guy resulted in him walking away in the middle (but this may have been because the DVD is quite long) but, after that, he seemed to warm up to it and calls it his "Toot-Toot".
I'd like to get editions with better narration and maybe more imaginative stories but don't really know what to get and the "technical information" offered on Amazon pages doesn't indicate who is narrating the particular edition.
Of course, I also want to get ones which offer the toys (how do you know which toy is going to come with the DVD/video?...what if you get a duplicate?) because the genuine Thomas toys here in Cyprus cost an average of 25+ dollars (for one train car!).
Another question I have is if the toys that are offered for free with the videos/DVDs are the same size/type/style as those offered in the Thomas train sets (I want to get my little boy started on that).
All in all, I am pleased with my purchases in the Thomas area and will continue to develop our collection.
A hit!.......2005-01-11
My 2 year-old doesn't know anything about any previous narrators, music or whatever. She loves these new episodes, loves the games in between and LOVES the Thomas song! Unfortunately, on the VHS version you don't get the children singing it like they do when it airs on TV, you just get the instrumental version at the beginning and end. But she sings and dances along without their help anyway!
Better than "Steamies Vs Diesels.".......2005-01-03
After "Steamies Vs Diesels" I was a bit apprehensive about approaching this DVD, but I really enjoyed it. On "Steamies Vs Diesels," the new camera work made everything look plain weird, but on this DVD it gives the series a more realistic look. The new composer's music has improved, and the score for the DVD is lovely.
As for the episodes themselves, "You Can Do It Toby" and "Edward the Great" are probably the best of the lot. "Too Hot for Thomas," "Percy and the Magic Carpet" and "Gordon Takes Charge" are pretty good too. "Emily's Adventure" and "James Goes Too Far," however, are let down by the obvious "ask politely" and "help your friends" morals rampaging through them.
As far as the narration goes, Michael Brandon does an excellent job as usual. One complaint though is that Mr Brandon is rather inconsistent with his voices. Some of his characters sound different with every line they speak, and others sound different from episode to episode. I suppose the other elements of the narration overlook this, but what's the point of giving individual voices if you aren't going to be consistent with them?
Overall, a very good DVD. Still lacking something, but a vast improvement on the previous batch of HIT-produced episodes.
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Thomas and Friends: It's Great To Be an Engine/Thomas and Friends: Steamies vs. Diesels and Other T
Starring: Thomas the Tank Engine
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- Thomas and Friends - New Friends for Thomas (with Toy)
- Thomas and Friends - Thomas Comes to Breakfast (Wooden Train Bonus Pack)
- Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends 3 Disc Set (Make Someone Happy/Spills & Chills/Percy's Chocolate Crunch)
- Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends - Platinum Collection (Best of Thomas/James/Percy)
- Thomas and Friends: Thomas and the Really Brave Engine
ASIN: B000BTJD62
Release Date: 2005-12-27 |
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- The pain of being the parent of a Thomas fan
- From a clueless, fledgling Thomas fan...
- A hit!
- Better than "Steamies Vs Diesels."
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Thomas The Tank Engine and Friends - It's Great to Be an Engine
Starring: Thomas the Tank Engine
Manufacturer: Lyons / Hit Ent.
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Similar Items:
- Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends - Hooray for Thomas (W/Toy)
- Thomas and Friends: Steamies vs. Diesels and Other Thomas Adventures
- Thomas and Friends: Thomas' Sodor Celebration! (With Toy)
- Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends - James and the Red Balloon
- Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends - Thomas and The Jet Engine
ASIN: B0002F8MBW
Release Date: 2004-09-21 |
Description
Magic carpets, rip-roaring races, snow, sleet, wind and trainloads of ice cream! Every season on the Island of Sodor brings new opportunities for adventure and discovery. And that means there is never a dull moment for Thomas and all the engines on Sir Topham Hatt's Railway. Will Emily get the timber to Farmer McColl in time to save the baby calves? Will Toby muster enough confidence to push Gordon up a hill? Maybe with a little encouragement from his friends. And will James learn that it's better to be useful than to be important? Watch and find out. Share in these timeless stories featuring seven of the island's classic characters, and you'll see why it's true that it's great to be an Engine!
Customer Reviews:
.......2007-03-11
I can't give you a review since the three DVDs
(Thomas The Tank Engine and Friends - It's Great to Be an Engine (Purchased on 01/14/2007, Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends - Best of Gordon (Purchased on 01/14/2007, Thomas and Friends: Thomas' Sodor Celebration! (Purchased on 01/14/2007) were not working.
The pain of being the parent of a Thomas fan.......2006-01-02
People who know of the pain of the Pokémon or Yu-Gi-Oh! crazes have no clue as to the torment of parents of fans of Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. Children become little addicts, with photographic memories for every character created by the Reverend W.V. Awdry, and somehow quickly learn that there are books, puzzles, videos, TV shows, plastic tracks, wooden tracks, single tracks, double tracks, shunts, points, bridges, stations, windmills, traffic lights, overpasses, tunnels, wooden engines, battery powered engines, die cast metal engines, and more.
It goes without saying that you have to get `em all, even to the extent of buying the awful movie "Thomas and The Magic Railroad", and then of course you have to buy Diesel 10 and Lady in all the available forms and sizes, and it goes on endlessly.
This DVD has seven great Thomas stories, and in addition to the standard characters Thomas, Edward, Henry, Gordon, James and Percy, there's also Emily, Elizabeth, Toby, Spencer and more, all of course with available merchandise for the little collector. My four year old son loves this one, and knows the episodes by heart.
In this package, there's a wooden model train from the series, which is pot luck when you buy on-line, but which starts you nicely on your wooden train collecting spree. The wooden trains are really nicely made and painted, and there are magnets on either side for connecting them up (or repelling them). They are great take-along toys for car trips or play dates.
Amanda Richards, January 2, 2006
From a clueless, fledgling Thomas fan..........2005-05-31
I got "Percy's Chocolate Crunch" on video for my little boy (now 20 months) and he seems to really like it. The result of that purchase was that we have watched that video countless times. Personally, my favourite line from it is "YOU HAVE CAUSED CONFUSION AND DELAY" in that booming voice after Percy gets tipped over. Anyhow, having grown up myself on Sesame Street, I have to say that this whole series/concept is very different for me and takes some getting used to...I usually don't find the stories particularly "funny" or anything else as so other Thomas fans.
That being said... I then purchased "It's great to be an engine" with a toy on DVD. I have to say that I miss the catchy soundtrack from "Percy's chocolate Crunch" and that funky voice that Alec Baldwin offers us. Brandon's voice on this edition seems rather bland and heartless (not much modulation in tone and volume). The first viewing for my little guy resulted in him walking away in the middle (but this may have been because the DVD is quite long) but, after that, he seemed to warm up to it and calls it his "Toot-Toot".
I'd like to get editions with better narration and maybe more imaginative stories but don't really know what to get and the "technical information" offered on Amazon pages doesn't indicate who is narrating the particular edition.
Of course, I also want to get ones which offer the toys (how do you know which toy is going to come with the DVD/video?...what if you get a duplicate?) because the genuine Thomas toys here in Cyprus cost an average of 25+ dollars (for one train car!).
Another question I have is if the toys that are offered for free with the videos/DVDs are the same size/type/style as those offered in the Thomas train sets (I want to get my little boy started on that).
All in all, I am pleased with my purchases in the Thomas area and will continue to develop our collection.
A hit!.......2005-01-11
My 2 year-old doesn't know anything about any previous narrators, music or whatever. She loves these new episodes, loves the games in between and LOVES the Thomas song! Unfortunately, on the VHS version you don't get the children singing it like they do when it airs on TV, you just get the instrumental version at the beginning and end. But she sings and dances along without their help anyway!
Better than "Steamies Vs Diesels.".......2005-01-03
After "Steamies Vs Diesels" I was a bit apprehensive about approaching this DVD, but I really enjoyed it. On "Steamies Vs Diesels," the new camera work made everything look plain weird, but on this DVD it gives the series a more realistic look. The new composer's music has improved, and the score for the DVD is lovely.
As for the episodes themselves, "You Can Do It Toby" and "Edward the Great" are probably the best of the lot. "Too Hot for Thomas," "Percy and the Magic Carpet" and "Gordon Takes Charge" are pretty good too. "Emily's Adventure" and "James Goes Too Far," however, are let down by the obvious "ask politely" and "help your friends" morals rampaging through them.
As far as the narration goes, Michael Brandon does an excellent job as usual. One complaint though is that Mr Brandon is rather inconsistent with his voices. Some of his characters sound different with every line they speak, and others sound different from episode to episode. I suppose the other elements of the narration overlook this, but what's the point of giving individual voices if you aren't going to be consistent with them?
Overall, a very good DVD. Still lacking something, but a vast improvement on the previous batch of HIT-produced episodes.
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