Thomas The Tank Engine and Friends - It's Great to Be an Engine

Thomas The Tank Engine and Friends - It's Great to Be an Engine


Starring:Thomas the Tank Engine
Studio: Lyons / Hit Ent.
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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! Approx. Run Time: 60 minutes (plus bonus features)
Thomas The Tank Engine and Friends - It's Great to Be an Engine
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • The pain of being the parent of a Thomas fan
  • From a clueless, fledgling Thomas fan...
  • A hit!
  • Better than "Steamies Vs Diesels."
 Thomas The Tank Engine and Friends - It's Great to Be an Engine
Starring: Thomas the Tank Engine
Manufacturer: Lyons / Hit Ent.
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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  2. Thomas and Friends: Thomas' Sodor Celebration! (With Toy)
  3. Thomas and Friends: Steamies vs. Diesels and Other Thomas Adventures
  4. Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends - James and the Red Balloon
  5. 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:

1 out of 5 stars .......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.

4 out of 5 stars 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

4 out of 5 stars 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.

5 out of 5 stars 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!

4 out of 5 stars 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.
Thomas The Tank Engine and Friends - It's Great to Be an Engine (with Toy)
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • The pain of being the parent of a Thomas fan
  • From a clueless, fledgling Thomas fan...
  • A hit!
  • Better than "Steamies Vs Diesels."
 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.
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Similar Items:
  1. THOMAS & FRIENDS/HOORAY FOR THOMAS (DVD W/TRAIN)
  2. Thomas and Friends: Thomas' Sodor Celebration! (With Toy)
  3. Thomas and Friends: Steamies vs. Diesels and Other Thomas Adventures
  4. Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends - James and the Red Balloon
  5. 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:

1 out of 5 stars .......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.

4 out of 5 stars 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

4 out of 5 stars 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.

5 out of 5 stars 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!

4 out of 5 stars 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.
Thomas and Friends: It's Great To Be an Engine/Thomas and Friends: Steamies vs. Diesels and Other T
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Thomas and Friends: It's Great To Be an Engine/Thomas and Friends: Steamies vs. Diesels and Other T
    Starring: Thomas the Tank Engine
    Manufacturer: Lyons / Hit Ent.
    ProductGroup: DVD
    Binding: DVD

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