Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends - The Early Years (3-Disc Set)

Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends - The Early Years (3-Disc Set) | Michael Angelis, Michael Brandon | based on the RWS series

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	Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends - The Early Years (3-Disc Set) Michael Angelis, Michael Brandon Starz / Anchor Bay, 2004 average customer review:based on 28 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Thomas as he was meant to be!

We just got this set today and have already watched the whole thing. We were so pleased with these DVDs!
Years ago, when Thomas was new and before we had any children, we used to see it on TV and think how cute it was. But by the time we had children, it had changed considerably. We still like the newer Thomas stories, of course, but nothing compares to the old ones. My favorite in this set is The Sad Story of Henry because it is just so funny.
I highly recommend this set to anyone who is a new or old fan of Thomas. You will be so glad you have it!

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based on the RWS series

These episodes were the golden age of "Thomas and Friends". The stories in this pack are actually based on the Railway Series written by Rev. W Awdry and Christopher Awdry. The current Thomas series has neglected the characters' roles and is milking all the money they can out of Thomas. Each new episode has at least one appearance by Thomas in it. Buy this set. IT IS GREAT. They are the REAL Thomas stories. The models look real too.

Fabulous material

At first I was disappointed with how short the episodes were but then after watching a bit I was most pleased. The stories are right out of the storybook we read every night. Ringo Starr does a fabulous narrating job. But more important than any of that, my 3 year old loves them. End of review. :-)

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The earlier the better

First off, Ringo is the best narrator hands down. Alec and George aren't bad, but I can't stand the new episodes because of the new narrator. Getting 26 episodes for this price is well worth it. And its really nice have 13 episodes per disc IN THE CORRECT ORDER. I'm fairly new to the Thomas world but I would guess they re-did the voice on some of the older episodes was to make them a little more pc as the trains used to refer to Topham Hat as the Fat Controller. Who cares.

The only reason I didn't give five stars is I would have liked to have some Thomas songs on the bonus disc. My son is about to turn two and while he likes to watch Thomas and knows the characters, he doesn't follow the stories that well yet. He LOVES the songs on the Best of James and Best of Thomas DVDs. We currently have about 11 different Thomas DVDs but I'll buy more complete seasons if they ever come out with them.

To sum up, I enjoy watching the stories as much (if not more) than my son. It's a very refreshing change from Barney and The Wiggles. If you haven't purchased any Thomas videos I would suggest trying one that has some songs as a bonus feature. And be patient. My son didn't go nuts for Thomas the first time he watched it (too young) but now he just loves it. Also, I am biased because his Thomas Wooden train set is the first set of toys I like to play with as well, so its nice to have that to do with him.

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A little dissapointing

When I got this for Christmas from my dad, we were really excited about this because we both are old Thomas fans and having them rerelease the old episodes when Starr narrated was what we had been waiting for. However, we were slightly let down.

Instead of the DVD bonus disk being filled with tons of things about the old series all we found were a few games and this commemtary buy Sir Topham Hatt. We were expecting things like, the making of the first Thomas episode or an interview with Ringo Starr about being the first series narrater. Now I know that wouldn't be very fun for a 5 year old, but for older Thomas fans and for parants it would be interesting and cool to see. The episodes however are a great value and have there original Railway Series names.

This was a very good DVD. My only wish is that they had put more commemorative things on the bonus features. Find the most obvious answer is not the best way to commemorate Thomas' First Season.

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