Product Details

• Actors: I Love Toy Trains
• Directors: Tom McComas, Joseph Stachler
• Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: TM Books & Video
• DVD Release Date: January 1, 2003
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000E3J8E
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #149,071 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Features include:

•MPAA Rating: G
•Format: DVD
•Runtime: 100 minutes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good - but there are better train DVDs, June 4, 2005

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Beabea (Chicago, Illinois USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: I Love Toy Trains, Parts 1-3 (DVD)

As the name indicates, this DVD shows various toy trains in action. These are the types of toy trains that grownup train enthusiasts would have in their basement. The narration is not interesting and they tend to repeat a lot of the video. They also tend to show a lot of the accessories to toy train sets such as automated log loaders and drum unloaders, etc. They especially like to show when these things don't work and they also show a lot of toy trains falling off of tracks and bridges.

Our four-year-old really loves trains and he likes this DVD, but it's not the train DVD that he asks for. Overall, our son likes to watch real, full-size trains instead of the toy trains. The train DVDs that our son likes better are "Real Wheels - There Goes a Train" and "Alphabet Train". He likes There goes a Train the best. It is narrated by "Engineer Dave" who goes over things like how trains work, and the different types of trains, etc.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Scripted and, frankly, boring, September 6, 2005

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Lisa Michaud - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Love Toy Trains, Parts 10-12 (DVD)

I got this DVD out of the library after my almost-2-year-old fell in LOVE with parts 1 through 3. I expected more of the same, but with better production values; I was not disappointed by the production values (the sound and video quality is EXCELLENT, particularly in comparison to 1-3), but I have to say that both my son and I aren't very interested in watching it. Instead of train footage accompanied by music, this video has huge amounts of commentary by the young boy "host," almost entirely talking about things we could care less about (loooong details of different models, when they came out, what their specs are, etc). The script was clearly written by someone a generation or two older than the boy reading it, so his comments come across as awkward and stilted. I'm not saying that a boy his age would not know those words, but I have a hard time believing he would use them while gushing about his favorite engine.

Since at my son's age he speech music over long, drawn out speech, and the speech makes it hard for me to talk to him about what's going on - this is not a keeper for us. I'm glad I borrowed it from the library before buying it.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars My toddler loves it, but the narration is irritating!, April 21, 2004

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Spunk Brophy "spunk" (Southern California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I Love Toy Trains, Parts 1-3 (DVD)

My 2-1/2 year old son LOVES this DVD, and all of the others as well. I can actually enjoy it myself, as it can be mesmerizing. However, what I don't enjoy about this video, compared to the other volumes, is the kid that narrates it. He talks way too much and it's just irritating. I hope this companys' future videos leaves out the kid!