Customer Reviews

I Love Toy Trains, Parts 10-12

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3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(1)
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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.

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.

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!

I may be sick of it, but my two year old twins love this DVD!!! We road tripped for 2000+ miles last month and this was the only DVD my kids wanted to watch. I tried others, but they kept asking for "choo choo". If you're going on vacation, you will definitely want to have this along!

I purchased this DVD because I was tired of checking out the worn out video versions at the local library. My boys both LOVE it, and even my five year old daughter enjoys watching it sometimes. It is really cute - they show little toy trains in action, telling about the trains they represent, or just to different music. The children's favorite parts are the "accident" segments, where things fall over and a silly voice says "Oh no!"

You have to get this series if you have a train fan in your life. It's just that simple. Aimed at toddlers, it is narrated by a child but it makes it all that much more interesting from their viewpoint. These trains do just about everything and it's neat to hear your toddler's reactions to what is going on. My favorite is when the trains get a bath - I heard all about that one from my little one!

Grab all these that you can - they really are great videos and clean, which is definitely nice!

I purchased this for my youngest son's third birthday because I was tired of checking out the worn out copies from our library. I had already purchased one volume on video, but the videos from this series don't work very well. The DVD is terrific! It keeps William and his older brother Matthew entertained for hours if I let them sit and watch it. It is really cute to watch, too. Even the neighbor who baby sits enjoys watching the little toy trains spin around and have accidents.

My son and daughter (ages 2 and 3 respectively) and I have been watching this series off of RFD-TV and we love it. It's got music, lots of action, some humor, great photographic quality and lots of history. It's hosted by a kid, which should tell you what audience this is aimed at. We don't have the DVD yet.. but if it's the same as what's shown on RFD-TV, which I'm sure it is, it's sure to be a favorite. At this age, they like it much better than "There Goes a Train", which has very little train action and lots of adults talking

My 3 year old grandson has enjoyed the entire series, but I feel the 7,8,9, is just a little ahead of his comprehension. However, he still request seeing it and at this rate will be enjoying more each day. This is the best train series for children on the market!!!

I have the "Toy Trains #3" video. It broke because we played it so much. My son watched it when he was little, and then 10 years later my next son played it until it broke. It is wonderfully full of a variety of really neat toy trains, vintage style music, real conductors calling out - the poor quality comes from the sound bytes being so old. It even has a segment on farms and tractors, a barge digging in a ship channel, a rodeo, and others, just packed full in a short 30 minutes. This one doesn't have the annoying kid narrating, that is the next set. It just has some pretty catchy music. I enjoy watching it myself!