Customer Reviews

The Mr. Men Show : Mr. Bump Presents: Planes, Trains & Dillymobiles

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Great for kids, especially when they ask to read the books afterwards!
I found the short episodes manageable for children to grasp and for adults to relive their childhoods.
The Mr. Men (And Little Miss) franchise has been a great inspiration to my professional life with its childish
enthusiasm and quirky characters.
-Zac Stanley

I did mean rare because at first it is a Walmart Exclusive DVD.

However in November 2009 where I eventually found this and ordered it for Xmas. and finally I enjoyed the US Version on the DVD for the change. (I watched the UK Version on Five)


As for this DVD: it has 6 Episodes whilst the UK DVD which released in October 2008 has 5 minus Inventions (same goes to the other two Mr Men Show DVD)


and about the menus, it's the same as the UK DVD (Except it has 5 Episodes while the US has 6)
and the special features were good, especially How to Draw Mr Bump.

10/10!


Daniel Coffey

My kids had this DVD on constant repeat when it arrived. I'm defintely glad that I bought it. Laughs for days... I hope they continue releasing more because I'll be getting them!

After having rented this same video over and over again at least a dozen times from our local video store, I decided that the time had come to just buy the thing, which I should have done from the second time my son picked it out from the shelf (and saved all the rental fees).

I think this is one of those "feel good" videos for kids - at least it is for my son. It may not be educational (although I think there is some educational benefit in teaching kids about different personality traits, different moods, and the finer points of social interaction), but it does appeal to young kids' need to have the world be a place that makes sense.

In Dillydale (the town where Mr. Men characters all live), everything is spelled out - the character who is always a grouch is named Mr. Grumpy, the one who is clumsy is named Mr. Clumsy, etc. Kids can safely rely on the different characters behaving the same way all the time - which helps them feel accepting of them. So even though Mr. Fussy is incredibly annoying, he is endearing because he is acting the way the audience expects him to act. This leads to kids learning to accept behaviors in themselves and others in ways that are not judgemental or condemning, which is probably a good thing. It also creates a world where everything makes sense, which is good for little ones to encounter, especially when so much of the world around them is so incredibly complicated and makes no sense at all for their young minds to comprehend.

Of course this is all just my own guesswork, and I'm not in any way a professional to weigh in on this, but it's my way of trying to explain to myself why this series is so incredibly appealing to kids, including my own son.