Product Details

• Actors: Michael Angelis, Michael Brandon, Alec Baldwin, Ringo Starr, George Carlin
• Format: Animated, Color, DVD, 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: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Lionsgate / HIT Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: May 18, 2004
• Run Time: 67 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0001Y4LF0
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #94,019 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Thomas and Friends: Steamies vs. Diesels and Other Thomas Adventures" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

On the Island of Sodor, two kinds of engines help keep Sir Topham Hatt’s railway running smoothly – steamies and diesels. But is the Island big enough for both? It’s not always easy for these engines to put aside their differences and work together. See what happens when the diesels tease Thomas. Will Thomas come to their aid when they need this Really Useful steamie’s help? And when Gordon develops some very loud squeaks and rattles, will Sir Topham Hatt retire him to the yard for good? That’s what the diesels say! Get on board with the steamies and the diesels and see how they finally learn that, from brake pipe to buffer, all engines are more alike than not.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's okay, December 4, 2004

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Cumulonimbus Harpe "samsmylife" (Fresno, California, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: THOMAS & FRIENDS ~ Steamies vs. Diesels [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Wow!, HIT! Entertainment has changed Thomas alot, but the changes they made aren't all that bad. For example, the new theme song at first sounded pretty dumb but it soon grew on me. The only bad thing HIT! added were those ridiculous activites. I think even little kids will get bored of these silly things, they offer no form of actual learning fun and you can get envolved with them that much. Besides those activites, the stories were okay:

1)THOMAS TO THE RESCUE 4/5:

Sir Topham Hatt sends Thomas to help Mavis at the quarry. Thomas is surprised to see Diesel there. Diesel says that Sir Topham Hatt will soon scrap steamies and Thomas begins to worry. But will Thomas help all the diesels when they start breaking down due to bad fuel?

2)HENRY AND THE WISHING TREE 4.5/5:

Henry wishes that he could pull the Express sometime instead of Gordon. The next day, Henry's wish has come true but Gordon ends up in the repair yard and Henry is afraid that it is his fault that that happened.

3)SQUEAK, RATTLE, AND ROLL 4/5:

Gordon develops some new squeakng noises and when he has to take some children to the harbor, he is afraid that Sir Topham Hatt will hear his squeak and send him to the scrapyard.

4)PERCY'S NEW WHISTLE 3.5/5:

Percy perfects his whistle to surprise 'Arry and Burt but his new whistle will soon get him in alot of trouble.

A pretty good video, but it could've been better. For instance, get rid of those ridiculous activites.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible- Not like the other ones!!, May 16, 2004

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Thomas and Friends: Steamies vs. Diesels and Other Thomas Adventures (DVD)

Please this DVD is very, very bad! When I saw the cover I thought is was going to be good. But when My child saw ths he Fell asleep!! The Engines do not look roght and they move very differently! Also the the opening where it says Thomas & Freinds-What??? That's not the song! Please I really am telling you DO NOT BUY THIS ONE! IT IS HORRIBLE:(!!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Thomas fans will love....but there is a definite change, August 6, 2004

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Kristi McKnight "kristiside" (Bakersfield, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Thomas and Friends: Steamies vs. Diesels and Other Thomas Adventures (DVD)

I believe that Thomas has gone CGI. This video looks more like animation, and to me has lost the charm of the past movies that are obviously miniature trains on tracks. Everything looks brighter and the numbers and words are more crisp, but it's lost the uniqueness that it once had.

Of course my 2 and 4 year old boys love it...just like all the others, but I wish that it was filmed the old way.