Customer Reviews

Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends - Totally Thomas 3-Disc Collection With Train (Make Someone Happy/Percy's Chocolate Crunch/Spills & Chills)

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These 3 dvd sets are a great value. Not only do you get the originally released VHS material on each dvd, but there are numerous bonus features added to these dvd versions which will captivate you children for hours! Any parent knows at times this can be a life-saver! The dvds are also great because there is no constant rewinding of VHS tapes; plus your child can access their favorite parts of the dvd without your help with the dvd remote. The Thomas series really teaches children some great lessons. As an adult who often watches with my kids, I still crack up at the sight of Ringo Starr or George Carlin! A must for any child's dvd collection, so add to cart ASAP!

My son loves Thomas. He can operate the DVD player just fine. However, on these Thomas DVDs, there are 2-3 minutes of advertizing (Spam) for other DVDs before you can get to see the content. They can't be skipped although some players let you fast forward through them. This totally sucks. It's hard to explain to a small child that he'll have to wait. Although cheap for 3 dvds (~$25 at the time of writing), since this set only contains about 30 minutes of "actual content" on each disc, I find that I have paid in full and shouldn't be forced to sit through the spam. Again, the content is fine - it's just unbelievably rude that they don't let you skip the ads.

This is an exellent DVD set.There are 2 more volumes of Totally Thomas,but I don't think they are available on Amazon.This and the other 2 volumes contain all of Seasons 5&6,and Thomas & His Friends Get Along and Thomas & His Friends Help Out.So if you want to save a bunch of money,get this(and the other 2 volumes,available on Ebay and elsware),so you can save yourself some money.

I always preface my kid reviews by saying that my 2 year old approves of the content---there were some tense moments in spills and chills, but otherwise, my main issue is with Alec Baldwin....was it really necessary to make James (who used to be my favorite engine) sound like a big, whiny queen?? My brain is still scarred from his "OH HEEELLLP!!, Goooo Away!" and his "OH, PUHLEEZE!". Over and over I ask myself, "What happened to the days of Ringo Starr??? What happened to good narration? What happened to quality production?" As you can see, I'm probably asking myself too many questions!! :) Anyway, the stories have their good points, but the real downer is Alec Baldwin which is enormously disappointing to me because as an actor I find him to be quite good. Oh, and the previous gripe about the unskippable ads which seem to be more prevalent in Thomas DVDs is totally legit!! It is dreadful to have to sit through hyped up commercialism that most parents are trying to eliminate these days. If Disney did this, their stock would take a dive! Let's hope the dismal outcome is just in this collection!

My 19months old son loves Thomas.

He watches these DVD again and again everyday.

I can playback these DVD by Japanese DVD player.

My son, almost 4, watches these over and over. He knows them all by heart. Percy's Chocolate Crunch is his favorite. They really give him story ideas for his make believe play with his trains... Buying the set saved some $$$$, always a good thing, especially when you must pay so much for the actual wooden Thomas toys - but oh so worth every penny....

The Percy's Chocolate Crunch video is a big hit with my grandson and with me. However, the other two are just okay. I still think the several disc sets are any easy way to start a Thomas collection or to get aquainted with the series, and this set does that well.

My 2 yr old son has just recently become a Thomas fan. I purchased a cheap tape at Kmart and he fell in love with it. Now we purchased this set and it's wonderful! The best part is that all three are narrated by Alec Baldwin, who in my opinion, is the best narrator! I have found that he does not like those narrated by others and refuses to even watch them. If you are considering buying this set...DO IT!

My 3 yr.old nephew loves these movies and does not

want to turn them off!

I love Alec Baldwin but my son doesnt :(. It seems there are two (maybe more) different thomas and friends series with different narrators. The one my son loves is with Ringo Starr and is a newer version to this series with the Alec Baldwin narration. I honestly dont know how my son can tell the difference but once he started watching "totally thomas volume 1" he just looked at me with those "this is not what I want" eyes and walked away like a prince that was given the wrong crown (if you know what I mean)...:)