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• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Series 7 & Series 6!, February 21, 2004

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"oilydiesel" (Manchester, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends - New Friends For Thomas (with Toy) (VHS Tape)

Those stories are new!
Gordon & Spencer:
The Duke & Duchess of Sodor pay a visit to the engines, and bring with them Spencer, their own private engine. He is sleek, shiny, fast and full of pride. Gordon is jealous and feels that he is not the proudest engine on the line. However, disaster strikes when Spencer runs out of water! It is up to Gordon to save him and redeem himself of his stolen title.
Emily's New Coaches:
Emily is a new steam engine who has recently arrived on the Island of Sodor. She accidentally takes Annie and Clarabel, and Thomas gets annoyed by this. But soon, Emily saves Thomas from crashing and he apologises. As a reward, Emily is given new coaches.
The Spotless Record:
A new tank engine from the LMS called Arthur arrives on the island. He has a spotless record which means he's never been naughty or left a mess. TFC puts him to work with Thomas & Percy. Arthur's first job on the island was to take a train of closed vans full of fruit to market. The trucks started to sing rudely and Thomas then plays a trick and tells Arthur that TFC doesn't like the trucks singing and that Arthur should stop them from doing just that. This soon leads to an accident and Thomas then owns up.
Peace & Quiet:
Murdoch is a new arrival on the Island Of Sodor, but the only thing he wants is a bit of peace and quiet. However, this isn't very likely when he comes across a flock of runaway sheep.
Jack Jumps In:
Thomas delivers Jack the Front Loader to a construction site where a team of vehicles from the Sodor Construction Company -the "Pack" is working under the supervision of Miss Jenny. But Jack gets too excited about working and Miss Jenny wonders if he is too keen to join the Pack.
A Friend In Need:
Jack and the Pack are back. Jack is still on trial and although popular with the Pack Miss Jenny is still unsure about whether to keep him. When Ned the Steam Shovel accidentally breaks the bridge, Jack holds it up so that Thomas and his train can cross, and Miss Jenny decides that Jack has proved himself and lets him join the Pack.
Five New Engines In The Shed (music video)
The song featuring Emily, Murdoch, Arthur, Salty & Harvey.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Let's make lots more money by inventing 25 new characters!, December 11, 2004

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An Opinionated Reviewer "Lillian" (Berkeley, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends - New Friends For Thomas (DVD)

Wow, is this ever a vehicle for inventing more new characters! The song at the end is about five new engines in the shed, but that is not counting all the endless construction vehicles in the weird construction oriented story. It wasn't a bad story but really doesn't go with the Thomas world. Some of the new characters are cool but we only saw them briefly and it just seemed like a money making scheme. The different narrator was distracting, he was OK but not what we are used to, I didn't like how he does Sir Topham Hatt but otherwise he was fine just different. Though I understand that he is the one who narrates them as originally shown in Great Britain.

Overall not one I am eager to see again, fortunately we did not buy it just rented it. Of course my 2 year old loves the new trains though. They are cool to look at especially Spencer.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Meet The New Guys!, March 10, 2004

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Chris (UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends - New Friends For Thomas (DVD)

This is the first release of any of Thomas season 7 episodes in the US, and season 8 is currently in production.

In my opinion, Season 6 was a bit of a mess. Writers were brought in for the first time and the episodes were written quite untidily in general, and they were all quite similar to each other.
In season 7, a new production staff partially have come in and improvements have been made, the new episodes are a lot better and on this new DVD we get an example of that with the 4 new characters. The only thing that spoils this release is the inclusion of a spinoff atempt "The Sodor Construction Gang" which blatently attemps to copy Bob The Builder and fails misserably.

The stories-

Gordon and Spencer. Writer Lee Pressman. Gordon meets a Duke's engine Spencer who is large, big headed and silver, and Gordon soon teaches hima a lesson.

Emily's New Coaches. Writer Jan Page. The new Scottish engine Emily takes Annie and Clarabel without seeking permission from Thomas.

The Spottless Record. Writer Paul Larson. New engine Arthur is keen to stay clean.

Peace and Quiet. Writer Jan Page. New engine Murdoch wants some peace.

And then come the two stories "Jack Jumps In" and "A Friend In Need" Writers Phil Fehrle, Jonathan Trueman, Abi Grant. Thomas is the only train in these two as they try to introduce a new set of contruction workers, but in doing so they have produced the worst two Thomas episodes ever!

So a lot of new engines and characters and a new narrator to the US, Englishman Michael Angelis who has done it in the UK since 1991. He's a pretty good narrator, you certinly won't think he's any worse than Alec Baldwin sounding like he's falling asleep!

A good buy for any Thomas fan, or if you're children aren't Thomas fans then let them try it!