Product Details

• Actors: Mighty Machines
• Format: Color, Live, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
• VHS Release Date: February 27, 2001
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00004Y6BU
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #17,443 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Editorial Reviews

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Dino, a shear tractor with a gruff, gravely voice, invites viewers to tour a demolition site where he and his machine friends are about to tear down a building, knock down two water towers, and blow up a smoke stack. The action is close-up--noise, dust, and rubble abound as Dino tears apart the building bite by bite, Crane moves huge pipes, Dozer goes back and forth clearing a path, and Grapple loads up Mack truck with all sorts of debris. Footage of water towers falling and the demolition of the smokestack are exciting and awe inspiring. Children of both genders sit fascinated as they learn about the complex process of demolition and discover the individual roles of each vehicle. This 27-minute video gets kids close to the action, provides a great sense of what a demolition site is really like, and explores heavy machinery in a safe and educational way. (Ages 3 to 8) --Tami Horiuchi

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MIghty Machines: At the Demolition Site, August 1, 2002

By	Lyn (Fayetteville, NC United States) - See all my reviews

This is a wonderful video. My three year old has been watching it for over a year. He loves to watch it and it is very interesting to watch. It is great the way the machines talk. Would highly recommend for preschool age children. Would also be a great gift for a preschool or kindergarten teacher to use with a unit on big equipment

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LOVE THIS TAPE, June 11, 2002

By	Dinkus (Hayward, CA United States) - See all my reviews

My son, who is 15 months old, absolutley loves this tape. He runs to the TV and points to his tapes.
It's great to be able to sit and watch with him and not have to watch that purple dinosaur [junk]... It's also great to be able to do the dishes too while he watches.

Buy this Tape if your kid likes this kind of stuff.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Okay, but not more than okay, November 2, 2001

By	J. Grey (Indianapolis, IN USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

When I bought my lawn tractor, my two preschool-aged boys seized upon its instructional video. Two years later, they both still watch that silly thing regularly. They just love it. They sit still and quiet to learn once more about starting the mower, getting an even cut, and unclogging the bagging chute. The tractor video made them notice farm tractors and even construction equipment more and more. So I figured they'd enjoy a video about construction equipment.

Given that the boys put this video into the VCR about once a day, it's clear that they like the *idea* of this video. But they invariably lose interest in it after ten minutes or so. It could be that the distant shots of these large machines don't grab their attention. Also, it could be that the character voices given each machine sometimes seem disconnected from the machine.