Thomas & Friends The Complete Series 18 DVD Review

Thomas & Friends return in the Complete Series 18, with all the episodes together on DVD for the first time! Thomas and Duncan handle some very grumpy passengers, while Saltys spooky story has the engines running scared. Bill and Ben are up to mischief once again, Annie and Clarabel encounter high-speed adventures and Spencer is delighted to pick up a very important passenger from the mainland! It's a race against time when the engines work together to clear the snow from the tracks ready for Christmas. Join Thomas & Friends for more exciting adventures!

Episodes

1. Old Reliable Edward
2. Not So Slow Coaches
3. Flatbeds of Fear
4. Disappearing Diesels
5. Signals Crossed
6. Toad's Adventure
7. Duck in the Water
8. Duck and the Slip Coaches
9. Thomas the Quarry Engine
10. Thomas and the Emergency Cable
11. Duncan the Humbug
12. Duncan and the Grumpy Passenger
13. Last Train for Christmas
14. The Perfect Gift
15. Marion and the Pipe
16. Missing Gator
17. No Steam Without Coal
18. Spencer's VIP
19. Long Lost Friend
20. Toad's Bright Idea
21. Marion and the Dinosaurs
22. Millie and the Volcano
23. Timothy and the Rainbow Truck
24. Samson at Your Service
25. Emily Saves the World
26. Samson Sent for Scrap

Bonus Features from bonus disc

Calling All Engines! - Diesel and Caitlin

Mr. Perkin's Storytime - Edward and Gordon

The Earl's Quiz - Kevin's Cranky Friend and Thomas and the Runaway Kite

Mr. Perkins' Postcards - The Shunting Yard

Who's That Engine - Gordon

I don't understand why they just threw in a copy of Dino's & Discoveres its completely unesasery.

Ratting 5/10  

 

Thomas & Friends The Complete Series 17 DVD Review

Thomas and his Friends return in Series 17, with all 26 episodes on DVD together for the first time ever!

Gordon and Cranky don't want to listen to Really Useful advice and Bill and Ben are up to their old tricks again. While James tries to prove he's not afraid of the dark, or too vain to haul smelly fish, Thomas plays a Really Useful Reindeer and delivers the true spirit of Christmas as Santa's Little Engine!

Introducing new friends Millie, Stephen, Caitlin, Connor & Porter!

Episodes

1. Steamie Stafford
2. Gordon Runs Dry
3. The Lost Puff
4. Kevin's Cranky Friend
5. Scruff's Makeover
6. Too Many Fire Engines
7. Calm Down Caitlin
8. Wayward Winston
9. No More Mr. Nice Engine
10. Away From the Sea
11. Thomas' Shortcut
12. The Smelly Kipper
13. Gone Fishing
14. The Afternoon Tea Express
15. Henry's Hero
16. Luke's New Friend
17. The Switch
18. Not Now, Charlie!
19. The Thomas Way
20. The Phantom Express
21. The Frozen Turntable
22. Percy's Lucky Day
23. No Snow for Thomas
24. Bill or Ben?
25. The Missing Christmas Decorations
26. Santa's Little Engine

I Still prefer if the episodes were in broadcast order instead of production order.

Ratting 7/10 

Thomas & Friends Extraordinary Engines DVD Review

Excitement spreads across Sodor with the arrival of a new and unusual engine. Worrying they'll be replaced by the fast and modern Hugo, the engines fail to be good friends by not making him feel welcome. When they stop to listen, they realize that Hugo is a very special engine who truly belongs on the rails. Elsewhere things get spooky when the engines see a ghost train and Percy goes on a troll hunt. Skiff takes Sir Topham Hatt on a wild ride in search of a mermaid, Hugo dreams of taking to the skies and Judy and Jerome learn what it takes to feel really useful again. Discover the wonders of dreaming big and join Thomas & Friends in six unique adventures!

Episodes

1. Engine of the Future
2. Henry in the Dark
3. The Missing Breakdown Train
4. Hugo and the Airship
5. Three Steam Engines Gruff
6. Skiff and the Mermaid

Bonus Features

Let's Go! Sing-along music video

Spring is Here! Sing-along music video

Calling all Engines: Belle and Harvey

The Earl's Quiz: The Afternoon Tea Express, Henrietta and Toad and the Whale

Landmarks of Sodor: Sodor Search and Rescue Center

The Fat Controller's Tales - Toad

Like Tales From The Rails This also doses not have the Bonus Features throughout the episodes. I guess this is how feature releases will be like from here on out.

Ratting 10/10  

Thomas & Friends Ultimate Friendship Adventures DVD Review

Double up on your delivery of Thomas & Friends with 10 action-­packed stories! All aboard for exciting rescues, engines tuning up and flocks of new friends. Learn how to work together, build new friendships and ride the roads or rails for a rainbow of adventure.

Episodes

1. Sidney Sings
2. Toby's New Friend
3. Henry Gets the Express
4. Diesel and the Ducklings
5. Saving Time
6. No Help At All
7. The Other Side of the Mountain
8. Rocky Rescue
9. Goodbye Sir Topham Hatt
10. Thomas the Babysitter

I really liked seeing a DVD with more then Five or Six episodes on it.

Ratting 10/10

Thomas & Friends Tinsel on the Tracks DVD Review

Unwrap Christmas cheer with Thomas & Friends. Percy delivers Santa's Christmas letters while Marion discovers a talking Christmas tree! Glynn the coffeepot engine gets restored for the holidays and races against Stephen. Annie & Clarabel learn that two wrongs don't make a right, while Donald & Douglas have double trouble. Have a holly, jolly Christmas with Thomas and his friends!

Episodes

1. Letters to Santa
2. The Christmas Coffeepot
3. The Railcar and the Coaches
4. Over the Hill
5. Love Me Tender

Bonus Features

Really Useful Engines: Samson and Scruff

Earl's Quiz - Marion and the Dinosaurs, Numbers and Duck in the Water

Landmarks of Sodor - Brendam Docks

Sir Topham Hatt's Tale - Samson

Glynn's Christmas Wish - Sing-Along Music Video

Guess Who? puzzles - Gordon, Thomas and Rocky, Rusty and Winston

I loved seeing a episodes about Glynn, Daisy, Donald, and Douglas.

Ratting 8/10 

Thomas & Friends Tales From The Rails DVD Review

Help is on hand on the Island of Sodor! When his good friend Hiro is derailed, Thomas rushes off to find him some spare parts. Alone in the woods, the old rails give way leaving Thomas stuck in the mud with no one to hear his peeps. Meanwhile, Henry is delighted to be given the Express to pull, Rough & Tough Diesel strikes up a fluffy friendship and new brake van Bradford arrives on Sodor, bringing with him a set of strict rules and regulations! Join the engines in 8 tales of friendship and adventure, featuring escaping sheep and some very Troublesome Trucks!

Episodes

1. Helping Hiro
2. Henry Gets the Express
3. Toby's New Friend
4. Sidney Sings
5. Diesel and the Ducklings
6. Bradford the Brake Van
7. Saving Time
8. Very Important Sheep

Bonus Features

All You Need Are Friends - Sing-Along Music Video

Calling All Engines! - Duncan and Connor

The Earl's Quiz - Marion and the Pipe, Signals Crossed and The Smelly Kipper

Landmarks of Sodor - Ulfstead Castle

The Fat Controller's Tales - Stephen

Guess Who? puzzles

It was odd that the Bones Features are not played during the episodes like they usually do.

Ratting 10/10 

Thomas & Friends Full Steam to the Rescue! DVD Review

Duty calls at the Sodor Search and Rescue Centre! Rocky is called in to action to rescue poor derailed Henry. But when Rocky becomes derailed himself, who will come to his aid? The alarm is sounded at the Search and Rescue Centre and the fast and fearless team race to the rescue. But with each vehicle trying to rescue him alone, can they work as a team to get Rocky back on the tracks?! Full steam ahead with Thomas and his engine heroes!

Episodes

1. Rocky Rescue
2. Wild Water Rescue
3. The Other Side of the Mountain
4. Goodbye Fat Controller
5. No Help At All
6. Thomas the Babysitter

Bonus Features

2 Bonus Episodes

    7. The Christmas Coffeepot

    8. Over the Hill

Really Useful Engines - Samson and Scruff

The Earl's Quiz - Marion and the Dinosaurs, Numbers and Duck in the Water

Landmarks of Sodor - Brendam Docks

The Fat Controller's Tales - Samson

Guess Who? puzzles - Rocky and Rosie

Glynn's Christmas Wish - Sing-Along Music Video

Ratting 10/10