Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends: Troublesome Trucks and Other Stories [VHS]

Over here in the US before i started collecting UK VHS Tapes we didn't get every single Ringo Starr Narration for this. We didn't get one episode, and the christmas one you had to get from a shining time station VHS(how we got thomas over here). We got Three from Tenders & Turntables(vol 3) two from Thomas breaks the rules (vol 4), two from Better Late then never (vol 5) Whistles and sneezes from Daisy(wasn't even narrated by Ringo, narrated by george carlin, vol 9) and then the last you could get from Shining Time Station to get the Ringo Starr narration or from Vol 12 George Carlin Narration). As one who always preferred Ringo, this had some of my favorite episodes from Season One, Coal, The Flying Kipper, Whistles and Sneezes, Dirty Objects, and my favorite two stories of the VHS, Off The Rails and Down the Mine!!! Silly old Gordon fell in a ditch! Now i have two versions of this VHS, The 1985 and the 1993 re-re-release entitled Down the Mine. The original 1985 one opens with the usual Thomas intro then goes straight to coal. On the original VHS from Guild This was linked with Percy Runs away, so for what ever reason from the 1988 release on you get the name board sequence in the opening which is cool!

Like the other reviewer here, I bought this for my son when he was about two, and I didn't realise it was all about Thomas and his construction-site chums. Nevertheless my son adores this DVD, and would happily watch it 24-7 if allowed. Admittedly, he is both a digger and train fan (like his daddy when he was a boy!), but now nearly every other Thomas adventure fails to live up to these high standards - unless there's a digger/bulldozer/tractor in there somewhere. So if your son or daughter is a digger/Thomas fan, buy this DVD now!

The first 8 episodes from Series 1 on this tape are great! A pure classic with Thomas and his friends!

My son was delighted with this DVD as it includes some of the more unusual characters. Great value for money.

2/3 yr old loves it

My grandson Loves Thomas and his adventures

Our son, age 2, is currently obsessed by diggers and other construction plant. This DVD is his favourite, and is requested again and again (and again...).I'm dissapointed that Sodor Construction have such blatant disregard for the CDM regs though"

very disappointed the CD was missing wouldn't use again