I Love Toy Trains DVD Parts (10-12)
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Average Rating :4.5
Total Reviews : 6
List Price : $14.95
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Asin Number : B0000E3J8E
Part 10: Jeff introduces more accessories, more music, and the next five inductees into the Toy Train Hall of Fame. Other segments include the Sugar Cane Train in Hawaii and a narrow gauge Shay steamer in LaPorte, Indiana. Part 11: We start with the story of the New York Central?s revered streamlined steam locomotives. See the Commodore Vanderbilt, Mercury, 20th Century Limited, and Empire State Express in all their streamlined glory. Also featured is the modern BNSF railroad, a visit to an aquarium in Maui, fast and exciting racecars (including the Prewar Lionel slotcars and modern Scalextric models), mystifying train magic performed by Jeff, and Vinnie the train-loving dummy returns to run his trains blindfolded! See the five new Postwar inductees into the All-American Toy Train Hall of Fame. If you like the Blue Comet, you will love the James Coffey song ?Choo Choo Blues? along with two other great new songs he?s performed for this video. Finally, aliens visit toy train land and decide it?s more fun to ride on a train than in a spaceship. Part 12: We begin with a look back at the beautiful bicentennial trains created for the 200th birthday of the United States in 1976. Front and center is the most famous of these special trains--the American Freedom Train. This train was headed by the Southern Pacific Gs-4 streamlined steam locomotive. It made a cross-country trek, pulling thirteen special cars carrying artifacts of the nation?s history. Also featured are the streamlined diesels of the 1930s, when diesels were just beginning to make their case as the motive power of choice for the railroads. Across the country, the sleek speeding machines sliced through speed records and captured the interest of a nation coping with the Great Depression. They became symbols of American industrial pride and served to ignite a spark in railroad transportation.The Trainz SKU for this item is S11418659.
Manufacturer: TM
Product Number: ILDVD4
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User Reviews about I Love Toy Trains DVD Parts (10-12)
We Love This One!!!
Be warned... this is the video that tripped my son's obsession with trains! He has been wathching this one probably at least weekly for a year and a half. He loves looking at the trains, singing the songs, and listening to Jeff (the narrator). I was looking for something innocuous to be an electronic babysitter, and even better than that my son now spouts tidbits about trains.
Pretty darn good
A little too much Lionel (as opposed to Flyer)and a little too much of "Jeff", but then this is a children's video. Overall, this is about as good as an electric babysitter gets. Our 3 year-old grandson never tires of watching, and has memorized about half of "The Wabash Cannonball" . Definitely healthy, educational faire, very tolerable for grandparents too (as compared to, uh, Barney.)
Scripted and, frankly, boring
I got this DVD out of the library after my almost-2-year-old fell in LOVE with parts 1 through 3. I expected more of the same, but with better production values; I was not disappointed by the production values (the sound and video quality is EXCELLENT, particularly in comparison to 1-3), but I have to say that both my son and I aren't very interested in watching it. Instead of train footage accompanied by music, this video has huge amounts of commentary by the young boy "host," almost entirely talking about things we could care less about (loooong details of different models, when they came out, what their specs are, etc). The script was clearly written by someone a generation or two older than the boy reading it, so his comments come across as awkward and stilted. I'm not saying that a boy his age would not know those words, but I have a hard time believing he would use them while gushing about his favorite engine.
Since at my son's age he speech music over long, drawn out speech, and the speech makes it hard for me to talk to him about what's going on - this is not a keeper for us. I'm glad I borrowed it from the library before buying it.
Great idea, great video
You have to get this series if you have a train fan in your life. It's just that simple. Aimed at toddlers, it is narrated by a child but it makes it all that much more interesting from their viewpoint. These trains do just about everything and it's neat to hear your toddler's reactions to what is going on. My favorite is when the trains get a bath - I heard all about that one from my little one!
Grab all these that you can - they really are great videos and clean, which is definitely nice!
Awesome!
My son and daughter (ages 2 and 3 respectively) and I have been watching this series off of RFD-TV and we love it. It's got music, lots of action, some humor, great photographic quality and lots of history. It's hosted by a kid, which should tell you what audience this is aimed at. We don't have the DVD yet.. but if it's the same as what's shown on RFD-TV, which I'm sure it is, it's sure to be a favorite. At this age, they like it much better than "There Goes a Train", which has very little train action and lots of adults talking
