Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends - Trust Thomas [VHS]

AAA+++!Thank you.

Autistic son loves it

This was one of my first Thomas tapes and one of my favorites too. I remember when I was a little kid, I used to cry every time I saw the story Henry's Forest. At first the story my seem kinda sad but it does have a happy ending. The stories are:1)TRUST THOMAS 6/5:It's a lovely day and Thomas is more cheerful than ever. Meanwhile, James is tired of doing Percy's work and pretends to be ill. But James will soon feel awful for his behavior when the freight cars play tricks on Thomas.2)MAVIS 4/5:Mavis is a new diesel sent to the quarry to help Toby but Toby soon gets annoyed with Mavis because she always rearranging Toby's cars. One day she gets herself in trouble at the level crossing and Toby will have to come and rescue her.3)TOBY'S TIGHTROPE 4/5:Mavis wishes that she could just use the tiniest bit of Toby's line because it would save her a lot of trouble. So she asks the freight cars to bump her at the level crossing to make it look like an accident. But Toby comes and takes the freight cars himself and they bump him instead.4)NO JOKES FOR JAMES 6/5:James thinks that he is the most important engine on the island and this time his arrogance gets the best of him. He tells Thomas that he will be pulling the Express today and Gordon shall take James' cars. At first, his plan works but it causes confusion and delay and James will have Sir Topham Hatt to deal with.5)PERCY'S PROMISE 4/5:Percy promises Thomas that he will get the child home in time after their trip to the seaside. A thunderous storm strikes the Island of Sodor and causes the river to flood higher than ever. Can Percy make it home?6)HENRY'S FOREST 5/5:Henry loves visiting the forest. After a long day's work, theres's no better place to be. But one night, a storm strikes and Henry is afraid the storm might harm the forest. The next morning, Henry is sad to see that most of the forest has been wiped out. All the engines feel sorry for Henry and wish that there was something could do to help. What will happen to Henry's forest.7)TROUBLE WITH MUD 5/5:Gordon arrives at the station very dirty so Henry ends up pulling the Express instead. Then, James has some trouble pulling his train up the slippery hill. Find out what Gordon and James accoplish when they work together.I liked this Thomas video and I think you will too, buy it!!!

Thomas videos are on heavy rotation at our house. Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends got my son hooked on trains at 2; he's now 3 1/2 and he loves them. The British-born videos are very engaging for little kids. (Even my one-year-old finds them fascinating, and she doesn't even understand the words.) Kids really learn a lot about trains along the way --- there's so much realistic detail to the stories. I also give them a good "background noise" rating as a mom; they have pleasant voices and musical scores. You have to get over the fact that their lips don't move when they talk, but the sets that make up the "island of Sodor" (Thomas' world) are truly amazing --- sets and trains have incredible detail on that small scale (but not the human characters, for some reason).My only reservation about Thomas videos is that the characters' pettiness is a bit unsettling, especially in our modern, politically correct world. The characters call each other names, they're jealous of each others' achievements, and a character who's proud of himself is soon 'dressed down' by the others. Of course, there are also plenty of positive traits and each story ends happily, but you're going to see a kind of small-mindedness in the characters that you wouldn't see in a 'Little Bear' or 'Blues Clues' or 'Bear in the Big Blue House'.One plus for anglophiles --- you might be tickled that your little one picks up British expressions (mine calls me 'cheeky' from time to time).

This is one of the first George Carlin narrations and it's pretty good. Mavis is a feisty diesel at first but in the later tapes she is nice. In Trust Thomas James plays sick and Thomas gets in trouble doing his work. In Mavis Toby has problems with the new diesel. In Toby's Tightrope Mavis has to save Toby from falling of a bridge. In No Joke for James James gets in trouble when he lies to Gordon so he can pull coaches. In Percy's Promise Percy agrees to take Thomas's train but has to plunge though water to get them home. In Henry's Forest Henry helps to repair his forest after a storm. In The Trouble With Mud Gordon can't pull his train because he is too dirty.Overall this is a good tape but it is not the best one.

this is one of the thomas videos that we almost agree on--it is a very good video, with lots of different messages (cooperation, sharing, working together, be good to your word, etc.) and it is far less annoying to listen to than some other tapes... george carlin does a fantastic job of bringing the characters to life; henry's forest is a particularly poignant tale. the one complaint i have about this and really all the thomas tapes is that there is no positive female character in the entire series: mavis is young and doesn't listen to anyone; annie and clarabel complain and worry too much; caroline complains and doesn't like to work; lady doesn't talk but is just pretty; and old slow coach is, well, old and retired; etc. in this video, this particular aspect seems especially obvious to me, but probably not to 3 to 6 year olds.

このビデオの内容は :trust thomas : mavis: toby's thightrope :no joke for james : percry's promise: henry's forest : the trouble with mud です。　sing alongなどによくでてくる映像がはいっていました。　歌が入っていないのが残念ですが、お話好きな子供にはお勧めです。おまけのlearning curveのメイビスを握りしめながら２歳８ヶ月と１歳の息子たちが観ていました。