Santa's Little Engine (DVD) Review

Thomas and Friends Episode Reviews DVD review.

Credits

 * Written by Andrew Brenner, Paul Larson, Laura Beaumont and Alan Hescot
 * Narrated by Mark Moraghan

Another DVD for Season 17 for the US audience with Railway Mischief being the first back in April. And other 5 episodes seen on TV in June in the UK. This DVD with four unseen Christmas themed episodes, minus one, of the new series were exciting to see. So are these 5 episodes good? Well let's see:

Episodes
The first four s17 episodes are great and reccomemdable, you can see my reviews on them, but one thing is why did they put Snow Tracks here? And even though Mark re-narrated it, there was still no improvement on the script.

Special Features
There are a few features here like: Guess that Engine - Percy and Meet Thomas and Gordon host by Sir Topham Hatt and Asking Questions - James and Toby host by Sir Robert Norramby which are fun to watch. Best one of all is the two Mr Perkins segments set in the Mainland (though I am starting to miss the common room). The first being something nostalgic with Mr Perkins reading The Flying Kipper by the Reverend. W. Awdry with illustrations by Loraine Marshell which was great to hear and the illustrations really captured C. Reginald. Dalby's. And then we have something modern, Ulfstead Castle. Mr Perkins writes a post card about the castle to someone in Japan featuring footage from "King of the Railway". And in the bonus features we have Guess Who puzzles Rocky, STH and Thomas and Sir Topham Hatt's Frosty Friend game which is okay. I also noticed in the beginning of the DVD Menu you can hear music from Thomas and Percy's Mountain Adventure.

Overall
This DVD is a must get if you're a US Thomas fan and all episodes, except for Snow Tracks, are must watches but that's you're decision I'm only recommending. Well all we do now is wait for "The Thomas Way DVD" coming in December.