Engine Friends is a two-disc US DVD set featuring two restored first series episodes, two restored second series episodes, two restored fourth series episodes, one fifth series episode, four sixth series episodes, one seventh series episode, three ninth series episodes, three tenth series episodes, and two eleventh series episodes.
Description
All aboard for some of the most memorable stories of friendship from the Island of Sodor! Join Thomas and his friends and learn how the Steam Team first came together, how Percy became Thomas' best friend, and how every engine tries to be Really Useful! The greatest destinations are often those closest to home... as long as you have your Engine Friends.
Episodes
Disc 1
- Thomas and Bertie's Great Race (Ringo Starr)
- Trouble in the Shed (Ringo Starr)
- Saved from Scrap (Ringo Starr)
- A New Friend for Thomas (Ringo Starr)
- Granpuff (George Carlin)
- Sleeping Beauty (George Carlin)
- Make Someone Happy (Alec Baldwin)
- A Bad Day for Harold the Helicopter (Alec Baldwin)
- Twin Trouble (Alec Baldwin)
- Edward the Very Useful Engine (Alec Baldwin)
- Rusty Saves the Day (Alec Baldwin)
- Emily's New Coaches (Michael Brandon)
- Thomas and the Rainbow (Michael Brandon)
- Thomas and the New Engine (Michael Brandon)
- Thomas and the Statue (Michael Brandon)
Disc 2 (Michael Brandon only)
Bonus Features
- Sir Topham Hatt's Scrapbook [Version 2] from New Friends for Thomas
- Picture Puzzle Fun from Thomas and the Really Brave Engines
- "Who Am I?" Picture Game from The Early Years
- Gordon's Memory Game from Best of Gordon
- "Which Island Picture is Different?" Game from James and the Red Balloon
Trivia
- This marked the last of a few things:
- The last main series US DVD to feature episodes from the model era of the show, excluding previously-released DVDs that were re-released by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.
- The last US release to use the classic Thomas & Friends intro and outro scenes.
- The last DVD to feature Ringo Starr and George Carlin narrations.
- This was the first DVD for several things:
- The first time since James Learns a Lesson and Other Stories that Classic Music is played in the menus. The Classic Theme was featured on the Disc 1 episode selection menu.
- The first and only time Ringo Starr's US narration of Trouble in the Shed was released on DVD, as it was only released on the Tenders and Turntables and Other Stories VHS.
- The first and only time Ringo Starr's US narration of Saved from Scrap and A New Friend for Thomas have been released on a home media release since they were seen in the Shining Time Station episode, Is This the End?, which only aired on TV.
- The first and only time Michael Brandon's narration of Emily's New Coaches was released on DVD.
- The first and only time Thomas and the Statue with its title card read was released on DVD, as it was not in its previous release, Thomas and the Toy Workshop.
- The first and only time Follow that Flour, Toby's Afternoon Off and Hide and Peep were released on DVD in the US and Canada, as well as the first and only regular US release to feature Emily and the Garbage, as it was previously only released in a HiT Favorites DVD, Being a Friend.
- Some releases include a free copy of Hide and Peep Thomas!
- When it was released on demand for WOW Internet Cable and Starz, only the episodes from disc two were shown.
- This is one of only three French DVD sets to feature episodes not from Series 1, 2 and 5. The other two being Holiday Express and The Greatest Stories.
Goofs
- All of the first and second series episodes are mistakenly dated 1995 in the end credits.
- Footage from Thomas and the New Engine is used in the first few seconds of Thomas and the Statue.
- Paul Larson is mistakenly credited for writing Emily's New Coaches, when it was really Jan Page.
- Make Someone Happy is not in its remastered colour despite the opening theme being in its restored version.
- On the back cover and bonus features menu, Which Island Picture is Different? is listed as "Spot the Difference Game".
- In Gordon's Memory Game, Gordon says "Can you remember what was not in the scene with Thomas?" after a scene with James is shown.
- In the "Who am I?" game, Clarabel's name is spelt with an extra L.
- The 2014 Disc 2 DVD from Universal retains the Lionsgate logo at the end.
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'Tis a Gift* | Stacy Cleans Up* | Schemer Alone!* | Sweet and Sour* | Bully for Mr. Conductor* | Becky Makes a Wish* | Billy's Party* | Mr. Conductor's Evil Twin* | Schemer's Special Club* |
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