Since my complete VHS collection back in March I have managed to acquire a few more videos for my ever expanding collection. You can read the blog post about the previous video here. This post will be having a closer look at the videos featured in the latest collection update.
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| Experienced collectors will have been able to work out almost every VHS featured in the update from the promo released yesterday. Did you work it out? |
Tomica World Videos
Most of you will remember the days long before Trackmaster when TOMY produced sets under the "Tomica World" name. At this time you could get generic trains and vehicles alongside the normal Thomas and Friends range we are familiar with today. The videos were released as promotional items in boxes that featured a 'Free Video' sticker as seen in the pictures below.
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| Picture credit: eBay |
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The Thomas Adventure set appears to be the most common one to feature the video and, correct me if I am wrong, but I believe I have seen sets featuring a blue sticker. I assume the colour of the sticker corresponds to the colour on the label of the video, as you will see below.
First release (Red Label) VHS 0619
The first video has Mr. Tomica (Mr. T) giving a tour of Tomica World, including a look at Thomas and Friends, regular Tomica World trains, quizzes, and rail safety tips. The video also includes one song and first season episode.
- Thomas Anthem
- Thomas and Bertie
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Second release (Blue Label) VHS 0700
In the second video, Mr. T brings a boy named Kevin (David in the US version) to look and play around Tomica World. The video includes footage of real trains in action plus one Thomas song:
- Thomas Anthem
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Information thanks to the Thomas Wikia. You can watch the contents of the TOMY videos on YouTube, VHS 0619 and VHS 0700 (US version).
Thomas Video Collection VCI1636
This video will have been released as a free video back in 2002. However other than the Chad Valley logo we do not have any clues as to which set it would have been released with. If anyone has any pictures of the exact set it was released with, please send your pictures in to thomastankcollectables@hotmail.co.uk or message us via Facebook/twitter.
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My guess is that this would have been released with an ERTL set because Chad Valley produced a few ERTL sets around that time, such as the examples below.
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The second ERTL set above included a free video, however the video did not feature the Chad Valley logo. Pictures of the video found in the set above can be found on the Wikia.
The episodes featured on the Thomas Video Collection video (more commonly referred to as the 'Chad Valley Video') are as follows:
- Thomas, Percy and the Coal
- Toby and the Flood
- Edward's Exploit
- Henry's Forest
- Donald's Duck
My Little Volume 1 - Treat Size tapes VCI1653
Now for the pièce de résistance of the update video. This video box set was released in 2002 by the Video Collection. We are all familiar with the 'My Little' video series that originated in the mid 1990s. This title continued into the early 2000s, but I have never seen them as a collection like this before.
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The copy I have acquired is still packaged so unfortunately I cannot reveal if there are any differences in the packaging of the videos inside. I thought that they may not have individual bar codes as they have been released as a set in this instance. The videos included in this box set are:
- Thomas and Percy Adventures
- Thomas and Bertie Adventures
- Thomas and Toby Adventures
Interestingly the front of the box says 'Volume 1', was there ever a Volume 2? It does seem unlikely because there was only ever four videos in this set anyway, not enough to make another box set. Nevertheless this is an excellent addition to my collection and a box-set that I have never come across before.
A previously unseen box set was also featured in the complete VHS collection video, the Peep! Peep! Party gift set featuring a block puzzle set. See the full video below.
A previously unseen box set was also featured in the complete VHS collection video, the Peep! Peep! Party gift set featuring a block puzzle set. See the full video below.
As always thank you for reading and please e-mail or message if you have any correction(s) or extra information that I have not provided above.
Can you add images of My Little Volume 1 - Treat Size tapes VCI1653 & the Thomas & Friends Chad Valley VHS on TTTE Wikia please?
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