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Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends - Salty's Secret

Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends - Salty's Secret

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Thomas has 3 new friends in this video!
Review: Over the past 6 years I have benn watching several Thomas videos. This one is the newest and I think the most fun to watch with my kids.

They were relly glad to see new cast memeber like Salty, who works at the Brendham Docks with Bill and Ben.

Also they met Harvey the crane engine and watch him rescue James, and finally Elisabeth shows up and the cast is complete.

Overall this video is a refreshing surpise with all nee epsiodes and a new song paying tribute to James - well done.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: New engines, no new showings
Review: Salty's Secret is one of the best movies. With all new engine freinds and a new road freind. First, a new diesel, Salty, arrives on Sodor and he gets the troublesome trucks to behave better than Bill and Ben the tank engine twins. Then, a crane engine, Harvey, comes to Sodor. The other engines tease him for his looks, but he proves HOW useful a crane engine such as him, can be. Finally, the last character is a lorry. Her name is Elizabeth. She is the first female road veichle to appear. Thomas breaks a rod and she goes to get it. Come to find out she...
Well, you must see for yourself.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Awsome!
Review: Salty's Secret is one of the best movies. With all new engine freinds and a new road freind. First, a new diesel, Salty, arrives on Sodor and he gets the troublesome trucks to behave better than Bill and Ben the tank engine twins. Then, a crane engine, Harvey, comes to Sodor. The other engines tease him for his looks, but he proves HOW useful a crane engine such as him, can be. Finally, the last character is a lorry. Her name is Elizabeth. She is the first female road veichle to appear. Thomas breaks a rod and she goes to get it. Come to find out she...
Well, you must see for yourself.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Salty's Secret Not As Good As Other Thomas Videos
Review: Salty's Secret is shorter than most Thomas videos, a mere 34 minutes. Most children's videos are about 45 minutes long. It has promos in front, too. Alec Baldwin is not as good at narrating as George Carlin. My son loves our other Thomas videos, but he seemed a bit bored by this one. Thomas videos with toys are [inexpensive] at Walmart, so it's a bit pricey.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Salty's Secret and Other Thomas Adventures
Review: Salty's Secret is the latest Thomas & Friends Videos. These Six stories tell us about Friendship, teamwork, and Fun.

Salty's Secret: Salty the Diesal has a secret that everyone on the island wants to know. Join Thomas & Mavis as they meet Salty and discover the secret Bill and Ben are tryig to still figure out.

Harvey to the Rescue: No one will socilize with Harvey the Crane Engine because of his weird Crane on the back of him. But Thomas and Sir Topham Hat assure him he's Special,and when he rescues a derailed Percy, all the engine think that different is okay.

No Sleep for Cranky: While working at the docks Cranky drops a pile of pipes on the track, which stalls traffic until Harvey clears the load. After a long night of Salty's Sea tails, Cranky is happy to get back to work.

The Fogman: When a new Foghorn blows to loud it creates a avalanche on the line. The Foghorn is buried in the Rubble and can't warn Thomas of the Peril ahead. But, thanks to Cyril's detanators he warns Tobey before he crashes to. Sir Topham Hat relizes that Cyril's detanators is more reliable than the Foghorn.

A Bad day for Harold: Percy's Favorite job is delivering the mail, but when he gets stuck at a Broken siganl Harold must take the load. But when the load gets to heavy he crases into a hay stack Percy comes to his side.

Elizabeth the Vintage Quarry Truck: While taking a load to the Docks Thomas' cside Rods Break. While looking for help Thomas' Driver finds a misterious steam powered quarry Truck that helps pull the couplings needed for Thomas. When Thomas arrives at the Docks Elizabeth arives and he relizes Elizabeth and Sir Topham Hat are old friends.

After these episodes watch the Music Video James the Really Splended Engine.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: great movie
Review: Salty's Secret was another good one. It introduced Salty, the dockyard diesel, and Harvey, the crain engine. When Harvey makes his first appearance in Harvey to the rescue, his voice sounds normal. But when he makes his second appearance in No Sleep For Cranky, he sounds very fancy-talking. This video also introduces Elizabeth, the vintage Quarry truck. Here are the stories:

Salty's Secret 4.5/5:
Salty comes to work at the Island of Sodor, but instead of working by the docks like he wanted, he will be working at the Quarry instead. Although sad, Salty realizes that there is work to be done and gets to work immediately. The other engines are surprised at how well Salty handles the freight cars and they just can't seem to figure out his secret.

Harvey To The Rescue 4/5:
Another new engine arrives at the Island of Sodor and his name is Harvey, the crain engine. The other engines find him very different looking at start talking about him. This makes Harvey sad and he doesn't want to work on the Island of Sodor anymore. But soon enough, Harvey will get his chance to prove to the other engines that, although he may look different, he is still just as useful.

No Sleep For Cranky 4.5/5:
Cranky never gets to sleep at all, he has to work all the time. This makes him very cranky, hints the name. One day Cranky gets mad with Bill & Ben and causes an accident. He is then stuck with Bill, Ben, and Salty all night long.

The Fogman 5/5:
Cyrrel the fogman has a very important job to do on the Island of Sodor, he sets explosive caps on the tracks to warn the engines of heavy fog. One day, Sir Topham Hatt shows the engines a new invention, the fog horn. This will be replacing Cyrrel, leaving him jobless. But Sir Topham Hatt soon realizes that Cyrrel is clearly more reliable than the fog horn.

A Bad Day For Harold 5/5:
Percy loves taking the mail train, it is the most important job Sir Topham Hatt has given him. But Harold must take the mail instead of Percy one day due to a broken signal. Harold is too busy teasing Percy than paying atention to what he is doing and he ends up crashing.

Elizabeth The Vintage Quarry Truck 4.5/5:
Thomas must deliver a load to the docks by sunset. Everything is going so well until he breaks his coupling rods. They end up at an old abandoned shed where his driver and fireman go inside, hoping there's a phone in there. But they find something else instead which Thomas thinks is a ghost.

James The Really Splendid Engine(Music Video) 6/5:
A great music video about James. It would've been great on the Best of James video.

And there's all the stories from Salty's Secret. I'd recommend this video, it's a good one. :)

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: New episodes of Thomas
Review: Salty's Secret, Harvey to the Rescue, The Fogman, A Bad Day For Harold, No Sleep for Cranky, Elizabeth The Vintage Quarry Truck, and James The Really Splendid Engine. New Thomas Episodes. All Narrated by Alec Baldwin. ALL NEW! Fun adventures. I like new episodes and I was waiting scince March to find out what the new episodes. I was waiting since June to get the DVD. I really like Salty's Secret. I like the new characters. Well Elizabeth... she is really bossy, but I don't want to see her being bossy next 6 new episodes though. You know, Thomas is right. Sometimes it takes time to make new friends. And I am also glad that there is an episode of Thomas The Tank Engine that has the moral "Don't tease anyone, just because they're diffrent."

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great!!!!
Review: Salty's Secret: Salty is a dockyard diesel. What he doesn't know is that he is going to work at Center Island Quarry with Bill, Ben, and Mavis. He can actually handle the Troublesome Trucks!
Harvey to the Rescue: Harvey is a steam engine who has a crane on his boiler. All the engines except Thomas jump to the wrong conclusion.
No Sleep for Cranky: Cranky is having a very bad day. He has to work all night and through the day. Salty comes with Bill and Ben and tells them a story. Cranky gets so cranky that he swings his arm and drops the pipes on to the tracks. The pipes roll into a pole and the roof on the engine shed falls down and traps the engines.
The Fogman: Seerul the Fogman warns engines of fog ahead, because there might be rocks on the track. Sir Thopham Hatt replaces Seerul with a foghorn.
A Bad Day for Harold: Percy gets held up at a broken signal and Harold has to take the mail for Percy.
Elizabeth the Vintage Quarry Truck: Thomas is delivering important freight. He goes so fast that his coupling rods break. They see a shed. They find a rude steam truck named Elizabeth.
If you want to find out the ends to these stories and what Salty's secret is watch the video yourself.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: thomas RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: salty's secret:Salty loves the sea and is disappointed when he finds his new job is at the quarry.Much to Bill,Ben and Mavis'supise he handles the troublesome trucks so well that he finishes the job in no time.

Harvey to the rescue:Harvey the new crane engine must prove himself worthy of joining the railway and when percy has an accident harveys help proves to be the best demonstration of his usefulness to the team.

No sleep for cranky:Cranky learn a lesson when he drops some pipes in the shed inn a tantrum but it doesn't last long and he soon drops another load on the rails!

The fogman:one day in foggy misty vally the fat controller replaces cyril with a foghorn that is so loud that rocks fall and block the tracks and crush the foghorn.thomas can't see a thing and crashes but cyril comes to the rescue!

Bad day for harold the helicopter:when Haroldhas a very bad day and he crashes into a haystack(unhurt)it is up to percy.

Elizabeth the vintage lorry:upon discovering an old steam lorry called Elizibeth in a shed the fat controller decides to restore her to her original beauty.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: New Thrilling Thomas Stories, New Characters on Sodor
Review: There's lots of work on the Island of Sodor and sometimes Sir Topham Hat needs to bring more engines and equipment onto help out, Alec Baldwin's narrator explains in the opening of this latest (as of September 2002) Thomas installment. Well, we've come a far way from the series' usual anti-Labor party themes of working until your wheels fall off, just being happy that you have a job, and understanding that if you complain, you're going to be locked in a shed. (Don't you think Alec's agent should inform him of the conflict between the actor's leftist politics and Sir Topham Hat's fascist regime?)

Okay, okay, adults aren't the intended audience, but I had to throw that out there (since it's true).

There is some marketing strategy going on here, though. Kids are introduced to three new characters: Harvey, a cool "lift" engine produced from mixing the DNA of James and Cranky (though how he's ever going to make it through a railway tunnel is beyond me); Salty, a nice diesel (don't you miss the days when one could count on a diesel being evil?) that the ever-over-the-top Alec Baldwin has given the accent of Rip Torn's pirate from "Summer Rental"; and Elizabeth, the series's last attempt to increase sales of non-train vehicles (good luck). The highlight here, however, is the long-awaited crash of Harold the Helicoptor (though he does manage to lose it over a nice, soft pile of hay ).

Well, my kids love this stuff (and obviously I've seen too much of it, too), and with DVD, there's no rewinding. In addition, this disc does not contain the usual five minutes of introductory ads. Highly recommended.


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