Product Description Follow the adventures of Bob the Builder and his lovable team of machines as they solve problems and help each other out. Set in and around a small town construction yard, this unique series creates an imaginative world using stop-frame model animation. Fun and empowering for boys and girls, every story ends with a positive message. Includes 4 full-length episodes and 4 mini-adventures. Ages 2 and up. Made in USA. .com There's no need to check your fears at the door when you enter the friendly workshop of Bob the Builder. Instead, this is the very place to confront and, eventually, flatten them, especially if you happen to be a little kid who's terrified of heights or the dark. To the Rescue! presents four adventures of the British series (seen in the states on Nick Jr.) interspersed with four miniepisodes, all featuring the most cooperative crew of construction machines you've ever come across. There's Lofty, a bashful blue crane who's crippled by fear when duty calls from far up; Muck, a lobster-red bulldozer whose engine sputters to a stall when he's supposed to pitch in in the pitch dark; Scoop, a yellow worker-bee backhoe; Rolly the steamroller; cement mixer Dizzy; Pilchard, the construction crew's pet kitty; smart-alecky scarecrow Spud; and boss man Bob and office worker Wendy, the series' sole people and mom and pop figures. Each highly predictable segment starts off with the gang gearing up to tackle the torn-up terrain at a new worksite. Soon enough, some tension-filled predicament that at first seems insurmountable--like when Bob is stranded after Lofty accidentally knocks down his ladder in "Clocktower Bob"--is steered toward a happy ending through chirpy votes of confidence and soothing words. Bob is apt to share his biggest fans with another yardful of yakking vehicles--Thomas the Tank Engine and friends. Both will rev the engines of motor-crazy preschoolers coming to grips with the tricky-at-this-age concepts of cooperation and problem solving. --Tammy LaGorce
A**S
so cool
love it
T**S
Kiddo loves it
My son loves it....all that matters
S**S
My grandchildren loved bob the builder!
Love it!
D**E
Phobia Central
My 2-year-old loves Bob the Builder, and I would recommend other B-t-B shows, but NOT THIS ONE! It deals with the fears that the various machines have in a very negative way. Instead of overcoming and triumphing over their fears, they wallow in them and are consumed by them. Lofty, for example is afraid of heights. When Bob gets stuck on a tall scaffolding, Lofty is too afraid to lift the ladder to him, and leaves his friend stranded for several hours. Although Wendy does eventually manage to talk him through the process of lifting the ladder, Lofty does not learn to be any braver in the process. A similar situation happens when Muck is working in a tunnel when most of the lights go out--she is terrified of the dark, and is too afraid to move or come out of the tunnel even with help. Again, she eventually manages to come out of the tunnel, but has no growth or triumph from the experience. I let my son watch this DVD twice, after which he ran into a dark hallway, shut the door, and started saying, "it's not that dark! It's not that dark!" He has never been afraid of the dark, and I don't want him to learn to be from this DVD. We won't be watching this particular video again.
R**C
Five Stars
I'm Very happy and so is my son.
A**N
Five Stars
perfect/
C**R
Not "Great" Condition...
The price of this DVD was definitely not the issue, but the description was. It was described as "in great condition", and it should have been "good" at the very best. The DVD did work, but it was very, very scratched.
J**F
I and our kids enjoyed "To The Rescue"
I and our kids enjoyed "To The Rescue". In our opinion, these earlier Bob the Builder videos were better than some of them that were released not long after when a different person was used to do Bob's voice. Actually, if memory serves me correctly, I think another character or two had different people doing their voice as well and weren't as good (in our opinion) as the original people.Bob the Builder never seemed to be as fun or catchy as Barney for those of us that enjoy music and singing, but then again it was a totally different type of show. Bob the Builder was certainly a clean and cute show teaching important lessons.As a side note, the VHS case itself was a nice yellow plastic that opened up. A nice change from the standard cardboard.
D**R
子どもも大人も安心して楽しめる珠玉の作品
日本でいうところの「大工さん」であるボブとウェンディ－、そしてそれぞれのキャラクターを持った作業車のショートストーリーが入ったビデオです。（東京地区では水曜日の朝に「ボブとブーブーズ」という邦題で放映されている日本語版のオリジナル・ビデオです。）主人公は決してかっこよくもない、登場人物は決して可愛くない、ストーリー決して派手ではないこの作品にはまってしまう一番の理由は、欠点や性格上の癖、弱みを持ったキャラクターがお互いのよさを認めあいながら、ごく自然に気持ちよく生きているからでしょう。特にこの巻では一生懸命不器用にレスキューで活躍するボブが見もの！です。シンプルで聞き取りやすい英語で親にとってもいい英語の勉強になりますし、クレイアニメーシ!ョンのため、ほのぼのとした雰囲気で子どもにも安心して見せることができます。
セ**ク
英語のスピードは速い
帰国子女のお友達の家に、ボブのおもちゃが有ったため試しに買って見ました。もうすぐ４歳の息子は喜んで見ていますがトーマスに慣れた母の私の耳にはとにかく苦痛なくらい英語のスピードが速い！（全くネイテイブな速さで、台詞も多い）。４５分近くあるのもちょっと長いですね。音声もちょっと割れています。英語教育教材として与えるのにはちょっと早かったみたいです。聴きとって反応すると言う意味ではうちはまだトーマス、リチャード・スキャーリーで満足できそうです。
ト**ャ
ヘルプ！じゃなくて ”へゥプ！”だそうな。
２歳の息子に買い与えて見たところ、１日１回は必ず見るのがこれ。To The Rescue!というだけあって、助ける助ける。とくに、”ＨＥＬＰ！”とさけぶ所が好きみたいなのだが、”へるぷ！へるぷ！なの？”と聴くと、”へ～ゥプ！へ～ゥプ！“と、なんだかとても良い発音で答えてくれた。もしかして、英語の耳になるのかな？
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