Bob the Builder has been around since 1999, and has been a childrens favourite. It is a great programme that has stood the time and has now been popular with children for nearly ten years!! Bob the Builder is a construction worker who runs his own construction business in Bobsville along with his friend Wendy, All of his construction vehicles have characters of their own and are involved in many projects and adventures.
Wendy - Wendy is Bob's business partner who helps him with the day to day running of the business. she is involved in the construction side of the business but also runs the office and keeps an eye on general organisation of everything. Spud - Spud is a scarecrow that is always getting himself into mishaps and trouble. He is supposed to be looking after Farmer Pickles crops but he always gets distracted by things around him. He tries to be helpful where he can, and can always be heard saying "Spud's on the Job!"
Farmer Pickles - Farmer Pickles is a farmer nearby who give a hand to Bob and Wendy. He also contracts Bob the builder and his machines to do many jobs for him on his farm. There are five main machines at Bobs construction company - each has a character of their own and can talk.
These machines are: - Scoop - Scoop is a yellow backhoe loader - he always appears to have taken the role of unofficial leaders of the machines and he is loud spoken and his saying is "No Prob, Bob!"
- Muck - Muck is a red Bulldozer that also has an extra dumping bed - he is often getting himelf into trouble and bad situations as he does things without thinking first. But when he realises what he has done he always tries to fix it - his saying is "Muck to the rescue!" -
Dizzy - Dizzy is an orange concrete Mixer and she is the only female Machine in Bobs yard. She appears to be much younger in character than the rest of the vehicles and is very enthusiastic and curious about everything around her. Her saying is "Brilliant!"
- Roley - Roley is a green steam roller and is one of the biggest of Bobs machines. He is pretty quiet and is a hard worker. His saying is "Rock and Roll!" - Lofty - Lofty is a blue crane and one of the more endearing characters. He is nervous and timid and very apprehensive about everything that goes on around him. He never leads a crowd but follows them instead, voicing his concerns and fears. When asked "can we fix it" he always responds with "Er...Yeah. I think so!"
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Scrambler - Scrambler is a dark blue quadbike - he haas started to become alot more involved in newer episodes of Bob the Builder and his sayings are "Awesome!" and "Scram to the valley!"
Travis -Travis is Farmer Pickles' tractor. He keeps an eye on Spud the scarecrow to make sure he is doing his job properly and he also helps out Bob and his crew when they need an extra hand.
Dodger - Dodger is a light blue milk machine and is owned by Meg His job is to carry milk and you can recognise him coming by him honking his horn. His saying is "Dodger delivers!
Benny - Benny is a dark Pink female Excavator
Packer - Packer is a red pickup truck, and he is owned by Farmer
Pickles. His saying is "Pack me up and watch me Go Go"
Scoot - Scoot is a black and yellow snow mobile and he is owned by Tom, which is Bobs twin brother.
Sumsy - Sumsy is a red & yellow striped fork lift Tractor and he is also owned by Farmer Pickles - her saying is "I can pack 'em, I can stack 'em!"
Tumbler - Tumbler is a yellow and green concrete mixer. His saying is "I'm a Rumblin' and a Tumblin'"
Jackaroo - Jackaroo is a blue pickup truck.
Skip - Skip is a yellow skip carrier
RV - RV is a light blue crane machine and he belongs to Bob's Dad. His saying is "Amazing RV - thats me!".
Trix - Trix is a purple forklift - he belongs to J.J. who is the parts supplier and his saying is "Easy peasy!"
Zoomer - Zoomer is a purple, Bobsville snowmobile that helps out when the weather is bad - his saying is 'Snowed Under' ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---
This DVD is another one of the endless Bob the Builder DVD that my son has the pleasure of owning. I seem to be living in a house that is now renamed Toddler Land!!!
This DVD has three feature length specials and these are:
Christmas to Remember - This is on of the Bob the Builder specials. Bob has a twin brother called Tom who is a zoologist working in the Arctic Circle, and for the first time in years he is coming home for Christmas, which causes major excitement. The episode focus's around Bob and his crew rushing to get everything ready for Christmas, including helping prepare for a spectacular Christmas concert that is being given by Lenny and the Lazers. Bob is desperate to make Christmas perfect for his brother Tom. It's certainly a fun packed episode!
- Snowed Under - This is another Bob the Builder feature length special - Bob the Bulder and his crew head for the Winter Games in Bobblesberg for this one. They have been assigned to build the Bobsville Mayoress and log cabin. However, they encounter problems as a large snow storm hits the area and strands all of the machines coming to build the event. This leaves only Bob and his team to race against the clock to build it in time. They are also assisted by two new characters in this, and those are Benny and Zoomer. The episode features special guest voice overs from celebrities such as Sue Barker, John Motson and Ulrika Jonsson, who does the voice of Jana, the games organiser.
- Knights of Can-a-lot - In this feature length special Bob the Builder is called on to assist Doctor Florence Mountfitchett of the Local Heritage. The Doctor wants an old castle to be renovated so that he can then open it to the general public. However, the whole special is based around a case of mistaken identity as Bob's Dad is accidently put in charge of the job.Bobs crew gets excited by stories of the Knights of Camelot and decide that they will take on new identities - even to the extent that spud takes it upon himself to "accept" a quest to find a suit of armour.Whilts all this is going on Bob's Dad is outside trimming the hedges of a maze - and he manages to get himself lost in it! Everything is in turmoil as Bob's Dad tries to escape from the maze and Bob's crew need to finish the job in time for the "grand opening" -----------------------------------------------------------------
This is a great DVD that will keep your children entertained for ages. it is over 200 minutes long and is packed with entertainment and fun. All of the characters from the television series are on this DVD - plus a few new characters that have the voices of well known celebrities ( Sue Barker, Ulrika Jonsson).
What I love about this DVD is that the feature length specials really are special - they are much longer and therefore are more in depth and are lots of fun for children to sit down to. The storylines are refreshing and interesting and its great to see how much mischief the characters get into, albeit unintentional! Its also great for the adults to recognise the voices of celebrities throughout this!
As I have said in many reviews before I feel that Bob the Builder is a fun AND educational program that teaches children about different things such as team building, friendship and working hard to reach a goal. I feel it is great that these values are taught in a fun open way and relate to the children watching it.
With so much packed into this DVD I would certainly say it is value for money and recommend it to any parent of a Bob the Builder loving child!
5/5 again from our house!
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