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!"
------------------------------------------------------------------- - Other machines in the program include:
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 part of the "project Build it" series. It's a spin of series of when he works in Bobville as he is involved in a contest to build a new community in a place called Sunflower Valley. Whilst he is there his father Robert comes out of retirement to look after the Bobsville Building Business.
This DVD is a fun packed DVD that I would recomment as a source of fun and amusement for any Bob the Builder fun. It has 68 minutes of running time, so plenty to amuse your children. It certainly kept my son occupied for hour upon hour. Children learn alot of skills from Bob the Builder -they learn sharing, working together and being safe.
The DVD was released 6th February 2006, and it is very reasonably priced for the value and entertainment that you get out of it. The music on the DVD is also catchy and you will find your children singing along in no time at all!!
I would highly recommend this DVD and give it a 5 out of 5!!!
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