Duck to Retrun In Season 17

Duck was last seen in season 12 four times, but now he will be seen in the first Wall-Mart exclusive DVD, Railway Mischief.  The new CGI version of Duck was seen at Hara Model Railway Museum, Yokohama. Duck, for some reason is way darker in the new CGI. This doesn't look anything like ARC animation.

I don't know what episode he is appearing in, but it's nice to see him again.

Thanks to Roll Along Thomas for the alert

2013 Thomas Wooden Railway Year Book

I found the 2013 Thomas Wooden Railway Yearbook on the Thomas Wooden Railway Forums. I cut out the activity's, but other than that the whole thing is here. it seems like Mattel is redoing everything this year.

Episode Review: Thomas, Percy and the Dragon

 

Season 3, Episode 7

Writer(s):Britt Allcroft David Mitton 

Air Date: November 18th, 1991

Summery

Percy is still teasing Thomas about how he thought Percy was a ghost. The next evening Thomas had to go to the docks to get a special delivery. When Thomas got to the docks he was surprised because it was a dragon, but his driver told him it was for the carnival. Meanwhile, Percy got stuck in the siding because the single broke. He had to stay there alone until the morning when it could be fixed. Soon after, Thomas puffed by with the Chinese dragon, Percy thought it was real, so he shut his eyes until his driver came in the morning. The next day when Percy told his friends about the dragon, they all thought it was a good joke. When Percy went to the station he saw Thomas with the dragon. He then told Thomas why he was scared.

Review

I think this is the best episode in season 3. For some reason other fans think most of season 3 is bad, but I enjoy this episode. I really enjoyed the music when Thomas was going by Percy with the dragon.The thing about Percy joking to Thomas is getting a little old in these story's, but over all I thought this episode was great.

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Over all I give this episode a 9/10

Episode Review: Thomas Gets Bumped

 

Season3, Episode 6

Writer(s): Britt Allcroft David Mitton

Air Date: December 18th, 1991  

 

Summery

One day, Thomas is late for his passengers, and Percy says that Sir topham hatt will get him in trouble. Thomas gets worried, but one day a piece of track gets bent from the hot sun. Thomas couldn't go any further so Bertie had to take his passengers. Thomas had to shunt in the yard while Thomas' branch line was repaired. When Thomas was repaired Sir topham hatt changed his time table so Bertie could work with him more.

Review

There wasn't much to this episode. I liked the music when Thomas was looking around for Sir topham hatt at the station. Over all I didn't really like this episode very much.

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Over all I give this episode a 7/10

Episode Review: Donald's Duck

 
Season 3, Episode 5
Air Date:  Reverend W. Awdry
Writer(s): December 23rd, 1991 

Plot

Sir topham hatt gave Duck a new branch line. That night, Donald was at the shed with Duck. Duck wanted to tell Donald about his branch line, but Donald wanted to sleep, so he said Duck was quacking. The next morning Duck told his driver what Donald has said. His driver said they would play a trick on Donald. They snuck a duck in Donald's boiler. The next morning when Donald went for a drink he found the duck, it was a big surprise for his driver. Soon the duck got tired of Donald and got off at the station. Now the duck lives at the river. Then Donald's driver plays a trick on Duck, he puts an egg in a next behind Duck. In the morning Duck tells Donald that he won.

Review

Well, this episode was funny and kind of boring. I liked the jokes though. There is also a song titled Donald's Duck. You can see the song on You Tube here: Donald's Duck Song 

I thought the joke about the egg was funny at the end. I never knew that Duck had his own branch line until I saw this episode again. Over all I thought this episode was OK and funny.

 

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Over all I give this episode a 6/10

Episode Review: Gordon and the Famous Visitor

Season 3, Episode 4
 Writer(s): Reverend W. Awdry

Air Date: November 21st,1991

Plot

The City of Truro was visiting Sodor, and was the center of attention. Gordon thought it was a bunch of nonsense. Then Edward and Duck were talking and Gordon thundered by with the express trying to go as fast as the City of Truro. Then Gordon came to the viaduct where it was windy. Gordon went so fast that the wind knocked his dome off. On the was back home, Gordon asked his drover to go fetch his dome, but his driver said they would never find it. Back at the sheds one of the engines teased Gordon.

Review

I really liked the music at the beginning of the episode. It's strange that The City of Truro doesn't  have a face. Maybe that's why they never released a toy of him. There was one episode where the engines stayed up late talking to The City of Truro, but maybe that's a differn't episode. Over all I thought the episode was good and funny.

Over all I give this episode a 8/10

First Season 17 DVD for April 19th

The first season 17 DVD is a Wall-Mart Exclusive. The DVD is titled Railway Mischief. The episodes are: Gordon Runs Dry, Kevin's Cranky Friend, Scruff's Makeover, Wayward Winston and Steamie Winston.

I don't like the new faces on the engines. This reminds be a lot of Muddy Matters.  They should have put Winston on the bottom right hand side of the cover like they do with the other characters.

Thanks to the Thomas & Friends Review Station for the alert