James May's Toy Stories - Entire Series [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - United Kingdom ] Review
If you want to be entertained and informed at the same time and especially if you have young children who in need of a REAL education, sit down with them and watch an episode a week and then discuss the contents with them, maybe even try a brief foray into these 'toys' as a family and watch their minds expand. I think you might well be surprised at what joy and stimulation, apparently dated (according to whom?) toys still be.
Although it is hard to choose favourites, for me, the best episodes were the ones that showed a real sense of the English community spirit, episodes such as 'Scalextric' or 'Plastersine' were an absolute joy.
The only minor disappointment was the final episode 'Lego', which I couldn't help feeling suffered from severe production issues. Firstly there was the very bizarre choice of location for the house and then there was the 'what happened to it?' in the end. Considering the great efforts of the English public who helped so much in actually making the 'bricks' that went into constructing the house. I felt this was ultimately a let-down and something which was essentially incomplete. In retrospect, a better idea would to have built it in the National Gallery or somewhere such and to then have donated it to their permanent collection.
Of the James May DVDs I own I would rank them as follows:
i) James May's c.20th
i) Oz and James 2 (USA)
ii) James May's Toy Stories
ii) Oz and James 1 (France)
iii) Oz and James Drink to Britain
iv) James May on the Moon
James May's Toy Stories - Entire Series [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - United Kingdom ] Feature
- THIS DVD WILL NOT WORK ON STANDARD US DVD PLAYER
James May's Toy Stories - Entire Series [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - United Kingdom ] Overview
United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: 2-DVD Set, Cast/Crew Interview(s), Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: James May goes on a mission to reconnect today's youth with some of Britain's best loved toys of yesteryear. In an effort to get kids to put down their games consoles, the technology-enthusiast introduces the new generation to the pleasures, frustrations and ultimate sense of accomplishment found in Plasticine, Lego, Airfix, Scalextrix, Meccano and model railways. Each toy is explored in a group project on a giant, often surreal scale, designed to unite family members of all ages and reawaken the big kid in all of us.
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If you want to be entertained and informed at the same time and especially if you have young children who in need of a REAL education, sit down with them and watch an episode a week and then discuss the contents with them, maybe even try a brief foray into these 'toys' as a family and watch their minds expand. I think you might well be surprised at what joy and stimulation, apparently dated (according to whom?) toys still be.
Although it is hard to choose favourites, for me, the best episodes were the ones that showed a real sense of the English community spirit, episodes such as 'Scalextric' or 'Plastersine' were an absolute joy.
The only minor disappointment was the final episode 'Lego', which I couldn't help feeling suffered from severe production issues. Firstly there was the very bizarre choice of location for the house and then there was the 'what happened to it?' in the end. Considering the great efforts of the English public who helped so much in actually making the 'bricks' that went into constructing the house. I felt this was ultimately a let-down and something which was essentially incomplete. In retrospect, a better idea would to have built it in the National Gallery or somewhere such and to then have donated it to their permanent collection.
Of the James May DVDs I own I would rank them as follows:
i) James May's c.20th
i) Oz and James 2 (USA)
ii) James May's Toy Stories
ii) Oz and James 1 (France)
iii) Oz and James Drink to Britain
iv) James May on the Moon
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