Ready 2 Learn - Diggers And Dumpers

Customer Reviews:

Addictive Diggers and Dumpers!!!.......2003-05-16

My son Maxim has played the VHS so often over the last two years - yes, he was three when I bought it - we decided to go for the DVD edition. We feel the producers could have used the facilities of DVD format to better effect though and were disappointed they had not! I had hoped it to be "interactive". There is no doubt, though, that the subject matter is very appealing indeed to boys of an inquisitive nature and when a new title about "Fire Engines" came on the market we bought that too.
On this Fireman video the same tunes are used, the message "Fire Is Dangerous" is put over very well - but"Diggers and Dumpers" is the best. This is a format that could well do with amplification. More subjects - Transport of all types, Very Heavy Vehicles would well suit. If you're still undecided.... get it!

Customer Reviews:

Gorgeous - a must for 4-6s.......2006-05-03

Love it, love it, love it - oh yes and my 4 year old daughter does too :-) A very wry and gentle observation of a 5 year old girl and her 7 year old brother. The most caring and understanding brother you could wish for. Can be watched at 2 levels - by the target audience (4-6?) and by their addicted parents. The style of animation is new and fresh, yet the tone is comfortingly redolent of the innocent 1970s childhood I had! Down side is that Series 1 on TV had over 20 episodes, so why only 7 on this DVD?

Addicted!.......2006-02-24

We've had Charlie and Lola fever since this landed on our mat a week ago. Both my 4 and 2 year old love this. It's also quite long so keeps them occupied! It has a lovely sentiment and promotes good sibling relationships. We love it!

Not enough episodes.......2006-02-20

When I pre-ordered this DVD it was promoted as having loads of episodes, and I was really excited, errrr, I mean my 3 year old was really excited at the prospect of all that Charlie & Lola.

I feel a little miffed that only 7 espisodes were featured, but, like all the other people who have posted their reviews, it's still Charlie & Lola, and we still love it!

Maybe next time Amazon will be more accurate with their pre-ordering details.

What special features and why so few episodes?.......2006-02-18

My daughter and I love Charlie and Lola. Although it's kept her captivated since its arrival, I have to say that I am quite disppointed with the amount of episodes on the DVD (only 7) and the very, very poor special features.

The jigsaw game is uninspired and maybe they should have looked to the Playhouse Disney Charlie and Lola site for inspiration. As for the hilarious outtakes and hidden surprises, I think these two terms somewhat stretch the truth. All I could find (including opening up all the files on my PC) was Lola putting on hats and her babbling into a microphone.

I am glad I paid the Amazon price for this DVD as it's a bit steep for what you get. For such an highly original show which stands out from all the dross out there for kids it's a pity more time wasn't spent puting this DVD together.

Despite this the animation, writing and voices of Charile and Lola are so brilliant that the slight naffness of the DVD features and lack of episodes can be forgiven.

Expected More!.......2006-02-14

Having seen over 20 episodes televised on the CBeebies channel, I presumed that there would be more episodes on this DVD rather than the 7 it actually contains. My only other criticism is that the 'Hilarious Outtakes' mentioned on the box seem almost none existent. I've looked at everything on the DVD and can't find them. All I do find is a sequence about Lola being a bit silly [with lots of hats] and a clip put together from the voice-over recording of the episodes - blink and you'll miss it!

Having said that, we do love Charlie and Lola so we'll get over this initial disappointment very quickly - looking forward to the next DVD being released!

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