Thursday, March 11, 2010

Thomas Versus Chuggington


I'll admit, my kids watch morning cartoons. They aren't like the cartoons I used to watch as a kid but still. They like to watch pretty much anything and everything that comes on PBS, Playhouse Disney, or Nick jr. . They like some better than others for sure. PBS seems to lose almost every morning while they try to decide on Disney or Nick. They like Diego, Max & Ruby, Chuggington, Backyardigans, and Mickey.
Later in the day my kids watch a movie....usually the same ones over and over. We have a great collection of kids movies thanks to me buying one every time I go grocery shopping (It's in the budget) Why do the kids pick the same movies over and over and leave some. If my kids watch a movie we have, it's usually always Backyardigans or Thomas.
We've recently discovered Disney's version of a train show called Chuggington. Marce loves it! Marce will watch any show if it has a train it, which is why he likes Diego (he rides on a train sometimes). It's all about the trains for Marce. If my boys want to like Thomas that's great, but it's not my favorite. One thing is that all the trains look creepy because their faces don't move. It's like they all have Botox or something. Poor production you know, like how cheap can you be...you can't even make their faces move?
They now have released a movie (and maybe more?) that have this version of Thomas. It's totally all computerized but at least they have real faces. Marce loves the new version but we only have one of these DVDs. If you know any titles of others, please comment below.
This is Disney's Chuggington. I have never seen a DVD in the stores. We just try and catch it on TV. Sharrid is totally loyal to Thomas. It's true Disney just kind of jumped on the train band wagon after Thomas has tons of success with a new generation but I take no side. Shar says Chuggington is unrealistic (the trains can jump and stuff) and that it's a total cheap knock off. It's pretty funny. I don't care at all....and neither do the boys, they love it all. Trains trains trains!

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