Start Your Engines! is a US, Canadian, UK, Australian, South African, Latin American, European Spanish, Brazilian, Polish, Czech, Greek, French, Italian, Indonesian and Russian DVD containing six episodes from the nineteenth series. It was released under the title Reds vs. Blues for Indonesian audiences.
Description
US/CAN/UK
Thomas & Friends™ are racing on the rails! The clock is ticking for Thomas, Bertie and Spencer to get to the castle on time. As Philip shows Gordon how fast he can go, slow Stephen proves he can save the day. James and Thomas are on opposite tracks when the Big Game comes to Sodor, while Caitlin gives Emily an unexpected boost. Race down the tracks with Thomas and his friends!
AUS
The clock is ticking for Thomas, Bertie and Spencer to get to the castle on time. As Philip shows Gordon how fast he can go, slow Stephen proves he can save the day. Race down the tracks with Thomas and his friends!
Episodes
- Two Wheels Good
- Reds vs. Blues
- Slow Stephen
- The Little Engine Who Raced Ahead
- Best Engine Ever
- Philip to the Rescue
Bonus Features
US
Separate from the main feature
- Race with You sing-along song
- On a Journey Today sing-along song
- Go, Go Thomas sing-along song (sixteenth series version)
- Guess Who? puzzles - Thomas (blue background), James, Scruff and Gordon
Part of the main feature
- Really Useful Engines - Bill and Ben and Marion
- The Earl's Quiz - The Lost Puff, Colors and Percy's Lucky Day and Percy's Parcel and Pop Goes Thomas
- Landmarks of Sodor - Whiff's Waste Dump and The Scrapyards
- Sir Topham Hatt's Tales - Cranky
UK/AUS
- Really Useful Engines - Bill and Ben and Marion
- The Earl's Quiz - The Lost Puff, Colours and Percy's Lucky Day and Percy's Parcel and Pop Goes Thomas
- Landmarks of Sodor - Whiff's Waste Dump and The Scrapyards
- The Fat Controller's Tales - Cranky
- Really Useful Certificate (DVD ROM Print Off; Awarded from "The Earl's Quiz")
- "Race with You" Sing-Along Music Video
- "On A Journey Today" Sing-Along Music Video
- Easter Egg - The Great Race Teaser Trailer*
*UK only
Trivia
- On the US release, an instrumental of Thomas and Percy can be heard on the Episode Selection menu.
- On the US release, an instrumental of the Barney song, You Might Like Something New can be heard on the language section menu.
- The UK and AUS releases have the new intro, roll call and credits, while the US release does not.
- This is the first UK DVD to feature nineteenth series intro, roll call and credits, as well as the first DVD Menu to play the nineteenth season Engine Roll Call song.
- The DVD is used as Disc 2 of The Complete Series 19 DVD as a bonus disc distributed by Mattel Creations.
- The second Earl's Quiz segment in the UK is reused from Spills and Thrills.
Goofs
- Steve D'Angelo and Terry Tompkins are credited for rearranging the theme song, but the new version of the theme song is not featured on the US DVD (the Series 13-18 intro is used).
- Some of the people are duplicated on the back cover.
- The digital release is slowed down to 24 frames-per-second.
- David Stoten is not credited despite co-directing three episodes.
Merchandise
Books
Wooden Railway
- Philip
- Streamlined Emily
- Speedy Surprise Drop
- Ready, Set, Race! Percy
Take-n-Play
- Philip
TrackMaster
- Philip
- Royal Spencer
- Blue Team Thomas
Clothes
- Handcraft Underwear and Training Pants
DVD Packs
UK
US
- Start Your Engines! and Up, Up and Away! Double Pack
Trailers
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'Tis a Gift* | Stacy Cleans Up* | Schemer Alone!* | Sweet and Sour* | Bully for Mr. Conductor* | Becky Makes a Wish* | Billy's Party* | Mr. Conductor's Evil Twin* | Schemer's Special Club* |
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Race for the Sodor Cup |
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Race for the Sodor Cup |
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| Compilations | ABC for Kids Favourites | HiT Favourites |
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