Strand Home Video

Strand Home Video
Overview
Predecessor	Strand VCI Entertainment
Headquarters	3350 Ocean Park Blvd Santa Monica, California, United States
Parent	The Video Collection
Year opened	1992
Year closed	December 1993

Strand Home Video was a video label owned by The Video Collection that distributed Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends VHS releases in the US and Canada in 1992 and 1993. In December 1993, the company was acquired by and folded into Video Treasures, though 1994 VHS releases continued to use the Strand Home Video logo likely because the tape masters were edited in 1993. As they were a subsidiary of The Video Collection, their logo was similar to The Video Collection logo, featuring the same audio.

Releases

Originals

1992

• Trust Thomas and Other Stories (February 27, 1992)
• Special Video Collector's Set (August 20, 1992)
• Thomas Gets Bumped and Other Stories (August 20, 1992)

1993

• Thomas, Percy and the Dragon and Other Stories (February 18, 1993)
• Daisy and Other Thomas Stories (October 6, 1993)

1994

• James Goes Buzz Buzz and Other Thomas Stories* (February 23, 1994)
• Percy's Ghostly Trick and Other Thomas Stories* (August 17, 1994)
• Thomas' Christmas Party and Other Favorite Stories* (September 14, 1994)

(*Distributed under Video Treasures)

Re-releases

1. Thomas Gets Tricked and Other Stories (October 6, 1993)
2. James Learns a Lesson and Other Thomas Adventures (October 6, 1993)
3. Tenders and Turntables and Other Stories (October 6, 1993)
4. Thomas Breaks the Rules and Other Stories (October 6, 1993)
5. Better Late Than Never and Other Stories (October 6, 1993)

Trivia

• Eleven out of these twelve video releases had the Strand Home Video logo at the beginning and at the end of the tape. Trust Thomas was the only Strand Home Video release to have the Strand VCI Entertainment logo at the beginning. However, US VHS copies of Thomas Gets Bumped and Other Stories don't include the FBI Warning or Strand Home Video logo at the beginning of the tape, while Canadian VHS copies include them.
• For unknown reasons, the original "Next Story Coming Up Soon" card was restored on the updated versions of Volumes 1-5. The nameboard sequences were also changed between several stories.
• The FBI Warning screen was outsourced from Embassy Home Entertainment.