All aboard: Chuggington coming to DVD

NEW YORK Anchor Bay Entertainment has secured U.S. DVD rights to the popular new preschool entertainment franchise Chuggington.

“Let’s Ride The Rails,” the first Chuggington DVD, welcomes preschoolers to the vibrant world of “Chuggington” with six fun-filled episodes that take young viewers on entertaining explorations while gently reinforcing such valuable lessons as humility, trust, respect and teamwork. Chuggington DVD pulls into retail stores nationwide on Feb. 8, 2011, for a suggested retail price of $16.98.

“We’re thrilled to be on the Chuggington express and excited about the strength of this new property and the tremendous sales potential it represents for the upcoming DVDs,” said Julie Cartwright, SVP brand marketing for Anchor Bay Entertainment. “‘Let’s Ride The Rails’ and each of our new Chuggington titles to follow bring home all the best aspects of the popular series, and will have preschoolers and families nationwide climbing aboard again and again.”