Box Sets of the Thomas Series???

Super, most DVD players these days are region free from the box or can be changed using a code from the remote, you would just need to research the model you have. Alternatively if you try to play a foreign region DVD on a PC DVD drive it will prompt you to set the region - admittedly you can only do this 5 times before it locks to the last region - but I just purchased an external USB DVD writer from Amazon for a mere £8 and a few pence, so there would be nothing to stop you getting one just for region 2 DVD's (incidentally Region 2 also covers Japan as well as Europe for some bizarre reason)...