Future suggestions/predictions thread

[TRAINSROCK!]

I would hope they would do the ffq wagons. and if they do more rws rolling stock I still would hope for isabel. (isabel has become my favorite character from the rws that was never in the show. I just been preferring oliver isabel and toad as the three trio escaping from scrap than just two). I don't know if they'll do her but one can hope.

I had more ideas for rolling stock again. (I know I can't seem end with ideas I always come up with plenty that hits my mind when looking through the different rolling stock through the show). the idea was more vans that were in the model era and never appeared in the cgi era.

a new utility van (the four wheeled version)

the ner van (based off the 6 ton refrigerated van)

lbsc railway 8 ton van

and the lynton and barnstaplbe railway van (if it's possible).

these vans came as a idea for those who may want to recreat the flying kipper consist from the episode fish (the season 4 episode that's just always been my favorite consist of the flying kipper kind of wish they had the salt wagons in the consist). plus four of the five vans were only in the model era and never in the cgi era. I just think they'd be a great edition to the line since i've bought more of the grey 12 ton van. and I've really liked how they turned out. plus if it's possible to make the vans I suggested as troublesome trucks (as well as the gwr ventilated van i think that's another one over due).

another one I had was more of the flatbed wagons. (since there's the one with paint drums the one with logs and the upcoming one with diesel fuel I think they could do more). these include the ones with pipes, steel beans, and crates. (as seen in gordon takes a tumble). just to expand what else flatbed wagons can haul.

I think that's the last ideas I got of rolling stock for now. (there's just so much rolling stock to choose from but we'll see what they'll do).

[travel_is_fun]

Hello,

Forgive me if anyone views this as spam. But with NMRA coming up in 59 days (1.93 months), I want to make some predictions/changes from my last list as the eventual announcements near July 19th. Due to the unpredictable changes in the market, this is from a minimalist's perspective.

HO
- Whiff (Newly tooled tank engine should suffice due to the backlog)
- Garbage Trucks (Very minimal retooling with a new mold as the load)
- Toffee Tank (Retool with different painting)

HoN30
- Luke (If Duncan got cancelled due to high costs, I think Luke is a great alternative so that Bachmann can reconsider bringing back Duncan to the lineup)
- Tan Box Vans/Brake Van (A repaint to minimize costs)
- Gray Box Vans/Brake Van (*As mentioned above)

N-scale
- Edward (It's poetic to add the character who started the series as a commemoration such as the 80th anniversary, not to mention being the last member of the original steam team without an n-scale model)
- Duck (I know it doesn't sound right, but I wanted to add Duck into the list in case they decide to make a tank engine)
- 20 Ton Brakevan (Simple retooling from Graham Farish with slight modifications)

G-scale
- Origin James (I feel like Bachmann wanted to save this announcement for July)

With the NMRA announcements in 59 days, I think this list is appropriate given the economic circumstances. Again, anything is possible but I want to share my updated list. *Open to feedback and constructive criticism

[harrison05]

HoN30
- Luke (If Duncan got cancelled due to high costs, I think Luke is a great alternative so that Bachmann can reconsider bringing back Duncan to the lineup)

Duncan was also cancelled due to his CGI model being so bad and looks nothing like Douglas so it can't be converted into them.

[JLK2707]

I predict these:

1. HO Scale:

1. Chocolate syrup tanker wagon
2. Toffee tanker wagon
3. CGI Fuel tanker wagon
4. Reintroduced 'Arry and Bert
5. Hannah
6. Blue open wagon with cocoa load

2. N Scale

1. Edward
2. Duck
3. Oliver
4. TAR tanker wagon
5. Milk tanker wagon
6. Spiteful Brake Van
7. BR 20 Ton Brake Van

3. Narrow Gauge

1. Luke

4. Large Scale

1. Edward
2. Black James

[Awesometrain77]

I think whiff is way more likely but another CGI character that's fans and kids love that is so popular is Diesel 10 and as it is TATMR 25th and the franchise as a whole 80th I think have the ultimate villain of the brand is a really good idea . There is nothing that epic about Whiff compared to Diesel 10 I understand that his costs of tooling would be hard to justify however if you consider the fact he has been made in nearly every merch range his popularity could likely pay off the tooling costs easily .

[JLK2707]

I predict these:

1. HO Scale:

1. Chocolate syrup tanker wagon
2. Toffee tanker wagon
3. CGI Fuel tanker wagon
4. Reintroduced 'Arry and Bert or Diesel 10
5. Hannah
6. Blue open wagon with cocoa load

2. N Scale

1. Edward
2. Duck
3. Oliver
4. TAR tanker wagon
5. Milk tanker wagon
6. Spiteful Brake Van
7. BR 20 Ton Brake Van

3. Narrow Gauge

1. Luke

4. Large Scale

1. Edward
2. Black James

[Zorran202]

Hello,


HoN30
- Luke (If Duncan got cancelled due to high costs, I think Luke is a great alternative so that Bachmann can reconsider bringing back Duncan to the lineup)

Duncan was also cancelled due to his CGI model being so bad and looks nothing like Douglas so it can't be converted into them.

At the same time, I wouldn't be surprised if this was like Large Scale Diesel in that he was initially canceled, but then brought back years later after finding a solution, although in his case, making a Paxton model alongside Diesel was an interesting choice seeing that they use the same body shell and chassis, yet the only thing that's different is their faces, or more specifically the eye mechanism for Paxton.

Heck, I'd say if there was a solution for bringing back Duncan, they'd be able to have a Beau situation: base his model like the real-life counterpart/the model they'd be able to reuse since while the TV series version of him has buffer beams (minus the hook-and-loop couplings), his HO-scale model has the knuckle couplers. Granted, unless if getting a balance for both Duncan and Douglas is the difficult part, I guess that might be only thing I can probably see why it's being the challenging part getting right...

I hope if they consider for the HO scale rolling stock range that they could make the Slip Coaches that Duck pulls from Season 18 onwards since all would needed to be changed would be the faces. Like Annie and Clarabel, but just the body shells are the same.

[Awesometrain77]

For an ideal Duncan for me that would be good for the Bachmann range is to have it look like Douglas from the TR with a CGI Duncan face and the well loved yellow which the TVS gave him.
As for narrow gauge as a whole I doubt we will get anything for them this year as they have been doing a lot with the narrow gauge lately .

The slip coaches seem cool but I wonder if they could  sell well enough to justify new molds for 3 different  faces . I do think a new wagon tooling would be nice to see in the HO range  soon .

[Zekeism]

Anyone else would like to see scrapped versions of Oliver and Toad?

Also I would like Henrietta to be redesigned so she has her CGI face, with the redesign a Hannah could easily be made.

[harrison05]

For an ideal Duncan for me that would be good for the Bachmann range is to have it look like Douglas from the TR with a CGI Duncan face and the well loved yellow which the TVS gave him.

I'm ngl I thought this was gonna happen at first. When he got cancelled I knew they were gonna base him off his trash CGI model, which was the kiss of death for Duncan.

[Awesometrain77]

I could see Douglas being made and reused for Duncan rather then vise versa

Douglas could happen in 3 colors .
RAF blue
Red 
Green

I could see the RAF blue version being a huge seller .
We already have seen the Baldwin 2-6-2t done in a few scales another world war 1 engine could sell well .

Considering how much the narrow gauge range of welsh railways has sold in the US I think a new tool that could be reused for Duncan is a great idea . Maybe they could bring the double Farlie tooling over to the states and make that into MightyMac as overall the possibilities are endless .

[Cheeky_ULP]

I'm gonna go out on a guess and say that Duncan was cancelled not only because there's a lot of divide over his CGI model, but I also speculate that Bachmann is using the reception to Sir Handel/Haydn to determine if they will do Duncan in the same manner.

If this is the case, I think it's a smart move; there's a lot of subtle design differences between Sir Handel's CGI model and the real Sir Haydn, but at the core of it all, Sir Haydn is still the Sir Handel fans know and love. I think the same will be applicable to Duncan, as he's been all sorts of shapes and sizes throughout the books, model era and even merchandise.

[DustyMarie53!]

A potential future Douglas is interesting, but it is worth noting, as they've talked before on stream they go get measurements from the TR themselves. Douglas is currently in repairs I believe in pieces, and unknown when will be back in service. So that might be off the table for a while if they hadn't had foresight. Which could potentially be another reason Duncan was cancelled indefinitely. I believe Douglas's repairs started around early August so timeline wise it could lineup. It's not the main reason as already confirmed but wonder if it played a factor at all

[Jake86]

Here is my wish list of top 10 passenger trains to be released in HO scale teak branchline coaches old mainline coaches orange branchline coaches Gordon's express composite and brake coaches red composite and brake express coaches both in season 2 style red branchline coaches with white rooftops old slow coach Spencer's special brake express coach Gordon's buffet express coach and red buffet express coach if you like my wish list please let me know thanks

[Awesometrain77]

A potential future Douglas is interesting, but it is worth noting, as they've talked before on stream they go get measurements from the TR themselves. Douglas is currently in repairs I believe in pieces, and unknown when will be back in service. So that might be off the table for a while if they hadn't had foresight. Which could potentially be another reason Duncan was cancelled indefinitely. I believe Douglas's repairs started around early August so timeline wise it could lineup. It's not the main reason as already confirmed but wonder if it played a factor at all

I think the reason why was because his CGI model was so bad . But also something to mention is that Rusty has never really looked like midlander in the show . While Bachmann Rusty is based on his cgi design it is way smaller then he is in the show . However Rusty still does not look like he could be reused.

Regardless personally I like how they made him smaller as I feel it's more right  . The same reasons why I like how Bachmann has shown to prioritize Awdry created characters or characters who were brought back into cgi like Stanley or Rosie .
Which overall makes this range feel correct and I want to thank Bachmann for it .