The Everything Thomas Topic

[thomasj219]

Seems to finally be that time again, I can't believe it's been so long since the first one. 

Happy to keep this going....

Thomas will be coming down our track forever.

[Awesometrain77]

Nooooooo rip .
Well new threat and at a perfect time with Stanley nearing arrival and the NMRA in a few days .

[harrison05]

I'm excited for NMRA and the description they have given is exciting.

[DustyMarie53!]

Going to make a post recapping last New Model Monday again cause there was a shocking amount of Thomas News within it.

N Scale: Henry, Diesel, Paxton, LBSC Thomas, and Origins James are all in the design phase. They are hoping to be done by 2026. They didn't want to announce anything new at NMRA to add to this backlog just yet, they have ideas they are hoping will be able to announce in 2026.

G Scale: They are waiting for the right time to expand this lineup, given the skipped product codes I wouldn't be shocked if they considered it for this year, but the state of the world gave them pause. I could be wrong on that, but it's further proof they do have plans and are just waiting out the ideal time to drop.

Stanley: Is on the water, should be shipped out and released in about a month give or take.

Salty: Hoping to be done by 2026, they are still working on him as hard as they can.

Bulgy and Gunpowder Wagons: Same case as the N scale guys, in the design phase, hoping to be release by 2026.

Sir Hayden: Not Thomas but felt wrong not to include. Waiting on painted samples, hoping to release early 2026.

Open Carriage: Same as above

Thomas Anniversary Set: Repeated some of the things they said last Thomas Tuesday. Said they weren't opposed to maybe going back and doing this set at a later date, but not right now. A similar set might be announced in 2026 to fill the spot, but it won't be this. (Nor do I think that'd be required given this was always meant to be a single run item.) They also said they want to look into doing more retro items like it, most likely more rolling stock like the China Clay Wagon as they have implied that before.

NMRA Announcement: Repeated the announcement is for HO Scale, and implied there is only one but there is in fact a weird use of plural world sometimes. Could just be talking in general of the catalog, could be including British narrow gauge stuff, I could be overanalyzing it (Most likely outcome). Either way, they said the announcement would be "Unexpected" and "excite fans of most eras of tv Thomas"

Which is telling, but also vague enough to encourage tons of speculation. Only thing I think for sure is it isn't Trevor, BoCo, Scotsman, or Stepney. Use of tv Thomas rather than Thomas as a whole feel like it'd exclude the RWS, it's not like they are unaware of it after all.

I believe that is everything, hopefully cataloging this info here is useful

[Coaltronn]

so the old thread just got deleted?

[thomasj219]

Yes. It seems to happen once it gets too big. The first topic was created in 2005 so it's been some time. This is I think the 4th or 5th iteration.

[JLK2707]

Just one announcement?

[Chaz]

Looks like Bachmann added artwork for the N scale LBSC Thomas, Origin James, and the wagon repaints. A lot of the other newly announced products also seem to have pages on the webstore, but no artwork yet.

Prices also appear to have been updated, likely reflecting the tariffs. Probably the most notable change is Rebecca, which went from $299 in the 2025 catalog to $329 on the webstore... yikes.

[harrison05]

Rebecca is nearly or pretty much $500 here in Australia...

[travel_is_fun]

Odd, I see many products have specific pages for most scales. Henry is noticeably absent on the N-scale section. Though I believe his price tag will be equivalent or relative to $219 (Gordon's current price tag). Can only hope for major progress on these upcoming models so that Bachmann can redeem themselves for next year

[DustyMarie53!]

In terms of listings everything up to 2025 has a page now except N Scale Henry (probably earlier development than the other 4), Salty (development stalled, they are hoping to have him done by next year but might not be ready to recommit having a page on this website), Gunpowder wagons (development is far along apparently but might be waiting until the gondolas are out to drop the page), N scale Brakeven (nothing has been said on this front since announcement), and G scale LBSC Thomas. I think it's good sign everything else is account for, hoping this means they're confident in all these products dropping sometime next year

[Chaz]

Odd, I see many products have specific pages for most scales. Henry is noticeably absent on the N-scale section. Though I believe his price tag will be equivalent or relative to $219 (Gordon's current price tag). Can only hope for major progress on these upcoming models so that Bachmann can redeem themselves for next year

I could see that, especially if they reuse the same motor and chassis from Gordon just like they did in HO.

[Zorran202]

What about Sir Handel? He just needs a box sample to be ready to ship out right?

[Awesometrain77]

Stanley is out !!! 

This is so good to see .

I can't wait to see people getting this model .

The NMRA 2025 is this weekend and we will be getting the new HO announcements on Saturday

[JLK2707]

Same here Awesometrain77.