The Everything Thomas Topic

[Awesometrain77]

Sir Handel is out this is sooner then I thought .
The 80th vans and DCC Thomas and Percy are said to be out by the end of the years so we will see them in the next few weeks . No update on the the DCC set but I assume it will be out very soon .

The DCC set and the narrow gauge gonalas could be the start of 2026

Into spring I think the Open coach, the new tankers , and the narrow gauge gunpowder vans will come out around then.

[DustyMarie53!]

It's nice to see Sir Handel out now, he looks stunning one of the all time greats.

Although given the 2026 initial release window he had I am a little surprised.

The only other products with a 2025 release window were the anniversary vans and they are currently nowhere to be seen, I wonder what's going on there.

Addendum: On this weeks new model Monday confirmed there was a delayed container shipment and they should be arriving within the next few weeks.

[Awesometrain77]

With 24 days until 2026 I wonder if they're gonna be out in time.

[DustyMarie53!]

Hey everyone,

So far it's just been a few eBay shops but DCC Thomas, DCC Percy, the anniversary vans, and the narrow gauge gondolas have now all begun their release. Glad Bachmann were able to get another large project drop out before the end of the year.

Believe only things we have samples for fully painted not released yet are the cgi milk tanker, updated tar tanker (funnily finally got myself my hands on an original this week), the open carriage, and the G scale set, unless that's released and I've completely missed it.

[harrison05]

Hopefully after Salty comes out next year (I hope) we can slowly gets some updates on N Scale Diesel and Paxton.

[EtherealEclips3]

I really hope Bachmann re-introduce Iron 'Arry and Iron Bert to the line. I would definitely buy it. I think they should consider some facial changes for the 2, so they do not look completely identical but they would be a welcome addition for me. 

[Zorran202]

After contemplating for a bit, I caved and purchased Sir Handel. Normally I wait until Amazon releases him on there, BUT he's more expensive than he should be, so I got him somewhere else.... hopefully he'll arrive before Christmas 😅

[Nolanime03]

Does anyone know when the Red Express Composite coach will be back in stock?

[Zorran202]

After contemplating for a bit, I caved and purchased Sir Handel. Normally I wait until Amazon releases him on there, BUT he's more expensive than he should be, so I got him somewhere else.... hopefully he'll arrive before Christmas 😅

Got my model, despite it getting it before Christmas like I anticipated... I was gonna post it after I got it, but I ended up being busy due to the upcoming Christmas rush, as well as came down with a cold and I ended up having to take care of recovering from it... something was floating around that's for dang sure... -_-

Anyways, I enjoyed the fact that Sir Handel got a model that's even more detailed than his CGI model...! I'm Happy that he's finally released... Normally I usually wait until the following year to be able to get the models on Amazon, BUT seeing how absurdly expensive he was getting, I opted to go to eBay for this guy, and in a way, he was well worth the trouble...! Separately fitted parts, dark blue paint, and now there's no blank spot in the middle of the numbering lineup. Now we just need Duncan in the future, and then we'll go from there!

[TrainFan97]

Now that it's the New Year, it's time to look forward to the 2026 catalog drop sometime very soon.

With the first Thomas Tuesday stream of 2026 coming, we should see some exciting new samples of upcoming products. One of them that was teased was the first unpainted sample of Bulgy. We can hope there's more, like the N Scale Express Coaches. We should also get updates on HO Scale Sidney and Mainland Diesel, with samples being shown sometime this year. Will we finally see the first unpainted sample of N Scale Diesel/Paxton? We're bound to get an update, along with one on N Scale Henry. This year for sure, the wait should finally be over for Salty's return to HO Scale.

Some products with painted samples that are awaiting release include the HO Scale Open Carriage and the Narrow Gauge Gunpowder Wagons. We might also see images of N Scale LBSC Thomas and Origin James in the catalog.

[TrainFan97]

Pardon my double post, but I just saw the stream. Matt Stern showed off the first unpainted samples of Bulgy and the N Scale Express Coaches. Within a few months, they should have painted samples shown. Flying Scotsman is just about to enter the development phase, and they're about to have the design ready, so sometime this year, we should see the first unpainted sample of Flying Scotsman. Still don't know if the coupling between the two tenders will be a hook-and-loop or a drawbar. The 2026 catalog will drop by the end of this month.

Not Thomas products, but Sir Haydn and the Ffestiniog Railway High-Side Wagons are fully painted.

The N Scale Express Coaches are based on Season 2, but will have the CGI paint scheme. Other paint schemes are definitely possible, like the red stripe. The Express Coaches change a lot throughout the show. Looking forward to seeing how they look fully painted in the near future.

Of course there's more to show, but Matt wants to save that for next month. We may see teasers for it on social media in the coming weeks. The HO Scale CGI Milk Tanker and the reintroduced Tar Tanker are also awaiting release. For now, we at least have Bulgy and the N Scale Express Coaches as the next products in the unpainted stage.

[TRAINSROCK!]

I meant to write about my thoughts on the stream video yesterday. I can say that out of the new product samples shown I'm the most excited for bulgy.

now I already said i just collect the engines and rolling stock. bulgy is probably going to be the one vehicle I buy. I was impressed about the handrail being metal. so I'm definitely going to get him when he's released.

now I just hope they show samples of sidney and the mainland diesel. I'm just pretty excited to see them released. (even though I've mentioned I hope the faces on them would improve to how paxton turned out. I thought of buying paxton since I joined my local ho club. we have a thomas layout for the kids and we have a model of paxton. and looking at him i guess the face isn't too bad looking when see in person than watching video reviews. so I would like to buy all three of them).

and now I'm just anticipating when salty is finally released. it's been almost four years since they announced he would return to the line. I can't believe it's been that long. so I hope he's released soon.

and of course I am curious to see when the flying scotsman is released. (I'm just waiting to see about the price and the how they do the tenders).

now I just hope they do duncan again as I've been saying and hoping repeatedly. but we'll just see.

[travel_is_fun]

Happy new years everyone!

After watching the Thomas Tuesday stream on Wednesday (Korea's timezone is 14 hours ahead of EST), I would like to share my thoughts.
- I was most impressed to see the unpainted samples of Gordon's express coaches. Glad to learn that it'll be based on season 2 with the CGI livery (I don't mind that part). I wonder if they'll announce the red express coaches at some point in the future. Towards the end, Matt mentioned that he has more painted samples saved for next month (Don't know if Bachmann will update the images on the catalog before the next stream). Hopefully Henry, Diesel, or Paxton. We'll find out once we enter February.
- Bulgy looks great, though the price is a bit off-putting.
- I think that most, if not all of the remaining HO products could release by the end of the year, including Salty (Surprised that Salty hasn't been cancelled after being reintroduced 4 years ago, time flies).
- Interesting to see the painted samples of Sir Haydn.
- Now that almost every narrow gauge item has released, I hope Bachmann considers reintroducing Duncan.
- Good to know that the catalog will be out before late January. I wonder if they'll add products originally planned for the NMRA announcement last year. This time, it has to be the year Bachmann adds N-scale Edward with a new item number like #58901 along with a couple newly tooled rolling stock.

It gives me hope that '26 will get more announcements than the previous year.