After seeing Rebecca wow she looks amazing however I do think she needs a cab interior And definitely will try to add one to mine . Overall, an amazing model Can't wait to pick her up sometime next year

I can't belive we are getting to see Rebecca's prototype tommorow . I feel we are gonna see her out around the end of the year maybe around November . I feel we will see painted figure packs, narrow gauge wagons , and N scale express coaches soon on Thomas Tuesdays

I trust the source with that being said
The water tower is going next .
By 2026 I expect the only 2 buildings in the range to be Tidmouth sheds and cranky . It's so sad that Bachmann did this to us . I don't wanna spend $300 to get brendam wherehouse . Please bring them all back  Bachmann .

Sodor diesel company makes no sense at all in the shows logic where Sodor fuel has been around since season 3 not to mention the sdc tanker has the CGI SFT logos in black and white . I would miss this item if we at least got vicartown diesel works on it . Not gonna miss it at all .

I saw this one post about the pack characters and I like it tbh another off rail character we need is Trevor and the soft side lorry . And for off land bulstoade skiff and captain .

Hannah is a good idea for HO tbh there are some coaches we could see in HO here are some of my picks

• Blue Annie and clarabel - as seen in the great race
•Slip coaches - three face variants
•Work unit coach - green blue and orange
•Faceless brown coaches- same color as A&C
•Herenttia with face
•Hannah - Henrietta repaint with new face and lamp on side
•Dexter- red brake coach repaint  with face
•An Ann - Annie repaint with face
•Yin-Long - Annie repaint with face
•Gordon's special coaches - express coaches repaint
•Green express coach with  buffet - green composite coach with buffet lettering on side

Mattel still has the classics on the Thomas and friends classic channel and on Amazon prime . So don't worry lol back to the topic on future stuff

 what about large scale toad

Personally I think the CGI mandate has been irrelevant since the day all engine go came out . I think it's about time Bachmann looked into making characters like Stepney or BoCo while still making CGI characters like Hiro or Sidney . I do think he changes needed in the contract, especially since I don't think  any parent is spending over $100 on Rebecca  for there 5 year old son  . While I do think some kids get the starter set . This line has clearly been for us fans being marked 8+ which at that age probably have a clue who characters like Stepney and BoCo are . By the time I was eight I knew the likes of Wilbert and Culdee .

Gator would be cool but idk he really only appeared in a movie and maybe like 3 episodes characters like whiff are better options for another large tank engine

Imma be honest the mandate is dumb since the show got rebooted I think that there is no purpose for the CGI mandate

Diesel 10 is a character I think could work if pinchy is flexible like the GG1 pantographs . He has not appeared in the show in a while but again the show is not relevant anyway . He also appeared in CGI and if made would be a best seller . If he could fit under tunnels which they could pull off he could be a perfect addition to the range

Whiff Nia Hiro Philip Norman Sidney Luke Victor Charlie Porter skiff Winston Sonny Belle Flynn are some more CGI characters I think could be made .

Model series stuff is now just as relevant as CGI some model characters they could make are

Hank K4 repaint
Molly
Duke
mighty Mac Bachmann Uk repaint
BoCo Murdoch Stepney proteus smudger Billy Dennis

Well, we saw that 12 ton new tooling look nice

I expect to see painted 12 ton vans and sir tophamhatts car by the end of the year . If we are lucky a painted sir Handel and Stanley .

Are the figure packs done? I know they're not gonna show all of them off in a Thomas Tuesday. Maybe we will see a painted STH . And then we will see them all in the box. But are they painted yet? Last we saw was the unpainted sample

If they put pinchy over the window and had pinchy a bit under the arm rather then in the middle and made the top of the arm poseable to make it a small as possible diesel 10 could 100 percent happen he would be a great seller for the range I would 100 percent buy him. 

Thinking about diesel 10 if they put pinchy in found of his windows he could fit under  tunnels .

I think he could be perfect for 2025

2025 catalogue ideas
Diesel 10
Blue Annie and clarabel
Work unit coach
M 4 plank wagon
FFQ 4 plank wagon
SCC 4 plank wagon

Bringing back arry and Bert would be cool and perfect for NRMA 2024

Tbh N scale roise would be nice to see

Personally if they had to announce a new item, I think just bringing back the tar tankers would've been a good idea or how about making a troublesome truck number seven using the LNER 12 ton mold they are introducing.