I hope Sir Handel isn't on indefinite limbo like Salty's reintroduction... Considering it's already been two years without even an unpainted sample of him. Same thing with the High-Side Wagons and Gondolas, which have also been in limbo.

Quote from: Mulfred100 on March 02, 2024, 12:21:15 PM

Quote from: TrainFan97 on March 02, 2024, 11:54:55 AMSo, there's one new mold in, with plenty more still to come. If Rebecca won't be shown this month either, then it must mean she's not fully ready yet, since only part of her tender was shown a month ago. The big reveal this month will be the first, unpainted look at Sir Topham Hatt's Car.

Complete list of other products and toolings that still haven't been seen unpainted yet:

HO Scale
Stanley
Open Carriage
12-Ton Van
Bulgy

Narrow Gauge
Sir Handel
Duncan
High-Side Wagon
Gondola
Gunpowder Wagon

N Scale
Diesel/Paxton
Express Coaches

I hope MOST of these products get shown by the end of the year. Especially the Narrow Gauge rolling stock and Sir Handel. Doug needs to give us an update on those products. Possibly during summer, we should see unpainted samples of HO Scale Stanley and N Scale Diesel. I feel the latter will be revealed sooner than summer.

I really wish I hadn't bothered posting that list now because every single post is going to be updating that list. Honestly you don't need to constantly update it. That's the third time it's been updated on this page alone

Oops. Sorry. I didn't realize how redundant it's been until just before you pointed it out. I guess I should stop.

So, there's one new mold in, with plenty more still to come. If Rebecca won't be shown this month either, then it must mean she's not fully ready yet, since only part of her tender was shown a month ago. The big reveal this month will be the first, unpainted look at Sir Topham Hatt's Car.

Complete list of other products and toolings that still haven't been seen unpainted yet:

HO Scale
Stanley
Open Carriage
12-Ton Van
Bulgy

Narrow Gauge
Sir Handel
Duncan
High-Side Wagon
Gondola
Gunpowder Wagon

N Scale
Diesel/Paxton
Express Coaches

I hope MOST of these products get shown by the end of the year. Especially the Narrow Gauge rolling stock and Sir Handel. Doug needs to give us an update on those products. Possibly during summer, we should see unpainted samples of HO Scale Stanley and N Scale Diesel. I feel the latter will be revealed sooner than summer.

After almost a decade since the launch of the Narrow Gauge range, I decided to finally start collecting Narrow Gauge, starting with Old Faithful himself, Skarloey, with two Red Carriages and a Red Brake Van. Some other time, I could get two Blue Carriages, Blue Brake Van, and Rheneas, then Rusty, then Peter Sam. Hope it won't be too much longer before they finally have the unpainted sample of Sir Handel ready. Once they do, they can also make steady progress on Duncan.

There's nothing holding them back from making brown or gray Narrow Gauge brake vans because the tooling is already there, but they do have three new rolling stock toolings that desperately need to be caught up.

So now Bachmann comes out and explains why the catalog was so late, but at least it's here. Although I would've loved to see N Scale Henry, which has been asked for a good few years since Gordon was announced, maybe he'll be in the NMRA for sure, especially once N Scale Gordon is officially out there, with Emily possibly arriving in stock later this year. Plus, Diesel and Paxton are still on the backburner, but recolors like Sidney, 'Arry and Bert could easily be made with that tooling. Speaking of recolors, the 2025 catalog needs to have N Scale LBSC Thomas and Origin James for the 80th Anniversary, and for a new tooling, N Scale Edward could also possibly get announced with them. Next year's announcements might be much bigger, especially once Bachmann catches up with a bunch of other previously-announced products.

At least I'm understanding why the announcements were so underwhelming. There's so many other previously-announced products that haven't even been shown unpainted samples yet.

HO Scale:
Beau (fully painted)
Rebecca (fully painted)
Stanley
Open Carriage
12-Ton Vans
Salty Reintroduction (on hold)
DCC Sound Thomas (on hold)
DCC Sound Percy (on hold)

HO Scale Accessories:
Figure Packs (unpainted)
Sir Topham Hatt's Car
Bulgy

Narrow Gauge:
Sir Handel
Duncan
High-Side Wagons
Gondolas
Gunpowder Wagons

N Scale:
Gordon (fully painted)
Emily (fully painted)
Emily's Coaches (fully painted)
Henrietta (unpainted)
Diesel
Paxton
Express Coaches

That's a lot of catching up. Hope we see plenty of new unpainted samples this year.

The Slate Wagon repaints already have images. Those got done quickly because their tooling already existed. The March Thomas Tuesday for sure should reveal HO Scale Rebecca fully painted. After that, the NEXT big reveal from Bachmann has to be unpainted Sir Handel. There's already three rolling stock toolings for Narrow Gauge that have yet to be shown in the unpainted stage. This year, they should be finally shown. Doug has to confirm if any progress has been made on those, especially the High-Side Wagons and Gondolas. The Gunpowder Wagons were just announced back in August.

No new toolings announced whatsoever, so Bachmann can really catch up on them, instead of letting them pile up even further. Before we see N Scale Henry announced, Bachmann is at least trying to get Gordon and Emily out there first, with good progress on Diesel/Paxton. Before HO Scale gets anything else, they're trying to get Beau and Rebecca out there as well, with Stanley on the backburner.

The NMRA for sure should announce N Scale Henry, and if they want more Diesel repaints, 'Arry and Bert could be made in N Scale (with Bert having much more noticeable stubble than 'Arry) or Sidney, who could be the first character in N Scale that doesn't already exist in HO Scale. Sidney would be an easy one for N Scale, since there's no eye mechanism to worry about. The 2025 catalog should have N Scale LBSC Thomas and Origin James for the 80th Anniversary.

Speak of the devil, the 2024 catalog did drop today, just as I was starting to think it got delayed to March.

Anyway, there was hardly anything new in terms of Thomas products. Just some repaints of the Narrow Gauge Slate Wagons, and the return of the Large Scale Thomas set. Still no N Scale Henry, most likely because they're still getting Gordon and Emily out there, and they're still working on Diesel and Paxton. NMRA for sure, they can announce N Scale Henry.

I had a feeling this year's announcements would be an all-time small. Because there's so many other products that still have yet to be shown in the unpainted stage. including HO Scale Stanley, Open Carriage and 12-Ton Vans, N Scale Diesel/Paxton and Express Coaches, Narrow Gauge Sir Handel, Duncan, High-Side Wagons, Gondolas and Gunpowder Wagons. This is definitely going to be a catch-up year for Bachmann. So many products they've fallen behind, especially for Narrow Gauge.

Bachmann said the catalog would drop mid-February, but they were wrong... It may have been delayed to March, and I have no idea why... Their silence is deafening...

The catalog shall be up any day. Something is really holding Bachmann up this time. This will be the latest it's ever been. New record. The fact that even Doug himself didn't know the exact day and time really shows. What's with the seemingly endless wait for the catalog? We're less than a week away from March.

It's definitely taking longer than usual for the catalog to publicize. Even Doug himself didn't know the exact day and time.

Bachmann, just post the announcements already. They hadn't done that since 2021. The catalog has to be there by the end of the month.

Quote from: DustyMarie53! on February 09, 2024, 11:54:19 AMBachmann has already said days ago it would drop mid February. Most likely on the 14th alongside the physical that's releasing that day. Unless Doug wants to be based and do a surprise reveal on the 12th, it's unlikely to be discussed at all on Thomas tuesday other than a date confirmation

Uhhhh...

I shouldn't be surprised if the 2024 catalog doesn't show many new Thomas products. There's still many other products that haven't even been teased with samples yet, especially for Narrow Gauge. It's already been two years without a physical sample of Sir Handel. Bachmann desperately needs to catch up on those products. They've fallen way behind.

So the stream only showed the unpainted N Scale Henrietta and fully painted N Scale Emily, which were previously revealed, but for some reason, Doug didn't show the painted sample HO Scale Rebecca, when it was teased a week ago! Why wasn't Rebecca shown, despite the painted sample being there? That doesn't make sense, and it was a bit disappointing.

One thing we do know is that we are getting a Thomas Tuesday stream tomorrow, which the big reveal will be HO Scale Rebecca fully painted. It's not likely that we're going to hear anything new from the catalog apart from a date confirmation. At the latest, we should finally have the catalog this Friday.

Hope we hear updates on Stanley, Sir Handel, Narrow Gauge Gondolas and N Scale Diesel, with progress made on those.

So, yet another week of suspense? Bachmann HAS to get to it eventually...