Do you think those Annie and Clarabels will be available in the US eventually? Also what do you mean you haven't taken them out of the box because of your sister's dog? Does it like to chew them up?

I don't know if they will make Stepney. On one hand, it would be extremely pleasing to the fans, given how much the Hornby one sells for on eBay. However, they probably wouldn't be able to get permission from Mattel, because of how much they seem to want to erase the history of the series, just like schools want to erase the US Civil War. On the other hand, it was a big surprise when they reintroduced Duck into the series, and we got a Bachmann model of him right before then, and I'm very glad they did it then because it would be weird to see him in his CGI form instead of model series. I remember someone else saying this somewhere else, but I just want to state it again. Also, they have their hands full at the moment, just having released 2 new versions of James, LBSC Thomas, and the upcoming Daisy, so if we were to see him, it would probably be in a couple years.

I'm pretty split on them rereleasing Salty. I already have one in pretty good condition, so if I ever decided to sell him, I could make quite a bit of money. On the other hand, if mine breaks, it would be pretty hard to get a new one.

I'm 100% sure they won't make Splatter and Dodge for a couple reasons.
1) T&TMRR came out 21 years ago now so there would be no significance whatsoever for them making them
2) IMO they would sell terribly. T&TMRR marks their only appearance to date, making them very insignificant. Also, they don't have much of a personality, making them non-fan favorites, so they wouldn't make much money.
3) Their design is actually somewhat different to the other Class 08s (no handrails) so Bachmann would just need to make minor adjustments to them, but still, it would be a waste of money.

I feel like Sir Handel will be the next HoN30 character they make, but we'll likely have to wait until Peter Sam is released. I'm not looking forward to Duncan, because as much as I love his character and would want a model of him, his CGI render looks hideous and if they do make him I would probably not get him (I haven't gotten any of the other Skarloey Railway products yet, but I'm planning to get some within the next year or two). The Red Coaches have already been made, albeit in their CGI form, so I'm pretty sure they won't make pre-CGI versions. The refreshment stand lady coach was in about 5 episodes and I wouldn't expect them to make it until the make other one-off coaches such as Toby's Museum Coach, which will probably not happen in the next 5 years.

Scrap repaints of Oliver and Toad would be nice but not likely, and I don't have the normal versions of either characters yet so I would probably hold off on getting those editions for quite a while. Even so, I wouldn't expect them to sell very well.

I wouldn't be surprised at Chocolate Covered or Jack Frost Percy at this point because of Busy Bee James. Maybe Bee James could be a test to see if random recolors of engines like that will sell very well, but if I were Bachmann I probably would have gone with pre-Crewe or Blue Henry first.

New Red Express Coaches would be great and would probably sell very well, and if they did get rereleased, I would get them ASAP. I can't think of any reason for Bachmann to not do that.

I would probably expect them to make either more or less NG rolling stock than just a brown brake van, but it's possible.

In normal N scale, I would expect 1 or 2 of the following: Henry, Gordon, Toby, Emily and Diesel. As for rolling stock, I would expect a Tidmouth Milk Tanker, Scruffey, and maybe a couple other items, such as some open wagons or more tankers.

In Large Scale I don't know if they would do Paxton or not. They just released him in HO scale like 2 years ago, and to my knowledge, he hasn't been selling the best. However, it would be pretty easy to just recolor Diesel's moulding and make a new face like they did in HO. Mavis is also possible, and although I don't collect G scale Edward would be nice to see, but they completely missed out on the timing and now it's impossible due to his recent absence in the show. Henry and Gordon will probably not get made either, Gordon due to being too big and Henry for the same reasons as both Edward and Gordon.

I would be very happy with a tar tanker reintroduction, and again, I can't think of any reason for Bachmann not to do it.

Green carriages would be fun for the NG line, but I really don't know if they would make them or not.

Normal N scale Ventilated and Brake Vans would be possible, but no likely IMO. The normal Brake Van is discontinued in both Ho and G scales, so they might not do it at all and make the Spiteful Brake Van or Toad instead. I also have this gut feeling that the Ventilated Van will be discontinued in HO pretty soon, especially since they still haven't updated the picture of it in the catalog or released in G scale.

Bill & Ben in G scale wouldn't be too terribly hard for them, and if they made them they would probably also do Duck for the same reasons. I'm kinda surprised they haven't made the Red Coaches or Troublesome Trucks 3 and 4 yet, and I would expect them to make them pretty soon.


Man, I spent a lot of time on that. Happy belated New Years!

So I just got the Thomas and Troublesome Truck set but there was not instructions on how to build the coal hopper thingy. It's probably supposed to have it, but they just forgot to stick it in mine. Does anyone know where I can find instructions to it?

Thank you so much! I think I'll just make one with about half Thomas-related items, half real life British stuff. I might end up getting a couple American engines too, but probably no more than two or three. I also have a couple more questions. Do you use Bachmann's EZ-track system that they use in the US and Thomas lines? Or the normal model train track that every other company uses? Also, how much is shipping on Rails of Sheffeild? Apparently you have to make an account to order on it, and I don't want to make one just to find out that shipping is like $50 an item and get spammed with emails from them for the rest of my life.

Hey guys. I have Thomas, Percy, James, Gordon, Emily and Salty in HO scale, quite a bit of rolling stock and some track. I'm planning on making a layout of Sodor on a big table with trees, roads, buildings, etc. I'm also planning on making a similar one of somewhere in Britain or America. I just don't know which to do. I live in the States but I prefer British trains because of Thomas. They're very hard to get here in the US, and I'm worried that if I ordered one, something in the motor would probably break in the mail, and I'm not a mechanic. There's not many options either, because the only places I can find them (Bachman Branchline and Hornby) are on Amazon and eBay. American ones is that they're cheaper and easier to find, but they're not as special to me. I still love them, but they're just not as interesting. Also, I'm having a really tough time deciding what kind of engines to get. There's just too many options. Atlas, Athearn, Bachmann, Walthers, Kato, Lionel, etc. I was just wondering, do you guys just have Thomas layouts? Or do you also have separate layouts with real-life trains on them? Or do you just put them on the same one? I was also considering just getting all the British ones I can get my hands on and then going for Americans. Sorry, this isn't relevant to the current thread, but I'm really curious.

Hey guys I'm new to this forum thing, and model trains in general. When do you think we will get the 2021 catalog? I saw that some people said January or February but someone else said July. I'm just curious. Also TT#6 doesn't look half bad and I'll probably get it when I get TT's 3, 4 and 5.