I agree with this! Oliver would be great.

Quote from: MetaDude27 on January 08, 2011, 11:24:32 AM
Besides Duck and Oliver (read my signature ),  I'd like Toad and the red coaches for rolling stock and Diesel for a locomotive.  The breakdown train would be pretty cool, too!

I think Oliver and Toad would be great as i think they compliment S. C. Ruffey really well. But Duck and the red coaches would be great as well.

Quote from: Sparks on January 08, 2011, 01:14:24 AM


Now I'll agree this is a quality face!

Agreed

Quote from: thomasj219 on December 31, 2010, 02:44:36 PM
From where?

Someone asked on bachmann's facebook page where bachmann replied with "Sometime in the spring.''

The Farmer McColl figure is available, too. Here's a link. http://cgi.ebay.com/BACHMANN-HO-THOMAS-FARMER-McCOLL-TRAIN-42448-/180607440220?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item2a0d0ad55c

Cool.

You all know about the removable coal load from the HO Coal Wagon, right? Maybe for a 2011 product, the coal load could be sold in packs of two or four. That way, customers wouldn't have to constantly buy the coal wagon for the coal load and they would have coal loads for the Troublesome Trucks. But a stone load would be nice, too.

Quote from: ThomasFan247 on January 03, 2011, 03:27:55 PM

Quote from: SodorAdventures on January 03, 2011, 03:20:29 PM
Definetly a prediction...   ...and yea, I can see D&D Pused back to 2013

That's highly doubtful. They were announced for 2010, so I can almost guarantee you they will be released this year.

I  hope you're right. We will just have to wait and see.

Quote from: RGC on January 02, 2011, 10:40:09 PM
I put the DCC decoder in the body of Henry. It was a tight fit , but I didn't use a really mini size decoder. If I was going to do it again I would go with a TCS M1 decoder.

Cool.  Would that same process need to be done on Gordon if he were to have a DCC decoder? Or would you know anything on how to put one in Edward or James?

Quote from: ClearwtaerMK2 on January 03, 2011, 09:03:41 AM
I could just see it now..
Bachmann:This years annoucments for the thomas & friends HO range is

Engines:
Duck
Diesel
Rosie
Re-designed Thomas,Percy & James

Rolling stock:
China clay truck
Small china clay truck
Sodor CCT van
8 ton van
Breakdown crane
Sodor works uint coach
Red branch line coaches
Re-designed Brake van

Destinations:
Sodor search & rescue center building kit
Signal box

Off rail:
Trevor
Elizabeth
Lady hatt
Dowager hatt
Mr bubbles

Sets:
Tickled pink James
Percy's Mail delivery

And the Large scale Items are...

Engines:
Gordon
Henry

Rolling stock:
Express coaches
Tar wagon

As for donald & douglas,They shall be pushed back until 2013...Sorry folks.

How do you know this? HUH?

Although I don't have Bill and Ben from bachmann, they look pretty darn good.

I must say though, I think that the more models Bachmann has made, the better they have gotten.

Quote from: jward on December 31, 2010, 02:19:26 AM
with the tender engines you'd have ample room in the tender. all you'd have to do is run wires between the tender and locomotive. toby shoud have enough room that he'd be like converting a diesel to dcc.

as for bill and ben they make decoders about the size of a dime. surely one of those would fit.....

Thanks, but wouldn't there be room in the cab or somewhere on the body of the engine?

Quote from: Anthony P2 on December 31, 2010, 10:41:38 AM
Donald and Douglas will probably be released in the fall. The reason i say this is because bachmann will either say June or July, then they will push it back to August, then they will be released anywhere between October and December. it all has to do with the production schedule always changing.

I've heard that Donald and Douglas would be released in Spring.

Quote from: jward on December 30, 2010, 07:55:09 PM
you'd have to fit the decoder in the cab, same as with all the other tank engines....

related question, would a decoder with back emf help fine tune these locomotives? or would i be better off using a basic decoder and not trying to smooth out their throttle response?

Now that I know where to put decoders in tank engines, where would I put them in tender engines and Toby?

Cool.