What's up? I decided to make this thread for people to share their predictions of what Troublesome Truck #4 would be. It could be one of the following:

•Season 1 Troublesome Truck
•CGI Troublesome Truck
•The van from "A Close Shave For Duck"
•A salt wagon with a face

I won't really care which one it will be. I'll be okay with what they've chosen. What do you think it will be?

They're now in museums, where they will never be used again.

Quote from: mrrailroad on March 02, 2013, 09:22:39 AM
I hope Bachmann wont model the characters from the new animation. I hope its from the old models. In my opinion it would look better

They must keep doing classic characters. They must be from seasons 2-7. I don't want characters from the new show, either.

Surprisingly, there is a Tomy BoCo. Hopefully, Bachmann could make BoCo someday in the future.

BoCo was a great diesel character who was introduced in season 2 of the show. He was in a few episodes of season 3. He was in season 4, never spoke there, but he did make cameos. The last time we ever saw BoCo was in season 5, Double Teething Troubles, which introduced another diesel engine who also never came back, Derek. Too bad BoCo left the show after that episode. It's like that Derek is a one-off character, like Splatter and Dodge. Derek would've been a great character to have on the show.

Derek did make a small cameo in a Calling All Engines music video. I would like a petition to make both BoCo and Derek to return to the show. HiT Entertainment took over, and ruined everything. They introduce countless amounts of new characters, and abandon the older ones. Some people say that Emily replaced Duck. Maybe it's because there were people who thought the show needed a major female character, so they'd stop thinking the show is sexist or something. How many new characters do they need to have?

The big question is, whatever happened to BoCo? Whatever happened to Derek? They're both obscure and abandoned. They must return. I don't want them to be forgotten like Duke! What also puzzles me is that they did bring back Diesel 10, but they never brought back Splodge. Daisy was in Calling All Engines, but she never spoke. Maybe they should bring her back as well.

It's also too bad that the show won't return to the old style. The classic episodes were creative and were not very childish compared to what we have now!

This thread seems quiet so far. 

If Bachmann were to make Stepney someday, they will have to paint his side rods red.

'Arry and Bert, they were first in season 5 Stepney Gets Lost, but they weren't properly introduced until season 6 Middle Engine. I know a season 8 remake that's possible, which is Thomas to the Rescue.

For Troublesome Truck #4, anything can be possible.

I don't see 'Arry and Bert in the online product catalog, but I did see analog sound Thomas, and Troublesome Truck #4. The diesels should be added there.

Yeah, I really wouldn't mind at all if 'Arry and Bert had silver side rods. It'll also be okay if Bachmann made the twins look shiny and clean. They don't really put weathering on their Thomas models anyway.

They had silver side rods in their first episode. So Bachmann giving them silver side rods is definitely nothing to fuss over.

Everyone, let's get back to the analog sound Thomas topic, thank you.

When photos of 'Arry and Bert get posted someday, if their side rods are silver, we shouldn't complain. Diesel got silver side rods.

Quote from: JD417 on February 17, 2013, 04:19:07 PM
well when you think about it, Diesel does represent the CGI version, I mean, just look at his face, and yet he has silver side-rods, I'm guessing that they stayed silver because Bachmann wouldn't paint side-rods that stick out so much, and would get bumped and scratched up..?

in other words i just have a feeling that even though Arry and Bert will have CGI faces, they'll still get silver side-rods, like Diesel.



EDIT: Something that I've noticed with Arry and Bert's wheels, they dont have the counter-weights like a normal class 08 such as Diesel (by counter-weights I mean that half circle on the oposite side of the wheels then the side-rods)

This is the best example I could find; http://images.wikia.com/ttte/images/8/8b/DayoftheDieselsTrailer6.jpg

I guess when making 'Arry and Bert, Bachmann may have to make new wheels. Though, they're still gonna have to be the same size as Diesel's, just with no counterweights on them. Salty's wheels are also like that. Except Salty's wheels are smaller.

And about the side rods on 'Arry and Bert, maybe Bachmann can do their best to give them black ones. If not good enough, they'll just have to be silver.

Quote from: Zorran202 on February 15, 2013, 09:24:43 PM
Well, considering that Arry and Bert themselves had black side rods, it's possible that they would get black ones, but we'll see after (or at least eventually) the promo pics for the third set of twins arrive on the good ol' internet.

I think the Bachmann models should have black side rods, so they'd be more like 'Arry and Bert from the show.

Would you prefer the side rods on the models being black, or silver? I'd preferably choose black, like how they are on the show. Diesel's were silver until season 6. I really wouldn't care much if Bachmann gave 'Arry and Bert silver ones.

I was hoping that maybe it will have a better face, and a front coupler.