My hope for NMRA would be it would be enough time for Peter Sam to be in the stage where a new engine could be announced like they did with Ryan for HO. Preferably Sir Handel. I feel like five months should be enough. Although if it isn't I would settle for Smudger.


For the standard gauge line I'd expect only recolors just because of Ryan.


Sidney and the explosives van would be really cool. Maybe some of the large scale tankers in ho also.

If they wanted to keep the theme of obscure hit rolling stock going..I think Gordon's special coaches might be a possible option of a simple repaint of either Gordon's coaches or Spencer's coach

Pretty sure you can reattatch the beams, mine break off all the time when I have to put it away. But I can always reattatch them. If not maybe see if you can glue it back on?

Personally don't see the appeal of releaseing a new Spencer. They should just do what they did with Toby and update the paint color rather then release a new model
As for what I'd like to see next yea either in Feburary or July (assuming we do get announcements then), as well as some ideas for updated models and recolors
(HO)
Stepney
Sidney
Reintroduction of Salty
Explosives van
Reintroduction of the wellwagon (with machinary load)
Reintroduction of Red Express Coaches
Reintroduction of Tar Tanker
Updated Henrietta with face
Hannah

Something I don't personally see happening but would love to see is adding more non-rail characters to the range. Characters like Butch and Bulgy would fit in very well. Maybe if we were lucky they'd add on cranes like Reg and Big Mickey, although they are super unlikely and will probably never happen.

(Narrow Gauge)
Sir Handle
Brown Narrow Gauge brakevan
Green coaches

(N scale)
Toby
Henrietta (with face)
Hannah
Milk Tanker


Although I don't want to see them until we get Stepney, some other engines I would love to see in the future would be Ryan, Whiff, and Sonny. Probably alone on that last one but would love to hear everyone's thoughts

Although the NMRA was never really huge for announcements before last year, it was advertised this year would be similar to last year. That's part of the reason people are so disappointed.

Although I would have loved to see Stepney or Ryan this year, the fact is Bachmann currently has 4 models in production. It would've been nice to get another announcement to just announce the item, since we have to wait a few years for items anyway. However with the items and the items already in production, I understand why they couldn't do that.


That being said the fact Origins James was the only announcement is really disappointing. We could've gotten news about the recolored rolling stock announced last July that are still somehow not done. Feels odd that they are taking so long, considering it seemed to be implied by the twitter account Origins James was made in the span of the last few months.

A simple announcement like reintroducing highly requested items like Salty, tar wagons, well wagons, or red express coaches could've gone a long way to add more to what was revealed yesterday.


As it stands it feels like Bachmann's announcements for the anniversary were very lacking

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Or you know, they're not allowed to say anything about what could be coming. Like most companies would do.

Which is true, obviously that's the likely case. But then why respond at all? Like it's not like they absolutely had to respond to the post.

So I noticed recently Bachmann has made so responses to people asking about future products on twitter. Should we take these posts at face value or no? Cause if this is true this means potentially no to a lot of future engines anywhere in the near future.

That's what I was trying to say. Rebecca is popular enough with a decent sized portion of the fandom, and is a main character she makes sense to be made. However a majority of the fandom doesn't like her. She still might sell well with like, at most half the  Bachmann fandom and some younger kids who's parents may have bought her. However this most likely wouldn't make up for the production cost. Nia would make more sense since she's smaller but she isn't as popular and would most likely sell worse. Even if Bachmann decides to bite the bullet, Stanley, Ryan, Stepney, and maybe BoCo, Sidney, and Phillip should come first. I like Rebecca as a character but there are so many better choices to come out before her that would sell better and be cheaper to produce. If we do get another tender engine though, which is unlikely, I'd much prefer Hiro.

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I'd love to see the CGI Troublesome Trucks given some love, preferably replacing the current Troublesome Truck #1 and#2.

And as much as I hate to say it, I'm sure it is only a matter of time before we see Nia and Rebecca introduced into the line. Given that they have been fully integrated into the main cast it is almost odd that Bachmann has not been compelled by Mattel to produce them, and their absence from the HO line (at the least! N scale Nia and Rebecca, anyone?) is notable and will surely be addressed in the (near?) future.

1: CGI series should never replace Model Series. Replacing Troublesome Truck #1 and #2 is a good way to lose money.

2: Oh God, please don't suggest that. We know that Bachmann's more than likely aware of everyone's disdain of those characters, thus why they haven't made them.

1. The faces on 1 and 2 are based on old promo art. They are outdated and should be replaced, preferably model series but cgi series faces will do.
2. Rebecca is actually alright, and they would be good additions to the range. However they aren't cost effective choices and shouldn't be added to the range anytime soon.

HO Scale

Stepney
Tar Tanker
Red Express Coacnes
Some sort of new variant of the wellwagon

Narrow Gauge

Sir Handle
Brown Brakevan
Green Coach

Anybody know if anything was discontinued in the catalogue or not?

Quote from: Rodimus Supreme on January 29, 2020, 12:05:48 PM
Mattel owns the brand, they control everything. If Bachmann was given free reign to do whatever they wanted with the rolling stock, we wouldn't be getting these lazy, mediocre/outright ugly repaints. I have no idea where you guys are getting that Mattel doesn't/can't tell Bachmann what to do with the rolling stock, but they can with the engines. 

Pretty sure most of the repaints where Bachmann's decisions to get the most out of the molds and not Mattel's? Why would Mattel request things like the Water tanker, the scrap wagon, the logging flatbed, etc. Just doesn't make much sense really. Obviously Mattel does have some influence, but I don't think blaming them for the repaints, or at least most of them, is the right call.

So for my 2020 HO wish list, it's the same as most, the engine should be Stepney. He would be the best choice, it should be Stepney. Stanley and Ryan would be other cool engines to be announced, but I don't think they should be announced next year over Stepney.
Hopefully we do get some more rolling stock announcements but I feel like it's unlikely. But if we do, first of all Bachmann should rerelease the Tar Tanker and Red Express Coaches. In terms of other easy to make rolling stock, Hannah would be a simple recolor. Maybe also rerelease Henrietta but with a face. If we do get any new rolling stock, I want it to be a crane. I doubt it'll ever happen though. Rocky is probably too big but maybe they could make Judy and Jerome work. Although they would probably too expensive to make to be worth it.
For the 75th anniversary, maybe we could get more non-rail vehicles as well. Trevor, Bulgy, Captain, Butch, etc all would be nice to have on the layout. Big Mickey would be amazing to have as a model, but probably not the be the most cost effective model to make.
For resin buildings, well they seem to basically be, none existent. It's unlikely we'll get any more but if we did, and since it is the 75th anniversary, Ffarquhar station would be amazing.
I don't expect most of these to be announced next year, these are just my general wish lists for future Bachmann products. Hopefully we get at least a few of these revealed next year though. 

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Hey everyone, thought this was important enough to have its own topic. So JamFilled posted on Instagram that they're done with Thomas and friends. If this is the end of the show, will Bachmann or other companies still make more Thomas merchandise?

How would you come to the conclusion that, because the current animation company won't be doing the show anymore, that that means the entire show is ending? Jam Filled have nothing to do with Bachmann, so Bachmann is not affected by this.

The problem, is that it's unclear. SiF hasn't heard anything about switching animation studios or a 25th season. This could just be a switch, but it would have happened by now right? Cause production should be starting around now right? Could just be a production hiatus, or the show ending in general

SiF is a fan site, not an official news outlet. You're jumping to conclusions. They'll announce it when they're ready, or perhaps not at all. I don't think the change to Jam Filled was "announced" in any way.

SIF isn't an official news outlet, but they do have inside connections. They know that when season 23 and 24 were in production, they were like, commisioned as one production back to back. But, they haven't heard anything about a commision for Season 25, that doesn't make it non-existent, but according to them, no one knows what is going on. Jam filled only just announced they are leaving, since they just finished production. It just, seems likely we're getting a hiatus of some sort.  That or a very rushed twenty fifth season.

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This to me by no means this is the end of the show  this isn't the first time that Thomas and Friends has moved animation companies. Nitrogen Studios anyone remember them? Personally I'm glad they aren't animating the show anymore. While under Arc there were some pretty lousy renders but to me the show still looked good. The backgrounds were always full and lively. Since jamfilled took over we've had bouncing, copy and paste backgrounds for locations that's meant to be "around the world"  same for background engines. The new renders for the core "steam team". I say it's time to let another animation company take over. Is this the end of Thomas? No not to me. We've seen it happen before and we probably will again.

You're blaming Jam Filled for things that weren't there fault. They didn't have time to render new backgrounds and engines for new countries, that was on Mattel, and if there is a new animation studio will most likely continue there. The bouncing was a Mattel decision and again will likely continue. Same with the steam team, Bertie, and Bulgy redesign which was, you guessed it, also most likely a Mattel decision. Since the new animation studios use the same models and sets (except for the sets Jamfilled didn't remake yet, but have the assets for like the viaduct), the new designs of the steam team are probably here to stay

You know what I deleted my original comment and I shouldn't have. I'm gonna say what I feel. You can't just blame everything lousy on Mattel there's plenty of blame to go around. But from an animation companies prospective. Jamfilled were rubbish. Deadlines, Mattel breathing down their necks or not. They clearly weren't up to the task so I'm glad they are gone. You can put blame on Mattel too there's plenty to go around but as I say from an animation standpoint and given it's their jobs to animate I'm glad they are gone. My opinion. Weather they could actually make something decent given as you say "time and Mattel not rushing things" I honestly don't know. But they did and they didn't if you take my meaning. They are history. I'm glad. Others aren't. The show isn't over. Let's see what the next animation crew bring to the table shall we? It is the grown up thing to do

Yeah, Jam Filled definitely wasn't up to the job. But I don't genuinely believe that's there fault. But it might be. It's a mixture of just incompetence really and ridiculous deadlines. Jam Filled definitely tried sometimes, but it was so rare. The other Big Engine from S23 is such a good example. They rendered Gustavo's unique coaches for a single episode, and some of the environments in  the episode were great. But others, weren't. I feel like they could do great things if they were given the time, some sets do prove this. But, they just didn't get it. That or certain animators for Jam Filled actually knew what they were doing but others didn't. I don't work for the company, so hey what do I know

Quote from: mulfred-100 on December 23, 2019, 02:59:52 AM
This to me by no means this is the end of the show  this isn't the first time that Thomas and Friends has moved animation companies. Nitrogen Studios anyone remember them? Personally I'm glad they aren't animating the show anymore. While under Arc there were some pretty lousy renders but to me the show still looked good. The backgrounds were always full and lively. Since jamfilled took over we've had bouncing, copy and paste backgrounds for locations that's meant to be "around the world"  same for background engines. The new renders for the core "steam team". I say it's time to let another animation company take over. Is this the end of Thomas? No not to me. We've seen it happen before and we probably will again.

You're blaming Jam Filled for things that weren't there fault. They didn't have time to render new backgrounds and engines for new countries, that was on Mattel, and if there is a new animation studio will most likely continue there. The bouncing was a Mattel decision and again will likely continue. Same with the steam team, Bertie, and Bulgy redesign which was, you guessed it, also most likely a Mattel decision. Since the new animation studios use the same models and sets (except for the sets Jamfilled didn't remake yet, but have the assets for like the viaduct), the new designs of the steam team are probably here to stay