Hello everyone I've not written for awhile on the fourm (life stuff always in the way). I know I'm really late after a week since bachmann made the announcements one week ago. I thought i'd share my thoughts on what was announced. (just felt overwhelmed with all the excitement from the announcements).

first is the retooling of both thomas and percy. this is a joy that bachmann has finally listened to everyone about updating the older models that started the line 24 years ago. (hard to believe next year is 25 years since they started doing the line).

this is a great welcome edition that there updating two of the three engines that started the line. (I do think james might be the next one they do since I think the line has gotten better with the models that would follow compared to the first three though i don'tknow if they'll retire the old models in favor for the new designs but we'll just see).

I know I've seen everyone suggestion on some of the others models for a redesign (I would say gordon and henry I've seen everyone say more. I think toby and edward are perfectly fine as they are). I hope this may be a sign that they may do emily with the no. 12 on the tender.

rolling stock well I'm happy they announced a product that I made in the old suggestion post for future models last year.

the wagons with the stone load. (they're using the tooling from the china clay wagon so this is great they're doing more wagons with loads). though I'm torn how many I might buy (they'll go great with mavis though i don't know why they didn't do the stone load with the ffarquhar quarry wagon they announced earlier this year but this is still a great edition with more wagons with loads).

and they're doing a chocolate syrup tanker for ho. this one a piece of rolling stock in the g scale line so it's nice they're doing a piece of rolling stock from the g scale line to the ho line. (I'll ponder about this one)

for the narrow gauge line well I'm happy they announced the tipper wagons.(nice that the line is growing with more rolling stock). was hoping again they would announce duncan for the 100th time but no. okay i may sound annoying about duncan I just really want them to do him again to complete the core skarloey railway roster.

for n scale I like that they added the red express coaches (I actually like these more than the green ones the red ones just look nicer). I do plan to eventually buy the ho ones just wanted those a lot.

and they're adding both the fun fair vans into the line. (I did change my mind on those when they did the 12 ton vans for ho I had no intention to buy the fun fair vans I just only bought the christmas and the grey ones but I'm changing my mind that I may get the fun fair ones maybe just a bit of different rolling stock).

and I know there's a lot of disappointment that they did the sodor coal co. and mining wagons instead of the regular coal wagon. (they may do the regular coal wagon the next one).

I think out of the two I changed my mind on the mining wagon. (I decided to get a few of the ho mining wagon and the scrap co wagon in ho as i don't know if they'll discontinue them like they did the coal co wagon earlier this year). i think both are more uniquely different from the coal co. wagon since the latter one is the regular coal wagon with lettering on it. (i thought i'd buy the coal co. wagon before it disappeared off the shelf but no I now decided to get the mining and scrap wagons instead I think they were probably the better wagons they did when they were released 7 years ago). but that's my opinion.

and nice that they included tidmoth sheds as a welcome edition to the line. (was hoping they would announce a new engine but probably in 27 as Henry is still being worked on i think Edward might be the next one they announce) but as always we'll see.

for g scale I'm happy they're finally doing henrietta for g scale. she'll go great with Toby that everyone has been asking bachmann for years. (and yes they're doing hannha though i prefer henrietta). I'm also happy they're doing henrietta with the face for g scale like they did her in the n scale line. I just hope they do her with the face for ho than I definitely would buy toby.

and the big one everyone's excited about diesel 10. I never did expect bachmann to do diesel 10 since he's been requested so much over the years. but they're finally doing him. (though like the flying scotsman i don't know how much he's going to cost and how they'll do his claw). I know he's still in the talks if designs but I'll just wait to see when he's released.

when bachmann said they were going to do someone we didn't expect i was thinking originally they were finally going to do stepney. (since he was just announced as a toy in the new meatel collection and possibly maybe returning in the show but maybe they may finally do him as I always say we'll see).

So bachmann did some great announcements from the nmra convention. hope to see how these products turn out down the road. and hope to for more exciting products in 2027. thank you bachmann for these announcements.

I checked out the post and troublesome truck 7 looks incredible. I just can't believe they got it painted after showing the unpainted one.

I definitely am going to add this one to the other troublesome trucks I own. (now I guess we wait to see who they'll pick as the 8th one).

I've mentioned so many times for the journey beyond sodor oil tanker. (but if they decide to go with a different one i would go with the ventilated van since they have the tooling for that one but we'll just see).

it's just really exciting to see the troublesome truck line expand this far to no. 7. we'll just what the next one's will be in the future.

I enjoyed yesterday's stream showing the upcoming projects.

glad that the china clay wagons were shown off I'm definitely going to buy a few of them. (I don't know how many I'd buy i think they turned out really good). and glad that the tar tanker is seeing a release by summer. (as I said I at least want to buy four of them as I once said there were always four in a consist).

still don't know about buying the upcoming new milk tanker. Just think I'd ratherstick with the tidmoth milk tanker. Just on the fence with that one. same with the upcoming fuel tanker

and of course I'm really hyped for troublesome truck 7. (it looks really good). I honestly think the 12 to van is the best new rolling stock bachmann has done in a long while. (I own now four of the grey one's and I love them i thought of buying more but that's a bit overkill I just love those vans).

and matt said that they may do more troublesome trucks. (as I said in the old future predictions post that I hoped they'd do the troublesome oil tanker from journey beyond sodor as the 8th one but we'll see).

so all in all I enjoyed yesterday's video really excited for all these new products for releasing later down the road. hope they share more on other projects they're still doing.

Today's stream was great. lots of good things to come down the line. probably the highlight for me was the update for sidney and the mainland diesel. hearing the news that bachmann will change sidney to have the correct face and showing the sample of his face has me really more excited than ever. the fact bachmann heard the criticism of how paxton turned out and that they took the extra time to give sidney the proper face is really good. I think theybmay do the same with the mainland diesel. I never thought I'd be excited for repaints of the class 08 shunter tooling. but it's great they're doing the proper face this time. really can't wait to see how sidney and the mainland diesel turnout after more samples arrive.

Well today bachmann has released the catalog for 2026.

I checked it out and there's some products I'm hyped up for.

the first is the new Ffarquhar Quarry wagons. (I've been hoping they would do rolling stock for mavis since we're still waiting for the china clay wagons for bill and ben. so I'm definitely going to pick up a few of these upcoming wagons).

than there's also the 20 ton breakvan. (it's just so nice that a piece of the rolling stock from the 80th anniversary set is having a release and it's also refreshing they added another break van into the line since toad and the spiteful breakvan were the only ones available and not any other's so it's great to have a third breakvan). also with the 20 ton breakvan added to the line I got a feeling they might do bradford. (I'm really hoping for that and I'm still crossing the fingers that they'll do samson cause we need samson to go along with bradford).

than they announced the cgi fuel tanker. (probably was expected since they're doing the cgi milk tanker). I think i may pass on the cgi fuel tanker. (I got the classic sodor fuel tanker that one is just better looking to me i thought of buying three more of the classic sodor fuel tanker as a consist for diesel. but I'm going to think real hard about that).

than there's some disappointment I've seen they discontinued the sodor coal co. wagon with the coal load. (I was going to buy a bunch of these as a coal train consist maybe I may just buy one). I mean they might of been the same as the original wagon with the coal load. i thought the green on the sodor coal co. one had a nicer shade of green. (at least the sodor scrap co. wagon is still available i may buy a few of those. though I'm not going to get the mining wagon i thought I would maybe for mavis. but no since they're coming out with the Ffarquhar Quarry wagons I'll do those one's instead).

really disappointed there was no announcements for the narrow guage line. though they've discounted the slate wagon no. 178 leaving the 136 as the only one with the numbers still available. along with the three new ones in different colors. they've also discounted the open wagon that was one of the first pieces of rolling stock when bachmann started to do the narrow gauge engines. (I'm not disappointed with that one being discontinued as I feel the other rolling stock that would follow is a lot better. plus I felt like that wagon didn't fit for the narrow gauge engines anyway).

though they at least got images of the upcoming gunpowder wagons. the d. fusit one i think is the best one of the bunch. (the other ones are nice looking it's just the d. fusit one is going to be the big seller).

I was disappointed that I had hoped they would re-anounce duncan but no. I'm hoping he get re-anounced in the mid year announcements or latter on. we'll just see.

and seeing the n scale line I've seen they announced the mr. jollys chocolate factory van that's a nice pick. and the blue open wagon. (that one was in the ho line for a long while until they discontinued it).

so bachmann has announced some nice products. I'm looking forward to the Ffarquhar Quarry wagons the most along with the 20 ton breakvan. still waiting to see the other products they've announced for the last few years will be released down the road. (there's so many items to buy). hope to see what the nmra announcements are latter this year.

I meant to write about my thoughts on the stream video yesterday. I can say that out of the new product samples shown I'm the most excited for bulgy.

now I already said i just collect the engines and rolling stock. bulgy is probably going to be the one vehicle I buy. I was impressed about the handrail being metal. so I'm definitely going to get him when he's released.

now I just hope they show samples of sidney and the mainland diesel. I'm just pretty excited to see them released. (even though I've mentioned I hope the faces on them would improve to how paxton turned out. I thought of buying paxton since I joined my local ho club. we have a thomas layout for the kids and we have a model of paxton. and looking at him i guess the face isn't too bad looking when see in person than watching video reviews. so I would like to buy all three of them).

and now I'm just anticipating when salty is finally released. it's been almost four years since they announced he would return to the line. I can't believe it's been that long. so I hope he's released soon.

and of course I am curious to see when the flying scotsman is released. (I'm just waiting to see about the price and the how they do the tenders).

now I just hope they do duncan again as I've been saying and hoping repeatedly. but we'll just see.

It's nice that sir handel is finally released after almost four years since he was announced.

he looks great from the images. bachmann did another great job.

I definitely like to buy him eventually along with most of the recent rolling stock for the narrow guage line.

(all three of the new slate wagons in the different paint schemes. and the one of each of the high side wagons. I'm kind of thinking the red and green ones. as there were more of those than there were of the brown ones though i may add the brown ones).

still hope the gondolas and the gunpowder wagons come soon. and as always I hope they say they'll do duncan again in 2026 or the following year. (maybe I shouldn't hold my breath for that it's just out of all the recent canceled items duncan was the one I was the most disappointed with). but we'll just see.

I looked at the stream for this evening.

Glad that the open carriage is fully done just and this was one of the products doug was involved with before he retired.

and I'm glad to know that there's progress on sidney and the mainland diesel. (though I've mentioned I'm just hoping they're going to have the faces improved to how they should look like unlike how they did paxton that's just what I'm really hoping for).

and of course I am glad they're adding the flying scotsman to the line. (been busy with life where I've not been active that much). yes it's disappointing the 80th anniversary set was canceled. but doing the flying Scotsman makes up for the canceled set. and also the atticapation for the release of sir handel is coming close.(still am hoping for duncan for 2026).

so it was a nice stream to see what progress has been done. look forward to see what comes next.

Thank you very much Yard Master. really appreciate the information. look forward to the coach to be restocked later in the year. thank you very much again.

I just wanted to ask the question if the red composite express coach will be back in stock. (for awhile I wanted to buy the red express coaches).

but the composite one always seems to sell out quickly everywhere. while the brake one is the only one available.

(I wanted to buy those for duck as a option if the slip coaches don't come or not as prior to the slip coaches he always pulled the red express coaches in season's two and three.  he did pull the express coaches again in season four but they were the green one's).

I just was wondering if the composite will be back in stock down the road.

(I just seem to like the red ones more than green ones I just think they're more appealing for some reason).

I did buy the red branchline coaches (and they're really nice looking just wish they had the plastic coupling hook they just look different without the plastic coupling hook).

just wanted to ask that question. thanks very much.

I shared this in the suggestion for future products form.

I made a idea about ideas for more troublesome trucks. the one that really has been in my mind if bachmann would do another troublesome tanker.

yes we got the 6th one that was from the bwba movie. as I shared I just was thinking they could another one but with the fuel tanker just like the ones from journey beyond sodor.

I mean we got four of the open wagon troublesome trucks 1 2 4 and s.c. ruffy

three different vans. troublesome truck 3 as the cattle wagon, troublesome truck 5 as the salt van, and the upcoming 7th one as the 12 ton van.

so I just thought another troublesome tanker could be added to the line with the 6th one. one tanker that's well behave and the other misbehaves.

so I just thought I'd do a discussion about the possibility if bachmann would do another troublesome tanker.

I bought three of each of troublesome trucks 1 and 2 so 6 of them.

I do plan to buy troublesome trucks 3-6 and when 7 is released down the road. I just thought another troublesome oil tanker could be added to the line. but as I said maybe the one based from the ones from journey beyond sodor. it's just been my mind a lot lately.

that's what I thought i'd share this a discussion for now.

Well I'm disappointed. I was really excited for duncan to come after sir handel. but now I'm extremely disappointed. (I've been trying to coupe after I got hit by Helen). and now that duncan is canceled just is more disappointed. (hope he'll come to the line soon).

This is a subject I thought I'd bring up. I'm strongly considering buying the n scale toby model. (with henrietta coming soon and the n scale version of her will have the face she gained in season 18). I've strongly considered buying them. (though I did thought of buying the ho version of Toby but I'm just wondering if they'd ever do a second henrietta with the face in ho). just thought I'd bring that up for a discussion.

Since I've always seen a thread about going over what characters bachmann is going to do I thought I'd do one on the announcement with Duncan.

I was really excited that Duncan got announced cause he was the next narrow gauge engine I wanted them to do. I'm still excited.

since I started buying the narrow gauge engines bachmann has done I just totally like them a lot. (I was going to wait till they did all of them than buy them all but I decided to go ahead and I'm glad I did).

whenever he's released I'll be buying him and the gunpowder wagon (really surprised they're doing that one cause ertl was the only one originally who did this wagon). thought some may disagree I don't mind if Duncan is done like he was in the cgi series (I never cared how good looking the characters they brought back I was more excited about the one's they were able to return).

I've also hoped for duke too (just really want all 7 of the narrow gauge engines despite the demand from Mattel).

this maybe a repeat of what I might of typed on other posts I'm just happy that bachmann has reached all 6 of the original narrow gauge engines.