I would also like to see a blue Donald and Douglas. That would be very different or old shape Henry. Old even a red "scrap" Oliver. Some color variations of rolling stock would be nice. Even rickety and Fred pehlay who were once announced but cancelled. Smudger would be easy if they just used Rheneas chassis and body with a couple of slight changes. Brown mail van or logging flatcar with pipes load instead.

HO scale engines:
Murdoch
Stepney
Arthur
Wilbert
16
Donald (blue)
Douglas (blue)
Boco
Bear
Spamcan
Class 40
Derek
Den
Dart

HO scale rolling stock:
Hannah
Fred pehlay
Rickety
Rocky
Troublesome  #? truck standard gauge slate wagon
Troublesome truck #? African salt wagon
Old coaches
Circus flatbeds
Well wagon (reintroduction)
S.c.Ruffy rebuilt
Silver tanker
Oil tanker v1 (reintroduction)

Narrow gauge engines
Duke
Duncan
Smudger
Mighty Mac
Freddie

Narrow gauge rolling stock
Green open coaches

More of a wishlist but here:

HO:
Murdoch
Stepney
Boco
Derek
Molly
Class 40
Spamcan
Bear

NG:
Duke
Smudger
Mighty Mac
Freddie
Duncan

HO rolling stock:
Rickety
Fred pehlay
S.C.Ruffy rebuilt
Troublesome truck #? Slate truck
Troublesome truck #? Teal salt truck

NG rolling stock
Green open coaches

https://ebay.us/m/zidloY

These are actually Bachmann narrow gauge couplers on ebay

Quote from: JLK2707 on August 01, 2025, 05:19:44 AMCould Troublesome Truck 8 be a TAR Tanker Wagon, while Troublesome Truck 9 is just a Season 1 Troublesome Truck? Could it be possible for Troublesome Trucks 1 and 2 to get new faces?

I'd like the tar tanker used for a troublesome truck or even just a blank black or silver tanker. I'd even like to see the standard gauge slate wagons that were in Thomas' train to the mainland in journey beyond sodor make it into the line. The teal salt wagons with faces would be cool along Rickety and Fred pehlay would be great. And new faces would be cool even to put on other wagons or swap out on the trucks.

Quote from: harrison05 on July 30, 2025, 03:06:35 AMOh no please don't jinx us... i'm still not over having my favourite NG character being cancelled.

I don't think they will given that the tolling for flying Scotsman that they will have could be used for something else where as I think the reason Doug Blaine said Duncan was canceled was because it would cost too much to develop a tooling that they couldn't use for other future projects

Given the excitement for this announcement, can you imagine the amount of people were be really disappointed if they would for some reason cancel him like they did Duncan? It wouldn't look good for Bachmann

I'm freakin in shock (in a good way) that we are going to be getting an on screen version of the flying Scotsman! Especially if we are definitely getting the on screen version with double tenders. I'm surprised that Bachmann didn't decide to sell the second tender separately though since this would also benefit non Thomas modelers that would like a second tender (since they are rare to find anywhere) for their flying Scotsman models. I'm bummed that we didn't get any rolling stock announcements at all but it is nice to see that knapford station is getting a re release

Could anyone please help me figure out why my Oliver just stopped working entirely today during my running session.  He was working just fine, then all of a sudden, stopped. It's like his wheels are locked up. I got him to run very briefly in reverse on my wheel cleaner, but when I tried to switch to forward, it stopped again. I ran all the engines on the track cleaner while I was getting all my rolling stock out. Any suggestions? I don't wanna have to completely replace him if I don't have to

I really think that we could see a continuation of the individual releases of the circus train and Christmas wagons. I really think Nia could be a big announcement this year. I would love for Murdoch and stepney to be announced in the future(but Mattel would have to ease up first). Flying Scotsman is one of the most famous engines in the world and a very wanted character in the franchise. They could even do a seperate sale for the water tender. As for other rolling stock, I think the could start adding to the troublesome lineup and do the slate wagons from Thomas' train journey beyond sodor. Rickety and Fred pelhay were supposed to be released years ago but canceled. I think they could add to a troublesome train as well. Hannah would be great as well since she's being released in n scale. Bradford and Bruno would be nice too.

I honestly think that any of the following would be great additions to the Thomas line. Especially if Mattel would just lift the CGI only rule as and expand the options for characters instead of multiple repaints.

Engines:
Flying Scotsman
Murdoch
Shane
Nia
Ashima
Stepney
Derek
Boco

Rolling stock:
Flying Scotsman water tender (if sold separately, this would definitely sell even within non Thomas modelers)
Troublesome truck #7 (standard gauge slate wagon as seen in Thomas train to the mainline in journey beyond sodor)
Rickety
Fred pelhay
Silver tanker
Old coaches
Troublesome truck #8 (teal salt wagon also seen in Thomas' train in JBS)
Bradford
S.c.Ruffey (rebuilt version)

Narrow gauge engines:
Duke
Smudger
Freddie
Mighty Mac

Narrow gauge rolling stock:
Green open coaches
Brown brake van
Flatcar

I'm not saying I won't. I just think that there a lot of characters that played a bigger role in making the franchise what it is that deserve to be made first. Stanley is a great character and I will probably buy him at some point. But I would definitely buy characters like Murdoch, stepney, flying Scotsman, Bradford, Derek and boco in a heartbeat. Even bear, D199, and class 40 would all be great additions.

Quote from: mtrocke88 on August 02, 2024, 01:23:42 AM...Stephen62 is it? N scale sudrian insulted me calling me childish and entitled. I'm sorry but I don't like being treated like that. I only intended to make a point and if I offended anyone, I sincerely apologize for that. I didn't even mean to upset anyone. Like I said, it's very frustrating that Mattel used a cgi mandate to stop Bachmann trains from making non cgi characters to begin with. And I didn't exactly say we're the only ones Bachmann should cater to either.
That's it. I need a break from this forum, at least for awhile.

I hear what you're saying. I hear what you're saying. Mattel really needs allow more freedom with characters selection. It's weird for me that I love and hate Mattel. My son and I collect Jurassic world stuff together and they are currently done by Mattel and they are doing a terrific job in that department, but I hate that they are involved with Thomas just because of all this limitation crap. There are so many characters that people have been clamoring for for years and they are why we can't and because of that we sometimes get repaints like busy bee James or origin Thomas or James because Bachmann run out of ideas because of being limited. And it was not as bad until recently because we still had shapeways until recently and they were a way to get some of the things that Bachmann couldn't make and now they are not an option anymore.

I we understand what you're saying and yes beau was a very odd choice and he might've sold in preorders, but that probably had a lot to do with he was supposed to be a limited character and they weren't going to make too many of him according to going Blaine on an episode of Thomas Tuesday. So collectors were preordering him to have them in their collection before they were sold out. But I do really believe that Mattel should really consider the older generation more because it started with them. If the show kicked off and our generation didn't like it, it would've been a complete flop and would not still be around today for younger generations to be enjoying it. And with the age restrictions on these models and for the prices they run for. I would not be buying these for a young child that is growing up on that ridiculous AEG rebooted version.

I k ow I w said about Murdoch so many time, but I really think that with people clambering for him and got how much he's been listed for when he does pop up on eBay, I think Mattel should worry about redemption and back off on the cgi era only rule and allow him as well as other characters to be made since they had a big part in that disaster known as all engines go. And to think that their reasons for that show was to target children, which is honestly bogus considering the whole franchise in general which includes those other characters that keep pushed aside was ALWAYS a children show. And the constant introduction of new characters is why people still love it the franchise even as adults (myself included). I really think Murdoch and even flying Scotsman with both tenders would sell extraordinarily well. Even if they had to sell the water tender separately as a piece of rolling stock (which I think also would sell well itself since they are so rare on eBay as well