Quote from: TrainFan97 on August 12, 2026, 05:21:10 PMThere's still hope for Diesel 10 to have his body lowered to cover the gap, and for the claw to pinch.

I know they had to modify Rebecca's front buffer beam slightly because it's a bit too long and they don't want it to grind her front coupling, so I'm sure Mattel would let some changes done for D10.

I don't understand the desire to have the body lowered. I'd rather the model be as close to the CGI reference as possible provided by Mattel. I prefer the gap and don't see the reason to change it.

There's still hope for Diesel 10 to have his body lowered to cover the gap, and for the claw to pinch.

He will certainly have a CGI face, which can be him smirking. If anyone wants him to have a model series face, you'll just have to 3D print your own faces for him.

Well at least it's not 100% certain that Pinchy won't open and close and that there still is hope as the design phase is happening as we speak.

Here's hoping. I never thought we'd get Diesel first. But Val is right. Harvey is more complicated.

Bachmann may have to discontinue the Graham Farish N Scale tankers once they announce show-accurate ones, with the proper tooling. They did a similar thing with the Narrow Gauge vans once we got show-accurate ones. They can do the same with the N Scale tankers. Everyone will be happy once N Scale finally gets show-accurate tankers, so they can be made in a much wider variety. Other new-tooled rolling stock for N Scale we need to increase variety include the mail car, cattle wagon, salt wagon, and of course, brake vans.

The 2027 catalog should at least announce the logoless green coal wagon and gray van. Logoless rolling stock tends to sell better. And for HO Scale, separate wagons with ore loads. Troublesome Truck #8 can be a coal wagon.

This month's stream is once again on a Thursday. Matt will go over all the new announcements.

It may not be for another stream or two before we get shown the fully painted sample of N Scale Henry, or the first unpainted sample of HO Scale Flying Scotsman. It won't be too much longer before we get shown packaged samples of N Scale Diesel, Paxton, LBSC Thomas, Origin James, the express coaches and open wagons. as well as the HO Scale China Clay wagon and Troublesome Truck #7. Not forgetting Large Scale LBSC Thomas.

Matt can give an honest explanation about the claw on Diesel 10 and how it will work, and hopefully his body can be lowered to hide the gap beneath his face. Maybe explain the possibility of Splatter and Dodge joining him too. I know some will be asking about Lady. Diesel 10 was the only character to originate from Thomas and the Magic Railroad to appear in the CGI series, while Splatter and Dodge got shafted from two specials, which squandered their chances of returning.

It looks like Bachmann's Large Scale TTTE range is barley doing well these days...So much for Large Scale Gordon or Henry...

Quote from: thomasj219 on August 11, 2026, 11:32:13 AMNever even had him in my signature because I just didn't think it would be a possibility.

We probably aren't that far off from seeing Harvey off your signature considering the recent direction we've been going.

Quote from: Luke22 on August 10, 2026, 12:14:24 PMIF they were to introduce any new engines for the LS range, realistically it would have to be either a repaint like turning James into "Origins James" or a rebuild like 'Arry and Bert, Sidney, or the Mainland Diesel... I mean we haven't seen anyone new aside from a repaint of Thomas' LBSC livery...

I'm inclined to think that this is the direction the Large Scale line is going to go as well. Considering that any new tooling introduced in recent years, such as the box van and Diesel/Paxton, has been for something that can be reused for another character or piece of rolling stock, it's pretty clear that Bachmann isn't interested in creating entirely new tooling for something that can only represent one specific engine or piece of rolling stock. The recent introduction of Henrietta and Hannah further supports this.

That said, if we do get a new engine tooling in Large Scale, I'm inclined to think it will be Rosie. She's going to be a main character in the new reboot, she's a smaller engine with a nice color contrast, and, more importantly, Bachmann could reuse the tooling to introduce her in her pink livery either alongside her current red one or sometime further down the road. 

Since I plan to collect the range at some point, one engine I'd like to see is Mavis, since she'd be a new diesel that wouldn't just be an 08 repaint, and her chassis could potentially be reused from Toby's. However, I'm inclined to think that it's more than likely going to take a fully reusable tooling, rather than just a chassis that can be reused, for a new engine project to be greenlit. But I'd love to be proven wrong. Edward would be at the top of my personal wishlist, with Mavis being a close second, but sadly, I don't see him happening anytime soon. Again, I'd love to be proven wrong.