The dream would be for Diesel 10 to have either the evil smirking face from Magic Railroad, or the one we all know and love where he's angry. I don't see that happening, but you never know.

This is such a crazy product I feel like some rules are bendable, as people were saying above. We should for sure make our thoughts known, I'm going to post my ideal Diesel 10 soon.

I do want to say thank you to BACHMANN for releasing him though. The six year old in me is screaming almost as loud as I am now. It's reignited my interest quite a bit to be honest.

Never even had him in my signature because I just didn't think it would be a possibility.

Really interesting wording from this weeks new Model Monday, "Can't make any promises yet, but there are are couple other characters that are candidates for redesigns but it will take some time to have the capacity but we have had some disussions about that."

I assume James and Paxton are at least two of those, that could be it, but it seems they'll be a few years off yet before we see anything. Potential easier candidates as well are Spencer in his more modern color scheme or Emily with her number, which could either be running changes like James has had or outright separate sale products like red Rosie or Grumpy Diesel.

The wording specifically said characters and not engines, so i am hoping they may also be considering finally updating Annie, Clarabel, and Bertie at least to be more up to modern standards.

Henrietta with her face is also an obvious candidate now that she is in both other scales. Either way like they said it might be a while before we see anything else to this end, but I think this list is a pretty decent shout for the characters that could be at the top of their list and my personal most wanted redos. There's a few others that would be nice, like the Scottish Twins with proper smokeboxes, but I do think those are far far off and it's better to have a list like this.

The next newly-tooled engine for HO Scale has to be Whiff, Harvey, Hiro, or Norman, as characters like that would be better-received than Nia. We may not get Nia until we get the other characters first that people have actually been asking for, since Rebecca wasn't very well-received after being chosen over Hiro. Norman's tooling can be used again for Dennis, while Hiro can also be made in his patchwork livery. If HO Scale gets another tender engine (apart from retooled James) it has to be Hiro. Some have been asking for Charlie, and his tooling can be used for Billy, another model series repaint similar to Dennis. Both Billy and Dennis only had one episode dedicated to them, but the toolings would be there once Charlie and Norman get made.

Potential HO Scale repaints of existing toolings include Splatter, Dodge, Fernando, Green Salty, Blue Bill and Ben. Chocolate Covered and Ghost Percy for the retooled model.

If Narrow Gauge can't get Luke, then Smudger is the way to go. Just repaint Rheneas' tooling with a different face. For repaints of existing Narrow Gauge rolling stock, we should get tan and gray brake vans and box vans. We can also get coaches with faces. I can see Smudger happening before Proteus, who'd be a repaint of Sir Handel's tooling.

With the N Scale backlog clearing up fast, we absolutely need a newly-tooled engine or two in the 2027 catalog. We for sure MUST get Edward, and maybe even Duck. Toad was introduced very early on for N Scale, but we should eventually get Oliver to reunite with his brake van. Duck and Oliver are top sellers in HO Scale, and will certainly be the same for N Scale too. Duck will most likely be made before Oliver, plus his chassis would be recycled for N Scale Donald and Douglas. Edward, Spencer, Mavis, Salty, Duck, Oliver, Donald and Douglas would all be welcomed with open arms. After Henry, the third big engine for N Scale must be Spencer. Edward and the Scottish twins are medium-sized engines, while Duck and Oliver would be tank engines. Mavis and Salty are great choices for diesels that aren't Class 08s.

The next newly-tooled rolling stock for N Scale must be a brake van, which the line is seriously lacking. Other good choices of new rolling stock include the mail car, salt wagon, cattle wagon, special coaches (for Spencer), and retooled tankers. If anything needs to be retooled in N Scale, it's the tankers. Once Bachmann makes their own N Scale tanker tooling that's more accurate to the show, the Graham Farish ones can be discontinued. That was a cost-cutting measure to give N Scale more rolling stock when it was new. Once N Scale gets retooled tankers, we can get water, oil and fuel like before, but also a much wider variety including milk, tar, raspberry syrup, chocolate syrup and cream. The latter three would be for a sweets train. While we need the logoless green coal wagon for N Scale, we also need the logoless gray van. Other N Scale rolling stock to push for are brake vans and retooled tankers. The red coaches can be modified from the Annie and Clarabel tooling. We might see the Brendam Bay, Christmas wreath and explosives vans make their way to N Scale as well, for more vans with logos. The toffee tanker would require a new tooling, which could be why it hasn't been announced for HO Scale yet.

If Large Scale gets a newly-tooled engine, it could be Edward, Rosie, Stanley, Mavis, Salty, or Bill and Ben. Stanley would recycle Thomas' chassis. Gordon and Henry would be much too expensive to produce in that scale. Good choices for repaints include Origin James, Sidney and Mainland Diesel.

Now that Diesel 10 is finally happening, Bachmann have wanted to do Harvey for so long so I reckon he will be next HO engine.

If Diesel and the Mainland Diesel can have grumpy faces, so can Diesel 10.

Quote from: Zorran202 on August 06, 2026, 10:06:51 PM

Quote from: MrNormalDraws on August 05, 2026, 08:11:06 PMSince Bachmann is planning to release Henrietta and Hannah for G Scale, I feel like Bachmann could discontinue the original Henrietta for the HO/OO version and replace it with the face version alongside her sister. And considering Bachmann is redoing Thomas and Percy, I wouldn't mind they do the same for Henrietta. Though I'm not sure if it'll be good if there's some fans that prefer the faceless one over the face.

I wouldn't be surprised if they pulled a Spiteful Brakevan, where they retired the old grey brake van for the new one.

On the other hand, if they do turn Henrietta into her CGI counterpart, synergy-wise, she'd look odd next to the model series Toby, so an update to him would be a must IMO (and hopefully considered to be retooled or at least updated with a new face)...

I see this happening .
Tbh have the catalog announcements for HO being the updates with Updated DCC models maybe with lights announced , and a new LBSC Thomas . And Henrietta and Hannah. Would really balance it  it out.

For narrow gauge I honestly see Smudger.

Going forward I see the 2026 effecting the announcements for example characters in the 2026 that appear in aeg or the old show and even during the model era of the old show could have a huge chance.

Whiff might be a way better option then Havery .

Whiff Nia Hiro have been suggested for a while and I think whiff is likey to be on the cards for 2027 .nia could happen tho . Charlie as well

Ashima and Yong bao would be extremely complex but they have been confirmed . 

Also with Rosie's boasted role I could see her happening in other scales .

We also have BoCo trademarked by Mattel as I think he could be in the range due to that . 

Now Stepney also has been shown to be in this show . Timothy Scruff as well .


As for narrow gauge I'd say Smudger as all he'd require would be a new face
And paint .

I love the idea of coaches with faces for narrow gauge .


Now I am wondering where the toffee tanker is in HO scale .

Trevor I could totally see happen now . As he was in the same category where I did not know if Bachmann would think they would be worth tooling that large scale Henrietta is in

G scale Rosie in both red and pink would be a pretty cool announcement

Edward I am still wondering weather he will happen . Edward I could see along side a new tool of rolling stock . Which will probably be the branchline coaches. But I would like to see the mail cars . Maybe another character in N scale

I know Mattel would love for Bachmann to make Nia, and has probably been actively pushing for them to do so. However, I think a lot of fans were upset as it is that Rebecca got made before Hiro. If Bachmann did Nia before Hiro too, there would certainly be even more dissatisfaction among the fans.

I think she will eventually be inevitable, but there's plenty of more popular and better selling characters they could choose before her.

Well then...How about an HO Nia?

Quote from: JacobSK on July 28, 2026, 07:45:42 PMAs far as a new engine, I wouldn't mind Luke. My biggest issue is that he'll be too detailed to warrant a tooling. As we saw with Scotsman's announcement last year, anything is possible, though. You know what they say, "Never say never".

I wonder if his side rods would be complicated to make because compared to the other engines made so far, they've only got two total side rods connected to each other, but for Luke, he's got a bit more to make. ALSO and this is assuming they'll get to him, that they make "Peter Pan" (Luke's real-life basis) without the cab walls... I mean given that they decided to create a Sir Handel based on Sir Haydn (with the latter's details and not directly from the CGI series variant), I wouldn't be surprised if they went that route...

Newbie here.  A few months ago I located in my attic a thirty year old Bachmann train set my son enjoyed for years to now enjoy with my grandsons.  Deciding to expand the collection I just bought the Overland Limited train set which includes one of the 4 8 4 locomotive versions.  I openly admit I have no clue about the front and rear "floating' 4 wheel sets that will not remain on the rails.  What am I missing?  What am I doing wrong?  Please advise.  I am confident that this question makes me look like an idiot but I am clueless and can't keep the locomotive on the track.  Help is greatly appreciated.

Dean