The Everything Thomas Topic

[TrainFan97]

At last, we finally get to see HO Scale Rebecca fully painted. Beau is expected to arrive in stock by the end of June. N Scale Gordon has been pushed back to October, most likely so that there's not so much of a gap between him and the N Scale Express Coaches, which they have made progress on. It was N Scale Diesel and Paxton that hadn't been started on at the time the catalog was released. N Scale Emily, as well as her coaches and her set, are expected to arrive in November, if nothing goes wrong. They're still waiting on the first unpainted samples of HO Scale Stanley and Sir Handel, which there has been good progress on those. We might see them within the next few months.

There are currently no big plans for the 80th Anniversary next year at this time because they are still catching up on lots of products that haven't been released yet. They just recently revealed N Scale Henrietta fully painted, and her having a face had very mixed reactions. Some were okay with it, but I've seen many who were quite disappointed, all because she didn't have a face in the model series. It made perfect sense for Henrietta to have a face, so that she could better interact with Toby. Hannah can be made using the same tooling. Lots of products are supposed to arrive in stock this year, and maybe we'll get some big surprises in the 2025 catalog.

[DustyMarie53!]

No worries. There were posts that were deleted, and there's definitely a reason.

Fair enough. I'll just move on from this topic and avoid going around in circles.


Moving on Rebecca is a really good model I haven't had the chance to say that yet. Since Sir Handel and Stanley's samples are on the way I hope they'll be just as good. Hoping to see them in June but setting my expectations for the unpainted samples to be revealed in July just to not get my hopes up.

[Awesometrain77]

Sir Handel has taken a long time but what about the backlog of NG wagons there are 3 wagon projects I belive

[DustyMarie53!]

Sir Handel has taken a long time but what about the backlog of NG wagons there are 3 wagon projects I belive

Last update iirc was that the first set announced was making good progress, and then the other and the gunpowder wagons haven't been started. Albeit forget what he said for the NMRA 2022 wagon announcement exactly, so don't quote me on those. But the first set and gunpowder wagons are accurate.

Also going to take the time to correct what was said about the express coaches in N scale because it was vague and I partially misremembered. Doug said progress was made, but then also said the same stream that the decision on the design of the coach (whether scaled down from HO or cgi) hadn't been made yet. So, I'm not sure if this means only the chassis is done, that the design is done but still needs licensor approval and thus no guarantee it's done, or he's playing coy before the reveal.

[Awesometrain77]

I honestly would not be surprised if the gondolas not shown in 2025 catalogue 

I hope to see a painted sample of the high side wagons hopefully by the end of the year

[TrainFan97]

After seeing HO Scale Rebecca fully painted, she would look great in N Scale too, but N Scale doesn't even have Edward and Henry yet, and after Henry, the next priority for a 'big' engine in N Scale would be Spencer.

Bachmann is just waiting for the unpainted samples of Sir Handel and Stanley to arrive, and they could literally be teased any day, with full unpainted reveals within the next few months.

[TootallyT]

surprised no one has pointed out that Donald and Douglas are no longer on the Bachmann website

[Yard Master]

Donald and Douglas are currently out of stock, so we deactivated the web store listing. However, they are not discontinued and should be back later this year.

EDIT: We've reactivated the listing for reference (they are out of stock)

[Angelob6660]

I wonder if Gordon, Henry, Edward are getting small wheels likes James'?

I'm looking for Decals to customize some tank cars and mail cars in HO? Since their not going to reissue the lettering Font.

[TrainFan97]

Beau just arrived in stock. I preordered him from Trainworld, and will most likely ship very soon.

The Large Scale Toby's Museum Coaches are also finally in stock.

[Awesometrain77]

Glad Beau is out . Do well still know if he will be kept as a limited release or will he be a permanent stay in the range . Last I heard they are considering keeping him in the range

[DustyMarie53!]

Glad Beau is out . Do well still know if he will be kept as a limited release or will he be a permanent stay in the range . Last I heard they are considering keeping him in the range

As of today, still TBD but he is in the top 3 preorders on trainworld (Or I suppose, was. Mine ships tomorrow).

So I'd say likely he gets another run eventually

[TrainFan97]

This month's Trainworld stream revealed painted samples of the four 12-Ton Vans. Still no sign of Sir Handel or Stanley. Next month's reveal might most likely be Sir Topham Hatt's Car fully painted. At some point, Bachmann is going to tease the unpainted samples of Sir Handel and Stanley, once they arrive. Sir Handel is taking far too long, and it's getting ridiculous.

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Hello. I have a question reqarding the model of Thomas. I have the speed activated sound model of Thomas for almost five years. But a few days ago, it broke down. My made this suggestion when it comes to replacing it after Christmas (cause I need to save my money for Christmas shopping). He has this idea that we should get the regular edition of the Thomas model and add the speaker in it to convert it into a sound one. Is it actually possible to do that? Has anybody actually attempted this? I'm asking cause I want to know if it can be done before we attempt it.

[Chaz]

Had a lot of fun watching the livestream from Bachmann.  The highlight for me undoubtedly was the high side wagon sample.  I know it wasn't one of the big reveals we were hoping for like Sir Handel or the figure packs, but I think they are looking pretty good so far and I appreciate all of the details that have been applied so far.  Looking forward to seeing these fully painted.

Either way, it looks like a lot will be shipping by the end of the year which gives me a lot of hope for more exciting product announcements and updates in the future.