Future suggestions/predictions thread

[Zorran202]

In the off-chance that Bachmann needs an alternative recolors to existing characters, here's my suggestion/ideas for them to think about:

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Green Salty:

With the re-issue of Salty (as far as I'm aware of), we could have a Green Salty as a fun little color variant from that one episode that is kind of dull in the Nitrogen era (also since we got a Yellow Rheneas from Blue Mountain Mystery that contrasted his usual Red-Orange paintwork)...

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Blue Bill & Ben

Oh man, having Twins be colored blue like from Bill or Ben is a fun idea because they're a two-for-one deal in that not only their boilers would be painted blue, but also their wheels too....! The only thing that needs to be changed slightly is their nameplates of who's who...! Not sure if they'd even be able to do this with how Bachmann released them as their Model era counterparts, w/ their detailing that was added in the CGI series by this point, but hey who knows since we got a LBSC Thomas & Origins James model, perhaps just not add anything and just change the paintwork...

[King_of_pc]

Hello, I'm new to this thread, But I would like to add on the future suggestions. To begin, I think Bachmann Should make Rocky the Rescue Crane with DCC on Board. the DCC Decoder will power functions like raising and lowering the arm, raising and lowering the hook (Connected to the piston rod and Crankshaft), and rotating the crane body through 360 degrees of rotation (Connected to a moving eye Mechanism).

Bachmann Should also release Judy and Jerome in my opinion. Again to reiterate, the same functions that are on Rocky, should also be on Judy and Jerome as well as a DCC Decoder

what do you guys think?

[Cheeky_ULP]

While it would be a novel idea, I think something like that in an OO scale Thomas branded range would be astronomical in cost and difficult to make working to those specifications.

[Zorran202]

The idea of Rocky plus Judy & Jerome being made is a perfect idea, BUT without the DCC because as much as the idea is great, it'll come down to the cost. Like Cheeky_ULP said, and also down to the previous mentioning of Harvey and Diesel 10, their extended arms (Harvey, Rocky, and Judy & Jerome's crane arms and/or Diesel 10's Pinchy) would alone add to the cost of the extra parts to be made. I'd shudder to think that Rocky himself would somehow end up being the Rebecca equivalent to being an expensive rolling stock, but who knows....

[Awesometrain77]

These are cool ideas, but honestly, I think that these arms should just be poseable and if they were made their arms would be poseable and not DCC compatible as the price would very much just be too expensive if Bachmann were to make a Diesel 10 Rocky Harvey etc I imagine they would be poseable and not operable.

However I would LOVE to see them do Rocky

[JLK2707]

Green Salty could be cool.

[King_of_pc]

Maybe you guys are right. Without DCC, Rocky, Judy, Jerome, Harvey, and Diesel 10 would be possible, I think Bachmann should make Rocky, Harvey, Judy and Jerome without DCC, but rather with a long key to operate their functions like for Rocky (in this case) maybe a sliding door to access the arm winch and an external axle where the key engages to operate the hook. There should also be a crane body rotation through 360 degrees without the said key. (I can say the same thing for Judy and Jerome.) For Harvey, only the winch and the crane arm rotation are possible, one of them without a key (rotation of the arm) and one with the said key (raising and lowering the hook), Diesel 10 on the other hand is a different story, he should have pinchy being posed by mini hydraulic cylinders with metal pistons and plastic cylinder jackets. However, it may not be possible to add miniature hydraulic pistons to open and close pinchy, despite being able to rotate. In fact, the whole arm on Diesel 10 should rotate through 360 degrees. Apart from those 5 characters, I sure would like to see more Thomas & Friends and railway series characters being released by Bachmann trains.

[King_of_pc]

How possible would it be for Bachmann trains to model Mike, jock, Rex, and Bert the miniature engines?