Well I was mainly saying that these would be the engines that I want to see, not just predict. I know for sure that people want the characters that I mentioned. Daisy and Stepney do seem like the most likely as far as the forum is concerned. But so many people want other characters, too. Merlin, Ryan, Arthur, Hiro, Harvey, Stephen, Trevor. Heck, so many people on Twitter want Diesel 10 even though we all know he's not gonna happen anytime soon. (PS I'm raving for Stanley  )

What I'm saying is I'm mainly giving out ideas of what Bachmann could do in 2019 and beyond. It's just speculation and it's not something we should take too serious. Maybe that's just me.

People in the forum, which character would you want, regardless of relevancy or other limitations?

Quote from: angelob6660 on September 26, 2018, 12:28:57 PM
Remembering that new Thomas episode The Case of the Puzzling Parts Bachmann might go with the route of repainting class 08 into Sidney. That way all the class 08 will be done Not to worry about working on another diesel.

I didn't mention Sidney in my HO Scale list because everyone's talked about him to death. I wouldn't be mad if Sidney was made. Missing Christmas Decorations, Sidney Sings, and Case of the Puzzling Parts were all decent episodes (albeit a little bland for my tastes) so his inclusion would be welcome. I just hope they will wait on him a little bit or at the very least release him along side a new design engine. It would be weird to release another Class 40 after getting two this year.

Hey guys! I'm new to the Bachmann Forums and I wanted to put in what I think we'll see/want to see come Bachmann's 2019 Thomas announcements.

HO Scale:

Stepney-

Growing up I always liked Stepney. He had a unique color and he was in one of my favorite episodes growing up (Thomas and Stepney). I not entirely sold that he'll be announced but he's affordable, classic, and everyone wants him so I'll say he has a good chance. Although I'm not worried about him getting a CGI model before being released. Stepney is owned by the Bluebell Railway so they would want Stepney in CGI to be perfect. I think we don't have to worry about another Duncan incident.

Daisy-

"Mind my swerves!" If Daisy is announced, I would be so happy. Sure Stepney is classic, but Daisy is the last character from the classic series that deserves to be in the range (except for one but we'll get to him). She might have an issue with the eye mechanism as people have pointed out but I'm sure Bachmann could figure something out or better yet: don't include an eye mechanism at all. Honestly who cares about the moving eyes anymore. Large Scale Winston didn't have any.

Ryan-

A CGI character that a lot of people enjoy. He's a tank engine, he'd be the first purple engine in the range (unless Charlie is announced), and he would be perfect to release along side Daisy. Nuff said.

Whiff-

This one is my oddball pick. I doubt it will be in the 2019 announcements if at all but... I just really like Whiff's design. He's a bigger size tank engine and he has glasses. Visually he'd be very unique. Before anyone brings up the Den and Dart argument, let me just say that Whiff was introduced before Scruff. So you could release Whiff without Scruff and it wouldn't be weird like Den without Dart.

Philip-

Oh geez. Getting into the controversial picks. I'm probably the only one here who likes Philip. He's just an endearing little guy to me. I can't explain why. He just is. And Mattel seems to like to push him as he's popular with the kids. He has the same eye problem that Daisy has and with Philip I have the same solution. Don't include the moving eyes. Philip would be the most inexpensive Bachmann model and the kids would eat him up.

Nia/Rebecca-

I don't think these two will be in the 2019 news (maybe Nia) but I just wanted to talk about them. I really like Nia and Rebecca as characters and I know a whole lot of other people do to. There the hot new main characters that Mattel is pushing and Bachmann are gonna have to make them eventually.

Red Rosie-

They just need too. Nuff said. If Grumpy Diesel can happen, then surely Red Rosie can.

Trevor-

This was the other classic character I mentioned in Daisy's section. We got Bertie, we got Harold, and we got Terence. Trevor is the last one to complete the non rail quartet.

Ace-

Idk maybe. Who knows. Car modelers might like him.

Chinese Dragon/Troublesome Truck 6/RS-

Chinese Dragon sounds like a great idea and it would tie into the BWBA theme. TT6 would be a welcome edition especially if it's a tanker with a face. Other than that, who knows?

...and finally Stanley-

Stanley was originally going to be my oddball pick but after thinking about it, he has a pretty good shot. He's a tank engine with a unique color scheme, he has a lot of popularity in the fandom thanks to Welcome Stanley and Stanley in Space, and they made Rosie... back when she was still a background engine. Stanley is my favorite character in the whole franchise (just above Stephen and Toby). If he got in, I'd be over the moon (get it?  )

And that's it for HO scale, this post is getting pretty long so I'll have to save NG and Large Scale for Part 2. Thanks for reading and I hope you like my ideas.