Very good points. Though I find the fact that it's the 75th anniversary this year is irrelevant. Because considering we got LBSC Thomas and Daisy, it would be impossible for them to complete Stepney this year. Considering Oliver was announced in 2015 and released in 2017. Also, Stepney doesn't really represent Thomas & Friends as a whole, and neither did Oliver. Although he was a VERY highly requested character. Other then that, Stepney is very possible, considering Bachmann acknowledged him.

Thanks!

I completely forgot that they didn't make Duncan yet. He'd be cool too.

Here's what I want:

HO Stepney - I initially thought he was too obscure to happen. However considering Bachmann acknowledged the fact that he was a popular request has given me hope. I seriously do think he is a possibility.

HO Tar Tankers reintroduced - they're very iconic considering the fact that they only had a big impact in one episode.

HO Classic Style Mail car reintroduced - I don't mind how the CGI ones look too much, however the older ones are definitely more nostalgic. They're hard to find nowadays and when you do find them, expect to pay a premium.

On30 Sir Handel - last of the main six, might as well round up the bunch.

As long as it's happy, I'm happy. I'd like to see the open mouth version we saw on the Hornby model specifically.

All I want are the old school mail cars and tar tankers. That's it.

Maithwaite station and the black loch folly got discontinued. I'm kind of mad now.

Also, the busy bee James has a painted smokebox. PLEASE let this be something that carries over to the normal model.

All I can say is, Wow. I did NOT expect to see an LSBC Thomas. Would definitely buy over the celebration Thomas As for everything else, the new set looks intriguing and correct me if I'm wrong, but I thing it's the first Bachmann set to include a building. The Busy Bee James looks nice, but I think I speak for everyone when I say Black James would have been nicer. N scale James was expected to happen, although I did not expect a G scale diesel. I know he was canceled before, however it's nice to see. Overall, about what I expected.   

It doesn't happen when going backwards though just forwards.

I just got my Henry about a week ago. However today I heard it clicking and I saw that the eyes were starting to stick. By coincidence, I saw sam's train's video on the Bachmann Henry with the same problem, however he didn't really go into to much detail other then the fact that he put oil on it. Can someone help?

Personally, I don't think we're gonna get much announced this year for HO scale because I really think they're gonna try to push the N scale stuff this year

Not what I want, but what I THINK is gonna be announced.

-reintroduction of salty
-brown mail cars
-Classic Tar Tankers return
-red express coaches return
-Trevor

While salty and the red express coaches wouldn't be all that great to me, (I already have them) they are very highly requested. I expect recolored rolling stock every year now, so I see Tar tankers making a return. I can also see them replacing the green mail car getting replaced with brown ones, considering they didn't get the updated packaging yet and they actually exist in the show. Trevor, because the last time they had a non rail character was Jeremy in 2014.

Speaking of the new packaging, I haven't seen bill, Ben, or mavis with the newer packaging yet, but that doesn't mean they're gonna get discontinued. I only said it for the green mail car because it's just rolling stock and they could've used the normal mail car packaging.

I wouldn't really be surprised if we didn't get any characters announced for 2020. Daisy and peter Sam are already gonna get released next year, (or the next, you never know with Bachmann.) and tbh that's all I really need. Im just hoping that we at least see some images of their models. I'm expecting some recolored rolling stock, maybe a new non-rail character, but that's it., I'd love to be wrong, my I'm keeping my expectations to a minimum.

Toby is one of the slowest models in the range if that means anything.

Fair enough I suppose.