Hmm, true that nobody asked for these characters to exist in the first place, but I don't think the userbase of the T&F Bachmann decides what comes out and what doesn't. It's Bachamann's decision.

Also, I completely agree with releasing Daisy and Stepney. Daisy was very irrelavant in the classic series, but in the CGI series, she's gone VERY far as a character. As for Stepney, he's pretty much dead, but he has a huge fanbase (proud to be a Stepney fan) and is not roo difdicult to produce, so I'm hoping they come.

Quote from: DrNickRiviera995 on March 13, 2018, 08:13:47 PM
That's what I hate about Amazon, all the 3rd party sellers.  If amazon proper is out of something, the 3rd party sellers will try to dupe you into overpaying.

I usually just use ebay for all my train purchases, just avoid huge conglomerates that sell everything and stick to hobbyshops or individuals selling their 2nd hand items.

I see your point about the prices being inflated by others (scalpers), in full. I remember when there was a time when the Narrow Guage rolling stock and Skarloey were increasingly hard to find in hobby shops,  and the prices on Amazon and eBay for them were very high. It's frustrating, since I wanted a normal Brakevan, but since there's a possibility of it being discontinued, I can't find one under US $60.

It's very annoying to see people take advantage of the rarity of items to gain a fat sum of money.

Alright, I may be getting too ahead of myself, but due to the upcoming terrible overhaul to Thomas and Friends, there are 2 new main characters being added into the show, Nia, an African tank engine, and Rebecca, a mainland tender engine. I think that these characters should be released in the future, since again, they're becoming main characters, but when?

I suspect that since Bachmann's designers are rather slow to respond to character introductions, designing the models, prodiction making and prototypes, and many other factors (Seriously, Paxton after 7 years since his debut?), I suspect that we could wait for a while now just to see the two get their HO Scale models. I suspect by 2020 or 2021 we'll see them on store shelves, or they could be delayed for a [l]lllloooonnnnggg[/l] time, like Oliver.

Do any of you have bets or oredictions about these two coming out?

Whew! Thanks for clearing that up. I got scared that I wouldn't be able to get Oluver or Gordon anytime soon. 

I saw on Amazon that the prices on Henry and Gordon have gome up, and the site is out of stock for them, and I only saw Henry at my local hobby shop, but no Gordon (by the way, the Henry was there for the past 2 years, nobody likes Henry ). Also, they are both out of stock on Bachmann's site along with Douglas and Oliver.

Are they discontinued?