Awesome to say that Bachmann really hear us out of which character we want! And to no surprise, the HO Scale has really amazed me especially as of now!

When I first saw a post on Instagram saying Sidney and a Mainland Diesel is being made, I thought it had to be fake. But then when I looked at the Thomas Wiki and NWRA Announcements link, my mind was blown away! AND BOY OH BOY, MY PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED A-LOT     !!! First I wished for them to make Ryan and they did, then I wished for them to make Stanley and they are, now as of this month they're finally making Sidney! This means will soon be having all 5 recolors of the (Main) Class 08 Engines: Diesel, Arry, Bert, Paxton and Sidney. If there's one thing I'm worried about as of now is the eye mechanism, from what I keep hearing is when they made Paxton his eyes are a bit far apart and I hope they don't do the same for Sidney. Besides that, I'm so happy to see him added on the range and whatever price he's at I'll definitely buy this character for sure!

Quote from: TrainFan97 on October 03, 2023, 01:41:52 AMFor HO Scale, recolors like Green Salty or Mainland Diesels would be too niche, like Yellow Rheneas, which ended up being the first real flop for Narrow Gauge. Hope they can fix the eye mechanism for Sidney.

Yes, there's still a percent chance they could fix the eye mechanism for Sidney. I think Bachmann should go back to doing recolors, so that way they can save enough money for the right tooling with their new engine (that is, when they announce Sidney into the range).

Is this updated James out, where can I find him?

Here are my final thoughts:

HO Scale
Ryan
Explosives Van

Narrow Gauge
Sir Handel
Green NG coaches

G Scale
Henrietta or Mail Vans

How about Stanley, anyone?

Well sorry if I'm overwhelmed, I just can't help but imagine and dream who will be in high demand cuz I wanna see a really cool engine and not a overpaint one that all of us would love to see.

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Quote from: Trainboy 48 on December 06, 2019, 06:28:16 AM
Well Cranky has a plastic chain so I don't see why can't they do the same to Harvey.

That's not what I said. It doesn't matter what it's made out of, an HO Scale model of Harvey would be too small for a business like Bachmann to make have a functional, raising and lowering hook and chain, either for costs purposes or because of functionality. It would just be attached to the arm and never raise or lower. Also, like Chaz said, his arm doesn't move up or down on the show or on his basis, thus he's be too tall for most people's layouts. To be honest, even though he has a real world basis that looks like that, I still wouldn't be surprised if the NMRA has a standard that blocks any model of that type of locomotive from being made.

Ok but does it matter if they made his arm fictional or not the company is now working also working in the UK so they should have enough budgets to produce new products and another thing how is he that small to make, are you comparing to like his other merchandises or what?

Well that's just what I also expect to see next year, which you can see from my signature.

Well Cranky has a plastic chain so I don't see why can't they do the same to Harvey.

Ok while I'm placing bets on Ryan, another engine that would be awesome and I really hope to see is Harvey the crane. How hard could it be to for Bachmann to make him besides the chain of his crane, any suggestions for me about him?

Team Ryan, I'm placing bets on Ryan cuz without him Daisy wouldn't have anyone to run the Harwick Branch Line.

How bout Butch

Well now that we got what we asked for next year here's my expects for 2021:

HO Scale
Ryan, Stanley or Sidney
Explosives Van

Narrow Gauge
Sir Handel
Green Narrow Gauge Coaches (The only rolling stocks I think of for narrow gauge)

Resin Buildings
Ffarquhar
The Watermill

So if they can do it to Paxton then surely they can to Sidney.

Exactly, the body is not problem at all but the face yeah that's something they had fix. I think what they should do is cut some of the parts that made the eyes widen some and adjust them close together as possible so it blends in with the mold face.