It occurs to me that Daisy is set to join the lineup of Bachmann Thomas characters. While it is really cool and I ardently look forward to it, I'm certain I'm not the only individual on this forum to acknowledge this: there are classic characters missing!
Some of you want BoCo, and many of you want Stepney. While those are both excellent choices in my mind, I wish to call attention to the other users on this forum the stark lack of classic non-rail characters. Sure, there's Bertie, Terence, Harold, and even Cranky, but what about other favorites like Trevor, Bulgy, Caroline, or George. I know not if it's for financial reasons or what, but for years we've seen no release of any non-rail characters, let alone the aforementioned suggestions.
There's also been nary a whisper of any classic rolling stock, namely the Breakdown Train, the red express coaches, or maybe an alternative design for branchline coaches (like something that harkens back the first season of the show). I love building my collection, and more classic stuff would not only be a great reason to keep going with it, but also they would instill upon my model layout a sense of sentiment beyond that which I properly convey with words.
What are your thoughts? Any other classic characters you can think that you'd want to see? Engines? Non-engines? Rolling stock? Leave a comment, my friends.