I actually would love to buy a newly-tooled Bachmann Harvey and diesel 10 as well as whiff in HO scale as those characters originally appeared in the model series of Thomas and friends. I absolutely would pay good money for models of those characters.

But now I couldn't help but wonder which Thomas and friends characters Bachmann will make next after Harvey, diesel 10, and whiff? Well, I'm sure we will eventually find out in future, won't we.

I would also buy Hiro as well.

Also, here's a list of rolling stock from Thomas and friends we would love to see be made in HO SCALE.

1. Old coaches (from season 1)
2. Hector the hopper truck
3. The jet engine (from season 6)
4. The Chinese dragon (from season 3)
 
Just to name a few.

Well, what would happen when Bachmann eventually runs out of viable cgi characters for the Thomas and friends Bachmann range? If that happens in future, we are hoping that Bachmann can make the best choice and finally make Stepney, Boco, Duke, etc. I'd love to see that happen at some point in the future, but right now, I'm currently not that hopeful at this time.

In the meantime, we can settle for characters like whiff, Stanley, and hiro. And perhaps Norman and Stephen as well.

I'm really hoping that the cgi mandate will come to an end at some point in future. I'm honestly getting tired of the cgi mandate and I'm clearly failing to see how characters like Duke, Stepney, Boco, etc would sell poorly in the Thomas and friends Bachmann range.

Even Thomas and friends characters like fearless Freddie, proteus, Bertram, mighty mac, and smudger would sell really well, especially considering that they are characters from the model series from Thomas and friends.

The cgi mandate needs to go!

Hi. I'm currently new to this Bachmann forum. And yes, I'm a big Thomas and friends fan. Anyway, I agree with everyone that Edward and Henry would be next for N scale from Thomas and friends. And I also strongly agree that the cgi mandate is unfair. Plus the cgi mandate is irrelevant and unnecessary, especially considering how the show was rebooted in the first place.