So I just saw the Rebecca video from Bachmann they released today and Salty is heavily featured in the video . Pulling the brand new LNER 12 ton van gray . Good news for salty however, this is the older model so idk how to feel about this . Hopefully we see salty come back to the line next year .

Peter Sam would need heavy mods but it's worth it as not only can they make Edward Thomas but also other tatoo  class locomotives they will need more mods but there were a class of locomotives used by narrow gauge railways all over not just the UK but the world and they were not even all narrow gauge but also standard gauge .

As for a new tool TR locomotive I would really like to see Douglas as Duncan has been cancelled also if there were to a TR  Thomas character Duncan could be that as Douglas and Duncan don't look alike .also Duncan had a whole event on the TR called Duncan days . But idk if this could happen but it would be super cool .

Anyway I doubt either will happen next year .

But what I do think could happen next year is a new engine for the HO range now as they are likely still waiting to see how Rebecca does Ik they can't do Diesel 10 or Hiro . Nia is the character who replaced Edward at tidmoth sheds so Idk if that would be an ideal choice for the anniversary year . Harvey despite having the attachment is not impossible so maybe him but the most likely canadate is whiff
Here is how the rest of the decade could play out in terms on characters
2025 whiff
2026 Nia
2027 Hiro
2028 Iron arry and Bert catch up year
2029 Havery
2030 Diesel 10
Now without getting too ahead of myself I like this list and I feel this could happen but who knows   

A line that is a matter of if is the large scale line now there are some popular characters they have yet to make in the line that could warrant a tooling .
Edward is a main character thus is well known and could happen
Rosie is a female engine that could sell pretty well
Finally is Duck who is super popular with fans
As for rolling stock

12 ton circus vans and the Christmas reef van I could see being good sellers
And as someone who has seen large scale railways I do feel the blue open coach could be a very good seller
For other tankers bringing back the milk and oil tanker would be nice . And a pink 7 plank wagon that is seen all around in the CGI series .
Hannah and Henrietta could also be nice to go with Toby .

I doubt Mavis is popular enough to be in large scale honestly I feel like people just keep suggesting her because she is an Awdry character but tbh she would not sell well enough. Maybe 10 years ago you could argue she was more relevant then duck or Rosie much the show and merch forgot about her compare that to duck and roise who appeared till the very end .

For sir Handel being as sir Hayden there is a lot of ideas for that being 
Sir Hayden in TR green
Sir Hayden in TR red
Corris railway #10

Also side note if making Duncan out of plastic would keep the price down they should do that .

Quote from: SNER on November 21, 2024, 03:45:23 PMMaybe a pipe dream, but I'd love to see Bachmann announce Edward in both N and G scale next year.
I don't collect G scale due to space, aside from a Bachmann Thomas and 1994 Lionel James, but would preorder an Edward immediately.

Maybe a wild suggestion, but after N scale Edward, I think Oliver should be next. Having both Scruffy and Toad in the range is like having Henrietta without Toby or Annie and Clarabel without Thomas.

Also, I love the Talyllyn I just got (maybe we can get a 2024 blue livery too). Please plan on doing Dolgoch, Edward Thomas, etc. I'd also like to see the Talyllyn's bogie coaches too!

I second of this Oliver should happen next however I do not see him next over characters like duck or Rosie who are way more popular than him.
But Oliver is popular and he would sell. They are bound to do him eventually, and I think it is about time that they do him, considering that his brake van  and his rival are in the range. He could possibly reuse a lot of parts from Edward once they do him so I would love to see Oliver after they finishthe steam team

So for N scale if they do have to announce Edward at the NMRA that is fine but he should he announced the 80th anniversary year .

So as for rolling stock . I am pretty sure Bachmann is gonna announce some branchline coaches but I don't think we need them yet and they will require a new tool which is something I don't think n scale needs right now aside from Edward . Also, we have a ton of coaches I do think that red Express coaches could be a better option in terms of new coaches
Since they have a backlog in N scale apart from Edward I don't see anyone new coming for a few years .
In the meantime there are many repaints mainly of Thomas and James but also of Emily and Henry
And not to mention class 08s and a suggestion that I really like flying Scottsman

So as for rolling stock I also think we need to focus on existing tooling for catch up reasons . The 7 plank wagon is super simple as that tool already exists not just in the UK but in the Thomas line now for the first announcement of 7 plank  wagons they could announce the ones without the loads due to the backlog rn so they don't have to tool up coal loads .

Also Bradford could be done easy since the LMS brakevan is in the range and why not add the spikeful brakevan to have all of the sentient brakevans in the line.

I do like the idea of Toby's shed/barn. I do think that ffaquhar is a great station to make given how it appears in the classic intro from season 1-7 and is used for the outro credits from seasons 19-21 . Not to mention ffaquar is the area of Sodor the rev.w.Awrdy modeled . Ffarquhar could be reused for the Wellworth station .On the topic of that since we have both of the Harwick  engines why not reuse mathwaitte for harwick.

I do think if they do buildings again they need to have a large appeal appearing

retaining walls , sir tophamhatt office / MC bunn , intro bridge , Henry's tunnel portal , knapford church , crovens gate , watermill ,double engine shed ,Neptune refreshments ,and Mrs.Kinley  cottage  could really be cool to have.

For the kinley cottage they will only use that as the name and it just will be some background cottage that they actually have references for but painted in the colors of Mrs.Kinley  cottage.

So glad to see all the samples on to 2025 . Idk if a painted sir Handel will make the catouge hopefully he does .
Just as a review everything that has yet to be released that won't be out by the end of the year are the following
DCC Thomas set
Figure packs
Stanley
High side wagons
Sir Handel
TR coaches

Not shown yet
Gondolas
Gunpowder vans
Open coach
Tar tanker
Oil flatbed
China clay wagon
Sidney
Mainland diesel
DCC Thomas
DCC Percy
salty (updated mechanism)
Bulgy
N scale express composite
N scale express brake
n scale diesel
N scale Paxton
N scale Henry
N scale brakevan

 

Okay so we are prob gonna see some varients in 2025 here is a list of varients I could see happening
Pink Thomas
Gold Thomas
Streamlined Thomas
Bare metal Thomas
Turbo Thomas
Pink James
Percy's chcolate crunch
Green salty
Blue Bill
Blue Ben
Emily with 12
Silver Spencer
Scrap Oliver

Which ones would you like to see

If we don't get a Thomas Tuesday December maybe we will see a new model Monday .Anyway I really want them to focus on salty before we see Sidney and the mainland diesel . As it's been almost 3 years .

So Thomas  Tuesday is prob not gonna happen as they have a Piko stream and a Lionel Christmas stream after that.
 we got to see some samples of the slate wagons which I assume was what they were gonna show off that stream they look nice . Maybe we will get a event in December or later this month .

100 percent agree also we are on page 50 wow . But a platform would give a good place for figures to stand on . I would also like to see retaining walls . And a station sign pack containing all the signs for the stations .

Okay glad to see that Thomas Tuesday is not skipping November . I do think we will see Stanley and the finalized figures in packaging .

I do believe Scottsman actually could happen because Mattel has paid rights to make merchandise of him and third-party companies, such as Takara Tomy have made him so he could definitely happen him appearing in the railway series also makes him a good bet .

Look, I'm gonna be honest they don't have a big backlog . Look all they have is some  rolling stock toolings and some repaints for HO
N scale has Henry the express coaches which are in the works by the way and class 08s . We do also have bulgy. Which I forgot, but not too much.
However, before any of this, I would really like to see salty have his tool updated so he can actually be released.

I do like Chaz's ideas however we already have a ton of coaches in N scale
If you had Thomas pull Annie and clarabel
Gordon pull his express coaches
Emily pull her coaches
Toby pull Henrietta
James pull Hannah
That leaves Percy  as the only engines on your layout that can pull freight . Until henry and the 08s come out .
So I definitely agree that we do not need the red coaches for a while.
I do think that 2025 would be a perfect year to introduce 7 plank wagons and some more breakvans to line up
Bradford despiteful break van and a normal BR 20 ton van are perfect