It seems like to get a bachmann model you had to be in the cgi television series, and at least so far not be very complicated to create (so no mobile diesel 10 pinchy, or marion, or harveys crane (tho maybe this will change at some point)).
Bachmann also seem to understandably like making engines they can reuse chassis for like stanley from thomas's chassis.
I feel like at some point we might get flying scotsman using gordon's chassis, but I only hesitate to say that because there are so many flying scotsmans already out there in oo.
Whiff doesnt have the same chassis as an existing engine but also doesnt have complex side rods. Whiff also has a relatively long history in the show so I could see him coming along soon.
Charlie could use stanleys/thomas's chassis. It would be interesting to see if Billy is also made that way despite him not being in cgi. I would think people would have to buy charlie and turn him into billy though because smudger has never been made from rheneas by bachmann.
Victor would be a fun one to get in oo9 but I think probably we will finish out getting duncan and luke before that maybe since victor is much larger and will have a smaller audience for buying to turn into a different engine.
Nia is also probably on bachmann's list to adapt, but will be more expensive because of her complex siderods.
Hiro I can see bachmann making because he is so popular and has many toy lines making him over other characters.
Samson could also be made but I'm not familiar enough with his wheel arrangement to know of they could mostly use percy's chassis.
Stafford, phillip, dart, and winston should all have relatively simple chassis though I'm sure they wouldnt have moving eyes being so small.
Connor and caitlin i think could use the same chassis so they could come out together or shortly after each other which would help cost of production.
Porter could use modified rosie chassis maybe?
I think stephen has the same potential issue as flying scotsman because there are already rockets in oo.
Maybe give more time between den's basis being released in oo and we will see him come out shortly after dart.
Timothy could join bill and ben on scc soon. Maybe bachmann could modify paxton/diesel/arry/bert/etc's side rods to help reduce cost.
Anyway thats who I think is most likely to be made in the nearish future by bachmann based on what we've seen. Fun to think about. I do hope the pattern of no mobile crane parts changes though so we can get rocky or breakdown cranes and other fun characters. I do also hope we someday get into non cgi characters like boco, duke, and stepney. Moonshot dream of super unlikeliness would be if mattel went back to cgi like brenner era and we wouldnt have to worry about who wasnt in cgi because they would be brought back.
Bachmann also seem to understandably like making engines they can reuse chassis for like stanley from thomas's chassis.
I feel like at some point we might get flying scotsman using gordon's chassis, but I only hesitate to say that because there are so many flying scotsmans already out there in oo.
Whiff doesnt have the same chassis as an existing engine but also doesnt have complex side rods. Whiff also has a relatively long history in the show so I could see him coming along soon.
Charlie could use stanleys/thomas's chassis. It would be interesting to see if Billy is also made that way despite him not being in cgi. I would think people would have to buy charlie and turn him into billy though because smudger has never been made from rheneas by bachmann.
Victor would be a fun one to get in oo9 but I think probably we will finish out getting duncan and luke before that maybe since victor is much larger and will have a smaller audience for buying to turn into a different engine.
Nia is also probably on bachmann's list to adapt, but will be more expensive because of her complex siderods.
Hiro I can see bachmann making because he is so popular and has many toy lines making him over other characters.
Samson could also be made but I'm not familiar enough with his wheel arrangement to know of they could mostly use percy's chassis.
Stafford, phillip, dart, and winston should all have relatively simple chassis though I'm sure they wouldnt have moving eyes being so small.
Connor and caitlin i think could use the same chassis so they could come out together or shortly after each other which would help cost of production.
Porter could use modified rosie chassis maybe?
I think stephen has the same potential issue as flying scotsman because there are already rockets in oo.
Maybe give more time between den's basis being released in oo and we will see him come out shortly after dart.
Timothy could join bill and ben on scc soon. Maybe bachmann could modify paxton/diesel/arry/bert/etc's side rods to help reduce cost.
Anyway thats who I think is most likely to be made in the nearish future by bachmann based on what we've seen. Fun to think about. I do hope the pattern of no mobile crane parts changes though so we can get rocky or breakdown cranes and other fun characters. I do also hope we someday get into non cgi characters like boco, duke, and stepney. Moonshot dream of super unlikeliness would be if mattel went back to cgi like brenner era and we wouldnt have to worry about who wasnt in cgi because they would be brought back.