Cupix is right. There is no use expecting the worst. Times are changing and we can finally move on from 8 years of awful writing. Brenner is wise to look at previous stories on TTTE wika. The reintroduction of old charectors (Duck ect), the introduction of new British Locomotives and the reintroduction of old locations are all likely. The CGI Percy's Scarf and The Sad Story of Henry are both massive leaps forward towards the links with older stories. 

I wouldn't get your hopes down, Andrew will be great for the series. It can't get any worse. I just hope that we get back Thomas's branchline in it's true form. It would be great to see Ffarquhar again.  Single line too!

We are all putting our opinions out there for Bachmann to see. There is nothing to say Oliver will be produced anyway. Its likely, but not certain.

I mean new in terms of new mold 

I agree Sparks. I believe they will be the 2013 announcements. The red coaches are badly needed. Currently there are no 'every engine' coaches in the range. Trevor is in very high demand as is Oliver. With Oliver, Toad is also a must. Rosie may appear, due to her major role as a female charector now but she is most likely to appear in 2014. The Plant Vans are the only new wagon I can see arriving for a while. They are fairly sought after, from what I have seen here.

Its not going to happen and I'm glad. I'm a railway modeller and thomas fan so I get where the money goes. They can release more than one engine a year, they have done it before and will do it again. Is there any engines I listed that people strongly agree on bar the obvious one (Oliver)? Personally Rosie and Hiro are the engines I want with Oliver, course 

Stanley is a engine, which I could definitely see appearing in the range.

Oh silly me Oh course he would. Stepney would be great from Bachmann, but I highly doubt it will happen regrettably 

Nil They would be too complicated and the market for them is too small. I agree about Dash and Bash, hence why I said they were probably the most unlikely to be chosen

Like Sparks I will give various situations for OO scale.

Situation 1: Classic Charectors:

As far as classic engines are concerned, Oliver is the next engine in number turns and Bachmann have shown they keep older fans in mind by releasing Duck. Oliver is the engine everyone wants Bachmann to make after Duck's confirmation.

If Oliver was done, the only classic engines left would be Daisy and Boco. The older fans would love to have these charectors in the Bachmann range. Sharing a chassis is a big advantage too.



However, despite mass cult like following from older fans, I can only see either of these 2 being done if they were reintroduced to the series by Andrew Brenner, released to tie in with the older audience the WWII film is due to attract or after a couple of years.

Situation 2: HIT Engines:

The CGI series is really going now and with that it cannot be too long before we get a model of another HIT engine. A charector that shines with fans and in the show itself is Rosie. Rosie is second only to Emily as a female engine. The range would benefit from another female charector. Fans have grown to her, which is rare for a HIT Charector.

One charector that has a large part in the show at the minute is Hiro. Hiro would be a first CGI only charector for the model range. Hiro had a large introduction right at the start of the CGI era in a very successful film. Younger fans love the story of Hiro's discovery, with this comes a certain cult status for Hiro. Two versions of Hiro could be produced a Patchwork Hiro and a normal Hiro. Another Tender Engine would be greatly appreciated, he is a large tender engine too which we haven't seen since Spencer was introduced.




There would be some sense in making Charlie too. He appears alot in the series. He has been delvoped greatly since his introduction 3 series s ago. A simple, small engine that alot of people would purchase just as they got into the range or if they were into the range in a big way already, a supplementary charector to their large collection of big stars from the show.

These releases would probably take place at different times although I could see one of the tank engines coming out at the same time as Hiro so that people had a selection of new releases to choose from/complement each other.

Situation 3: Twin Trouble:

This is probably the least likely situation but I will put it out there anyway. It has been a couple of years since Dash and Bash first hit our screens and they have been with us for lots of episodes since. They would both use the same tooling. I cannot see them being released though because of 2 pairs of twins being in the range at the minute.



Situation 4: Diesel Power:

One of Thomas's most recognisable charectors is Diesel 10. He has recently bounced back into the front of all fan's minds due to his appearance in DOTD. Diesel 10's claw is iconic and a big draw for fans. He is a very popular charector and would be a very sought after model. To me, Diesel 10 is one of Bachmann's most logic options.

Unlike most people, I don't feel Bachmann will make a model of Arry and Bert due to the fact that twins is something I think Bachmann will not do for a while now. As well as that, I don't feel that they are very popular engines.

And that is my opinion, as always feedback is welcomed and I will do other OO items next week