A construction workers pack should be an essential addition, what with Ms. Jenny being one of the most high-profile human characters... Some generic passenger packs would be good as well, for the sake of bringing a station platform to life...

I also think it would be worthwhile adapting these figures to N Scale, what with the difficulty of procuring appropriate stand-ins for Sir Topham Hatt and the like... though I do think I will pick up The Hatt Family in HO for my purposes regardless, to recreate the comedy of the old oversized HO figures towering over the engines, ha ha!

Quote from: Awesometrain77 on July 16, 2024, 06:49:11 PMI don't think that is the case because if that was the Thomas & friends classics channel would not put both on it . Not to mention CP has done characters such as BoCo in recent waves after a long time of not being available .

I think what Marie was theorizing would only apply to making new toys or models of 'Thomas' characters in a post-'All Engines Go' world... so it wouldn't necessarily apply to what media can or can't be rerun... As for BoCo and other characters with odd resurgences in Plarails... I figure they're allowed to use any characters that have already been made for the line, in the same way S.C. Ruffey, Jeremy, and Spiteful Brake Van are allowed to continue existing in Bachmann's own line-up...

The theory sounds plausible to me, even if it would be a disappointing state of affairs... I think it would be somewhat hypocritical for Mattel to take this stance regarding non-'CGI' characters given their repeated use of Bulstrode among the 'CGI' style toys post-'AEG'... But I suppose its within their rights to be more strict towards licensees than their own internal team, given they're the ones holding the keys... It will be interesting to return to this topic once the HOn30 Narrow Gauge line runs out of 'CGI' characters, I assume that will be the breaking point as to whether or not this stipulation is true or not (or if it perhaps will be amended in the coming years)...

Quick question: When I unplug the Bachmann DCC controller powerpack, do I need to re-enter each locomotive again when I power it up in the future?

I'd be really happy if the contract changes and the cgi mandate finally comes to an end, so that we can finally get model series exclusive characters from Thomas and friends, including stepney, Boco, Duke, etc. Because like I said, I'm really getting tired of the cgi mandate. Also, it's possible that the T&F AEG series would come to an end next year, I could be wrong about that though. Makes me wonder if there's any hope left of the cgi mandate ending in the future. In the meantime, we can settle for characters like Harvey, diesel 10, and whiff, as well as hiro.

I don't think that is the case because if that was the Thomas & friends classics channel would not put both on it . Not to mention CP has done characters such as BoCo in recent waves after a long time of not being available .

The figure packs are gonna be shown off next Thomas Tuesday And maybe even at the show In August . These packs were a long term project that happened to beat sir Handel . I hope we see him soon. 
The post almost hinted that this could not be it for new stuff they will off in August so maybe sir Handel then who knows

It's so good to finally see some painted samples of the figures. Hopefully it won't be too long of a wait now. I am curious to see if these will be true OO Scale, or if they'll be slightly larger than a OO figure.

As for future figures, I'd love a pack of "Sodor's VIPs." This would include the Duke and Duchess of Boxford, Sir Robert Norramby, the Mayor, Reverend Awdry, and maybe Alicia Botti.

A pack of dock workers and a pack of quarry workers would be great too.

I'd really like a figure of Sailor John. I think a pack of with him and Skiff would be really neat. Bachmann could easily use the tooling for Skiff to repaint him in his "Railboat Tours" livery and pack him with a Sailor Joe figure later on.

Bumping up this thread again in light of the painted figure pack samples being teased on Bachmann's social media!  Very excited for these and can't wait to see them in the Trainworld livestream next month!

Anyone have any ideas/suggestions for future figure packs?

So recently Capsule Plarail had an interesting magazine article. In it they said they were aiming to make every CGI character in the line eventually. Why does this matter to this forum, you might ask?

Well, originally, in 2016, they said their goal was to complete EVERY character. Suddenly it's changed to CGI only. Just like how Bachmann has said they can't do Stepney. Now, this is speculation. But I think, with the advent of the reboot, Mattel has requested the licensees to stick to the CGI style guides for new molds to avoid possible issues with cohesion and confusion with what to use as reference. Hence why every recent model series rolling stock piece we've gotten has been alongside a CGI variant and/or a prexisting mold, and Stepney is currently off the table. It's a way to give every company outside of Mattel a specific style to stick to now that there is two very radically different interpretations of Thomas, easier to avoid confusion that way. That is likely why the rule exists, do I think it's a good rule? No, not really. I'd really like a capsule Derek. But it seems we're likely stuck with it for a bit. Granted. AEG might be ending next year, so hopefully that means the contracts can change back. We just have to wait and see.

It was said on Bachmann's New Model Monday stream the other week that if the fans have any suggestions for future models, they can email them to Bachmann directly.

I've sent an email last week, and in said email I expressed a want for an HO Scale Harvey and/or Diesel 10 from the fans.

They said on the stream that the more requests there are for a model, the more likely they are to produce it. So, if anyone else would like to add Harvey and/or Diesel 10 to their collection, then I'd highly recommend sending them an email.

I agree with what trainman said. The way DCC works, as long as the polarity is correct (i.e. no shorts) and it can communicate with each decoder, it doesn't care where on the layout the decoder (i.e. locomotive) is.