Diesel 10 for 2012!

[MetaDude27]

Yes, having some established classic characters would be much nicer than the "one-episode wonders" HiT's been dishing out for pure commercialism.

[TheJJ]

I mean now-a-days kids won't know BoCo or Daisy/they won't know D&D and B&B too well. Same goes for Duck and Oliver...can't they be re-released?

[MetaDude27]

Maybe they felt characters like Duck, Oliver, Donald, Douglas, and BoCo were too wise and mature for the show. Sure Edward's wise, but has anyone noticed HiT has kind of downgraded his (and everyone else's) intelligence?

[JD417]

hmmm... that... makes... sense...

[MetaDude27]

That's also why Duck, Oliver, and the Scottish Twins are my favorite characters. They're sensible and mature engines.

[Cheeky_ULP]

Diesel 10 is too minor of a character to be a profitable HO model. He's never even appeared in regular episodes.

     Yeah, but look at Mavis and Toby (not seen in newer seasons).

From the TTTE Wikia:

Toby appearances in Television series

    * Season 1 - Toby and the Stout Gentleman, Thomas in Trouble, Dirty Objects, and Thomas' Christmas Party
    * Season 2 - Thomas, Percy and the Coal, Cows, Percy and Harold (does not speak), The Runaway (does not speak), Thomas Comes to Breakfast, Daisy, Percy's Predicament, Ghost Train, Woolly Bear (does not speak), and Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree (does not speak)
    * Season 3 - Time for Trouble, Gordon and the Famous Visitor (cameo), Donald's Duck, Henry's Forest, Mavis, Toby's Tightrope, and Thomas and Percy's Christmas Adventure
    * Season 4 - Granpuff, Sleeping Beauty, Bulldog, Train Stops Play (does not speak), Bull's Eyes, Thomas and the Special Letter, Paint Pots and Queens, and Special Attraction
    * Season 5 - Horrid Lorry, Baa!, Toby and the Flood, Stepney gets Lost, Toby's Discovery, Sir Topham Hatt's Holiday (does not speak), and A Surprise for Percy
    * Season 6 - A Bad Day for Harold the Helicopter (cameo), The Fogman, It's Only Snow, Scaredy Engines (cameo), Percy and the Haunted Mine (cameo), Percy's Chocolate Crunch (cameo), and Toby Had a Little Lamb
    * Season 7 - Percy Gets it Right (does not speak), Edward's Brass Band (cameo), Toby's Windmill, Peace and Quiet (does not speak), Harold and the Flying Horse (cameo), and Not so Hasty Puddings (cameo)
    * Season 8 - Percy's New Whistle (cameo), Thomas Saves the Day (does not speak), Don't Tell Thomas (does not speak), Gordon takes Charge (does not speak), Thomas Gets It Right, As Good as Gordon (cameo), You Can Do it, Toby!, Too Hot for Thomas (does not speak), and Percy and the Magic Carpet (does not speak)
    * Season 9 - Percy and the Oil Painting (cameo), Thomas and the Rainbow, Thomas and the Toy Shop (cameo), Thomas and the Birthday Picnic (cameo), Thomas and the New Engine, Toby Feels Left Out, Thomas Tries His Best (cameo), Thomas and the Statue, Henry and the Flagpole, Emily Knows Best, Saving Edward (cameo), and Keeping up with James (cameo)
    * Season 10 - Percy and the Funfair, The Green Controller, Toby's Afternoon Off, Toby's New Shed, Sticky Toffee Thomas, and Thomas and the Colours (cameo)
    * Season 11 - Thomas and the Storyteller (cameo), Gordon and the Engineer (cameo), Thomas and the Spaceship (cameo), Thomas and the Lighthouse, Hide and Peep (cameo), Toby's Triumph, and Thomas in Trouble
    * Season 12 - Thomas and the Billboard (cameo), Henry Gets It Wrong (does not speak), Heave Ho Thomas! (cameo), Toby's Special Surprise, Saved You!, and Tram Trouble
    * Season 13 - The Lion of Sodor, Tickled Pink, Play Time, Time For a Story (cameo), Toby's New Whistle, A Blooming Mess, Splish, Splash, Splosh! (cameo) and The Biggest Present of All
    * Season 14 - Pingy Pongy Pick Up (cameo), Toby and the Whistling Woods, Henry's Health and Safety (does not speak), Diesel's Special Delivery (cameo), Thomas and the Snowman Party, O the Indignity (cameo), Jitters and Japes, Merry Misty Island, and Henry's Magic Box

Specials:

    * Thomas and the Magic Railroad
    * Calling All Engines (does not speak)
    * The Great Discovery
    * Hero of the Rails
    * Misty Island Rescue (does not speak)

Mavis appearances in Television Series:

    * Season 3 - Mavis, Toby's Tightrope, and Escape (cameo)
    * Season 4 - Rusty to the Rescue (cameo) and Thomas and the Special Letter (does not speak)
    * Season 5 - Stepney gets Lost and Oliver's Find (cameo)
    * Season 6 - Salty's Secret, A Bad Day for Harold the Helicopter (cameo), and Buffer Bother
    * Season 7 - Bill, Ben and Fergus and James and the Queen of Sodor (cameo)
    * Season 8 - Thomas to the Rescue
    * Season 9 - Emily Knows Best
    * Season 10 - Toby's Afternoon Off
    * Season 11 - Dream On and Don't be Silly, Billy
    * Season 12 - Don't Go Back
    * Season 13 - The Early Bird, Percy's Parcel, A Blooming Mess, Thomas and the Runaway Kite (cameo), and The Biggest Present of All (does not speak)
    * Season 14 - Charlie and Eddie (cameo), Thomas in Charge, and Thomas and Scruff (cameo)

Specials:

    * Calling All Engines
    * The Great Discovery (does not speak)
    * Hero of the Rails
    * Misty Island Rescue (cameo)

[thomasj219]

Why on earth would you say Toby and Mavis were not seen in newer seasons?

[shining time]

yeah i have most of them except 5 and 7

[TheJJ]

Who remembers Shining Time? (Not the user name) The old TV show with Stacy Jones, Billy, Mr. Conductor, Schiemer, The Shining Time Kids, and Thomas.

I know it got canceled but why? Profits were bad?

[SodorAdventures]

Why on earth would you say Toby and Mavis were not seen in newer seasons?

   I was mostly thinking Mavis, and in some of the episodes with toby, it was only a cameo. But, yeah, glad you enjoyed proving me wrong Sparks.

[TheJJ]

Maybe they felt characters like Duck, Oliver, Donald, Douglas, and BoCo were too wise and mature for the show. Sure Edward's wise, but has anyone noticed HiT has kind of downgraded his (and everyone else's) intelligence?

That's very true have you noticed they always have that same rhyme scheme every time...only with different words.

[DinoNTrains]

Back on track (pun intended) to Diesel 10, do you think Splatter and Dodge (Splodge) should be made as well?

[MetaDude27]

Would I like them to be made? Yes. Do I think they'll be made? No. They only had one appearance, after all, and that was over 10 years ago. If they appear in Day of the Diesels, they might have a shot. A small shot, but a shot nonetheless.

[DinoNTrains]

As always, you do have a point MetaDude27

[TheJJ]

I would rather a Diesel or Arry and Bert before S&D. But I rather diesel 10 first.