From my Twitter feed, Bachmann Oliver and Toad size comparison



Thoughts??

I find Hugo to be a boring character, tbh. However I do find his design and engineering to be very impressive and I also applaud the team for doing their research, especially with the utilization of his "dangerous" propeller, but both of his episodes kinda fall flat.

Ok perhaps since the hostility has died down for a while, and announcements are just around the corner. I'm gonna post my ideas for the HO/OO Range.

Here are my candidates.

Classic

Daisy 

Well the most reasonable classic character right now would be Daisy. What much is there to say? Considering she's been having some prelevance since her return. And on a side note, this is personal preference, but I wouldn't mind at all if she was based off her CGI render. I find the proportions to be much better than her original TV model, some would also argue about the face size, but I don't care about that either.

OR

New Series/CGI

Considering Rosie, Bachmann is most likely to continue down this path and selecting more recent and/or at least more marketably appealing characters.
So to start off....

Charlie

Ok, to some this might be an.......average.....choice, character-wise, but on a positive note, Charlie, IMO does have on of the best designs in the show, and has quite the detail for a small tank engine. He could  also serve as an option for kitbashers. Other then the Culdee Fell Engines, the only purple engines we've ever had (or at least in the show) are Charlie and Ryan. However, if Bachmann were to select one of these two to provide color contrast, one of them would obviously be the more marketable, Hopefully the positives would outweigh the negatives here.

Hiro

During the the S9-16 era, most of the characters were one-offs and/or blank slates, solely for the purpose of making toys. However there's was a shining gem in the rocks, and Hiro is a great example of that, plus he was actually given depth. Since his introduction has been one of the most iconic characters in the franchise and universal popularity with Thomas fans of all ages. He would make such a beautiful model here. The pricing would be around a Bachmann Skarloey, but even so Skaroley as well as the developing NG range has shown that popularity overcame pricing, and I'm confident to believe the same would happen with Hiro.

Porter

Since Porter's debut, he has become a quite a staple in the series, since he's stationed in Brendam Docks with Salty, which is one of the most prominent locations in the show. Nowadays, you really can't have Salty without Porter, like the same with Duck and Oliver. And considering that Bachmann has now made Salty exclusively available in set, introducing Porter into the range could help drive the sales of Salty. However, the drawback would have to be the scaling, but then again Bachmann has taken Oliver's CGI render and up-the-scale a bit, so Bachmann could do the same with Porter.

Paxton

Paxton has received quite a positive reception, ever since he was transformed from a nonexistent mute into one of the most likable characters. It's obvious that he's a simple rehash of Diesel. But from a different standpoint, a handful of people seem to be tired of seeing another Class 08, so I would suggest that it's best to conserve this option in case Bachmann isn't raking up in sales, and if they need feel the urge to release a loco, Paxton could serve as a good emergency.

There's my thoughts for the HO/OO. Forgive me for the big post here, so gonna make a post on the HO/OO rolling stock and NG Range later.

What do you think?

I upload my pics on photobucket and then post them on the board. I personally prefer that over tinypic.

I will admit the clean crisp replication done by Bachmann does have quite the appeal to the consumer. There's little to no difference between her model and CGI render.

Also I assume her original livery was put into production before her S21 repaint.

Overall, in spite of mixed responses, great job to Bachmann for the precision put into the design.

I'm sure that Bachmann will consider bring back their express coach, but if they don't this year. Then think outside the box. I mean considering that Hornby currently has Express Coaches for their Thomas range, they could serve as decent alternatives to Bachmann's for the time being.

Following up on my last post.

Response to Plow Bender

I was also thinking that since most of the Thomas rolling stock is from their old Mainline Range.
I was thinking that they could rehash this lovely little piece.



The Sliding Door could perhaps be a good marketing gimmick.
Stick any kind of Troublesome Truck face on it.

Well at least Bachmann would sell this sort of thing better than a steam engine with Transformer fire hoses.

What do you think?

I'm pretty sure the Sir Topham Hatt figure should fit nicely in Winston.

http://shop.bachmanntrains.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1734

Well, considering this thread, I might have a few suggestions.

This one is my personal favorite.



(obnoxious jump scare horror movie sound effects not included.)


While I don't expect Bachmann to make the van's body itself do it's size being over the NMRA standards, at least slapping the face on one of their existing vans would be good enough.


Also, I actually wouldn't mind if Bachmann threw in this face as well.


There's my suggestions.

It all depends on Bachmann's production schedule with Rosie and how often it changes.

Perhaps it's best to take this discussion over to the 2017 thread.

Hopefully, that stems the growing hostility.

I will say that with the White Mail Car, I've personally liked them as seen throughout the CGI Series, and I'm glad we now have them in that particular color, granted while I consider the Lobster Logo to be kinda pointless, I wouldn't mind using maybe abit of rubbing alcohol to remove them. Nonetheless, I would really consider picking up a couple of them

To all who want to get a glimpse of his scaling.

It comparisons with his Model and CGI, I'd say it's in the middle.

Found this on FB.

The problem with Emily's poor haulage capacity would have to be with her giant driving wheels, even in real life Singles were more prone to wheel slippage, but I digress. I've found one solution to the problem.
I've unscrewed the coach body from the wheelframe and removed the weights from each of the coaches, and lightly oiled the axleboxes. Emily could now pull 5 coaches with very little problems.