With the issue of Steam vs Diesel, I feel that with the Diesels, they tend to be seen as villianous with the likes of Diesel, The 'Bowled Out' Diesel, Arry and Bert, Diesel 10 and Splatter and Dodge. As much as I like these diesels, despite them being bad, I also find that there are the good diesels likes Boco, Daisy, Salty and of course Rusty. With the Steam Engines, most of them are good, with the exception of Spencer who is seen as the bad egg of the steamies. Overall, my preference would be the steam engines.

Here is my wishlist:

Engines

1. Duck
2. Oliver
3. Boco
4. Daisy
5. Diesel 10
6. Arry and Bert
7. Stepney (I'm not really too fussed about him, sorry to Stepney fans)
8. Rosie
9. Murdoch
10. Harvey

Rolling Stock

1. Toad
2. Red Coaches
3. Spiteful Breakvan
4. Works unit coach

Non-Rail Characters

1. Trevor
2. Bulgy
3. George

Locations

1. Wellsworth Station
2. Ffarquhar Station
3. Maithwaite Station
4. Henry's Tunnel

Hi everyone,

This is my first time posting on the bachmann forums, so I apologise if this topic has been discussed before.

Since Bachmann are making Diesel this year, I thought I'd ask this question: which diesel do you prefer - Diesel or Diesel 10?

My personal opinon is:

Case for Diesel - He made his debut in Season 2, so he has been around longer than Diesel 10. Furthermore, he was created by the man himself, Rev. W. Awdry whereas Diesel 10 was created by Britt Alcroft. Diesel's colour of black shows he is evil as well as the sneer on his face. Diesel is a regular character on the TV series unlike Diesel 10 who only appears occasionally in specials. However, Diesel is smaller than the main line engines Gordon, Henry and James and therefore wouldn't likely to be as intimidating. Also, Diesel is only meant to be a shunter engine.

Case for Diesel 10 - He made his debut in Thomas and the Magic Railroad. Diesel 10 is a much larger engine than Diesel and has a claw named pinchy. This makes him look much more intimidating than Diesel and is also much stronger. In addition, his evil sneer looks more scarier than Diesel's sneer. Both steam engines and diesel engines alike are scared of him. However, he can show a good side at times.


What do you lot think?