So for N scale if they do have to announce Edward at the NMRA that is fine but he should he announced the 80th anniversary year .

So as for rolling stock . I am pretty sure Bachmann is gonna announce some branchline coaches but I don't think we need them yet and they will require a new tool which is something I don't think n scale needs right now aside from Edward . Also, we have a ton of coaches I do think that red Express coaches could be a better option in terms of new coaches
Since they have a backlog in N scale apart from Edward I don't see anyone new coming for a few years .
In the meantime there are many repaints mainly of Thomas and James but also of Emily and Henry
And not to mention class 08s and a suggestion that I really like flying Scottsman

So as for rolling stock I also think we need to focus on existing tooling for catch up reasons . The 7 plank wagon is super simple as that tool already exists not just in the UK but in the Thomas line now for the first announcement of 7 plank  wagons they could announce the ones without the loads due to the backlog rn so they don't have to tool up coal loads .

Also Bradford could be done easy since the LMS brakevan is in the range and why not add the spikeful brakevan to have all of the sentient brakevans in the line.

I do like the idea of Toby's shed/barn. I do think that ffaquhar is a great station to make given how it appears in the classic intro from season 1-7 and is used for the outro credits from seasons 19-21 . Not to mention ffaquar is the area of Sodor the rev.w.Awrdy modeled . Ffarquhar could be reused for the Wellworth station .On the topic of that since we have both of the Harwick  engines why not reuse mathwaitte for harwick.

I do think if they do buildings again they need to have a large appeal appearing

retaining walls , sir tophamhatt office / MC bunn , intro bridge , Henry's tunnel portal , knapford church , crovens gate , watermill ,double engine shed ,Neptune refreshments ,and Mrs.Kinley  cottage  could really be cool to have.

For the kinley cottage they will only use that as the name and it just will be some background cottage that they actually have references for but painted in the colors of Mrs.Kinley  cottage.

So glad to see all the samples on to 2025 . Idk if a painted sir Handel will make the catouge hopefully he does .
Just as a review everything that has yet to be released that won't be out by the end of the year are the following
DCC Thomas set
Figure packs
Stanley
High side wagons
Sir Handel
TR coaches

Not shown yet
Gondolas
Gunpowder vans
Open coach
Tar tanker
Oil flatbed
China clay wagon
Sidney
Mainland diesel
DCC Thomas
DCC Percy
salty (updated mechanism)
Bulgy
N scale express composite
N scale express brake
n scale diesel
N scale Paxton
N scale Henry
N scale brakevan

 

Okay so we are prob gonna see some varients in 2025 here is a list of varients I could see happening
Pink Thomas
Gold Thomas
Streamlined Thomas
Bare metal Thomas
Turbo Thomas
Pink James
Percy's chcolate crunch
Green salty
Blue Bill
Blue Ben
Emily with 12
Silver Spencer
Scrap Oliver

Which ones would you like to see

If we don't get a Thomas Tuesday December maybe we will see a new model Monday .Anyway I really want them to focus on salty before we see Sidney and the mainland diesel . As it's been almost 3 years .

So Thomas  Tuesday is prob not gonna happen as they have a Piko stream and a Lionel Christmas stream after that.
 we got to see some samples of the slate wagons which I assume was what they were gonna show off that stream they look nice . Maybe we will get a event in December or later this month .

100 percent agree also we are on page 50 wow . But a platform would give a good place for figures to stand on . I would also like to see retaining walls . And a station sign pack containing all the signs for the stations .

Okay glad to see that Thomas Tuesday is not skipping November . I do think we will see Stanley and the finalized figures in packaging .

I do believe Scottsman actually could happen because Mattel has paid rights to make merchandise of him and third-party companies, such as Takara Tomy have made him so he could definitely happen him appearing in the railway series also makes him a good bet .

Look, I'm gonna be honest they don't have a big backlog . Look all they have is some  rolling stock toolings and some repaints for HO
N scale has Henry the express coaches which are in the works by the way and class 08s . We do also have bulgy. Which I forgot, but not too much.
However, before any of this, I would really like to see salty have his tool updated so he can actually be released.

I do like Chaz's ideas however we already have a ton of coaches in N scale
If you had Thomas pull Annie and clarabel
Gordon pull his express coaches
Emily pull her coaches
Toby pull Henrietta
James pull Hannah
That leaves Percy  as the only engines on your layout that can pull freight . Until henry and the 08s come out .
So I definitely agree that we do not need the red coaches for a while.
I do think that 2025 would be a perfect year to introduce 7 plank wagons and some more breakvans to line up
Bradford despiteful break van and a normal BR 20 ton van are perfect



 

Okay I get that tbh so no need to mention her here .
Anyway after a recent live stream there is a possiblity buildings can return to the range however there are no plans to.
Winston is someone who I feel is long overdue as we have him in large scale yet no HO Winston .
I am pushing for streamlined Thomas but considering no one else has even suggested him I doubt he will happen .

Trevor is some one I really think should happen next year .

For a varient of Thomas I do think rather then a golden Thomas a pink Thomas would be nice . I think we have a lot of James variants and pink James with the undercoat is not realistic due to the lining so I think we should just get pink Thomas . 

Daisy was a shock ngl .
I do really think we need to see work on salty improvements happen soon it's been a long time .
Anyway I am shocked we have not seen the N scale express coaches it's been a while since we have known they were in the design phase .

Ok so we know we will see Hannah and the large scale Thomas set in early 2025 . We also have a finalized Stanley and figure packs that we have images of. Could Q1 see all of these products would make up for the lackluster 2024 stuff where we barley got anything apart from Beau and 2 wagons until the end of the year .
Anyway I think we prob won't have a Thomas Tuesday this month as last year they skipped a month around the end of the year . However today is the election so it could also be that . I do hope we get to see Stanley for the next stream though .

OK going by popularity of suggestions that have seen on this thread the top contenders have to be
Whiff , Hiro , Nia , Harvey , Diesel 10
Which could honestly just be the characters they could do for the rest of the decade . All of which are very popular. And are key characters in a most Thomas merchandise  ranges.

The 25th  anniversary of the line is in 2027 something they could do Is rerelease arry and Bert and uncancel Duncan , and give us diesel 10 for the NMRA 2027. 

but I really do think that diesel 10  would be perfect for the 80th anniversary anniversary

However streamlined Thomas my other idea I could definitely see happening and in 5 years from then they could make turbo Thomas for the 85th .
Streamlining Thomas could have a new CGI face which they could put on the normal Thomas at a later point a perfect excuse to update the face since Bachman does not want to halt  making a new version of Thomas that has a new face would be ideal.
Anyway if we don't get diesel 10 next year a second choice would havery but I do know that he also is not that likely. Both of them are super popular.TATMR is also going to be 25 years old next year so that's another reason why I would like him to be announced . However, if I were to give one more realistic suggestion it would be Judy and Jerome .

I also think we need a new set I do know that Bachman likes to make the n scale  sets but we only have 3 HO sets so what if they compromise and finally give the narrow gauge engines they're own  set
It would come with skarloey and a exclusive red coach that people suggested for ages which would give an incentive to buy the set . As well as a brown ng brake van which you would release by itself.

Lastly, if a new tool streamline, Thomas seems too risky which honestly is not then they could do a pink Thomas  from the adventure begins