The Everything Thomas Topic

[DustyMarie53!]

Stanley has been posted on the web store, and wow he is an amazing model. Can't wait to get my hands on him. Hope he can make the early 2025 shipment with Hannah. All of the human figures, the slate wagons, Tallylyn, and high side wagons were also listed. Hannah, Topham's car, and the Tallylyn coaches are now the only products with painted samples not on the web store.  HOWEVER the TR coaches are listed with the drawings from the catalog.

We know the Emily set box is also done so that and those aforementioned products will likely be listed soonish.

https://shop.bachmanntrains.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=258_259_261&products_id=9252

[Awesometrain77]

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 .

[TrainFan97]

We recently saw the 12-Ton Vans packaged, and those will arrive in stock very shortly. We also saw the N Scale Emily set packaged, but that was confirmed for a 2025 release. We also now know that the Narrow Gauge Slate Wagon repaints are coming in 2025. All the products confirmed for a 2025 release (at this moment) are the HO Scale figures, Stanley, Sir Handel, the Narrow Gauge High-Side Wagons and Slate Wagon repaints, the N Scale Emily set and Hannah, and the Large Scale DCC Thomas set.

Fingers crossed we see Sir Handel fully painted by the end of this year. He could suddenly show up on the webstore like Stanley did.

[harrison05]

What quarter do we think Sir Handel is coming out? I reckon late Q2 maybe early Q3 or heck maybe even mid Q2.

[Mulfred100]

News from the UK. Bachmann Europe/UK are introducing Duck, Daisy, Terence, The fruit and veg van and S.C.Ruffy

[really called Thomas]

News from the UK. Bachmann Europe/UK are introducing Duck, Daisy

Awesome - that's 2 off my DCC wishlist... 7 to go!

[harrison05]

Yeh still no HO Emily or Diesel.

[Mulfred100]

Yeh still no HO Emily or Diesel.

OO. They are OO not HO. It's better then nothing, quit moaning

[harrison05]

Yeh still no HO Emily or Diesel.

OO. They are OO not HO. It's better then nothing, quit moaning

fair point I was just saying them because the they are pretty much the only much main characters who aren't on Bachmann UK in "OO" yet...

[Mulfred100]

Yeh still no HO Emily or Diesel.

OO. They are OO not HO. It's better then nothing, quit moaning

fair point I was just saying them because the they are pretty much the only much main characters who aren't on Bachmann UK in "OO" yet...

But if introducing characters like Duck and Daisy who are both great sellers in the US market helps the UK I'm not sure what the issue is. We need the good sellers on the UK market as the more they sell the more chances of Bachmann next year releasing another wave of engines. We now have engines 1-8 and Daisy as well as rolling stock and accessories (Terence, Bertie and Harold) as said before it's not as simple as taking the US product and selling it in the UK they need to make modifications so it meets the 3+ standards, they make the engines ready for DCC. It's quite a bit of work really. In the mean time there's still ways to buy other engines who aren't available in the UK. So if someone is desperate for an engine and they aren't bothered about DCC then they buy from a retailer who stocks them in the UK or take to Ebay. I'm very happy with the choices Bachmann made and at the end of the day if they sell well we all win and we get more products.

[DustyMarie53!]

I also wouldn't be too shocked if Emily and Oliver are close behind. Iirc someone has already found Oliver's in the U.S. with the updated UK coupling hooks already. Emily imagine is simply held back by her coaches and how the request line works, they'd probably want to drop both at the same time but that's a harder sell to justify getting approval for versus say, all of these announcements which are independent. I'm also curious what this could suggest for Daisy's N scale chances. We know N scale is based on popularity now and according to trainworld 1-8, Oliver, Emily, Diesel, and Spencer are the most popular engines consistently on there (once again make note this is only one storefront so other sales matter and this cannot be used as a universal dataset). But Daisy getting into the UK line so early is intriguing that she might be alongside them. She's also simpler so imagine that could have helped with the decision, less that has to be modified for her. Overall, a solid set of announcements. I'm a little surprised the GWR van isn't included alongside Duck, but I'm sure there is a reason.

[Mulfred100]

I also wouldn't be too shocked if Emily and Oliver are close behind. Iirc someone has already found Oliver's in the U.S. with the updated UK coupling hooks already. Emily imagine is simply held back by her coaches and how the request line works, they'd probably want to drop both at the same time but that's a harder sell to justify getting approval for versus say, all of these announcements which are independent. I'm also curious what this could suggest for Daisy's N scale chances. We know N scale is based on popularity now and according to trainworld 1-8, Oliver, Emily, Diesel, and Spencer are the most popular engines consistently on there (once again make note this is only one storefront so other sales matter and this cannot be used as a universal dataset). But Daisy getting into the UK line so early is intriguing that she might be alongside them. She's also simpler so imagine that could have helped with the decision, less that has to be modified for her. Overall, a solid set of announcements. I'm a little surprised the GWR van isn't included alongside Duck, but I'm sure there is a reason.

I'm not too sure why they chose that either, it must be a good seller. Given that last year we got Edward, Henry, Harold and two tankers I'm gonna guess maybe that'll be the trend possibly going forward. 2 locos, an accessory and 2 rolling stock but I'm just guessing. I'm just happy there's more on the UK market. Rails of Sheffield and TMC already have their pre orders open. I'm not 100% certain how they approach releases here in UK.

Update: I was wrong it was Edward, Henry, Harold and Bertie released in the previous wave not the tankers. My mistake

[DustyMarie53!]

I'm just happy to see more as well. I went to the UK this summer and it was clear the line was a huge seller, but the variety compared to here made me a little sad. Like I wish the kids who were excitedly buying the products had more. I know they could always import so it's not like they truly had less but it still felt that way at the time. That's why I wrote to their request line the first time. I think having two locos, an accesory or two, and two rolling stock announcements is the right call. Keeps costs down while also helps to expand the line in a substantial way. Hopefully this time next year we can see Emily, her coaches, Jeremy, and Oliver. Those would be my pretty solid bets for who's next. But I'm fine with whoever as long as it expands

The one thing I'd be curious to ask is regarding stuff like the vans. Since they're all the same tools why don't they just release together, what is that approval process like? Same applies for the remaining tankers. I doubt there's definitive answer but that's the only real head scratcher for me, may follow up to my previous email and see what they say. Look forward to its continued expansion, and hope it continues to thrive.

[Chaz]

Well this was a nice surprise, I guess it pretty much confirms Bachmann UK will add new additions to their range biyearly since Edward and Henry were added in winter of 2022.

Anyway, I'm genuinely really happy to see Duck available in the UK lineup, and I'm glad to see his inclusion in the range.  If I ever upgrade the layout to DCC I will definitely be upgrading the collection to the UK models.  It's really nice seeing 1-8 being present in the UK lineup and I'm excited to see what happens from there.

Daisy really took me by surprise, I'm a lot more surprised she came before Diesel and Emily.  I wonder if they're going by season order since Duck and Daisy are the first engines outside of the first seven to be included. Maybe Diesel and Donald and Douglas are next?  Who knows. Only reason I would think they would ever do her before Emily.

Terence is a nice surprise, didn't expect to see him either.  SC Ruffey doesn't surprise me since he has always had a huge presence in model ranges.  The Fruits and Vegetables van though.. yeah I got nothing for that one.  I guess because there's so much GW stock Bachmann UK they probably didn't want to pay the licensing fee for it, hence why they went that route.

[Mulfred100]

I'm just happy to see more as well. I went to the UK this summer and it was clear the line was a huge seller, but the variety compared to here made me a little sad. Like I wish the kids who were excitedly buying the products had more. I know they could always import so it's not like they truly had less but it still felt that way at the time. That's why I wrote to their request line the first time. I think having two locos, an accesory or two, and two rolling stock announcements is the right call. Keeps costs down while also helps to expand the line in a substantial way. Hopefully this time next year we can see Emily, her coaches, Jeremy, and Oliver. Those would be my pretty solid bets for who's next. But I'm fine with whoever as long as it expands

The one thing I'd be curious to ask is regarding stuff like the vans. Since they're all the same tools why don't they just release together, what is that approval process like? Same applies for the remaining tankers. I doubt there's definitive answer but that's the only real head scratcher for me, may follow up to my previous email and see what they say. Look forward to its continued expansion, and hope it continues to thrive.

I think it's more they don't want to over saturate the market. It's easier to take it slow rather then release it all at once and most of it being shelf filler. That'll be my guess anyway since it's still a new line in the UK, I mean there's 6 vans in the range, 7 tankers and 10 7 plank wagons. Best to spread them out over the years rather then just release them all in one shot. I get why that would be good but I get why they aren't too