Thomas' 80th Anniversary Predictions! 

My personal predictions: -Shiny merch -More props revealed -AEG would get a feature-length episode -Some special posts from the Facebook/Instragram account -Another series at the official Thomas and Friends youtube channel -2025 copy of the 42 books

Here is my prediction: 1: a trailer for the mark foster Thomas movie 2: a new Thomas and friends Bachman will be shown 3: the 1983 pilot will be shown 4: a book about every artwork of Thomas and friends from RWS - CGI 5: more behind the scenes of the model series 6: a 80th anniversary documentary of Thomas on BBC including Britt allcroft, Sam Wilkinson Etc

i want those stories christopher allegedly read aloud that never got published

For the 80th anniversary of 2025, Mattel will make a spinoff series about either the -Mid-Sodor-Railway- or the Culdee Mountain Railway. I'm putting my marbles on Mattel turning the Culdee Railway into a 2d animated series about little steam engines adventuring in the mountains and valleys around their station home (just as the basic concept)

I know that next year there will be a few railroad/railway anniversaries for 2025. - Bicentenary of modern railways. - Thomas' 110th Birthday - Stepney's 150th Birthday - Bluebell Railway & Stepney's 65th Preservation Anniversary A few others I can't seem to remember.

My theory is that they’ll reintroduce the Narrow Gauge lot. It would most likely be a blue mountain mystery esc special.

Happy 79th anniversary for the Thomas franchise.

For the 80th Anniversary, I think that Mattel will have a big re-release of the RWS, this time featuring every book together at once (including Christopher’s). Additionally, I feel like they’ll add more then just Duck to AEG. Perhaps Oliver, or Donald & Douglas, or even the SKR engines too!

My main prediction for the 80th is a compilation DVD. A good handful of episodes from each era of the show, and then in the bonus features, along with some songs and maybe the odd AEG episode, THAT'S where the Down the Mine pilot will be released

It would be cool if classic thomas gets mentioned in AEG.

Don't screw up Thomas' 80th Anniversary Mattel

My predictions: 1) Art Book - Like you'd said about the idea of it, I can really see that being possible. There are many concepts arts and artworks throughout the many eras of the franchise that should be released in a book. 2) Merch - It's very likely there will be some merch to celebrate the 80th anniversary - We're bound to have another Golden Thomas but we might also get some variations with other characters like Silver Percy & Bronze Diesel in the past. Or probably just new toys in generals around the celebration. 3) Teaser for the Thomas Movie - We haven't heard anything about this new movie that Marc Foster is directing ever since there were words about it years ago. Surely by then there will be more about it. With the Barbie movie being a success, it will make sense that they will go for a Thomas Movie. Whatever I will be right or wrong about any of these predictions, I hope that 80th Anniversary will truly be something special to remember like the 70th Anniversary.

My predictions/hopes: 1.lost footage of episodes like the missing coach or Gordon goes foreign 2.A Book collection with all 42 books in it ( finally the Cristopher Awdry books) 3. Thomas movie announcement 4. like you said the pilot 5. documentation of the show 6. maybe also a blu ray box set with every model or classic season

We need that Pilot, we've been waiting for a very long time to see the footage for the pilot, and this is my other prediction, ThomasTankMerch will finally upload the rushes of the missing coach, if someone still has them, it would be nice to see it for the 80th anniversary

Here’s some predictions of mine. 1. Pilot Episode finally revealed 2. A special All Engines Go episode 3. Re-releases of classic episodes on home media or even a complete collection of the original series. 4. This might be a bit of a stretch but maybe at the end of the year we get a teaser trailer for the Marc Foster film that’ll be released in 2026 or 2027

I have a prediction that Christopher Awdry might after 12 years of attending to himself and his family appear for this occasion, it just kind of feels right! Hope it is true!

Alright, this is what I said to Mattel via email from their website as an update guys: "Hi Mattel, I have some ideas for what you can do next year in 2025 for both Thomas' 80th Anniversary and your 80th Anniversary with all of your characters and here they are: •We get tons of Thomas Lost Media finally revealed such as all of the Thomas and Friends Pilots (1953 Sad Story of Henry, 1974 cartoon pilot, and 1983 Down the Mine Pilot), Stanley's shed from Great Discovery (and heck maybe there was even a scene where he used it), the rest of the scripts from Jack and the Pack, Missing Coach footage, Chris Awdry's audio recordings of the railway series, and so much more! •We get some trailers for the brand-new upcoming Marc Foster movie, and it gets released next year too in honor of the Anniversary (since it's been in development since 2018 or 19). •We get all the episodes and seasons of Thomas re-released on both DVD and Blu-Ray. •All Engines Go will finally end and either the series will end forever since it's been around since 1945, or if the series does continue, then they should make the series live-action again similar to the live-action model series and live-action Thomas model movies. •More Thomas model props get revealed and shown over the years at Drayton Manor theme park and on the Thomas and Friends RU-vid channel. •Since we got Magic Railroad re-released on Blu-Ray, I truly hope that both Great Discovery and Jack and the Pack get re-released on Blu-Ray as well. They can get their own behind-the-scenes and deleted scenes released in these Blu-Ray packs too much like again how Magic Railroad did the same thing and also how we got footage of season 5 deleted and behind the scenes too (and heck maybe we can even get another Blu-Ray pack of Magic Railroad with even more pictures, deleted, and behind-the-scenes too). •You ask Bachmann to release both more characters and more rolling stock for Thomas' 80th Anniversary next year such as Murdoch, Arthur, Lady, Diesel 10, Splatter, and Dodge (since it will also be the 25th Anniversary of Magic Railroad so it makes all the sense in the world to release those 4 characters and release another Blu-Ray copy of Magic Railroad so why not), the Breakdown Train (it should be long to fit bigger engines, the crane will be where you twist the crane arm to help the engines and rolling stock much like Cranky the Crane's arm, and it should include the coach too like what you did for Trackmaster since it's part of the Breakdown Train), Chinese Dragon, Sir Handel, Duncan, Duke, BoCo, Bowler, Smudger, Stepney, Harvey, Rocky (same exact mechanic as both the Breakdown Train and Cranky the Crane where it should be long to fit bigger engines, the crane will be where you twist the crane arm to help the engines, and they should include the coach too like they did for Trackmaster since it's part of the Breakdown Train), Caroline, Butch, George, Horrid Lorries, Big Mickey, Bulstrode and Bulstruck, Tiger Moth, Jeremy the Jet Plane (actually I think they already made him but just in case I'll add him anyway), Jack and the Pack, Elizabeth, Bulgy, Trevor, Christmas Tree car, Water Tanker, Mr. Jolly's Chocolate Factory Tanker (not the van because they already made that but a Tanker instead), Mr. Jolly's Chocolate Factory itself, Carmel Tanker, Butterscotch Tanker, Fireworks car, Great Waterton, the Docks, Wellsworth Station, Tidmouth Station, Elsbridge Station, Elsbridge Platform, Muffle Mountain, Orange Coaches, Old Coaches, re-release the red express coaches, and maybe some railway series characters too much like what you did for Ertl, Thomas Wooden Railway, and Take Along since Thomas has been around since the railway series in 1945. I want to see Rickety, Fred Pelhay (I know they got canceled at one point but now you should release them for the Anniversary), all of the Mountain and Small Railway Engines, Bear, Spamcan, Agnes, Ruth, Jemima, Lucy, Beatrice, Ada, Jane, Mabel, Cora, Isabel, Dulce, Alice, Mirabel, Wilbert, Sixteen, Neil, Ivo Hugh and make so many more characters, rolling stock, road vehicles, air vehicles, water vehicles, crane vehicles, people, and destinations from both the Railway Series and classic model series too it'll just be a total full blast for sure guys!! •A documentary that talks about how Thomas and his friends all started in 1945 from the railway series. •Other Thomas spin-offs get released besides Jack and the Pack on both DVD and Blu-Ray such as All the Episodes (and heck even some deleted and behind-the-scenes footage of both) Shining Time Station and Storytime with Thomas with all of Magical Adventures of Mumfie episodes included (and speaking of Mumfie). •You not only celebrate Thomas' 80th Anniversary next year but also your own 80th Anniversary celebration because you also have been around ever since 1945. You should make a special similar to Disney's Once Upon a Studio that just came out last year in 2023 by releasing it on RU-vid of all your characters they have made over the years and they get together and take a picture or do something special for the Anniversary celebration. Also, a ton of TV shows get re-released on both DVD and Blu-Ray such as all the episodes of Thomas, all the episodes of both Barney's Backyard Gang and Barney the Dinosaur, all the episodes of Bob the Builder, all the episodes of Mumfie, and so many more TV shows of yours along with again both deleted and behind-the-scenes footage of all these, and so much more and heck maybe you should even release your theme parks in Kansas City next year too instead of 2026 because that's such a long way out and since they will hopefully release their theme park this year or next year in Phoenix (my hometown actually)."

For the 80th anniversary, I believe that there will be a full special movie about the railway series. Wilbert and Christifer Awdry will appear and Christifer will have a speaking role. Same for Edward, Henry, and duck. But, that’s just a theory. A Thomas theory

I'd love more lost footage-rushes released, it was such a joy when the series 5 rushes came out so I'd love more of them, especially series 2 (mostly for the missing coach footage they did get filmed) and series 3 especially since alot of scenes were at least reshot for promotional purposes like books ect.

For the 80th anniversary,we could have four things: 1:A sequel to the adventure begins. 2:The lost jack and the pack episodes 3:CGI Gordon goes foreign. And 4:One of the old characters returning(Mainly Boco,derek,neville,molly,murdoch,arthur,etc).

Dude, an art book would be awesome!!! One thing I'd like to see Mattel do for the 80th (it's a bit of a stretch) but have a limited product re-release. For example, we could get 5 characters from the ERTL range (or something similar) available during the anniversary. That would be the dream for me

My predictions for Thomas’ 80th Anniversary would be these: 1. Next year’s theme for Day Out with Thomas will be yet another 5-yearly “Celebration Tour”. 2. Speaking of DOWT, I’m really hoping that Thomas will be returning to the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway, in time for the celebration. (They were going to do them again in 2020, but cancelled them due to COVID-19.) 3. Drayton Manor Resort will do something very special at Thomas Land, to celebrate the anniversary. (Coincidentally, next year will also be the 75th Anniversary of Drayton Manor.)

This is a great video, I think that your predictions of the 80th Anniversary are interesting predictions. I myself would love to see the pilot, just so we have an idea of what it was actually like, and not having to view reconstructions, as well as seeing the footage from the pilot restored, as that can give an idea of what Mattel actually has in their archive, as well as a perspective on the restored episodes. I would also love to see an art book about the behind the scenes, like you mentioned in this video, as this can be good for the artistic side of the fandom, and would be nice for the perspective of behind the scenes. I think it would be a good idea, especially if you have Ian McCue commenting positively on your idea. Also, that Duck toy from 8:24, is from China, not from Japan.

If they go out of their way to rerelease the pilot, I wonder if they'd grab anything else from that production vault. Maybe tune up those remasters or even give us footage of The Missing Coach. Hopefully everything that was still in-tact was stored digitally after the 2000s remasters so maybe that stuff was saved from deterioration. It's neat to hear the crew are actually interested in a Thomas artbook. Hopefully that idea will get pushed further. A feature length All Engines Go episode seems the most likely option however, since they've nearly always done one. And yeah, probably some gold or silver Thomas too. :P It'd be neat if they finally rereleased Christopher Awdry's books too. Have the full Railway Series back on the shelves at last. I mean come on, at least rerelease Henry the Green Engine with the right cover! ANYTHING!

My predictions 1: all the day out with Thomas replicas painted into lbsc Thomas or happy birthday confetti all over him 2: anniversary special 3: Mattel bring back classic characters 4: the pilot 5: a book of behind the scenes images 6: a new anniversary Bachman model 7: an anniversary toy 8: video of the missing coach episode 9:Britt allcroft talk about the time working on the original show 10: more Thomas and friends bloopers from the original show 11: a teaser trailer for The Foster Thomas movie 12: the return of Thomas's giant balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 13: Stepney returns 14: Japan has something special for the 80th anniversary 15: do a special 80th anniversary live on stage special 16: part two of The Adventure begins

I hope the AEG special is about Gordon's 80th birthday and he has 2 old friends coming to see and Thomas want to make a party for the trio. It's simple but will make the adults a bit happy

Man, cannot believe we are one year away from the 80th Anniversary of this franchise! Here's some predictions that I would love to see come true: -Down the Mine 1983 Pilot gets released -Teaser/Trailer for the Marc Forster Thomas Movie -A DVD/Blu-Ray Box Set of the entire Thomas & Friends Series + Films -Some 80th Anniversary Merchandise -Railway Series Collection Re-release -Behind the Scenes Content from the Model Series (S1 to S12) -An 80th Anniversary Commemorative Book

Me to my Thomas bachmann: hey man! Your series is 79 years old! Congrats

I wish they could’ve done a Blu-ray release of the complete model series and a complete CGI series release, and they could included both the UK and The US Dubs

My predictions: 1. The Pilot comes out on RU-vid, DVD, etc. 2. Special AEG Movie/Episode 3. Edward and Henry finally speak in AEG 4. Marc Forster Thomas Movie 5. Golden Edward, Silver Henry, Bronze Gordon (or maybe Gold Thomas, Silver Percy, and Bronze Diesel again) 6. Art Book 7. More RWS stuff is revealed 8. Rerelease of all 42 books 9. A launch of retro Thomas merch (Trackmaster Classic, Take ‘n Play, etc.) (I doubt this will happen, but it’ll be cool to see it if they did) 10. TONS of DOWT events across the globe 11. A series of special videos on the official RU-vid channels 12. Possibly a reveal of the Season 7 US Dubs with OG Music? (Like Retro Thomas Merch, I doubt this will happen, butnit’ll be cool to see anyways)

An art book would be an instant buy for me! I would also love a vinyl release of the OG music

Gold AEG Thomas…. *I’LL BUY 8 of them!* I don’t collect Thomas merch, but the 80th anniversary is a special occasion, so I will start my collection there.

My predictions: -More Than likely make a special trackmaster Thomas -If we get REAL lucky they’ll re-release one of the classic Thomas DVDs -We could get a push along AEG lbsc Thomas -Again if we get lucky maybe they will make a AEG episode focusing on Gordon Henry and Edward. -A railway series styled all engines go book -And i prey to Mattel that The Thomas Creator Collective will return back to the Thomas & Friends RU-vid Channel -They will make callbacks to old stories in that AEG Special -They could remake one of the Classic Thomas Episodes -I REALLY want to see them repaint Thomas in his LBSC livery at the Day Out With Thomas Events -Revealing more concept art, scripts, and cancelled stuff.

My prediction is getting a re release of the Chris Awdry books + the IOS book and Sodor Reading between the lines. Probably not gonna happen but never say never, right?

It would be a good time to announce the Marc Forster movie next year. Anyways happy Railway Series Day.

I think we'll get some sort of Thomas score release, a comprehensive pileup of themes from every era released online

My predictions for the 80th anniversary are the original pilot episode finally being released to the public , a new collection book of the 26 original Railway Series books, an AEG anniversary special, and some new behind the scenes footage.

Happy 80th Anniversary Thomas! You’re the best Engine ever! Thank you for everything you’ve done throughout the series, seasons and the years! Congratulations. From Nickolas

As a student in Art and Design I would KILL to have a full Thomas & Friends art book compiling of ALL concept artworks, sketches and storyboards for the franchise, ESPECIALLY for the Classic Series and the movies!

Here’s what I think could happen on the 80th anniversary 1. A special AEG episode or special of some kind (with Henry and Edward finally get voices) 2. The Down the Mine pilot episode will be revealed 3. Special anniversary merch 4. The Awdry Extravaganza 5 will reveal some RWS lore we have never seen that’ll (probably) blow us away And 5. The Marc Foster Thomas movie That’s all of my predictions, I’m excited to see what the show’s 80th anniversary will be (and hopefully not end up like last years)

For the 80th Anniversary, I would like to see all the footage of The Missing Coach. Don’t know if Mattel would do that, but I could only speculate.

I would love to see a 4CD boxset of all the classic Thomas songs from Mike & Junior. Disc 1 being S3-5, Disc 2 being S6-7, Disc 3 being S3-5 instrumentals and Disc 4 being S6-7 instrumentals. Maybe a high quality version of the full classic theme would be a nice touch to start off Disc 1.

I hope we get more information on cancelled RWS stories, hopefully see a RWS only character, or a character we haven't seen since the model era make an appearance in AEG, and maybe see some unseen prototypes for toys, or prototypes for cancelled toys

These aren't predictions, but more or less a wish list for what i want to be released for the anniversary next year: 1) The Down The Mine Pilot. 2) A Centenary Library Re-Release of Christopher’s 16 books. 3) The Complete Model Series (Seasons 1-12) on BluRay/4K DVD 4) An update/official first look at Marc Forster’s movie.

Here's a crazy prediction of mine. Thomas would sponsor a NASCAR team for the 80th anniversary. Maybe this time with no.1 car driven by Ross Chastain. I might be biased as, I love NASCAR as much as I love Thomas, but I think it would be cool to see that happen.

- Golden AEG Thomas. - Stephen returns in an AEG special that somehow makes him the actual king of Sodor with a jousting tournament that has the main cast dressed up as jousting knights for toys. Duck somehow is a part of this - A rerelease of the original 26 RWS books on audio. - Possibly the pilot - An interview on the news - Some kind of update about the movie - A Thomas' Birthday Party series; AEG edition

Speaking about the Awdry Extravaganza, I think Mattel could show the perspex Thomas model that was made during the making Season 1 and was last seen in Season 11 because if they did it with Henry's perspex model, they could definitely do it with Thomas.

My predictions: 1. 1953 Sad Story Of Henry. I think that this could be released because we already have some behind the scenes pictures of it, so that means they must have some of the footage, right? 2. More Missing Coach BTS pictures. I think that more of the behind the scenes pictures will surface, knowing they have possession of the footage. 3. Lots of shiny merchandise and maybe even a railway series callback in all engines go merch? 4. Edward and Henry spotlight episode will be created for all engines go. 5. Pierce Brosnan dubs for season 12. They have these available in storage, as we have seen a clip of what he would sound like narrating season 12. Those are all my predictions for what is to come. I’ll check back for the video in a year’s time!

For the 80th anniversary i think there will be some sort of special episode and book + a Royal Mail stamp set and or coin and lots of merchandise

A prediction I have is that someone will reveal the long lost model of Top Hat from Tugs. This won't be by Mattel or the Talyllyn railway but instead a fan who's worked to restore the prop. Another prediction I have is that we'll see many returning characters for AEG as you said, these being Duck, Henry and Edward with speaking roles and Bertie for I reckon. This last one is a wish more than anything else, but for Mattel to start selling the RWS novel, Sodor: It's People, History and Railways. Maybe some additional RWS media such as Barry the Rescue engine.

•Possibly a DVD release with either ALL of the TV episodes, or the most “iconic” episodes including footage of the pilot. •some sort of railway series collection re-release (maybe with Christopher’s books?) •art book (such a good idea) •shiny merch (AEG tho :( ) • Some sort of news about the Marc Forester movie (possibly a release at the end of the year?) •Bachmann finally changes the faces of most of their old models to look better (lol)

One of my predictions, as outlandish as it sounds, is that the teaser trailer for the Marc Forester Thomas Movie drops for the 80th anniversary. Again, this is just an outlandish prediction.

I hope that they release three complete series box sets. The first, re-release the books. Second/third, the complete model series and CGI series box set. They could even throw in the pilot as a special feature. I need some new ones because my parents gave mine away.

What I’m expecting is minimal. Wrapping up AEG, releasing the original series’s pilot, maaaaybe endorsing the release of An Unlikely Fandom, and releasing as much of the show as possible on home media (with alt. narration and/or music options). I’d love to see a truer-to-the-books reboot once AEG is over, but that seems incredibly unlikely.

(this might be a stretch) but I think Mattel could do a Netflix show based on the railways series that would focuses on all of the main character arcs like Gordon or Percy, plus they can make it more directed to an older audience with some of the darker topics.(plus if it's for and older audience, Mattel can work with a more expensive brand to make realistic model trains to sell)

I’m patiently waiting for shining time station being put on DVD

Probably not THAT "out there", but maybe there could be a reference to The Three Railway Engines in "All Engines Go", in an episode that (as predicted here) features Edward and Henry's first speaking roles. I'm thinking a flashback to a "young" Edward, Gordon and Henry, all bickering with each other at Tidmouth Sheds... Gordon being boastful, Henry being grumpy and Edward being subtly sarcastic and just generally getting on each others nerves (with James and Emily on the side, just rolling their eyes - since, at least in AEG canon, they're all roughly the same "age"). Then we cut to Gordon's breakdown whilst pulling a heavy train (maybe due to a broken coupling, itself a reference to the first AEG episode), and Edward and Henry having to work together to pull it for him. Then they go back to help Gordon and the rest is history.

My prediction about the 80th anniversary of the Thomas franchise is that the Marc Forster film will be released as part of the anniversary celebrations.

My predictions for 80th anniversary : 1.Marc Forster Thomas movie trailer 2.The pilot comes out on RU-vid or DVD 3.Edward and Henry finally speak in AEG 4.The eight famous engines all together in AEG 5.Returning of the classic characters(Boco, Derek, Stepney, etc) 6.Re-release some retro Thomas toys (Wooden railway, Tomy, Take Along, etc) 7.Part 2 of The adventure begins movie I'm not sure if these would happen, but if they did so, that will be cool.

As someone who was around the 60th and even went to the DOWT tour for that year, I honestly don’t expect much from the 80th given the state of things.

A boxset of all 42 original RWS books.

Long way into the future here but.... writing down ideas here to not forget. For the 100th anniversary in 2045 they will make that an irl movie like 'The Adventures of Thomas' that was teased some 10 years ago. They will pull a season 12 to animate the faces on the irl trains and maybe feature the story written by Christopher Audrey where Gordon retires from the express and Emma and Pip take over. The movie will end on a somber note where Edward comforts Gordon in the shed about retiring from the express and Edward shares he felt the same way from when Gordon took over his express job. The rest of the first 8 engines all arrive at the shed and the movie ends with the sun setting putting the franchise to end after 100 good long years.

I don't personally look at the merchandise but I want to see a Series 1-7 Blu-Ray/4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray (also on DVD) release that features the UK and US Dubs, the Down the Mine pilot (restored), all Series 3-7 songs, Behind the Scenes footage, also Series 6 and 7 will be in widescreen as well with Series 7 US dub having the original UK score, the disc's menu will feature the full Thomas theme, as well as the Series 3 early narrations and the nameboards restored, this restoration will be much better than the 1990s masters and the 2000s restorations

My Predictions • Mattel will reveal the Marc Foster film • A short series set in the railway series cannon • A worldwide Thomas event in places like talylln, Strasbourg, Nene valley, bluebell, oigawa railways and Thomas lands / Thomas towns

I think that: the Down the Mine Pilot might get released next year Edward and Henry might speak in Season 4 in AEG behind the scenes photos from the model era might get released on the official Thomas and Friends Facebook/Instragram account and I think that in a few mouths time, the Midland Railway will make Thomas display for a weekend in October with some of the props that were displayed at the Clearwater Events like Henry and Gordon's plastic models, Duck and BoCo's models. But I also think that some new props will be on display there too like Emily's Series 7 model, Bertie, Stepney, Trevor, Molly and Daisy (if they've been restored from their time at Drayton Manor, but I think Daisy would be on display without a chassis), Murdoch, Neville, some of the buildings and props that appeared in Series 1-12 and perhaps the original plastic model of Thomas.

My personal predictions: 1. They might make a small movie using the cgi series animation 2. There could be another model series episode 3. More models revealed 4. An episode about the mini guage railway 5. The come back of trains from the mainland 6. Golden thomas model 80th anniversary 7. more wooden toy trains made

I don' think this one will be super extravagant, simular to the 75th, but I also predict that at the Awdry Extravaganza one of the engines will get a new face: This year, I guess it's gonna be Tall-y-lynn, as she returned to service, and for next year, maybe Midlander, as they were a large part of the 3rd extravaganza?

Might be a bit of a stretch but if anyone else is to make a return to AEG for the 80th I reckon they'd bring Bertie back. Feels weird for the franchise to go this long without acknowledging him with so much as even a cameo.

My predictions for the 80th Anniversary of Thomas and Friends 1. A movie that is connected to the original series and separate from All Engines Go. 2. I never watch All Engines Go but, this might be a stretch. For the next series of All Engines Go, Edward and Henry get main roles and features the return of Duck, but also the return of characters we have not seen in a long time. 3. All Engines Go gets cancelled and the original series comes back as a revived series. 4. The movie could be a pilot for a revived series of Thomas and Friends. 5. For the Thomas movie they bring back Jam Filled Animations for the movie and also have Andrew Brenner to write the movie. 6. The Thomas movie could break the box office like the Super Mario Bros movie. 7. Have a movie that focuses on Thomas' past before coming to Sodor 8. An anthology series that focuses on every engine's past before coming to Sodor. There are a lot of engines on Sodor so why not focus on their past? 9. Bring back the original voice cast that voiced the characters in the CGI era. 10. A post credit scene in the movie where we get a cameo of Ten Cents and bring Tugs to the Thomas universe. We have Big Mickey in Thomas so why not have TUGS in it? 11. Ringo Starr, Michael Angelis, George Carlin, Alec Baldwin, Michael Brandon and Mark Moraghan make cameos. 12. This movie would be the CGI debut of the characters we haven't seen in a long time. 13. The Thomas movie takes place years later after the Royal Engine and Sodor is run by Diesels and Thomas is separated from his friends and he is on the quest to look for them and to take Sodor back.

1. Down the Mine Pilot 2. More Deleted Scenes/Blooper reels from classic series (similar to the season 5 stuff from a few years ago) 3. All Engines Go Special 4. Golden Thomas 5. Awdry Extravaganza 6. Something really special and exciting at Day Out with Thomas 7. Something from Britt Allcroft 8. More stuff on lost media from Brenner Era (ie: Season 21) from Ian McCue and Sam Wilkinson 9. Really like the idea of a Thomas art book so let’s role with it! 10. More info on Mark Forster movie??? 11. Behind the scenes of All Engines Go??? (That could have already happened, I don’t keep up with AEG) 12. Re-release of big RWS book 13. Chris Awdry books finally get rereleased??? 14. Bachmann release some special model 15. More stuff from CoolProps 16. Big DVD/Blu-Ray Box set (or special single release) 17. Fan content 😂

My Predictions for the 80th Anniversary 1) Awdry Extravaganza 5 2) Rev W Awdry & Christopher Awdry Complete Collection book 3) Down the Mine Pilot (1983) 4) Thomas and Friends: The Classic Series DVD Boxset

I think if all engines go wants to be faithful to the railway series they should dedicate the entire special to Gordon saying he’s going to meet up with “some old friends” being Edward and Henry because it seems like in all engines go canon, Thomas doesn’t know who they are so we can see Edward and Henry greet the other small engines like Thomas Percy, Kana ect.

In my opinion, they should make the adventure begins 2 for the 80th anniversary, continuing the story of the railway series and showing Percy's arrival to sodor.

Maybe at the 80th anniversary Audrey extravaganza they will show the original sad story of Henry that had the hand anyways love your videos❤

For Thomas's 80th anniversary, they should reveal the Flying Scotsman prop, and make a continuation of series 1 to 13 featuring all characters in my opinion

Good old days two: anniversary boogaloo And Gordon’s snow machine prop reveal

The only prediction I have for 80th Anniversary is the Down the Mine Pilot getting release. I definitely think it will be release next year because someone ask about the pilot to Ian McCue on email, and he said the pilot footage is currently resides in Mattel's storage unit in Southampton. Not only that but Ian also said they might have plans of remastering the pilot to be released as a bonus feature on a special DVD for the 80th anniversary.

I predict. They'll make an AEG Trackmaster set (like Knapford Station Celebration) with both motorized and push along (like super station). I also think they'll make a new wooden railway engine.

I don't usually predict stuff, but I think it would be really cool to see the original Thomas model prop from S1-11 on display during Awdry 5 event that year.

I hope we get something good out of this!

I think that there will be loads of special videos on the Thomas and friends official channel, maybe the Down the Mine pilot and maybe a special dvd release or box set

What would be the icing on the cake and maybe even a Holy Grail is if for the 80th anniversary that Mattel releases the entire Shining Time Station series as a DVD box set or Blue ray Box set

I swear when Donald and Douglas came back in Sodor's legend of the lost treasure I screamed!

-The Down the Mine pilot is something everyone’s suggested, but it feels really likely -Another documentary like the 70th anniversary -Thomas’ S1 model will show up at some event, perhaps Awdry Extravaganza 5 -We’ll get some kind of news about the Marc Forster movie. Whether it be the movie’s cancellation or the beginning of filming is anyone’s guess -A ton of gold Thomas merch -An AEG special with the 80th anniversary logo slapped on it lol -An art book like you suggested -Something completely out of left field. Maybe we’ll get a comic or something

I would actually REALLY love to see a Thomas art book! It’s such a great idea, and I know I’d buy one if it happens!! Anyway, Here are my predictions for the 80th anniversary: - Thomas prop shown at Awdry Extravaganza - Marc Forster Thomas movie trailer? - Something that has the 8 famous engines all together (even if brief) in ‘All Engines Go!’ - Special Thomas DVD release (hopefully with older episodes)

Idea is to restart the railway series in the style of all engines go or just re-releasd the book of the wilbert and Christopher awdry

Here's what I think what some of the merchandise and specials for the 80th anniversary should be: 1. All 42 Railway Series books reprinted. 2. Bachmann models of the engines from "The Railway Series" with changeable face masks. 3. Air "Shining Time Station" back on TV and even try to bring it onto DVD. 4. Make a sequel to "The Adventure Begins" titled "The Adventure Continues". 5. The teaser trailer to the new Marc Forster Thomas movie. 6. A documentary telling the history of "Thomas and Friends" and "The Railway Series".

A theory I have, that Marc Forster Thomas movie is going to come out for the 80th anniversary.

Your pridicions sound amazing! Most of my pridicions are the same or very simliar to yours. But I do have some pridicions that are different from yours. Here they are. Harper Collans will release the first 26 Railway Series books (or at least keep the 2023 reprint of the complete collection in print) N Circle will release a US DVD with some classic series episodes on it. Mattel will release some new Thomas Wooden Railway moddels of Duck Salty Whiff The Flying Scotsman Winston and maybe some other chrarictors as well. Mattel will release some new Minis as well. Awesome job on this video! Hope you have a great day!

My prediction is that all the important people from the model crew (Britt Alcroft, Ringo Starr, etc) will be guest stars at the Awdry Extravaganza 5

W video. Now I wanna start cooking up a w episode for the 80th.

My predictions are 1. The Down the Mine Pilot 2. Something RWS related (possibly a RWS only character in a AEG anniversary episode) 3. Give us more an anniversary merch, hopefully more than a Gold Thomas. I could see like a AEG Silver Percy like they did with Wooden Railway since those two are very close in AEG from what I've seen 4. Possibly more Awrdy events 5. I agree with seeing Duck again, pretty sure he's the only one of the original 8 who hasn't been in AEG 6. A documentary about the Show or something about the production of the show or something 7. A book about Concept art for the CGI and possibly AEG (not sure if there's anymore classic series concept art or RWS concept arts) Those are just 7 of many I can think about

I beg that in the future, we get a special featuring all eras of Thomas in one. That's AEG, CGI, RWS, and the Model series, and we get as many references, returnies, and Ringo Starr to play the voice of Thomas (I'm well aware they aren't going to do this but they do have the model, Cgi model and the rig of AEG Thomas's so it's not compleatly out of the picture)

You know what I want for Thomas 80th anniversary, a complete dvd with all the seasons, with bonus content.

Maybe an adaptation of a later Railway Series book that hasn't been adapted for AEG Like maybe with the great railway show (Bit of stretch but a guy can dream) Maybe introduce the narrow gauge engines Maybe limited edition RWS style Merch Or maybe Just maybe give us more information on the WW2 Film that was cancelled? Or maybe word on the Mark Foster one? Who knows

I think for the 80th Anniversary we will get some new shiny painted Trackmaster engines and maybe we will get some sort of Bachmann Thomas engine with a new paint job or maybe a new character that we haven’t gotten before and maybe we’ll get a dvd with some classic series episodes and I think they will release the original down the mind pilot

For Thomas' 80th Anniversary, we should have Season 4 of All Engines Go head back to Seasons 1-7 and Seasons 17-21 original roots by returning more classic characters and having a lot more realism. In fact, make it a Continuation of Season 21 but it's all just ideas though.

I love and I mean LOVE the idea of the Thomas art book I will pay anything for it

As much as it pains me to say it, I personally think it's highly unlikely to have Duck return for one episode. As for what I believe, I like to think they will FINALLY release the entire railway series as they do seem to release Wilbert's books every few years. As for screens, I think they'll probably release the pilot. As for toys, Gold Thomas' everywhere LOL

(I'm a month late i know) Personally I Only Have One prediction and that's the theory that the all engines go special will be plotted around somebody's birthday, it could be Thomas's birthday, Gordon's birthday, maybe even Edwards or Henry's birthday. But I feel like it would be plotted around somebody's birthday like maybe one of the characters from the original 8 or maybe even sir topham hatt's birthday. Which in my opinion would be nice to see