PNSO 2023 hopes and dreams

[Halichoeres]

My really left field heart's desire - and I might be on my own here! - is a Hesperornis. I guess it's nostalgia at work. When I was a child, very few Mesozoic birds were known. I loved this one. But I can't see PNSO granting my wish on this one!  Or any other of my favourite firms. Now we have plenty of Mesozoic birds known from excellent fossils but they don't often attract much interest from model firms!

I would love a Hesperornis. The return of the miniature line is probably the likeliest path, where it would be a nice complement to their Confuciusornis. I'd be very happy to trade in my Primeval version.

[Sim]

I hope PNSO makes pterosaurs for their medium-sized range.  Rhamphorhynchus is my most wanted, but I'd also like a Pteranodon longiceps!

[Joel1905]

I'll try and keep it as short as possible, but this is my wishlist...

Albertosaurus
Apatosaurus
Australovenator
Baryonyx
Camarasaurus
Camptosaurus
Ceratosaurus
Cetiosaurus
Cryptoclidus
Deinonychus
Dilophosaurus
Diplodocus
Dongbeititan
Edmontosaurus
Elasmosaurus
Euoplocephalus
Eustreptospondylus
Gallimimus
Giganotosaurus (updated)
Gigantoraptor
Giraffatitan
Herrerasaurus
Kentrosaurus
Lexovisaurus
Liliensternus
Liopleurodon
Lufengosaurus
Megalosaurus
Muttaburrasaurus
Ophthalmosaurus
Paraceratherium
Plateosaurus
Pteranodon
Quetzalcoatlus
Saltasaurus
Saurolophus
Shantungosaurus
Shunosaurus
Spinosaurus (updated and adult sized)
Tenontosaurus
Tropeognathus
Utahraptor

[Sim]

PNSO, in their medium-sized model range, has made available a metriorhynchid, two ichthyosaurs, two mosasaurs and a pliosauroid.  They have not made any plesiosauroid!  Since PNSO has been happy to make species from the same family close to each other, I hope they will make a Styxosaurus and a Plesiosaurus.  If they want to make another pliosauroid, Rhomaleosaurus could be interesting.

[HD-man]

No new hopes & dreams, just the same ones as before:

I hope PNSO publishes these series in english! They look great!

Another series I hope they publish in english!

http://www.pnso.org/?p=1817


http://www.pnso.org/?p=1919

[Joel1905]

Surely we're due another reveal soon? It's been almost two months since the Suchomimus, and its past Chinese New Year...

[ceratopsian]

I'm having withdrawal symptoms!

Surely we're due another reveal soon? It's been almost two months since the Suchomimus, and its past Chinese New Year...

[Quiversaurus]

Surely we're due another reveal soon? It's been almost two months since the Suchomimus, and its past Chinese New Year...

(I am waiting with bated breath too... Checking their Instagram every day with high hopes!)

May be a little late to the party but I would really like - all in 1:35 scale as far as possible - a Kentrosaurus, Ceratosaurus, (accurate, non-JP/JW) Dilophosaurus, and Herrerrasaurus. If possible, perhaps a resculpt of their Paul the Allosaurus too, since the skull shape has reviewers split on whether it's A. fragilis or A.jimmadseni... not to mention that large thumb claw they seemed to have missed out.

Out of all 7 of my favourite species, PNSO has already very pleasingly ticked off three (Wilson the T-rex, Thabo the Suchomimus and Biber and Rook the Stegosauruses)!

[TooOldForDinosaurs]

Well there you have their first reveal. Lucas the Giga got a makeover.

[Duna]

I'll only ask one:

CONCAVENATOR

PNSO has lovely artwork for it, also a small figure ... please, it's time to make a wonderful figure of the most iconic dinosaur from my country. (no, I don't like the Safari version at all).

[Stegotyranno420]

I'll only ask one:

CONCAVENATOR

PNSO has lovely artwork for it, also a small figure ... please, it's time to make a wonderful figure of the most iconic dinosaur from my country. (no, I don't like the Safari version at all).

España and Portugal, Iberia in general have some of the most unique dinosaurs of Europe

[TheCambrianCrusader]

I'll only ask one:

CONCAVENATOR

PNSO has lovely artwork for it, also a small figure ... please, it's time to make a wonderful figure of the most iconic dinosaur from my country. (no, I don't like the Safari version at all).

What's wrong with the safari version if I may ask? I do agree tho a pnso Concavenator would be wonderful

[Stegotyranno420]

I'll only ask one:

CONCAVENATOR

PNSO has lovely artwork for it, also a small figure ... please, it's time to make a wonderful figure of the most iconic dinosaur from my country. (no, I don't like the Safari version at all).

What's wrong with the safari version if I may ask? I do agree tho a pnso Concavenator would be wonderful

I cannot speak for Duna but I will say the figure is nice. However, the exact style is not my cup of tea, and while when I was new here, I was very obnoxious about it, now I respect the sculptors art and decisions on how to make it. In my personal opinion, I would had liked something more Carnegie-esque

[SRF]

Since PNSO has done some amazing feathered figures with the Deinocheirus and Therizinosaurus, I'm hoping they will do more feathered species. One or more raptors would be nice, and ever since Prehistoric Planet came out I'm hoping PNSO will do a Nanuqsaurus. 

[Sim]

PNSO's Deinocheirus, Therizinosaurus and Yutyrannus are all extremely good, I too would like to have more feathered species from PNSO.  Saurornithoides, Zanabazar, Sinornithosaurus, Zhenyuanlong and Saurornitholestes would all be great.

I would also like PNSO to release their Tuojiangosaurus with a better paintjob.  I hope for it to look more colourful, not quite dull as it currently looks and to have either all the lateral osteoderms painted or no lateral osteoderms painted.  As it currently is, only the osteoderms on its belly are painted and it doesn't look natural.

I appreciate the sharpness of the PNSO Therizinosaurus's claws and I'd like to have more figures with sharp parts, which is one reason I'd like a repaint of the PNSO Tuojiangosaurus.  In Dinosdragons' review of the PNSO Tuojiangosaurus he expressed that some of its armour was very sharp, I want it!

[Faelrin]

I'm honestly surprised PNSO hasn't done a Zhenyuanlong yet (or Psittacosaurus even). Seems like some obvious choices. Honestly surprised no one outside Creative Beast Studio has done Zhenyuanlong either. It's one the best preserved dromaeosaurids, as far as having integument goes. It's what most modern dromaeosaurid reconstructions are frequently based on too (such as wing and tail plumage).

[Eatmycar]

It feels like PNSO avoids smaller dinosaurs which is such a shame. I guess it's a price point thing? Not sure, really...

[SidB]

It feels like PNSO avoids smaller dinosaurs which is such a shame. I guess it's a price point thing? Not sure, really...

Then, maybe they are reluctant to move into a range of 1/10 -1/15 scale for these figures, as being too far removed from the scale range of their usual offerings.

[JohannesB]

I'll only ask one:

CONCAVENATOR

PNSO has lovely artwork for it, also a small figure ... please, it's time to make a wonderful figure of the most iconic dinosaur from my country. (no, I don't like the Safari version at all).

What's wrong with the safari version if I may ask? I do agree tho a pnso Concavenator would be wonderful

I cannot speak for Duna but I will say the figure is nice. However, the exact style is not my cup of tea, and while when I was new here, I was very obnoxious about it, now I respect the sculptors art and decisions on how to make it. In my personal opinion, I would had liked something more Carnegie-esque

I think that something was always a bit lost in translation with Forest Rogers' sculpts/artwork. Her original sculpts always were incredibly fine and detailed and very beautiful, and a certain amount of that was lost in the final model. But I still regard her models as some of the best (even though the hind legs on many of her models were sculpted unrealistically flimsy, I think - part of her "style" I guess).

Anyway, my hopes for 2023 are up for another few ornithopods, like Maiasaura, Shantungosaurus and Edmontosaurus. But a Dromaeosaur or two would also be interesting. I'd like to see them deliver a great (set of) Utahraptor(s), for example.

[Dinoburger]

I just want to see some PNSO dromeosaurids/raptors and some pterosaurs.

I'm fine with the price hike I see people complaining about. These are quality figures, and the price reflects that. Not to mention it seems like the price of everything has gone up in recent years.

Anyhow, PNSO did awesome with feathers on Deinosuchus and the Therizinosaur. Seeing a PNSO feathered utahraptor would be amazing. Or seeing some pterosaurs would also be awesome.