PNSO : New for 2023

[thomasw100]

Sorry for the confusion with my comment about the 5-year plan. This was just a slightly sarcastic comment that referred to communist planning economies where they had 5-year plans. The way that PNSO releases their models this year without much consideration of what the market and community might want (ignoring the demand for theropods with lips and ignoring the demand for dinosaurs from other groups) very much resembles this planning economy style of production.

[Stegotyranno420]

Sorry for the confusion with my comment about the 5-year plan. This was just a slightly sarcastic comment that referred to communist planning economies where they had 5-year plans.

I knew it! I didnt want to say it but I knew what you meant, and boy did it make me laugh 

[SRF]

Apparently I like brown theropods, because I find this Megalosaurus very appealing. Only thing that would hold me back purchasing this one could be its price point. This Megalosaurus is too small to be in the same price range as the Lythronax, Daspletosaurus and Gorgosaurus, so hopefully it will be cheaper.

[Bread]

@Stegotyranno420 I don't recall exactly, since I try to not engage. But there's so many.

[triceratops83]

I wonder if this Megalosaurus release means the next few models will be Afrovenator, Dubreuillosaurus, Poekilopleuron, Eustreptospondylus, Marshosaurus and Piatnizkysaurus?

I merely jest, though. I will be picking up this Megalosaurus and would buy any I just hypothetically mentioned.

[Stegotyranno420]

@Stegotyranno420 I don't recall exactly, since I try to not engage. But there's so many.

Well either way, I found a few of them hilarious 😂

[Lynx]

Not sure how I feel about this, it's a nice and sudden change, but it's another theropod.
I'll wait to see the price, not interested in getting more figures from PNSO or theropods at the moment, but that might change things.

[Faras]

Domestic price is same as Sinoceratops/Miragaia/Pinacosaurus/Pachycephalosaurus/Nanotyrannus:
https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?abbucket=7&id=733744829358

[Concavenator]

Paleofiguras has posted some in-hand pics of the Megalosaurus.

I'm not replacing my CollectA one. That figure is extremely underrated in my opinion.

Well, I'm considering whether to replace the CollectA figure or not. I still think the CollectA figure is really good and overlooked, but at the same time, I think PNSO's is the better depiction of a Megalosaurus of the two (lips aside and fragmentary as it may be). The one aspect that bugs me about the CollectA are those enlarged osteoderms at the base of the tail. It's just the PNSO's price that's holding me back, as usual with PNSO (disclaimer: in western countries).

According to my self-imposed 1 figure/genus rule, I would have to sell the CollectA one first. And even if I sold it, I would probably sell it for no more than 5 €. Would it be worth it to shell around 25 € more for this PNSO instead? Or anyone knows the approximate percentages that are applied during AliExpress sales? If there's a good sale going on and I manage to get some coupon, I might be interested.

[JohannesB]

My only Megalosaurus so far has been the one from Invicta/BMNH. This will be the perfect "update". I have been hoping for a beautiful Megalosaurus figure from PNSO.

[Primeval12]

CollectA made a really nice one in 2021 as well. It just has disproportionate feet.

[Stegotyranno420]

@Concavenator if I were you, I'd keep both until the collectA retires, then sell.

[Concavenator]

@Primeval12 ? To me the feet look to have an adequate size. Or if they're a bit enlarged, it isn't noticeable at all I'd say.

@Stegotyranno420 I don't buy a new figure of a genus I already have unless I've sold the previous one. But nice advice about waiting to see if the CollectA one retires. I hadn't thought about that. Could be a while, but it's not like I'm in a hurry after all, I have so much stuff to catch up on already...

[Bread]

It was never CollectA's oversized feet that bothered me. Someone pointed out that it had the face of a dog and I can never unsee that now.

[Stegotyranno420]

It was never CollectA's oversized feet that bothered me. Someone pointed out that it had the face of a dog and I can never unsee that now.

I didn't like the size, the feet, the tail feathers, the dog face. I didn't like it at all.

[Fembrogon]

I can see the dog resemblance, too - although, honestly, I feel like I've seen a lot of modern theropod artwork (usually tyrannosaurs) which ends up having a vaguely canine or ursine resemblance. Maybe some large theropod mugs really did look like giant reptilian mutts? 

[Bread]

I can see the dog resemblance, too - although, honestly, I feel like I've seen a lot of modern theropod artwork (usually tyrannosaurs) which ends up having a vaguely canine or ursine resemblance. Maybe some large theropod mugs really did look like giant reptilian mutts? 

Yeah I've noticed this too. It's the lips really. But I don't have much of a problem with it unless it has a strong face resemblance in terms of "mood"

It was never CollectA's oversized feet that bothered me. Someone pointed out that it had the face of a dog and I can never unsee that now.

I didn't like the size, the feet, the tail feathers, the dog face. I didn't like it at all.

Understandable. I think it's a pretty good model compared to what's available but there are gripes we have for it. Leads me to preferring the new PNSO version of this genus.

[Stegotyranno420]

I can see the dog resemblance, too - although, honestly, I feel like I've seen a lot of modern theropod artwork (usually tyrannosaurs) which ends up having a vaguely canine or ursine resemblance. Maybe some large theropod mugs really did look like giant reptilian mutts? 

The connection I make with my dogs is this
Caniform->Gorgonopsid->Anteosaurid->Theropod with lips

[Bread]

Here are some in hand photos and comparisons of the new Megalosaurus













Seeing all the size comparisons really makes you think how prices are just all over the place with PNSO.

[Carnoking]

Man I'm really loving that blue face