HAOLONGGOOD - New For 2023

[thomasw100]

When did Everything Dinosaur say they would be getting Haolonggood in stock?

I only recall them saying they were trying to get in contact with HLG, never that they were getting stuff in stock.

They also made unfounded claims that the Haolonggood products would be lacking CE certification. Later it was clearly demonstrated here that Haolonggood had the necessary papers already obtained even before these claims were made.

[Lynx]

https://blog.everythingdinosaur.com/blog/_archives/2023/08/24/haolonggood-models-and-everything-dinosaur.html

[Fembrogon]

I for one am very happy to see the prior misunderstandings resolved. Everything Dinosaur will be a great platform for Haolonggood to increase sales and brand awareness.

[suspsy]

The next dinosaur will be Carnotaurus.

[vampiredesign]

In the past, there were many misunderstandings and misunderstandings among the brand, as well as some negative comments. It doesn't matter, many of us will understand after understanding it. Striving to produce good products and bring new works is something that both our manufacturers and merchants need to do. Here comes the new product. Carnotaurus

[Faelrin]

Grabbed these pics from Paleofiguras FB page:

[Carnoking]

Son of a gun!

[Quiversaurus]

Oh wow, I was just looking back to HLG's last reveal to see how much time had passed since - what a pleasant surprise!

Looks pretty good at first glance, and a 22.5cm length puts it very close to 1:35!

[Stegotyranno420]

Their theropods are a hit or miss.

This is a home-run!

[Fembrogon]

This does look very good, although Carnotaurus isn't wanting for good figures right now. I'm sure this will be a good seller, however.

[Jose S.M.]

Looks nice but I would like to see close ups of their faces. If there's not a lot of shrink wrapping I might consider replacing my Safari one.

[ceratopsian]

I'm very glad the documentation issues are resolved.  I hope this will bring you more  well deserved sales V @vampiredesign.

In the past, there were many misunderstandings and misunderstandings among the brand, as well as some negative comments. It doesn't matter, many of us will understand after understanding it. Striving to produce good products and bring new works is something that both our manufacturers and merchants need to do. Here comes the new product. Carnotaurus

[SenSx]

Still no lips


I hope their Dilophosaurus and Megaraptorian will have those.

[thomasw100]

More pictures now on Lana Time Shop website. They state that they have it in stock already.

[thomasw100]

Now the question is if the rumors about the large Alamosaurus are true. Would be nice if we could get a hint to that.

[ceratopsian]

I'm glad there is a choice of colours in this case. On this occasion, not being a theropod specialist, I'll just go for one. Not brown. 

I was commenting (moaning?) to my husband only yesterday that it seemed quite a time since the previous Haolonggood model had been released...

[edu]

Lets see what theropod experts think of the anatomy. I like it! The body seems right. The absence of lips (being a lip lover) is what "ruins" it a bit for me. But, having my first comission being made right now, if that turns ok, this may be the next model to visit the surgeon...

[Concavenator]

At first glance, these look nice! On closer inspection, I think I can discern some anatomical flaws:

- There is no evidence of Carnotaurus (and Aucasaurus, for that matter) possessing manual unguals (Agnolin & Chiarelli, 2010).

- Lack of lips and what appears to be a bit of shrink-wrapping going on the skull, as already comented.

- I'm not sure about the distribution of the feature scales. These should be randomly distributed (Hendrickx & Bell, 2021). I've been looking at the available pics and I'm not sure I can tell if they got it right or wrong. I'm seeing some linearity there, such as in prior reconstructions, but with some scale being the "outlier". That doesn't look very random to me, but I'm not sure about this aspect. 

I'll concede that these are an improvement over the Allosaurus though, but I still think Haolonggood's better at herbivores in general (but the Dilophosaurus and the Megaraptor were looking mighty fine in those teasers!).

The upcoming Creative Beast version is still the number 1 Carnotaurus in scientific accuracy (ignoring its nature as an action figure). What I'm not sure about is if should I go with this Haolonggood or just wait for the Cyberzoic. I like this Haolonggood Carno, but it can get better than it accuracy-wise, as the Cyberzoic/BotM shows (despite also being bigger and more expensive). According to dinotoycollector.com, Carnotaurus is the 9th most frequently made prehistoric animal in the figure market, so I'm leaning to just wait for the moment.

Also, looking forward to the Dilophosaurus and the Megaraptor! Hopefully there will be some more herbivores too, especially overdue ones like Maiasaura.

[SidB]

At first glance, these look nice! On closer inspection, I think I can discern some anatomical flaws:

- There is no evidence of Carnotaurus (and Aucasaurus, for that matter) possessing manual unguals (Agnolin & Chiarelli, 2010).

- Lack of lips and what appears to be a bit of shrink-wrapping going on the skull, as already comented.

- I'm not sure about the distribution of the feature scales. These should be randomly distributed (Hendrickx & Bell, 2021). I've been looking at the available pics and I'm not sure I can tell if they got it right or wrong. I'm seeing some linearity there, such as in prior reconstructions, but with some scale being the "outlier". That doesn't look very random to me, but I'm not sure about this aspect. 

I'll concede that these are an improvement over the Allosaurus though, but I still think Haolonggood's better at herbivores in general (but the Dilophosaurus and the Megaraptor were looking mighty fine in those teasers!).

The upcoming Creative Beast version is still the number 1 Carnotaurus in scientific accuracy (ignoring its nature as an action figure). What I'm not sure about is if should I go with this Haolonggood or just wait for the Cyberzoic. I like this Haolonggood Carno, but it can get better than it accuracy-wise, as the Cyberzoic/BotM shows (despite also being bigger and more expensive). According to dinotoycollector.com, Carnotaurus is the 9th most frequently made prehistoric animal in the figure market, so I'm leaning to just wait for the moment.

Also, looking forward to the Dilophosaurus and the Megaraptor! Hopefully there will be some more herbivores too, especially overdue ones like Maiasaura.

D. Watson, quoting Carrano 2012, would disagree with you regarding the absolute certainty of the lack of distal unguals on these two genera.

[Wally-217]

Can't wait to grab this when it lands in the UK. Hopefully it made the first shipment to ED. I see Haolonggood attract quite a lot of nitpicks for accuracy (maybe that's just the nature of this hobby) but I think it's equally important to remember that, as far as I'm aware, Haolonggood are not marketed as scientific models like Eofauna or PNSO and are in the same price point as your CollectA, Safari, Papo and schliech's. In fact, this Cartonaurus is cheaper than all of those bar one and is less than half the price of PNSO's. I never thought I'd see the day I'd replace a PNSO figure XD