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[Faelrin]

Haolonggood stuff is finished being updated and added for now. Added PNSO's Lufengosaurus (again), Papo's Ampelosaurus, Corythosaurus, and Suchomimus (again), and Meng's Sinankylosaurus.

Anything else to add? I know I got to deal with adding the new Paleozoo, Mattel JW, and Takara Tomy at some point as well.

[Concavenator]

@Faelrin Thank you for all your work, much appreciated. 

What about Sanctum? I provided the logo here already.

Here is more info about them too.

[Faelrin]

@Concavenator I might wait until they have some painted figures released. It looks like it is just an unpainted Tlatolophus, Tyrannosaurus, and Carnotaurus, maybe Giraffatitan, and Yinlong as well? It looks like the releases are locked to a patreon account as well? Or are they able to be ordered through other means?

[Concavenator]

@Faelrin I spoke to them and they told me the Carnotaurus, Tlatolophus and Tyrannosaurus are already available, but just the unpainted versions ATM. They have plans for releasing painted versions, though. @The Darknix has given more details here.

About the Yinlong and the Giraffatitan, they told me they're trying to improve the production of the Yinlong figure, as they told me some copies came out with broken legs. And concerning the Giraffatitan, they told me they're trying to sell enough of the current figures first.

When it comes to how to order their models, just contact them through Instagram (@thedarknixyt) or Facebook (Darknix Prehistoric Life) and talk to them.

[Concavenator]

I've noticed some people have already added to their wishlists some of the models @Faelrin recently added, and I was wondering... how do y'all do it?? 

I am still unable to add anything to my wishlist. Well, the wishlist function isn't working for me at all. I can now enter the "Collection" section, but if I click on any filter, what appears is the list of all available options for said filter. Is it the same for you folks?

[Faelrin]

@Concavenator Not just you. I noticed it too, like when I went to search figures by year on the browse page (like by 2024) and it shows all companies, and not just the ones that have figures for that particular year like it did previously. Same with searching my collection as you mentioned. Shows all companies instead of just the ones I have figures from. I think @DinoToyCollector said the collections and wishlists needed work, so maybe that is part of it?

[Concavenator]

@Faelrin Oh OK, I just found it odd some people could already add figures to their wishlists and wondered if there was some way around it, but I guess nope, then.

Also, the site does feel more fluid now!

[DinoToyCollector]

@Faelrin & @Concavenator
I am doing a lot of work behind the scenes. At least you are noticing that it sped up a bit. The collection and wishlist lists have to wait a bit more. I am optimizing the code and structure to make it more maintanable. Ultimately the 3 lists (browse all, collection, wishlist) will be one list with the option to change it at the top. They are basically the same and I have to fix problems for each of them indivdually, which is ... stupid. With the new way I will have to only fix it once. At this moment only the general browsing page should worl (with some little issues).

edit: @Concavenator you can add items via the browse page to your wishlist and collection - that's how people do it. You can't add them on the product page yet.

[Concavenator]

@DinoToyCollector Thank you for the heads-up!  And I was able to make the changes I wanted just going by the browse page.

[Faelrin]

I saw there were some updates for the Life game figures today. Who did this? (I'm joking here, it's something me and my dad say to our cats and each other all the time.  That said I am curious, as I'm usually the one doing updates for anything here, lol).

And speaking of doing updates, I'll probably be tackling the remaining 2024 Mattel stuff, Recur, etc tomorrow. Got some threads to update tonight, although who knows if I can since my attention span is all over the place.

[DinoToyCollector]

I saw there were some updates for the Life game figures today. Who did this? (I'm joking here, it's something me and my dad say to our cats and each other all the time.  That said I am curious, as I'm usually the one doing updates for anything here, lol).

Well I have to confess then. It was me. I am clicking and scrolling through the site like 2-3h a day. And I did this for the past 2 weeks and I discovered the issues with this series. So I was cleaning up the "mess" with missing pictures and logo not showing correctly. I thought it would be fair to contribute to the site more 

[Faelrin]

@DinoToyCollector Thanks for fixing those. Didn't know they had issues. Did it occur after the move?

[DinoToyCollector]

@Faelrin
I'm not sure when the errors occur but it's not a problem anymore and that's what I am happy about.
Just a quick update:
Although the progress bar was not changing much at the home page, I did some work. In fact I re-worked the Browse page. I thought when already working on the page this much I could do so much more. It got a new look that accedentially occured and I am quite pleased with the result. But the main focus was making the filter options work properly and they finally do  There is also the option for selecting multiple companies at the same time and such. The most important thing was to keep it maintanable in the future. (Also we have multi language support now)



You can't try it now (well Faelrin and the other mods I once set up could) but at this stage all of you can make suggestions as it is flexible.

[Faelrin]

It looks like the current database editor as far as the placement of the filter bars. Interesting. That said I will miss the old layout since it is so familiar to me at this point. But I imagine this will make it easier to find things without a huge amount of scrolling. The new multi select for companies is interesting too.

Edit: Did a massive dump of new Mattel 2024 figures (not everything, but most). Still in the process of adding pics (I prefer high quality in-package shots, promo pics are last resorts). I also added the PNSO Wuerhosaurus finally.

Edit 2: Added the new Mojo fun repaints and mini tube set.

Edit 3: Added the new Recur mini set, and will be working on adding the other new things (including some missed from previous years), and updating some old ones.

[Samrukia]

@DinoToyCollector it would be good to reflect the following: if a figure is produced by more than 1 company, it appears under both.
example: GR and HAOLONGGOOD, recent GR figures (Deinocheirus) appear under HAOLONGGOOD, which is certainly not right. For Carcharodontosaurus figure, for example, it can appear under both companies

[Samrukia]

@DinoToyCollector  it would be good to reflect the following: if a figure is produced by more than 1 company, it appears under both.
example: GR and HAOLONGGOOD, recent GR figures (Deinocheirus) appear under HAOLONGGOOD, which is certainly not right. For Carcharodontosaurus figure, for example, it can appear under both companies
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[Faelrin]

@Samrukia I originally had those under GR Hobby & Collectibles (their new name), but they never showed up when searching.

It seems they are sold as Haolonggood in several places (including their Amazon store), so I felt best to put it there, making a note in the info section about GR's connection.

[Sim]

It looks like there's new Eikoh Infinity versions of Stegosaurus and Mosasaurus: https://www.omocha-land.jp/view/search?search_keyword=miniatureplanet

[Faelrin]

@Sim Thanks for the heads up. I'll try to get those added when I do updates next (maybe next week).

[Concavenator]

BTW, I think Sanctum can now be added to the site. I posted more info here. The painted version of the Carnotaurus can now be bought and that's two retailers it can be bought from, so on that front, they are more widely available than Ancestors or DinoZoo for instance.