PNSO - New for 2024

[Sim]

Just a small remark to your last point. Haolonggood has not been so long in the game and after 5 years producing 30 genera per year like what they have planned for this year they will have to think hard what genera they can still come up with. We may then see more rather similarly looking genera from the same group as well.

I think Haolonggood will most likely reduce the number of animals they make per year before that point.  The stage you suggest is exciting though, as it would probably mean a lot of what people want would have been made, and it might give a chance to the usually neglected species to get made.  I also am not opposed to similar animals being made, it's just the concentration of them from PNSO that I find frustrating.  And it's almost always allosauroids that get a disproportionately high amount of attention.

In any case, I looked at my PNSO Mapusaurus today as I was considering selling it, but I found I liked it enough to keep it.  PNSO did a very good job on it that I guess can justify seemingly pointless releases.  I still would much prefer PNSO stopped with the allosauroids and made prehistoric animal groups they've been neglecting instead.

[thomasw100]

Just a small remark to your last point. Haolonggood has not been so long in the game and after 5 years producing 30 genera per year like what they have planned for this year they will have to think hard what genera they can still come up with. We may then see more rather similarly looking genera from the same group as well.

I think Haolonggood will most likely reduce the number of animals they make per year before that point.  The stage you suggest is exciting though, as it would probably mean a lot of what people want would have been made, and it might give a chance to the usually neglected species to get made.  I also am not opposed to similar animals being made, it's just the concentration of them from PNSO that I find frustrating.  And it's almost always allosauroids that get a disproportionately high amount of attention.

In any case, I looked at my PNSO Mapusaurus today as I was considering selling it, but I found I liked it enough to keep it.  PNSO did a very good job on it that I guess can justify seemingly pointless releases.  I still would much prefer PNSO stopped with the allosauroids and made prehistoric animal groups they've been neglecting instead.

Indeed in five years Haolonggood may have produced many interesting genera and many gaps will have been filled. I do also hope that PNSO will continue with the trend of the last 9 months or so and produce a more diverse mix of genera. I am quite happy with their releases of this year so far. The Edmontosaurus, the Lufengosaurus and the Wuerhosaurus are really nice. In fact I have never been disappointed by any of the more recent PNSO models that I got. They are just always beautifully done. Maybe the next one will be a ceratopsian?

[Elengassen]

Just a small remark to your last point. Haolonggood has not been so long in the game and after 5 years producing 30 genera per year like what they have planned for this year they will have to think hard what genera they can still come up with. We may then see more rather similarly looking genera from the same group as well.

There are at least several hundred valid genera of non-avian dinosaurs, so I don't think Haolonggood will be running out any time soon. (Not to mention all the non-dinosaurs they could add to their lineup – they've already done a couple.)

Indeed in five years Haolonggood may have produced many interesting genera and many gaps will have been filled. I do also hope that PNSO will continue with the trend of the last 9 months or so and produce a more diverse mix of genera. I am quite happy with their releases of this year so far. The Edmontosaurus, the Lufengosaurus and the Wuerhosaurus are really nice. In fact I have never been disappointed by any of the more recent PNSO models that I got. They are just always beautifully done. Maybe the next one will be a ceratopsian?

Personally I would really like a Saurolophus – I can't believe there still hasn't been one from one of the major companies. I was so excited when I saw it on that leaked PNSO list, until that turned out to be fake 

[Sim]

I think it's weird Saurolophus has been so neglected by figure makers.  It's the only genus of saurolophine I'm interested in having a figure of.

[thebermuda303]

I think it's weird Saurolophus has been so neglected by figure makers.  It's the only genus of saurolophine I'm interested in having a figure of.

I would love pnso to make both species like they did with yang. Both saurolophus species possibly even had different patterns so already there's a way of differentiating them nicely.

[Sim]

I too would like it if PNSO made both Saurolophus species.  They are both overdue figures and it's true they had different scale patterns (what am amazing discovery!), one also has midline scale crests while the other apparently doesn't and of course their head shapes are different.  They are also from two different parts of the world.

[GojiraGuy1954]

Just a small remark to your last point. Haolonggood has not been so long in the game and after 5 years producing 30 genera per year like what they have planned for this year they will have to think hard what genera they can still come up with. We may then see more rather similarly looking genera from the same group as well.

There are at least several hundred valid genera of non-avian dinosaurs, so I don't think Haolonggood will be running out any time soon. (Not to mention all the non-dinosaurs they could add to their lineup – they've already done a couple.)

Need Haolonggood mammals

[Elengassen]

I think it's weird Saurolophus has been so neglected by figure makers.  It's the only genus of saurolophine I'm interested in having a figure of.

I would love pnso to make both species like they did with yang. Both saurolophus species possibly even had different patterns so already there's a way of differentiating them nicely.

I mainly want an S. angustirostris to display with my other Nemegt Formation figures, so if they only make one I hope it's this one. I wouldn't say no to an S. osborni as well though.
Best case scenario, perhaps PNSO could make one species and Haolonggood the other, like with Edmontosaurus 

[thomasw100]

One species of Saurolophus would be already so nice, as I do not have any model of this species yet. And if this would have the quality of the Edmontosaurus, just perfect. In more general terms, I hope that PNSO will from now on only make models that accurately conform to one species of a genus. They have done that in some cases, but not in others.

[Elengassen]

In more general terms, I hope that PNSO will from now on only make models that accurately conform to one species of a genus. They have done that in some cases, but not in others.

Are you referring to the Edmontosaurus? I think it was determined that it best represents E. annectens. Even though it has a head crest, there's no reason annectens couldn't have had one, in fact if it's a direct descendant of E. regalis, I would think it's likely.

[Prehistory Resurrection]

[SRF]

The coloration of that Tyrannotitan is really stunning. It's a shame though that it doesn't seem at all able to stand on its own.

I would like to add only one of the latest four Carcharodontosaurids to my collection but I'm still not sure which one to get. The Tyrannotitan is a strong contender though.

[Turkeysaurus]

The coloration of that Tyrannotitan is really stunning. It's a shame though that it doesn't seem at all able to stand on its own.

I would like to add only one of the latest four Carcharodontosaurids to my collection but I'm still not sure which one to get. The Tyrannotitan is a strong contender though.

Tyrannotitan is close to size of Giga and Mapu and close to vivid coloring of Meraxes. It's a safe choice. Meraxes is too small to represent the family. Giga doesn't worth extra money when Mapu is almost same animal with better posing & size. I don't have any of them so i'm gonna buy eighter Mapusaurus or Tyrannotitan.. Both can be substitute for Giganotosaurus.

Tyrannotitan reminds me this so i'll probably go with it:

[Concavenator]

I would like to add only one of the latest four Carcharodontosaurids to my collection but I'm still not sure which one to get.

In my opinion, that would be very easily be the Meraxes. It's the one with the best fossil material (meaning its appearance isn't as speculative), it's colorful and it's not as expensive as the Giga.

[Halichoeres]

If that Tyrannosaurus sculpt will be the same as an (inevitable) upcoming PVC figure, then I have to say it looks great, but I'll probably just get Eofauna's instead.

I don't have EoFauna's Tyrannosaurus, even though I think it's superior to Battat's

So Battat's is your Tyrannosaurus representative? I'm a bit confused, because according to your collection list, you also have Safari's 2017 one and the juvenile one (the so-called Nanotyrannus) by PNSO. If true, I would certainly have expected you to stick to your 1 figure/species rule for that particular species! 

Sorry for the late response, I had kind of checked out of this thread for a bit. 2017 was kind of an inflection point for me, and when I started to really get tired of seeing T. rex. So my collection is pretty much just frozen at that point with respect to that genus. I wanted a feathered one (Safari) and an unfeathered one (Battat) because of the uncertainty about its integument. The only one I've bought since is the "Nanotyrannus," which I think is mildly interesting as a mid-sized animal filling a different niche from adults, and certainly with a different appearance. Similarly, I would probably buy a Scipionyx, even if it proves to be a juvenile carcharodontosaurid.

@Sim you seem very defensive and on your view point, not to argue with you because ultimately we all have our own opinions but I actually love when pnso does closely related species. Having them together allows you to appreciate the animals smaller but just as important differences. ultimately if you don't like that its fine but I don't think its hurting anyone and that its pointless.

I get the appeal of comparing closely related species to highlight the variation. I really do. I mean, a chapter of my grad school dissertation was on morphological variation of tetras as a function of environment. And I have this shelf, for example, which has a variety of ceratopsians.



I guess the difference, as I see it, is that we know how the ceratopsians differed from one another. If presented with the live animals, a paleontologist familiar with their taxonomy would know immediately which was which. That just isn't true for most carcharodontosaurids. An expert could pick out Acrocanthosaurus and maybe Meraxes easily enough, but the others would be complete guesses even for specialists on those taxa because the true variation in their appearance is quite unknown.

[thomasw100]

Video by Zhao Chuang explaining the development of the Tyrannotitan model. Unfortunately he does not address why this model has no lips.

[Flaffy]

I feel like Mateo is a great budget option for collectors who don't want to cough up Museum Series prices but still want a PNSO "Giganotosaurus" in their collection. The detail work and moulding from what I can tell is on par with the Giganotosaurus proper (the Mapusaurus has ever so slightly less refined scale details). Great pose, size and bulk too.

[Turkeysaurus]

I feel like Mateo is a great budget option for collectors who don't want to cough up Museum Series prices but still want a PNSO "Giganotosaurus" in their collection. The detail work and moulding from what I can tell is on par with the Giganotosaurus proper (the Mapusaurus has ever so slightly less refined scale details). Great pose, size and bulk too.

Yeah, Giganotosaurus and Tyrannotitan pretty much cancel eachother. So it's a choice of do you want a bigger box and more posters or add another great (small) figure in your basket? 

[JimoAi]

I suppose pnso should be releasing something soon as it's the big 6.18 sale soon on China

[Joel1905]

I suppose pnso should be releasing something soon as it's the big 6.18 sale soon on China

Oh I hope it's a lipped Tyrannosaurus Rex! My collection feels so empty without it's centrepiece!