HAOLONGGOOD - New for 2024

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

I do need to pick up that other Maia coloration at some point too.

[PoptartDoodle]

I just started only buying one variant and they just had to make one of the best Triceratops models out there.
I enjoy the colors and patterns of the green, but the detail pops out more in the grey.
A part of me is tempted to wait for the designer editions to release, I know they're gonna go hard.

[Prehistory Resurrection]

[mgaguilar]

Good lord those triceratops figures look incredible. Excellent execution!

[SidB]

I'm really pleased that HLG didn't articulate the jaws - looks more realistic as a result. Interesting that our esteemed reviewer continue to rate the Safari Doug Watson trike so highly. I'm sure in agreement with that!

[Flaffy]

I'm really pleased that HLG didn't articulate the jaws - looks more realistic as a result. Interesting that our esteemed reviewer continue to rate the Safari Doug Watson trike so highly. I'm sure in agreement with that!

I agree. One of the many reasons why I much prefer static figures over articulated ones. Cheaper, cleaner presentation, better flow etc.

Safari's 2018 Triceratops is my defintive T. horridus in my collection. IMO the sculpt perfectly captures that classic look, and not ambiguous like PNSO Dolyle (2021). I have BotM's T. horridus too but the keratin frill and articulation knocks it down a few rankings for me.

Image credit: @Faelrin

[Faelrin]

@Flaffy I didn't take that pic. That was from @Lanthanotus. My original pics for the review were replaced because they were low quality.

Anyways I also agree about that being my favorite still. It gets things about the integument right that were known at the time (the croc like belly scales, the large nipple like scales, and it even has a scaly frill in a time that the keratinized frill hypothesis was more popular, which now holds up with the evidence we now have showing it did have scales on its frill.

https://nature.ca/en/triceratops-skull/

https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-022-03749-3



From @Doug Watson 's old post on this subject:



I hate to be a downer here, since Haolonggood's pair are very beautiful, but unfortunately they did not take into account (or were not aware of) the skin material we do have for these animals (which is quite a bit shockingly, mostly from T. horridus, though still yet to be described). Now as far as the frill goes, only a tiny bit of a scale patch is known from T. prorsus (to my understanding), so the frill skin is largely still up in the air, outside of having basement scales in some capacity. The belly skin on the figure doesn't quite line up to the available evidence (which was sculpted on the Safari figure, Eofauna's, CollectA's recent deluxe one, and PNSO's recent one, maybe their older one too, and maybe the BotM figures), which appears to be somewhat similar in shape to crocodilian belly skin. It also appears to lack the large polygonal scales and those weird nipple like structures. Instead it appears to be more like what we see on Centrosaurus and/or Chasmosaurus, which most of their ceratopsians are sculpted like.

On the other hand, this figure is based on the specimen MOR 3027, aka Yoshi's Trike. I'm not sure it has been assigned to either of the valid Triceratops species, or if it still might be in the air that it might represent a new species. If it is a different species, it might be okay to not be 1:1 with the available evidence, most of what is for T. horridus, although I think it would have made sense to err on the side of caution and depict it more as such, rather then like that of Centrosaurus and/or Chasmosaurus in any case.

In any case, I want it to be known that despite the depiction of the integument, as I mentioned earlier I do think these are very beautiful figures, and I do think it is nice to have other options out there for this particular specimen (especially since Eofauna's choice of colors were controversial if I recall right?). I'm particularly drawn to the blue/grey and red one. Honestly it is just more of the same from them at this point. A number of their figures have these anatomical quirks, but with a drought of options for most of the genera they've done, and the beautiful colorations they continue to do, I'm tolerant of them, because I'd have to otherwise go without.

[Flaffy]

Good shout on the ventral neck integument. The rows of crocodilian-esque ventral scales can be seen on the figure caudal to the pectoral muscles. So the figure is only missing the rombohedral rows on the neck, ironically the area where they were actually preserved.

Disagree on the polygonal nipple scales. They are indeed present on the figure which DinoDragons points out as he discusses the integument. (Timestamped 06:58)

[Faelrin]

@Flaffy Thanks for sharing that Flaffy. I couldn't really make them out in the product images all that well. Hence why I thought it looked more like Centrosaurus and/or Chasmosaurus skin, or why the croc like ventral scales were missing. I can clearly see them in the video. So it appears I was incorrect on that aspect. A bit of relief. And what a difference seeing a figure in multiple dimensions can do. Perhaps the small sizing of the details were throwing me off as well as I was so used to the larger details on Safari's figure (and other reconstructions).

[cryolophosaurus]

Got the green trike! I'm so happy with how it looks in person.



Group shot with other triceratops I own.

[Joliezac]

Gorgeous. Side note I really love the Eofauna repaint!

[cryolophosaurus]

Gorgeous. Side note I really love the Eofauna repaint!

Ah Thank you, it's an amazing repaint by dinosaur_models_artworks on Instagram. I got it from an ebay listing a while ago. Love the prehistoric park colors.

[Joliezac]

Gorgeous. Side note I really love the Eofauna repaint!

Ah Thank you, it's an amazing repaint by dinosaur_models_artworks on Instagram. I got it from an ebay listing a while ago. Love the prehistoric park colors.

I thought it looked familiar. I love that artist's work. I hope to get something from them one day.

[Quiversaurus]

I'm still in awe of how they stepped up the sculpt detail and fineness of their Yoshi's trike. DinosDragons pointed out the intentional sculpting of the tiny scutes on the smaller toes in the forefoot, which I don't think I've seen in a ceratopsian model yet:

[Turkeysaurus]

I hope Haolonggood brings this realism to the eyes of other dinosaurs from now.

[thomasw100]

Has anyone on this forum ordered and already received one of these large Haolonggood bases that were released in spring and probably shipped at some point in summer?

I had two of these bases ordered and they have been shipped in the middle of August by Lana Time Shop. Due to the size and weight Lana used a railway shipping service which they used several times before for large models and there never was any problem.

Now this shipment with the Haolonggood bases has apparently arrived in Belgium (and should be forwarded to the final destination in Germany) according to the information from Lana, but has been held in customs for almost 3 weeks now and there is no clear timeline for the item being released.

Does anyone know if the Belgium customs has recently become mad at shipments coming from China or have there been any new customs regulations being invented by von der Leyen in order to terrorize ordinary people?

[thomasw100]

New teaser image from Haolonggood as per Paleofiguras.

[Carnoking]

Most certainly a theropod of some sort. Can't even remember what the last theropod was that they did at this point but I hope they've improved on the formula for this release. Either way, that trike will for sure be a tough act to follow!

[Sim]

I'm afraid it's going to be another Tyrannosaurus   There are other theropods I wish Haolonggood would make...

[thebermuda303]

Tarbosaurus perhaps