PNSO - New for 2024

[thomasw100]

Lokiceratops now available for purchase at Lana Time Shop at 34.99 USD.

[Joliezac]

Seems to be a reasonable price for the figure. I will wait until I see reviews and comparisons before picking it up though. PNSO seems to suffer at times from the syndrome of the promo pic looking much more detailed than the actual figure.

I just splurged and ordered the Deinocheirus, Therizinosaurus, Ankylosaurus, Suchomimus, and Lufengosaurus from Happy Hen since they have a sale. I received my first PNSO model a few weeks ago (Donald the "Allosaurus"). I really now see why PNSO is so popular, I just feel that some models are overpriced. I looked at a lot of reviews before making my decision and I think I'll be quite happy with the models I picked

[Turkeysaurus]

Seems to be a reasonable price for the figure. I will wait until I see reviews and comparisons before picking it up though. PNSO seems to suffer at times from the syndrome of the promo pic looking much more detailed than the actual figure.

I just splurged and ordered the Deinocheirus, Therizinosaurus, Ankylosaurus, Suchomimus, and Lufengosaurus from Happy Hen since they have a sale. I received my first PNSO model a few weeks ago (Donald the "Allosaurus"). I really now see why PNSO is so popular, I just feel that some models are overpriced. I looked at a lot of reviews before making my decision and I think I'll be quite happy with the models I picked

I'd buy next PNSO release before i'd see it and i wouldn't worry too much about it. That level of consistency probably gives adds up to price.

We can't even have heated debates about PNSO models here because of that. "Too many theropods" , "too many brown color" , "No lips"  etc. lol.

[Flaffy]

PNSO seems to suffer at times from the syndrome of the promo pic looking much more detailed than the actual figure.

The recent Camarasaurus is a good example imo. The colours aren't nearly as vibrant as the promo pics. The head in particular suffered quite a bit of downgrading. Not sure why they went with the pitch black eyes, it doesn't look good.

There have also been numerous reports of smudged details and shallow paint apps on people's copies too on Baidu.

[thomasw100]

The recent Camarasaurus is a good example imo. The colours aren't nearly as vibrant as the promo pics. The head in particular suffered quite a bit of downgrading. Not sure why they went with the pitch black eyes, it doesn't look good.

There have also been numerous reports of smudged details and shallow paint apps on people's copies too on Baidu.

It is true that for several PNSO figures the final product has a paint application of lower quality than the promotional images. PNSO seems to have opted for producing very high quality prototypes for their promotional images which will be hard to match by the mass produced figures. But I have to say that I never had a case of a major paint defect like unpainted areas or paint bleeding for any of my PNSO figures. Maybe I was jut lucky.

On the other hand, I had few pretty bad cases with some Haolonggood figures. The worst was the Alamosaurus, which had larger areas where the entire paint was gone essentially down to the primer. The good side of this was that I got a replacement for this free of charge. One of the two Camarasaurus that I got had smaller areas with missing paint and fortunately I was able to fix this myself.

I would conclude based on my experience (other people may have had a very different experience though) that PNSO seems to have at least a basic level of quality control which is able to catch figures with really bad painting errors.

[Carnoking]

Well, in typical fashion, I acquired Njor shortly before PNSO's latest reveal. Love this big burly boy, even if the paintjob looks a bit like Play Doh.





Let them fight.





Samuel is still top dog for me when it comes to PNSO Sauropods.

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Some Morrison Mateys for additional comparison

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[SidB]

Just ordered the new Lokiceratops. At 75 dollars Canadian, it didn't come cheap!

[thomasw100]

Paleofiguras shared some first in hand pictures of the Lokiceratops:

[Daspletodave]

Nice! I hope HLG responds by making an Albertaceratops.

[Sim]

Nice! I hope HLG responds by making an Albertaceratops.

Albertaceratops deserves a good figure, but the one I'd like Haolonggood to make is Medusaceratops.  Hopefully both will get a good figure, they are ceratopsids, a very well-treated group in figure form so I'm optimistic!

[triceratops83]

@Carnoking Thanks for posting pictures of the PNSO Camarasaurus. I've been waiting for someone to post in hand pics to make a decision and now I've made up my mind to get one.

[PoptartDoodle]

The first thing I thought we'd lose from the Lokiceratops prototype was the layers of keratin on the p1 and p2 epiossifications, as what happened to their Styracosaurus, glad to see they made it on the finished product.
Pnso's Centrosaurine line reignited my long lost passion for paleontology about two years ago, so I'm absolutely excited to see them return to it. I'd love a response from Haolonggood to be an Albertaceratops or Medusaceratops.
If I was to be greedy, I'd love for PNSO to produce a chasmosaurine, since their centrosaurine line is impressively diverse while they only have triceratops and torosaurus, with the trike specimen they used possibly being a Toro. Hoping to see Regaliceratops or Vagaceratops/C. irvinensis from them.

[Carnoking]

@Carnoking Thanks for posting pictures of the PNSO Camarasaurus. I've been waiting for someone to post in hand pics to make a decision and now I've made up my mind to get one.

Glad they were helpful to you!

[Sim]

I do find it a bit strange how PNSO has avoided chasmosaurines almost entirely while producing lots of centrosaurines.  I think an Agujaceratops from PNSO would be interesting, although I'd be even more interested in an Anchiceratops or Arrhinoceratops from PNSO.  The latter might look too similar to Torosaurus for them though...  Spiclypeus would be another interesting chasmosaurine that needs a good figure.

[thomasw100]

I do find it a bit strange how PNSO has avoided chasmosaurines almost entirely while producing lots of centrosaurines.  I think an Agujaceratops from PNSO would be interesting, although I'd be even more interested in an Anchiceratops or Arrhinoceratops from PNSO.  The latter might look too similar to Torosaurus for them though...  Spiclypeus would be another interesting chasmosaurine that needs a good figure.

As you mention Agujaceratops, VFB Paleoart has recently created a 3D printable version of this genus, available through Dinosauria Creatures. I have been actually thinking of getting this one. I have a Chasmosaurus belli from VFB Paleoart and his sculpts are really good. He also has a model of C. russelli as well and quite a number of other ceratopsians.

[Sim]

Thanks, T @thomasw100!  I don't collect those kind of figures though.

[paleochris]

not really on 2024 topic, but i have recently seen people reporting that new copies of some old figures get an improved matte finish paint application

Corythosaurus and Machairoceratops, for example

look at these eyes

wow anyone have any other examples of this type of improvement on these models? it almost makes me want to buy them again!

[Samrukia]

not really on 2024 topic, but i have recently seen people reporting that new copies of some old figures get an improved matte finish paint application

Corythosaurus and Machairoceratops, for example

look at these eyes

wow anyone have any other examples of this type of improvement on these models? it almost makes me want to buy them again!

these are pictures from their AliExpress store, user reviews. More pictures:
https://sl.aliexpress.ru/p?key=huO2rly

[Samrukia]

P @paleochris and if you meant other figures, I've heard about Corythosaurus paint app. didn't check others 

[Turkeysaurus]