HAOLONGGOOD - 2025 Hopes and Dreams

[Sim]

Actually I'm pretty sure the only crested saurolophines are Saurolophus and Augustynolophus, three species in total.

Brachylophosaurus too!

[DefinitelyNOTDilo]

Actually I'm pretty sure the only crested saurolophines are Saurolophus and Augustynolophus, three species in total.

Brachylophosaurus too!

Brachi is odd, while it technically has a crest-like bone, I doubt it would be visible in life.

[GnastyGnorc]

Actually I'm pretty sure the only crested saurolophines are Saurolophus and Augustynolophus, three species in total.

Brachylophosaurus too!

Brachi is odd, while it technically has a crest-like bone, I doubt it would be visible in life.

Ornatops likely had a crest like structure as well.

[crazy8wizard]

Is the little crest at the back of its skull a muscle attachment site or just an atrophied remnant of an ancestor's crest?

[DefinitelyNOTDilo]

Is the little crest at the back of its skull a muscle attachment site or just an atrophied remnant of an ancestor's crest?

I'm really not sure, it's bizarre. I don't think it's the same bone as other hadrosaur crests but idk. It's formed from I think the nasal bone or a similar one that pulled back for some reason.

[Concavenator]

I would love to see them tackling a dromaeosaurid, even if that just means Utahraptor or Austroraptor. I don't think there's an accurate PVC figure of a dromaeosaurid in 1:35 scale yet. I remember there were plans for Wild Past making Deinonychus, but unfortunately their release doesn't seem too likely now...

The fact that HLG have made Gastonia means that Utahraptor in particular would make sense. And since Utahraptor was such a robust animal, the problem of it being "too small" doesn't apply here.

[Turkeysaurus]

Parasaurolophus!!! I haven't bought PNSO one because it was 2021 model and still as expensive as latest more refined models. (Still looks great though)

It would be neat to have one with Haolonggood colors.

[thomasw100]

Parasaurolophus!!! I haven't bought PNSO one because it was 2021 model and still as expensive as latest more refined models. (Still looks great though)

It would be neat to have one with Haolonggood colors.

In my view the PNSO Parasaurolophus is already very refined in terms of skin texture and paint design. A more modern version would probably have a thicker neck and also more sturdy limbs along the line of the Edmontosaurus. But it is certainly better than Corythosaurus which has this swan like neck and very thin limbs.

[Flaffy]

After the recent release of the Concavenator and Majungasaurus, I am confident Haolonggood can execute medium sized theropods to a high level. Therefore I'd love to see them tackle a 1:35 Monolophosaurus. Updated skeletal by Dan Folkes, diagram and reconstruction by Brian Engh showcasing how to reconstruct soft tissue.

[Sim]

I find Brian Engh's life reconstructions unnecessarily ugly and over the top.

[Elengassen]

I find Brian Engh's life reconstructions unnecessarily ugly and over the top.

It's a matter of preference I guess. They're certainly a departure from traditional reconstructions, but a lot of birds have similar gnarly, fleshy bits around their faces, so I wouldn't say they're implausible.

[Sim]

I find the way feathers seem to just be stuck on for shock factor in Brian Engh's reconstructions to be what I find ugly and unnatural-looking.

[Elengassen]

Fair enough, that makes sense. Personally reminds me a bit of an ostrich – they can also have messy-looking heads with a lot of filaments sticking out. I don't think you need to worry about this showing up in a figure though, as it would be pretty hard to capture in plastic.

[Flaffy]

I find the way feathers seem to just be stuck on for shock factor in Brian Engh's reconstructions to be what I find ugly and unnatural-looking.

I don't find a lot Engh's reconstructions appealing either. But one cannot deny that he has a good understanding of underlying soft tissue anatomy. Most importantly what structures would've / wouldn't have been visible in the flesh, something most artists struggle with.

[Halichoeres]

Parasaurolophus!!! I haven't bought PNSO one because it was 2021 model and still as expensive as latest more refined models. (Still looks great though)

It would be neat to have one with Haolonggood colors.

I could be tempted by a HLG Para, although I also think there's a strong chance EoFauna will make one. I didn't buy the PNSO because of the dent in its back, which looked like ordinary anatomy rather than a healed injury like it ought.

[Turkeysaurus]

After the release many large sauropods , now I am craving for some large sized Ornithopods.

[thomasw100]

After the release many large sauropods , now I am craving for some large sized Ornithopods.

If we go by the information we have from the 2025 teaser image and the news that were on social media, we will probably get Saurolophus and Shantungosaurus in 2025. Both are species that I am very much looking forward to.

[Gwangi]

I also would like to see a Parasaurolophus from HLG. Especially P. cyrtocristatus. I also did not buy PNSO's and tried to content myself with my Favorite and Battat figures but I could use a more modern take.

[suspsy]

I'd really like either Corythosaurus or Hypacrosaurus.

[Concavenator]

Speaking of middle-sized Chinese Jurassic theropods, I'd appreciate a Sinosaurus by HLG. Their Dilophosaurus aren't accurate enough for me, but if they made a Sinosaurus and did a good job on it, I'd accept it as an alternative to Dilophosaurus in my collection. I just badly want an accurate, 1:35 (or close) Dilophosaurus or Sinosaurus, either of them would be great.

I could be tempted by a HLG Para, although I also think there's a strong chance EoFauna will make one.

Parasaurolophus or Edmontosaurus, I'm certain either of them will be Eofauna's first ornithopod. Now the question is which. 

NGL, this is why I'm sort of holding off on getting any Edmontosaurus or Parasaurolophus figure for the time being.