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Haolonggood - New for 2025

Started by Halichoeres, January 03, 2025, 09:22:18 PM

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Turkeysaurus

Quote from: thomasw100 on January 07, 2025, 02:56:47 PMSo what will be the next sauropod, Barosaurus, Diplodocus, Patagotitan or Dreadnoughtus?

Diplodocus will be next and maybe last large dinosaur for a while imo.

So far all large dinosaurs are mainstream ones. I hope I'm wrong though.


Turkeysaurus

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Quote from: Blade-of-the-Moon on January 07, 2025, 04:44:24 PMDo we know if all the images Lana used are final production pics or also prototype pics? They all look like what we have seen shared everywhere so far and not official pics from HLG.
These were prototypes:








I think others are official.

Carnoking

Can't decide if I like the red, or if it's just the loudest, most attention grabbing of the bunch?

thomasw100

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Quote from: Turkeysaurus on January 07, 2025, 05:34:55 PMDiplodocus will be next and maybe last large dinosaur for a while imo.

So far all large dinosaurs are mainstream ones. I hope I'm wrong though.

I agree that Diplodocus or one of its close relatives is fairly likely to be the next one. After that it is really unclear I would say.

Haolonggood will have good data on sales figures of all their figures, so they will be able to see if the market starts to get saturated with these large sauropod figures.

Also this was a theme that fitted very nicely into the Year of the Dragon. A good opportunity to gain more popularity and recognition as a company.

I could imagine that they would also release some smaller sauropods where they could sense that PNSO may produce a competing product like they have painfully experienced with the Camarasaurus.

Definitely I would expect that 2025 will see more theropods being released. This has started already with Majungasaurus and now Concavenator.

What I would like to see them do would be to fill in more species from certain faunas, like Morrison, Dashanpu, Judith River, Horseshoe Canyon.

KrazyKaprosuchus

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I couldn't actually decide in the end and just flipped a coin between brown and green and got brown. I'm kinda hoping if we get a diplodocus next it will have green so it can stand out with these other giant sauropods.

After the horde of large sauropods from them, and that great majungasaurus, more theropods are definitely welcome. I would wish for more non-dinosaurs, but I'll sound like a broken record as usual.  O:-)

SenSx

Quote from: KrazyKaprosuchus on January 07, 2025, 07:23:48 PMI couldn't actually decide in the end and just flipped a coin between brown and green and got brown. I'm kinda hoping if we get a diplodocus next it will have green so it can stand out with these other giant sauropods.

After the horde of large sauropods from them, and that great majungasaurus, more theropods are definitely welcome. I would wish for more non-dinosaurs, but I'll sound like a broken record as usual.  O:-)

Oh please nO.
I'm picking the green Brachiosaurus so I hope the Diplodocus will be brown !  ;D

Flaffy

#166
The green version is growing on me. Reminds me of WWD's Brachiosaurus palatte. Though after the colour discrepancies between promotional media versus the finalised in-hand figures of the Argentinosaurus, I am hesitant to label one colour scheme as my preferred choice for the Brachiosaurus.

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Turkeysaurus

Is there a catalog for 2025 dinosaurs? I really enjoyed knowing what to expect for 2024.

Rayeknor

Quote from: Flaffy on January 06, 2025, 04:37:21 PMOverall sculpt detail and underlying anatomy look more refined than the Argentinosaurus.

Strange I get the opposite impression, having seen the patagotitan and giraffatitan skeletons in person the argentinosaurus is obviously based mostly on patagotitan's anatomy, the new brachiosaurus figure looks  bit shrinkwrapped vs the giraffatitan skeleton if visualized with meat despite being a figure of a more robust animal. In 1:35 it is definitively a bit large, but perfect for a imagined sauroposeidon, that apparently these days is placed among the titanosaurs.

Turkeysaurus

Quote from: Rayeknor on January 07, 2025, 09:55:55 PM
Quote from: Flaffy on January 06, 2025, 04:37:21 PMOverall sculpt detail and underlying anatomy look more refined than the Argentinosaurus.

Strange I get the opposite impression, having seen the patagotitan and giraffatitan skeletons in person the argentinosaurus is obviously based mostly on patagotitan's anatomy, the new brachiosaurus figure looks  bit shrinkwrapped vs the giraffatitan skeleton if visualized with meat despite being a figure of a more robust animal. In 1:35 it is definitively a bit large, but perfect for a imagined sauroposeidon, that apparently these days is placed among the titanosaurs.

Have you seen this photo from a few pages ago?

48 cm isn't true anymore, it's 39 x 59 cm with curve lenght 70 cm according to Lanatimeshop.

Flaffy

Quote from: Rayeknor on January 07, 2025, 09:55:55 PM
Quote from: Flaffy on January 06, 2025, 04:37:21 PMOverall sculpt detail and underlying anatomy look more refined than the Argentinosaurus.

Strange I get the opposite impression, having seen the patagotitan and giraffatitan skeletons in person the argentinosaurus is obviously based mostly on patagotitan's anatomy, the new brachiosaurus figure looks  bit shrinkwrapped vs the giraffatitan skeleton if visualized with meat despite being a figure of a more robust animal.

Aside from the perplexing exposed teeth, the HLG Brachiosaurus does not strike me as "shrinkwrapped". I feel that is a term that gets thrown around too casually nowadays. Though I will reserve in depth judgement until we get proper views of the figure itself in hand.

QuoteIn 1:35 it is definitively a bit large, but perfect for a imagined sauroposeidon, that apparently these days is placed among the titanosaurs.

The figure is in 1:35 scale.

Moreover, it would not work as a Sauroposeidon. Brachiosaurus, Giraffatitan and Sauroposeidon had noticeably different proportions. Namely neck length for Sauro, which resembled Mamenchisaurids more than equivalent Macronarians. Sauroposeidon is currently recovered as a basal Somphospondylian, but not part of Titanosauria itself.

Samrukia

Quote from: suspsy on January 07, 2025, 03:08:30 PMI wonder when the poor overlooked Einiosaurus will be released.

let's at least be glad it's not an exclusive gift for Brachiosaurus pre-order

Blade-of-the-Moon

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Quote from: Samrukia on January 08, 2025, 06:59:24 AM
Quote from: suspsy on January 07, 2025, 03:08:30 PMI wonder when the poor overlooked Einiosaurus will be released.

let's at least be glad it's not an exclusive gift for Brachiosaurus pre-order

lol That would have been an idea!

I went with the green version through Lana and did the more expensive ship option, it was 25.00 more 15 days vs 45.00 for sea shipping at 65 days? I know it takes longer but Sea is usually only a month.

If anyone needs the Huayangosaurus that's coming with this one I'll sell it. I already have the first one so don't need it. Feel free to PM me when the time comes.



Flaffy

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Quote from: Sim on January 07, 2025, 12:08:25 AM
Quote from: Flaffy on January 06, 2025, 04:37:21 PMOverall sculpt detail and underlying anatomy look more refined than the Argentinosaurus.

But I too am not a fan of the lipless look. Especially when all other HLG sauropods are lipped. For me, this alone majorly detracts from the figure. I do not understand the rationale at all.

I don't find the harsh cutoff between scaly skin and keratin "beak" convincing either.

I'm liking the rest of the body, but unfortunately the head (arguably THE focal point) has a few things that do not satisfy me.

I think only a few of the Haolonggood sauropods are lipped, the Apatosaurus, Ampelosaurus and what I've just acquired, the Amargasaurus.  The rest have a beak and their teeth do not protrude when their mouth would be closed.  It's not like PNSO's sauropods where the teeth are still visible when their mouth is closed.

What I meant was non-exposed teeth.

QuoteI personally don't like a beak on sauropods, but I think I can tolerate it if it blends in with the skin, such as in Haolonggood's Argentinosaurus and the Wild Safari Camarasaurus.  I hope future Haolonggood sauropods have less conspicuous beaks, or no beaks at all.  I find the Haolonggood Amargasaurus has the best head out of all of Haolonggood's sauropods.

Likewise. I am currently not convinced that sauropods had a distinct beak as depicted in some modern reconstructions. This reminds me of paleoartists taking Edmontosaurus's "hoof" description too literally, and proceeding to reconstruct the manus with an actual horse-like hoof rather than depicting what the fossil actually preserves.

bmathison1972

I wish the Brachio was just a few cm smaller. Oh well, another new one is bound to come along.

If I was getting it, green would be my first choice. Not crazy about the orange/brown one. The blue one is also very nice, but its tail banding is too bold.

suspsy

Quote from: Samrukia on January 08, 2025, 06:59:24 AM
Quote from: suspsy on January 07, 2025, 03:08:30 PMI wonder when the poor overlooked Einiosaurus will be released.

let's at least be glad it's not an exclusive gift for Brachiosaurus pre-order

I don't even want the Einiosaurus; I just think it's strange how it still hasn't been officially revealed yet.
Untitled by suspsy3, on Flickr

Flaffy

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Quote from: bmathison1972 on January 08, 2025, 12:55:12 PMI wish the Brachio was just a few cm smaller. Oh well, another new one is bound to come along.

If I was getting it, green would be my first choice. Not crazy about the orange/brown one. The blue one is also very nice, but its tail banding is too bold.

The main thing tempting me towards this Brachiosaurus is...
1) I don't have a true Brachiosaurus in my collection (missed the boat on the Carnegie, still kicking myself for that)
2) I doubt any company in the near future will be brave enough to do a true to scale 1/35 [insert giant sauropod here]
3) $95 is a very reasonable price for such a massive solid PVC figure, something that PNSO definitely cannot match.
4) The last we saw of PNSO's version was years ago, and looks to be reconstructed after Giraffatitan.

bmathison1972

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I really want one of the Brachios, trust me, but with my current collection set-up I cannot take a sauropod taller than 32-33 cm.


Carnoking

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Quote from: bmathison1972 on January 08, 2025, 01:31:45 PMI really want one of the Brachios, trust me, but with my current collection set-up I cannot take a sauropod taller than 32-33 cm.



It might be worth picking up and keeping in box until you are able to display it. Like Flaffy said, another option  coming along in the near distant future is a gamble of long odds, and with the Alamosaurus already being out of stock after only a year, waiting might not be the best call.

I find myself in a similar boat with their Argentinosaurus. I'm having a hard time figuring out where I could display that thing but I certainly don't want to miss the boat on getting one, especially since the chances of another 1/35 scale PVC offering coming along are slim.

Joliezac

Quote from: Carnoking on January 08, 2025, 02:10:11 PM
Quote from: bmathison1972 on January 08, 2025, 01:31:45 PMI really want one of the Brachios, trust me, but with my current collection set-up I cannot take a sauropod taller than 32-33 cm.



It might be worth picking up and keeping in box until you are able to display it. Like Flaffy said, another option  coming along in the near distant future is a gamble of long odds, and with the Alamosaurus already being out of stock after only a year, waiting might not be the best call.

I find myself in a similar boat with their Argentinosaurus. I'm having a hard time figuring out where I could display that thing but I certainly don't want to miss the boat on getting one, especially since the chances of another 1/35 scale PVC offering coming along are slim.

That is why I got the Argentinosaurus & Brachiosaurus despite them being too large for my current displays. The argent currently resides on my deks because it fits nowhere else. The prices go up considerably after the preorder period and I can see this Brachiosaurus selling out eventually like the Alamosaurus. I will just have to work on setting up another spot for these large sauropods.

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