Haolonggood - New for 2025

[dinofelid]

Overall 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.

70 cm would be 24.5 meters at 1:35 scale, are there any fossils assigned to Brachiosaurus estimated to be that large? The Giraffatitan wikipedia article mentions that a fossil fibula, HMN XV2, was estimated to be from an individual 23-26 meters based on scaling with smaller fibula of more complete fossils (so it'd have been a little bigger than the W-dragon Giraffatitan which is around 22 meters at 1:35), but the Brachiosaurus wiki article gives a length estimate of 18-22 meters.

[Elengassen]

I wasn't satisfied with the neck posture of Eofauna's Diplodocus. And less said about Rebor's the better.

I look forward to seeing HLG's take. Hopefully with a more upright neck.

Just curious, what are your issues with Rebor's Diplodocus? Apart from the skin folds and the inaccurate limb musculature, I'm not aware of any significant issues with it.

I fully agree. This rushed pre-sale for less than 10 days and then exclusive items that you only get when you buy during pre-order are business practices that I do not really like.

One could understand how they did this for the Alamosaurus with pre-order and the base, because it was the first large sauropod and they wanted to minimize their risks.

But this is now large sauropod number four and they know that in all likelihood this will be a success.

It is inconvenient for the buyer, but they might be doing it to quickly recoup production costs, which are doubtless high for large figures. We don't know what kind of profit margins they are operating with or what overheads they might currently have that eat into these.

This would be my first HLG purchase and first purchase of a model without seeing an online review. So I am very hesitant. And I am not in love with any of the paintjobs unlike the Argentinosaurus. 

I'm having the opposite problem – I like all the paint jobs and can't decide between them 

[Turkeysaurus]

70 cm would be 24.5 meters at 1:35 scale, are there any fossils assigned to Brachiosaurus estimated to be that large? The Giraffatitan wikipedia article mentions that a fossil fibula, HMN XV2, was estimated to be from an individual 23-26 meters based on scaling with smaller fibula of more complete fossils (so it'd have been a little bigger than the W-dragon Giraffatitan which is around 22 meters at 1:35), but the Brachiosaurus wiki article gives a length estimate of 18-22 meters.

I think Haolonggood bases their size on Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs: The Sauropods (Larramendi , Molina-Perez) or at least usually close those measurements.

"Brachiosaurus altithorax FMNH P25107 24.5 m - 40 t " from the book.  So it's perfect for the size given.

[Torvosaurus]

They've lost me on the Brachiosaurus. The color options are way too busy; I prefer more subtle colorations. Probably a good thing after the Argentinosaurus since my wife's disapproval was viewed quite well in her gaze without her saying a single word. She was accepting if not happy. I guarantee one more big dino will be too much for her to reserve her vocal demonstrations.

Torvo

One can of course solve the problem of too many big dinosaurs by giving something away in exchange for getting something new. Like I will part with one of my two (or even both) Nanmu Brachiosaurus when I get the Haolonggood one.

I do understand very well that you feel that the color options are way too busy. I share this feeling, but have some hope that in natural light they may look more subtle than in glaring illumination. If this does not hold, I will get a repaint.

I don't have enough large-scale sauropods to get rid of, and most of them have come in the last year or so, like Alamosaurus and Argentinosaurus, so I'm not ready to give them up. I started with much smaller models, 1/48 or so and smaller, so she probably wouldn't notice if I got rid of those.

I can afford it, it's more a matter of respect for my wife, no matter how much I may joke about that. She was accepting when I bought my last dinosaur, and would be again with the Brachiosaurus, but I'm not really into it. The colors just have really turned me off.

Torvo

[Turkeysaurus]

I sold my most of my non- PNSO,Haolonggood,Rebor stuff. For money & space reasons. I kept a few old school papo just because they are pretty much unofficial Jurassic Park models.

Now i think i could have kept most of collecta & safari stuff as juveniles or small species that PNSO & Haolonggood wouldn't do it anyway.
For example collecta Argentinosaurus would look nice as juvenile next to my brown HLG Argentinosaurus. Maybe i should start collect these again.

[Renecito]

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

I think they actually managed sharp teeth on these. Impressive.  I think I prefer the blueish one?

[Paleo Flo]

The blue one reminds me on the Hammond Collection Concavenator in terms of colouration and would be my fav.
The green looks like poison.

A safe pass for me nevertheless. 

[Faelrin]

I definitely want that blue and red one, but no idea when I'll get around to it. Too much I'm behind on anyways. I wonder if they implemented the preserved skin details (unless it would be too small to be seen on a figure this size).

[thomasw100]

The sculpt appears to be really good and to follow closely published skeletals. The size is also spot on, the 16.5 cm would represent a 5.8 meter long individual.



But the paint design looks a bit uninspired and repetitive. Majungasaurus was definitely better in that department, particularly the yellow one.

[DefinitelyNOTDilo]

The sculpt appears to be really good and to follow closely published skeletals. The size is also spot on, the 16.5 cm would represent a 5.8 meter long individual.

But the paint design looks a bit uninspired and repetitive. Majungasaurus was definitely better in that department, particularly the yellow one.

I'm a little concerned that t may be too big, as I fear the length doesn't take into account the upright neck or curved tail

[thomasw100]

I'm a little concerned that t may be too big, as I fear the length doesn't take into account the upright neck or curved tail

Honestly I consider a figure to be spot on in terms of size when it is within plus / minus 10% of the size estimated from comparatively complete skeletons. Size estimates at this level of uncertainty are even affected by estimates for the thickness of the intervertebral disks between the vertebrae.

[GnastyGnorc]

I'm a little concerned that t may be too big, as I fear the length doesn't take into account the upright neck or curved tail

Honestly I consider a figure to be spot on in terms of size when it is within plus / minus 10% of the size estimated from comparatively complete skeletons. Size estimates at this level of uncertainty are even affected by estimates for the thickness of the intervertebral disks between the vertebrae.

When It comes to huge sauropods I am much more lenient on size. Most of the time complete specimens are extremely rare. From what I understand brachiosaurus is pretty rare in the Morrison formation and while we can extrapolate size, the bigger the animal the less precise we are going to be.
 
EDIT: Just realized we are not talking about brachiosaurus.

[Quiversaurus]

I'm surprised at how much I like them despite not being interested in getting these species. The feathers? on those forearms look v interesting to me. More feathered species from HLG coming soon?

The pose looks dynamic and animated, reminds me of a kind of wolf or coyote.

[SenSx]

Honestly if they can afford making such small theropods, they could also realease the likes of Ceratosaurus, Herrerasaurus, Gallimimus, Utahraptor and some other smaller to medium size dinosaurs.

[MLMjp]

So, is the non-teal variant yellow or green? Coloration is inconsistent between pictures.

If it is yellow, then I would go with that one, but if it is green then I rather go with the Hammond Collection lookalike.

[ceratopsian]

The black background photos have super-saturated colours. I like them in artistic terms but they're not a good guide to true colour.

[RobinGoodfellow]

The black background photos have super-saturated colours. I like them in artistic terms but they're not a good guide to true colour.

It's just an optical illusion due to the different backgrounds.
I roughly removed backgrounds in Photoshop and the saturation is almost the same.
The picture with the black background (on the left) is a little under-exposed and has a greenish tone ( more evident in yellow colours) .
Regards 



p.s : btw I agree about not judging real colors through promotional pictures..

[JimoAi]

anyone can tell if it has lips?

[paleochris]

I'm the only one who's not very enthusiastic? I find that their theropods are never really successful. The sculpture lacks finesse, the pose is rather static, and I find it more toy-like than accurate. I've had the same impression with allosaurus, carnotaurus, dilophosaurus and so on. However, their ceratopsians and sauropods are much better.