Haolonggood - New for 2025

[Carnoking]

I for one welcome this moment of peace. I'm still way behind! 

[Turkeysaurus]

There will be  at least 8 release (7 in pic and Iguandon) in next 10 months.



Silence before the storm.

[BlueKrono]

Is that an Acrocanthosaurus?

[thomasw100]

No problem, hopefully just reading it wrong in context with the previous post;

They are just trolling us with this and want to use this as an appetizer for their large sauropod figures in order to boost their sales.

Together with the oracle of Delphi comment it read to me as a snag at someone who obviously do not have English as their first language.

You are now making a connection between two posts that are completely independent from one another. They refer to completely different topics. So why should there be a connection?

Oracle of Delphi: Think for a moment what the oracle of Delphi was doing? It gave advice and information about the future but in a way that one could interpret it in very different ways. This is what I referred to and therefore I asked some more detailed questions. I just do not understand how you could arrive at such a negative notion.

Huayangosaurus: This refers to the fact that many people have expressed frustration about the fact that Huayangosaurus has only been released as an exclusive item with the large sauropod figures. The argument that the figure would be too small seems not convincing. And yes this was a bit sarcastic reflecting the fact that Huayangosaurus was an exclusive item with Argentinosaurus and now after people several times asked to release it as standalone figure they included it again as exclusive item with Brachiosaurus.

[MLMjp]

Is that an Acrocanthosaurus?

Giganotosaurus. The silhouette is taken directly from Wikipedia

[suspsy]

Coming on the heels of last year's big teaser poster full of digital models, I am rather disappointed with Haolonggood's seemingly hackneyed mishmash of silhouettes taken from various paleoartists. It's no fun looking at them when you have no clue how much or how little the actual toys will resemble them.

I suppose it is possible that Haolonggood's plan is to release a similar such teaser poster once this information lull is over.

[thomasw100]

Coming on the heels of last year's big teaser poster full of digital models, I am rather disappointed with Haolonggood's seemingly hackneyed mishmash of silhouettes taken from various paleoartists. It's no fun looking at them when you have no clue how much or how little the actual toys will resemble them.

I suppose it is possible that Haolonggood's plan is to release a similar such teaser poster once this information lull is over.

I would think that they were working super hard to get the Brachiosaurus completed and delivered on time so that Lana and other distributors could still ship them out before the Chinese New year holidays started. And this tied all their resources and this teaser image was an attempt to give us something to look forward to.

The only thing that still puzzles me is that there was at one point an announcement about a forthcoming 2025 catalog but we never got to see it. Maybe same reason, having their hands full with the Brachiosaurus.

[thomasw100]

There will be  at least 8 release (7 in pic and Iguandon) in next 10 months.
Silence before the storm.

Interesting thing is that this Iguanodon was apparently brokered out through discussion on X via this fan account who has close ties to the company.

[Turkeysaurus]

I wonder how their T.rex & Giga will compare to PNSO. Lips and color choice would be attractive but at the end of the day it's all about sculpt , accuracy & paintjob quality.

Showanna T.rex will be competition too.

Rebor probably will not able to release their Giga this year.

[BlueKrono]

Is that an Acrocanthosaurus?

Giganotosaurus. The silhouette is taken directly from Wikipedia

Oh thank goodness. It's a pass from me then.

[Concavenator]

Of course Haolonggood could easily release Huayangosaurus as standalone figure. They have release Diabloceratops and this is about the same size. They are just trolling us with this and want to use this as an appetizer for their large sauropod figures in order to boost their sales.

I hope you're right, I take the Huayangosaurus as the definite proof that a Kentrosaurus is factually possible some way or another. That said, if they made a Kentrosaurus and included it as a bonus to some large sauropod I'm not interested in, I'd just cry.

Interesting thing is that this Iguanodon was apparently brokered out through discussion on X via this fan account who has close ties to the company.

It's true that he said that, but he made that up, Paleofiguras already informed that an Iguanodon was planned since last year. I don't know why the owner of that fan account said that.

I wonder how their T.rex & Giga will compare to PNSO. Lips and color choice would be attractive but at the end of the day it's all about sculpt , accuracy & paintjob quality.

Showanna T.rex will be competition too.

Rebor probably will not able to release their Giga this year.

There's a good chance their Giganotosaurus will be better than PNSO's (accuracy-wise anyways) because I guess HLG's, unlike PNSO's, will be lipped. And I saw Elsa enquiried to Dan Folkes on X if would it be OK if they used his Giganotosaurus skeletal. So if he agrees, there is a really good Giganotosaurus coming, that's for sure.

Personally, I'd rather they'd chosen Meraxes or Acrocanthosaurus, which have more complete remains. Maybe the latter will be coming at some point? Wouldn't be surprised, apparently HLG is quite fond of the species Battat released!

As for their upcoming Tyrannosaurus, if they do a good job like they've done with their recent theropods, it's also likely it'll be more accurate than Cameron, again, due to the lips subject. But PNSO is also expected to release a lipped Tyrannosaurus at some point, so it'll probably be a matter of preferences/budget. Eofauna's Tyrannosaurus is a great depiction of the animal too. It may not be everyone's cup of tea, but it's very accurate and one of the best figures of it (which is no small feat). And as you said, Showanna's Scotty appears to be very good as well.

[suspsy]

Given that the Daspletosaurus and the Megaraptor have lips, it would be very inconsistent and disappointing if the Tyrannosaurus rex did not.

[MLMjp]

Haolonggood must give their Giganotosaurus (one of the variants at least) the most attractive, eye pleasing coloration in the history of ever...otherwise I'll stick to my Safari and it's outdated skull. The white and brown coloration is just so attractive to me...

As for the Tyrannosaurus, when it was shown in the poster I was excited as it might be the perfect upgrade from the BOTM 1/35 scale one that I currently use, a figure that has an awesome coloration and it's great, but it falls a bit short in terms of bulk for my taste.

But now that the BOTM 1/35 Allosaurus has been announced, I kinda don't want to replace it so the Allosaurus won't be the only BOTM figure in the collection, if you get what I'm saying...

So yeah, Haolonggood must pull out some amazing figures to convince me.

[Turkeysaurus]

Just like Diplodocus, i think Acrocanthosaurus is sure thing for Haolonggood. Not year probably though.

I need more than lips to be convinced their T.rex & Giga to be better than PNSO. I think color options might them more attractive if the sculpt comes somewhat near to PNSO.

Other thing i wonder if they'll have articulated jaws.

[MLMjp]

Just like Diplodocus, i think Acrocanthosaurus is sure thing for Haolonggood. Not year probably though.

I need more than lips to be convinced their T.rex & Giga to be better than PNSO. I think color options might them more attractive if the sculpt comes somewhat near to PNSO.

Other thing i wonder if they'll have articulated jaws.

Every other theropod they made with the exception of the smaller Dilophosaurus and Concavenator had articulated jaws. It's safe to assume they will.

EDIT: And Majungasaurus too.

[suspsy]

I really hope the two T.rexes have attractive colour schemes. One done in dark red and very dark grey or brown would be appropriately ominous.

[thomasw100]

Every other theropod they made with the exception of the smaller Dilophosaurus and Concavenator had articulated jaws. It's safe to assume they will.

This may or may not be the case actually, I find it hard to predict. The last two theropods, Concavenator and Majungasaurus, had static jaws. They got a lot of praise for these figures and rightfully so. True that these are small and it is more challenging to make an articulated jaw look good for small figures. The last theropod before these two however was released a year ago and they got some criticism for some of the earlier theropods. So they may play it safe and go with static jaws for large ones as well. This could also become a distinguishing feature for Haolonggood.

There are pros and cons when it comes to jaw articulation. Pro is that you can show the interior of the mouth and change the appearance of the figure a lot. Cons are the seamlines and the negative impact on the coherence of the sculpt. Also the mandible may get loose after a while. Therefore some prefer articulated and some static jaws. Con of static jaws is that in most cases sculptors choose open mouth poses which may get repetitive after some time.

[DavidJamesArmsby]

I hope Haolonggood go down the route of static jaw, sculpted shut, with lips on their T. Rex. I know it's unlikely because less teeth means less sales, but I'd absolutely love it.
I'm yet to see an articulated jaw on a Haolonggood model that didn't severely compromise the sculpt.

[suspsy]

Also, given that it's Tyrannosaurus rex, I think there is a very good chance that there will be three colour variants. Perhaps even more.

And I'd still love for either a Leptoceratops or a Thescelosaurus to be tossed in with it.

[Samrukia]

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