Haolonggood - New for 2025

[Sim]

Posts of a factual nature? Okay.

No, abusive posts by you which you've even been spoken to about.

Again, I don't understand what you don't understand about all this.

What I didn't understand is what I said.  To elaborate, Haolonggood's Daspletosaurus hasn't been very well-recieved and Haolonggood's other theropods don't seem to me to suggest that Haolonggood will make a significantly better Tyrannosaurus, so I'm not sure why people are so keen on a new Tyrannosaurus so soon from Haolonggood, especially when there's plenty of good figures of it and as I said there is more on the way.

[Turkeysaurus]

I feel same about Jurassic Park / World dinosaurs , actually they all must look very similar because of the movies.Nanmu, W-Dragon , Rebor all look more or less same to my eyes. Same for Vastasaurus models.

It feels like people buying same thing over and over again. 

Then again, i'm satisfied with my bunch of vintage Papos as JP models so that explains my level of interest on that part of the collection.

[Turkeysaurus]

I'm pretty excited to see how these Rexes look. I have JP styled rexes from Nanmu, Rebor, and Papo. My only "accurate" one is Rebor's Kiss, however that one is closer to 1/25 scale. I'd love an accurate Rex with lips at 1/35 scale.

If it's gonna make it any better, Kiss is more likely close to 1/31 now. (There is a new specimen as the largest T.rex)

Oh cool I didn't know that! I already have the new Island variant of Kiss preordered. I'm happy to have one with the Prehistoric Planet paint scheme. Now it won't look too outrageous next to my Triceratops.

There are two specimens named "E.D Cope"  & "Goliath" larger than Scotty or Sue. Not as good remains as those, especially Goliath is only a femur. Still more a lot more liable than many fragmentary large sized Carcharadontosaurids & Spinosaurus based on jaw bones.

Lenght based on femur isn't reliable but if they had similar body proportions to Sue, Cope is around 12.5-12.9 m , Goliath is 12.9-13.1 m. Weight of Goliath is around 12.6 based on volume. So pretty large one.

Also Rebor T.rex just a bit smaller than speculative dimentions of maximum sized  T.rex could be papers published in 2024 by Dr.Hone  & Mallon. (More than 15 meters btw) Rebor 42 cm , so 14.7 meters. It can be displayed as such.

[SidB]

I don't understand how anyone can possibly not understand by now why a company would want to make a new version of the most famous and popular prehistoric animal of them all. It's been pointed out in this forum many times: Tyrannosaurus rex sells. Rebor has testified to this fact in no uncertain terms. Safari continues to produce their outdated T. rex figures because they continue to sell better than many of their more recent toys (yup, looking at you, Archaeopteryx, Baryonyx, and Nasutoceratops). And Creative Beast's Tyrannosaur Kickstarter met its goals in record time, in spite of the fact that their 1/18 scale T. rex was a $200 colossus.

It's the exact same reason why companies keep releasing multiple Batman and Spider-Man and Darth Vader comics and toys. It's a business decision and it's a tried and true one.

I generally avoid responding to your posts now because of the nature of past posts you've made towards me.

Posts of a factual nature? Okay.

However, I will say that in the above post you're telling me about something I didn't say anything about.  I said I don't understand why people want a new Tyrannosaurus from Haolonggood, not why would a company make a new one.

Perhaps it's because lots of people genuinely like Tyrannosaurus rex and consider it their favourite dinosaur, same as how lots of people genuinely like Batman and Spider-Man and consider them their favourite superheroes? Or genuinely like African lions and great white sharks and consider them their favourite animals? And it is precisely because of that widespread, indeed, worldwide liking that toy companies continue to churn out T. rex toys. Again, I don't understand what you don't understand about all this.

As an onlooker to this 'dialogue', I have to say that I can agree with @suspsy 's point. It seems plain to me. The demand for more and better T-rexes is continuous and is likely to continue to be so into the foreseeable future. True, HLG has had growing pains with their theropods, but they have certainly improved. Most people here have witnessed this improvement and, combined with the wish for newer, better rexes, it is only natural to anxiously anticipate the release of a new HLG T-rex, by dyed in the wool rexophiles (such as me).  @suspsy 's point is valid.

[DavidJamesArmsby]

I'm excited to see any new dino toy, honestly!
Though, I am especially excited to see Haolonggood's T. Rex 2.0 because I suspect they aim to impress with it. The last time they made a model of a species this popular was their Triceratops and they clearly put a ton more effort into those models than usual, likely knowing how much competition there is on the market already for Triceratops.
T. Rex should be the same, right?

[SidB]

I'm excited to see any new dino toy, honestly!
Though, I am especially excited to see Haolonggood's T. Rex 2.0 because I suspect they aim to impress with it. The last time they made a model of a species this popular was their Triceratops and they clearly put a ton more effort into those models than usual, likely knowing how much competition there is on the market already for Triceratops.
T. Rex should be the same, right?

One would certainly think so. Considering that their first effort at a rex hasn't even been reviewed on the DTB and has met with thunderous silence on the DTF, clearly they must know that they have to really go all out to get it right with this genus. Agreeing that the trike was a solid success, it stands to reason that they won't want to flub the T-rex, arguably the ultimate icon of a dinosaur. I'm starting to get excited too.

[suspsy]

What I didn't understand is what I said.  To elaborate, Haolonggood's Daspletosaurus hasn't been very well-recieved

This is news to me. Where did you get that peculiar notion from? The only real issue with the Daspletosaurus is the misplacement of the hornlets, and that's fairly picayune. The rest of the toy is quite, quite solid.

[Sim]

This is news to me. Where did you get that peculiar notion from? The only real issue with the Daspletosaurus is the misplacement of the hornlets, and that's fairly picayune. The rest of the toy is quite, quite solid.

The horns are actually in a correct position for Daspletosaurus horneri, which makes me think Haolonggood referenced that species for the figure, even though they referred to it as Daspletosaurus torosus.  I got the impression it wasn't a well-received figure from comments here (for example one I responded to where I showed that the large snout scales are consistent with current thoughts on tyrannosaurid integument) and on Facebook (for example one which said the head of the Haolonggood Daspletosaurus is poor).  There have been other comments besides the examples I gave, such as ones which included the Daspletosaurus among Haolonggood's poor theropods.  But maybe it's a vocal minority.  The Haolonggood Daspletosaurus is quite good in my opinion, and if it has actually been well-received by the majority I can understand the desire for a new Haolonggood Tyrannosaurus.

[Flaffy]

What I didn't understand is what I said.  To elaborate, Haolonggood's Daspletosaurus hasn't been very well-recieved

This is news to me. Where did you get that peculiar notion from? The only real issue with the Daspletosaurus is the misplacement of the hornlets, and that's fairly picayune. The rest of the toy is quite, quite solid.

I recall criticisims in regards to the following:
- Lacrimal crests too small / absent
- Postorbital boss placement
- Scale size / texture
- Articulated jaw

For me at least, I have yet to decide on which Daspletosaurus to add to my collection as I have nitpicks with every verison on the market. I'm sure a part of it is just me being more critical of megatheropod models given how often they're produced, hence I can't just go and buy every available version on the market else I go broke.

[Flaffy]

This is news to me. Where did you get that peculiar notion from? The only real issue with the Daspletosaurus is the misplacement of the hornlets, and that's fairly picayune. The rest of the toy is quite, quite solid.

The horns are actually in a correct position for Daspletosaurus horneri, which makes me think Haolonggood referenced that species for the figure, even though they referred to it as Daspletosaurus torosus.  I got the impression it wasn't a well-received figure from comments here (for example one I responded to where I showed that the large snout scales are consistent with current thoughts on tyrannosaurid integument) and on Facebook (for example one which said the head of the Haolonggood Daspletosaurus is poor).  There have been other comments besides the examples I gave, such as ones which included the Daspletosaurus among Haolonggood's poor theropods.  But maybe it's a vocal minority.  The Haolonggood Daspletosaurus is quite good in my opinion, and if it has actually been well-received by the majority I can understand the desire for a new Haolonggood Tyrannosaurus.

Yeah, definitely more consistent with D. horneri. Not how I would reconstruct them but they're not far off either. I personally find the near non-existant lacrimals more of an "issue" than the postorbitals.

[thomasw100]

I think the ongoing discussion about the T-rex may shed light on some interesting aspect of human psyche. It is amazing to see how many (maybe even most) children love dinosaurs and how they even more love T-rex compared to other dinosaurs. I wonder if this fascination with T-rex that I can read in many of the comments here may in fact be because our inner child is speaking to us.

[thomasw100]

I'm excited to see any new dino toy, honestly!
Though, I am especially excited to see Haolonggood's T. Rex 2.0 because I suspect they aim to impress with it. The last time they made a model of a species this popular was their Triceratops and they clearly put a ton more effort into those models than usual, likely knowing how much competition there is on the market already for Triceratops.
T. Rex should be the same, right?

Although I mostly restrict my collection to herbivores (because I need to conserve some space given that I am a big fan of sauropods) I am still curious to see what Haolonggood is able to achieve now with this T rex. Not least because this will foreshadow things to come.

[SidB]

I think the ongoing discussion about the T-rex may shed light on some interesting aspect of human psyche. It is amazing to see how many (maybe even most) children love dinosaurs and how they even more love T-rex compared to other dinosaurs. I wonder if this fascination with T-rex that I can read in many of the comments here may in fact be because our inner child is speaking to us.

Likely enough, T @thomasw100 . For instance, personally, any image or talk of this taxon frequently cascades a series of mental pictures and emotions (a sort of internal video) of perusing old books full of imagery pf prehistoric fauna, and the ones that usually arrested my attention were those of Tyrannosaurus rex, first and foremost. Decades later, these persist.

[Turkeysaurus]

[Fembrogon]

I'm not really interested in a new T. rex, but it also wouldn't be the first time I said "I have enough rexes now", only to up buying another one. 
It will certainly be interesting to compare with their earlier model.

[Rayeknor]

I'm looking forward to Haolonggood's rex 2.0, the only new figure I'm set to buy this year is the repainted Rebor Kiss with the prehistoric planet color scheme. Capped with last years Argentinosaurus from Haolonggood it's crazy how the bar has been raised in just a few years on dinosaur figures.

[Renecito]

From Paleofiguras:

[Carnoking]

Hm, hard to say from this one blurred image alone but it's looking pretty nice

[Turkeysaurus]

What a day. First a new PNSO, now HLG T.rex reveal.

Also is this suppose to be 3d model? ,

[Renecito]

What a day. First a new PNSO, now HLG T.rex reveal.

Also is this suppose to be 3d model? ,

Yes it was also posted by Paleofiguras.