Haolonggood - New for 2025

[Concavenator]

There's an interesting post by Andrea Cau, which you can read here, where he explains why he thinks Tyrannosaurus might have been green. Not a bright green, but a mottled green which would have allowed it to mimic itself with the surrounding environment. So the fact that one of the variants is colored like this:



Is appreciated.

Let's remember that we currently don't know for certain what color Tyrannosaurus was. And I say this because we're used to seeing depictions of it with brownish/reddish colors (I include myself). But that's just a paleomeme, just like we are used to blue Gorgosaurus or green Stegosaurus with red plates paleoart. This may also explain why Eofauna's Tyrannosaurus color scheme got criticised, even though there's nothing factually wrong with it (aesthetically, that's a different, subjective matter).

[SidB]

Good point, @Concavenator . What we constantly see at work, and even experience within ourselves, is the process of hypostatization - the tendency to take an abstract idea and make it "actual" or "concrete". I suspect that this is a corelate of the human quest for security and absolute certainty. We don't much like ambiguities, and don't tolerate them for too long.

[Turkeysaurus]

One of the best things about Eofauna T.rex is unusual colors. They are not as smooth as PNSO or Haolonggood for paint application though.

I applaud Rebor Kiss & Tusk for not giving us brown or green T.rex as well.

[Duna]

There's an interesting post by Andrea Cau, which you can read here, where he explains why he thinks Tyrannosaurus might have been green. Not a bright green, but a mottled green which would have allowed it to mimic itself with the surrounding environment. So the fact that one of the variants is colored like this:

That's a very interesting article (which I haven't known about). And now you have made me want a green tyrannosaurus.

[suspsy]

So my T. rex thoughts:

Based on what I can discern in these new images and the earlier one of the tails, I like the sculpt a lot, at least in profile. It looks like it could have lips, but we'll have to wait and see. Hopefully Haolonggood will officially reveal it soon.

I'm definitely fond of the blue colour scheme and will be going with that one provided I'm happy after viewing official and clear images. The patterned brown version, however, looks a bit too much like the Daspletosaurus. And the striped one, well, it strikes me as boring so far. Thank goodness Haolonggood provides us with more than one colour option.

So yeah, right now I'm excited with reservation.

[Paleomimi]

Good point, @Concavenator . What we constantly see at work, and even experience within ourselves, is the process of hypostatization - the tendency to take an abstract idea and make it "actual" or "concrete". I suspect that this is a corelate of the human quest for security and absolute certainty. We don't much like ambiguities, and don't tolerate them for too long.

I don't think that's something universal to all humans because the mystery is precisely a part of what makes dinosaurs so fascinating to me. Reconstructing dinosaurs is a beautiful combination of scientific study and artistic interpretation. The fact that we know they really existed and yet we have to use our imagination in order to picture them is part of what makes their legacy so strong and timeless in our collective mind in my opinion, and part of why they passionate so much children in particular, as their imagination is that much vivid and powerful.

[SidB]

Good point, @Concavenator . What we constantly see at work, and even experience within ourselves, is the process of hypostatization - the tendency to take an abstract idea and make it "actual" or "concrete". I suspect that this is a corelate of the human quest for security and absolute certainty. We don't much like ambiguities, and don't tolerate them for too long.

I don't think that's something universal to all humans because the mystery is precisely a part of what makes dinosaurs so fascinating to me. Reconstructing dinosaurs is a beautiful combination of scientific study and artistic interpretation. The fact that we know they really existed and yet we have to use our imagination in order to picture them is part of what makes their legacy so strong and timeless in our collective mind in my opinion, and part of why they passionate so much children in particular, as their imagination is that much vivid and powerful.

It may not be universal to all students of paleontology , but it is a dynamic that gets applied to things other than this hobby and science of ours. The craving and need for a sense of the solid and permanent can and does lead us to projecting assumptions onto the data of our sensations at the level of mental perceptions, where the input of our senses gets bundled together with certain mental presuppositions.

[Berno]

I think a brown color scheme would be cool if it has a black face with a color accent (something like BOTM's Daspletosaurus), but you can see the lower jaw of the brown one and it looks plain.
So far the green one is the most interesting, can't wait to see more photos.

[thebermuda303]

I'll have to wait for clearer images, still not sure if I'm in on that rex or if I should get the Eofauna one instead. There's also recur hiding in the shadows for more budget friendly addition.

[Dino_W]

Yeah I'm 99% sure that the model we're seeing is not lipped. Rebor Tusk for reference:

[thebermuda303]

Yeah I'm 99% sure that the model we're seeing is not lipped. Rebor Tusk for reference:

It's half lipped at worst, you can clearly see the line between gums and lip on the lower jaw.

[Protopatch]

I think a brown color scheme would be cool if it has a black face with a color accent (something like BOTM's Daspletosaurus)

Did you mean BotM's Tarbosaurus ?

[suspsy]

Again, it'll be pretty perplexing If the T. rex isn't lipped given that the Daspletosaurus is. We just can't tell for certain until we get some better pics.

[Turkeysaurus]

I think i must skip this one too but i'm still excited for reveal.

[Joliezac]

I just got my blue Brachiosaurus in the mail yesterday!! Really gorgeous model. I'm glad I waited for years to get a Brachio, this one is gorgeous. Although I still don't know where to put it. Currently it is on my desk next to the Argentinosaurus.

Strangely though mine had a very strong factory/paint smell to it. It actually was making me feel sick and I had to put it in the bathtub and repeatedly hose it down. It still has a strong smell though, did anyone else experience this? None of my other HLG figures have been this way...

Mine also has 2 fairly large brown paint blotches on the neck unfortunately. I will have to try to paint over it to hide it, it is pretty distracting.

I was very happy to get the blueberry colored Huayangosaurus though! Such a beautifully detailed model.

[Flaffy]

Strangely though mine had a very strong factory/paint smell to it. It actually was making me feel sick and I had to put it in the bathtub and repeatedly hose it down. It still has a strong smell though, did anyone else experience this? None of my other HLG figures have been this way...

Fairly common. Best let it air out in a well-ventilated area for a week given how big the model is. That should let the paint and plasticiser smells evaporate.

[Joliezac]

Strangely though mine had a very strong factory/paint smell to it. It actually was making me feel sick and I had to put it in the bathtub and repeatedly hose it down. It still has a strong smell though, did anyone else experience this? None of my other HLG figures have been this way...

Fairly common. Best let it air out in a well-ventilated area for a week given how big the model is. That should let the paint and plasticiser smells evaporate.

Thanks! I didn't have this problem with the Argent so I was just taken by surprise.

[Dino_W]

Dorsal view of the new T. rex from Haolonggood Fans.

[thomasw100]

I just got my blue Brachiosaurus in the mail yesterday!! Really gorgeous model. I'm glad I waited for years to get a Brachio, this one is gorgeous. Although I still don't know where to put it. Currently it is on my desk next to the Argentinosaurus.

Strangely though mine had a very strong factory/paint smell to it. It actually was making me feel sick and I had to put it in the bathtub and repeatedly hose it down. It still has a strong smell though, did anyone else experience this? None of my other HLG figures have been this way...

Mine also has 2 fairly large brown paint blotches on the neck unfortunately. I will have to try to paint over it to hide it, it is pretty distracting.

I was very happy to get the blueberry colored Huayangosaurus though! Such a beautifully detailed model.

Essentially all of my Haolonggood sauropod figures had that paint smell when unpacked. I think this is because they tried to finish them as fast as possible so that they could be shipped out to all customers who had placed pre orders. It needs a week or two for the paint smell to disappear com9letely. My Brachiosaurus has also two small black paint blotches in places where the do not belong, but this should be easy to fix.

[Turkeysaurus]

Do you think we will get one or two dinosaur models per month?