PNSO New for 2025

[Primeval12]

You could be reported for cruelty to animals @Halichoeres! 

I will be using this figure as a bottle opener.

I've been using the Schleich Shonisaurus as a lawn dart, which is probably even crueler.

That's probably why it only lasted a year in production! It seems like a danger to kids!

[thomasw100]

Dinos Dragons review of Stellasaurus:

[SidB]

Whatever quibbles one may entertain regarding specific extrapolations from the quite fragmentary fossil remains, it's undeniable that the quality of the sculpt and superb conceptualization and application of the paint work  makes this a very desirable figure. Glad that I ordered one.

[Primeval12]

@Halichoeres you'll never guess what I came across at the thrift store today... A LAWN DART! Given your previous joke about it, I find that hilarious!

Also, I need this Stellasaurus! I love David Bowie so a dino named after him is an absolute must!

[ceratopsian]

The forum is so educational!  I had to google "lawn dart" @Halichoeres!

@Halichoeres you'll never guess what I came across at the thrift store today... A LAWN DART! Given your previous joke about it, I find that hilarious!

Also, I need this Stellasaurus! I love David Bowie so a dino named after him is an absolute must!

[Gwangi]

@Halichoeres you'll never guess what I came across at the thrift store today... A LAWN DART! Given your previous joke about it, I find that hilarious!

Also, I need this Stellasaurus! I love David Bowie so a dino named after him is an absolute must!

Bowie fan here too and that does add some additional appeal to the Stellasaurus.

It's probably not intentional but the patterning over the eyes and the eye color itself gives off Bowie vibes. Would have been cool if they leaned heavy into one of his looks.

[Primeval12]

What if the other eye is a different color?!

[Gwangi]

What if the other eye is a different color?!

Even better! But I know it's not. 

[ceratopsian]

One could wield a paint brush....

What if the other eye is a different color?!

Even better! But I know it's not. 

[Gwangi]

One could wield a paint brush....

What if the other eye is a different color?!

Even better! But I know it's not. 

Hmmm...

[Halichoeres]

@Halichoeres you'll never guess what I came across at the thrift store today... A LAWN DART! Given your previous joke about it, I find that hilarious!

Also, I need this Stellasaurus! I love David Bowie so a dino named after him is an absolute must!

Ha, that's great!

The forum is so educational!  I had to google "lawn dart" @Halichoeres!

So glad I could introduce you to this most excellent game!

One could wield a paint brush....

What if the other eye is a different color?!

Even better! But I know it's not. 

Hmmm...

Do it!

[thomasw100]

Official PNSO video describing the reconstruction of Stellasaurus:

[Concavenator]

Some thoughts on that Tyrannosaurus:

- Looking at the skull on the 3rd pic, that looks like Stan to me. Which is considered to represent an example of the "gracile" morphotype of Tyrannosaurus rex. In that case, I'd expect the figure to not be as bulky as Cameron (which is based on Sue, an example of the "robust" morphotype).

- Despite not having been released (nor revealed) yet, it already looks like this figure has become obsolete owing to the lack of exoparia (Sharpe et al., 2025). Will they modify it?

Interestingly, looks like Eofauna predicted (?) the presence of the exoparia on their Tyrannosaurus figure.

- On top of that, it would seem that its tongue is too big. No surprise in that, that is the case with most of their recent theropods. Theropods had reduced tongues (Li et al., 2018). As far as I can tell, only their recent spinosaurids and their Deinocheirus have appropriately short tongues.

By contrast, both the BotM and the Eofauna Tyrannosaurus have appropriately short tongues.

Even if these two details (one of which is just the figure becoming obsolete, which is out of PNSO's control) can be considered minor, technically, they're still inaccuracies. Worth bringing up, because some people suggest that PNSO's lipped Tyrannosaurus will be utter perfection and the "definitive" Tyrannosaurus, and as far as accuracy goes, that might not be the case.

Obviously, I'm not saying it'll be bad, nor inaccurate (generally speaking). I'm confident it will still be among the best Tyrannosaurus figures ever made. But not the single best one.

Even if it proved to be more accurate than the aforementioned two figures in some regards, like, for virtue of not being an articulated model against the BotM, or the placement of the dewclaws against the Eofauna (and potentially some of the musculature??), accuracy-wise, and based on this pic, it's still topped by the other two figures in at least 1 aspect.

Which goes to say that, as it is, it won't necessarily be superior to the BotM or the Eofauna Tyrannosaurus as far as accuracy goes. It would seem that not a single one of those 3 figures would be literally perfect (even if they're so good they could practically and easily be considered as such), so it'd come down to a matter of personal preferences.

Would this lipped PNSO Tyrannosaurus be the nicest figure of the species yet? Well, for some it might be, but that's subjective. Eofauna and Creative Beast are companies that offer super high-quality models, both of them have made their own Tyrannosaurus figures and both of them did it great.

Because of the aforementioned reasons is that I disagree with the popular notion of PNSO's lipped Tyrannosaurus being the perfect, ideal figure of the species (not that I wanna say that more Tyrannosaurus figures are needed, but the other way around, that more Tyrannosaurus figures aren't needed at this point, at least IMO).

[SidB]

What do you think, @Concavenator , would the exoparia, etc. be a readily do-able modification for a good paleoartist (e.g., Bravo Models) on an existing PNSO sculpt?

[Over9K]

Even if these two details (one of which is just the figure becoming obsolete, which is out of PNSO's control) can be considered minor, technically, they're still inaccuracies. Worth bringing up, because some people suggest that PNSO's lipped Tyrannosaurus will be utter perfection and the "definitive" Tyrannosaurus, and as far as accuracy goes, that might not be the case.

Doesn't the varanid-esque visage already eliminate the new PNSO from "definitive" status, due to being an "artistic" choice?

[Joel1905]

Some thoughts on that Tyrannosaurus:

- Looking at the skull on the 3rd pic, that looks like Stan to me. Which is considered to represent an example of the "gracile" morphotype of Tyrannosaurus rex. In that case, I'd expect the figure to not be as bulky as Cameron (which is based on Sue, an example of the "robust" morphotype).

- Despite not having been released (nor revealed) yet, it already looks like this figure has become obsolete owing to the lack of exoparia (Sharpe et al., 2025). Will they modify it?

Interestingly, looks like Eofauna predicted (?) the presence of the exoparia on their Tyrannosaurus figure.

- On top of that, it would seem that its tongue is too big. No surprise in that, that is the case with most of their recent theropods. Theropods had reduced tongues (Li et al., 2018). As far as I can tell, only their recent spinosaurids and their Deinocheirus have appropriately short tongues.

By contrast, both the BotM and the Eofauna Tyrannosaurus have appropriately short tongues.

Even if these two details (one of which is just the figure becoming obsolete, which is out of PNSO's control) can be considered minor, technically, they're still inaccuracies. Worth bringing up, because some people suggest that PNSO's lipped Tyrannosaurus will be utter perfection and the "definitive" Tyrannosaurus, and as far as accuracy goes, that might not be the case.

Obviously, I'm not saying it'll be bad, nor inaccurate (generally speaking). I'm confident it will still be among the best Tyrannosaurus figures ever made. But not the single best one.

Even if it proved to be more accurate than the aforementioned two figures in some regards, like, for virtue of not being an articulated model against the BotM, or the placement of the dewclaws against the Eofauna (and potentially some of the musculature??), accuracy-wise, and based on this pic, it's still topped by the other two figures in at least 1 aspect.

Which goes to say that, as it is, it won't necessarily be superior to the BotM or the Eofauna Tyrannosaurus as far as accuracy goes. It would seem that not a single one of those 3 figures would be literally perfect (even if they're so good they could practically and easily be considered as such), so it'd come down to a matter of personal preferences.

Would this lipped PNSO Tyrannosaurus be the nicest figure of the species yet? Well, for some it might be, but that's subjective. Eofauna and Creative Beast are companies that offer super high-quality models, both of them have made their own Tyrannosaurus figures and both of them did it great.

Because of the aforementioned reasons is that I disagree with the popular notion of PNSO's lipped Tyrannosaurus being the perfect, ideal figure of the species (not that I wanna say that more Tyrannosaurus figures are needed, but the other way around, that more Tyrannosaurus figures aren't needed at this point, at least IMO).

The exoparia doesn't actually change much appearance wise. It's just a muscle, and no, it doesn't give Tyrannosaurus bear like cheeks.

[Joel1905]

Even if these two details (one of which is just the figure becoming obsolete, which is out of PNSO's control) can be considered minor, technically, they're still inaccuracies. Worth bringing up, because some people suggest that PNSO's lipped Tyrannosaurus will be utter perfection and the "definitive" Tyrannosaurus, and as far as accuracy goes, that might not be the case.

Doesn't the varanid-esque visage already eliminate the new PNSO from "definitive" status, due to being an "artistic" choice?

No.

[Joel1905]

What do you think, @Concavenator , would the exoparia, etc. be a readily do-able modification for a good paleoartist (e.g., Bravo Models) on an existing PNSO sculpt?

The Exoparia changes very little, appearance wise. Lizard like mouth corners are still accurate and the most likely.

[SidB]

What do you think, @Concavenator , would the exoparia, etc. be a readily do-able modification for a good paleoartist (e.g., Bravo Models) on an existing PNSO sculpt?

The Exoparia changes very little, appearance wise. Lizard like mouth corners are still accurate and the most likely.

That's quite a difference in  interpretation with @Concavenator as regards the relevance versus obsoleteness of the current figures, especially the prospective upcoming PNSO rex. Any imagery available?

[Joel1905]

What do you think, @Concavenator , would the exoparia, etc. be a readily do-able modification for a good paleoartist (e.g., Bravo Models) on an existing PNSO sculpt?

The Exoparia changes very little, appearance wise. Lizard like mouth corners are still accurate and the most likely.

That's quite a difference in  interpretation with @Concavenator as regards the relevance versus obsoleteness of the current figures, especially the prospective upcoming PNSO rex. Any imagery available?

Not on hand, but check out RJ Palmer & Scott Hartman's comments on it.