PNSO New for 2025

[Gwangi]

I repaint things, heavy customization in my opinion is mostly unnecessary as, if you wait long enough, what you want is made eventually. Though I'm still waiting on a nicer Nothosaurus of a decent size.

I still await a decent Diplocaulus. But we got a Koolasuchus of all things. 

Same, but the Koolasuchus made sense thanks to WWD.

Don't forget about the one that ate Aladar in Disney's Dinosaur!

I don't even remember that!

I mean, it was when he was still in the egg, but still... watch the first five minutes of it.

Ok, I remember the traveling egg sequence. One of the only things I remember liking about the movie. It's not a film I revisit often...clearly.

[Joel1905]

I don't care if PNSO releases a lipped T. rex. I'm happy with Eofauna's and actually like Recur's a lot too. If it's priced as high as Cameron then that's a definite dealbreaker.

Well, a lot of people do care. With all due respect to those two other figures, a new PNSO Tyrannosaurus with lips will blow them out of the water.

You get what you pay for, at the end of the day. The quality of material, texturing, finer details and paint quality speak for themselves.

[Over9K]

I don't care if PNSO releases a lipped T. rex. I'm happy with Eofauna's and actually like Recur's a lot too. If it's priced as high as Cameron then that's a definite dealbreaker.

Well, a lot of people do care. With all due respect to those two other figures, a new PNSO Tyrannosaurus with lips will blow them out of the water.

You get what you pay for, at the end of the day. The quality of material, texturing, finer details and paint quality speak for themselves.

IMO Cameron as delivered had a champagne body and Kool-Aid teeth.

[Gwangi]

I don't care if PNSO releases a lipped T. rex. I'm happy with Eofauna's and actually like Recur's a lot too. If it's priced as high as Cameron then that's a definite dealbreaker.

Well, a lot of people do care. With all due respect to those two other figures, a new PNSO Tyrannosaurus with lips will blow them out of the water.

You get what you pay for, at the end of the day. The quality of material, texturing, finer details and paint quality speak for themselves.

I know that, and good for them. Must every opinion shared have an addendum acknowledging that other people might disagree? Seriously? You don't think I've read the 100 other comments stating this very obvious thing?

You get what you pay for. Yeah, I'm not new to this hobby.   

[thebermuda303]

I don't care if PNSO releases a lipped T. rex. I'm happy with Eofauna's and actually like Recur's a lot too. If it's priced as high as Cameron then that's a definite dealbreaker.

Well, a lot of people do care. With all due respect to those two other figures, a new PNSO Tyrannosaurus with lips will blow them out of the water.

You get what you pay for, at the end of the day. The quality of material, texturing, finer details and paint quality speak for themselves.

I wouldn't say the paint quality is the best on their new stuff. Compared to the figures from 2020 boom the new stuff has significantly less durable paint. My lambeosaurus doesn't have a single scratch after multiple photo taking trips while I sold my Edmontosaurus just becouse it got super scuffed after one ride. In terms of museum line we definitely pay way more than the thing is worth.

[thomasw100]

I wouldn't say the paint quality is the best on their new stuff. Compared to the figures from 2020 boom the new stuff has significantly less durable paint. My lambeosaurus doesn't have a single scratch after multiple photo taking trips while I sold my Edmontosaurus just becouse it got super scuffed after one ride. In terms of museum line we definitely pay way more than the thing is worth.

Not sure if it is the paint quality as such. My impression is that the paint is much thinner on the newer PNSO figures than it used to be. This invariably results in paint rubbing off easier.

It might be that they apply a thinner coat of paint because they do not want a thick layer of paint filling part of the super fine surface textures.

[Joel1905]

I don't care if PNSO releases a lipped T. rex. I'm happy with Eofauna's and actually like Recur's a lot too. If it's priced as high as Cameron then that's a definite dealbreaker.

Well, a lot of people do care. With all due respect to those two other figures, a new PNSO Tyrannosaurus with lips will blow them out of the water.

You get what you pay for, at the end of the day. The quality of material, texturing, finer details and paint quality speak for themselves.

I wouldn't say the paint quality is the best on their new stuff. Compared to the figures from 2020 boom the new stuff has significantly less durable paint. My lambeosaurus doesn't have a single scratch after multiple photo taking trips while I sold my Edmontosaurus just becouse it got super scuffed after one ride. In terms of museum line we definitely pay way more than the thing is worth.

Paint quality and durability are different things. The Lambeosaurus has more durable paint, but the Lufengosaurus for example, looks more like living animal pigmentation.

[Concavenator]

You get what you pay for, at the end of the day.

Not always. 

Some self-explanatory examples:




Haolonggood Mamenchisaurus vs. PNSO Tsintaosaurus.




Eofauna Diplodocus vs. PNSO Centrosaurus brinkmani.




PNSO Edmontosaurus vs. PNSO Tsintaosaurus.

I know the prices vary from site to site, but these prices were taken from Dan's Dinosaurs.

[Turkeysaurus]

Finer details & paintjob probably cost more than size.

I'm glad Allosaurus, Ankylosaurus & Edmontosaurus are not in museum line despite being some of the most popular dinosaurs. Styracosaurus could be too.

[Gwangi]

I would say that with any PNSO Museum line figure, you're getting less than what you pay for. Thankfully, they haven't released anything in that line for awhile now (was the last one Cameron?) and hopefully they're done with it.

[Concavenator]

Finer details & paintjob probably cost more than size.

Yeah I know, but whether the more expensive figures from the aforementioned examples actually have finer detailing and better paintjobs I'm not sure about. At the very least, what I'm sure about is that I disagree with the price differences among them being fair. If someone else thinks they're fair, that's fine.

I get the impression that we sometimes forget that PNSO's prices for western countries are inflated; in China they're more affordable. And conversely, figures from Western companies are more expensive there.

@Concavenator In China, Diplodocus is 42€ (probably around 35-39€ during sales), while I got Torosaurus for 27€ (listing price is 35€). Taxes, exchange rates and shipping cost (it's a big factor for kickstarts, but probably not for ordinary releases as they are produced here) affects non Chinese companies in a similar fashion. Few complain about it on Baidu though as we got too used to "expensive western stuffs" (iirc exchange rate of CNY and Euro used to be 16:1).

After reading this post, I guess I could say the Eofauna Diplodocus has superior detailing and paint scheme to the PNSO Torosaurus too, because of the "you get what you pay for" argument.

[DavidJamesArmsby]

I love most of PNSO's offerings, but their figures have been hugely overpriced for years.
The Museum Line was obviously the worst of it. Their Giganotosaurus vs. Mapusaurus price tags speak for themselves. Those two toys are the exact same thing, except one has a famous name so it costs £15 more.

[Turkeysaurus]

After reading this post, I guess I could say the Eofauna Diplodocus has superior detailing and paint scheme to the PNSO Torosaurus too, because of the "you get what you pay for" argument.

That's If you live in China and still looking for Eofauna to collect dinosaurs "you get what you f. deserve! BANG!" price. 

[Turkeysaurus]

I love most of PNSO's offerings, but their figures have been hugely overpriced for years.
The Museum Line was obviously the worst of it. Their Giganotosaurus vs. Mapusaurus price tags speak for themselves. Those two toys are the exact same thing, except one has a famous name so it costs £15 more.

I agree, They charge more because people want Giganotosaurus over Mapusaurus in their collection. Same for other famous dinosaurs in museum line imo.

[thomasw100]

I think that what is being forgotten in this price vs. value discussion is that until some years ago the quality of figures that we get from PNSO and now also from Haolonggood was only reached in very expensive resin models.

If I compare for example the price of De Clay studio 1:35 Triceratops resin model that just landed today with the price of PNSO Triceratops (which is a museum line figure) the difference is huge.

Furthermore if we would take a honest look at the costs of work for the PVC figures from PNSO and Haolonggood we would realize that this is still exploitation of the workers in the factories.

In view of all of this I feel that I should not complain about the price of any of the PNSO or Haolonggood figures.

[Joel1905]

I think that what is being forgotten in this price vs. value discussion is that until some years ago the quality of figures that we get from PNSO and now also from Haolonggood was only reached in very expensive resin models.

If I compare for example the price of De Clay studio 1:35 Triceratops resin model that just landed today with the price of PNSO Triceratops (which is a museum line figure) the difference is huge.

Furthermore if we would take a honest look at the costs of work for the PVC figures from PNSO and Haolonggood we would realize that this is still exploitation of the workers in the factories.

In view of all of this I feel that I should not complain about the price of any of the PNSO or Haolonggood figures.

Agreed. People are expecting Safari prices for resin kit quality models.

[Turkeysaurus]

True, instead of toy price we should  complain about taxes we pay. It's 60% for the toy, 60% for shipment for me.    I don't think paying taxes for shipment is even legal lol.

[JohannesB]

True, instead of toy price we should  complain about taxes we pay. It's 60% for the toy, 60% for shipment for me.    I don't think paying taxes for shipment is even legal lol.

The best way to protest is to keep your wallets shut. I do that as much as possible. Until that Shantungosaurus and lipped T. rex from PNSO come along 😂

[Concavenator]

In view of all of this I feel that I should not complain about the price of any of the PNSO or Haolonggood figures.

I don't think nobody was complaining about Haolonggood's pricing, but rather, specifically, PNSO's pricing for western countries. Based on what Faras shared, I do think PNSO figures are fairly priced in China, but far from being so in Western countries.

Haolonggood's prices are pretty darn good, not just in general, but especially if you consider their figures' quality. By contrast, over here PNSO's prices are ridiculously inflated if you ask me.

I still buy PNSO if a particular figure interests me, but not without me realizing I'm being overcharged.

Agreed. People are expecting Safari prices for resin kit quality models.

That's hyperbolic, and that's not true. For instance, the Tsintaosaurus could be cheaper than 60 USD and still be more expensive than a Safari figure.

Faras said the Torosaurus costs ~ 40 USD in China. That's a similar pricing to Eofauna's figures here in Spain, and I think that's a reasonable price, clearly more than the 60 USD it retails for in Western countries.

[Turkeysaurus]

Aliexpress prices are depends on country. For example museum line figures are somewhere around 60 to 80 Euro. Most PNSO are between 30-50 Euro.I guess Lana toy shop is fine too.

Some local stores are cheaper while others have ridiculous prices for PNSO.  I have seven hundreds of dollars/euros.