Haolonggood - New for 2025

[DavidJamesArmsby]

That inflated price tag is making a little more sense now...

[thomasw100]

That inflated price tag is making a little more sense now...

I guess you refer to how huge that beast is, right? The king (or queen) of hadrosaurs really.

[Pinbacker]

Haolonggood gave us exactly what we were asking for, a truly huge model of Shantungosaurus. I'm extremely pleased.

[bmathison1972]

Haolonggood gave us exactly what we were asking for, a truly huge model of Shantungosaurus. I'm extremely pleased.

Me too. I am planning on it for sure!

[SenSx]

This shang is quite large I like that !
However I'm only worried about the head, don't you think it's shrink wrapped ?
I'm not a specialist but it seems to to me, many dips/depression on the sides on of the skull, is it normal and expected for the specie ?

[Trenchcoated Rebbachisaur]

Definitely looks shrinkwrapped to me too. I assume they were inspired by the fact that a lot of Shant paleoart is weirdly shrinkwrapped in a similar way.

[Sim]

Rather than people not trusting these rumours, I think what I'm seeing here is impatience.

In my case, it's that I'm not interested in the majority of the rumoured figures and I would like other species to be made instead.  You do make a good point about how long it has taken for some species to get made though.  I still think some species might get cancelled, and if Haolonggood told a fan they would be making a species I don't see why that wouldn't be confirmation that species is coming.  They did that for Edmontosaurus and ended up making it.

[suspsy]

It's definitely impatience on my part.

[Pinbacker]

Definitely looks shrinkwrapped to me too. I assume they were inspired by the fact that a lot of Shant paleoart is weirdly shrinkwrapped in a similar way.

This is accurate, most paleoart in China depicts Shantungosaurus with an oddly shrinkwrapped head. The old PNSO Shantungosaurus has the same issue.

It does't bother me too much, and the addition of the extra nasal tissue balances the head sculpt for me. I also think it would be super easy to fix the shrink wrapping with a bit of putty and paint.

 Let's not lose sight of the fact that Halonggood has given us a HUGE chonker of a Shantungosaurus model, with two color variants, for only $50 dollars. Seems like a big win to me. 

[DavidJamesArmsby]

Definitely looks shrinkwrapped to me too. I assume they were inspired by the fact that a lot of Shant paleoart is weirdly shrinkwrapped in a similar way.

This is accurate, most paleoart in China depicts Shantungosaurus with an oddly shrinkwrapped head. The old PNSO Shantungosaurus has the same issue.

It does't bother me too much, and the addition of the extra nasal tissue balances the head sculpt for me. I also think it would be super easy to fix the shrink wrapping with a bit of putty and paint.

 Let's not lose sight of the fact that Halonggood has given us a HUGE chonker of a Shantungosaurus model, with two color variants, for only $50 dollars. Seems like a big win to me. 

Yeah, the sheer size of this guy is helping me overlook the minor issues I have with it. I ordered the green one and I can't wait to hold it. It should be the largest non-sauropod they've ever made (or ever will?).
I'm actually looking at my Camarasaurus right now and I wonder which of the two will be heftier.

[SenSx]

Definitely looks shrinkwrapped to me too. I assume they were inspired by the fact that a lot of Shant paleoart is weirdly shrinkwrapped in a similar way.

This is accurate, most paleoart in China depicts Shantungosaurus with an oddly shrinkwrapped head. The old PNSO Shantungosaurus has the same issue.

It does't bother me too much, and the addition of the extra nasal tissue balances the head sculpt for me. I also think it would be super easy to fix the shrink wrapping with a bit of putty and paint.

 Let's not lose sight of the fact that Halonggood has given us a HUGE chonker of a Shantungosaurus model, with two color variants, for only $50 dollars. Seems like a big win to me. 

The head annoys me a lot personally, but if that is fixable I might ask dinosaur_models_artworks if he can do something about it.

[Fembrogon]

Ironically for HLG, the subdued patterns on the green figure in those photos makes me like the color scheme a lot more.
I'm definitely looking forward to grabbing this at some point.

[Concavenator]

if Haolonggood told a fan they would be making a species I don't see why that wouldn't be confirmation that species is coming.  They did that for Edmontosaurus and ended up making it.

That's right, but I think it's important to take context into account. I just checked and the Hungarosaurus was one of the species HLG told a fan was planned shortly after they joined Paleofiguras' group and people started suggesting species to them. I think Udanoceratops was another one, dunno if I'm missing any other one.

If some of the "confirmed species" don't see the light of the day, I'd bet on those two. Who knows, maybe they are indeed planned to eventually be coming at some point, but they strike me as "courtesy answers", like they were telling those fans what they wanted to hear.

Remember that the Shantungosaurus that's just been released wasn't featured in HLG's teaser for this year:

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That's another species that Paleofiguras said was coming, and here we are. BTW, Paleofiguras told me that they're not aware of HLG planning to release Hungarosaurus nor Udanoceratops, but they said HLG had plans to release Shantungosaurus (just released), Iguanodon, Miragaia and Mosasaurus (well, in addition to the species that are featured on the teaser), and none of these were featured in the teaser.

Edmontosaurus is a very popular dinosaur, so HLG stating they had plans to make one sounded believable.

(Probably) coming soon: Haolonggood Edmontosaurus.

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Cap from Instagram.

We knew about the HLG Edmontosaurus since June 2023 (and ended up being released in March 2024). Back then, there were people asking for an Edmontosaurus by PNSO and HLG, so HLG stating they were planning on releasing one seemed realistic.

And BTW, Torosaurus was featured in this year's teaser, but we knew it was coming since, at least, November.

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Torosaurus apparently confirmed.

Screen cap from a recent post by Paleofiguras.

I don't know if its confirmation came in form of a response to a fan, but, like Edmontosaurus, HLG stating they had plans for a Torosaurus also sounded realistic, both because it's a popular species and because HLG loves ceratopsids. And the Torosaurus was recently released, as we've seen.

[Sim]

Who knows, maybe they are indeed planned to eventually be coming at some point, but they strike me as "courtesy answers", like they were telling those fans what they wanted to hear.

I asked Haolonggood if they would make a Utahraptor to go with their Gastonia and got no reply...

[Concavenator]

Who knows, maybe they are indeed planned to eventually be coming at some point, but they strike me as "courtesy answers", like they were telling those fans what they wanted to hear.

I asked Haolonggood if they would make a Utahraptor to go with their Gastonia and got no reply...

Similarly, I suggested Shunosaurus to them and got no response either. Even though I created a post for that haha.

I mean, they weren't literally telling every fan: "X species is confirmed", but if memory serves me right, a few species were "confirmed" in a short period of time and through the same way (a response to a fan). That seems a bit suspicious to me. Especially because Hungarosaurus is quite the obscure species (I actually learned of it through that person suggesting it, and that person is the only one who I've ever seen claim they're interested in a figure of that species). Had Udanoceratops been the only "confirmed" species, I think I would've believed them, because I have seen people stating they're interested in that species. But it's Hungarosaurus the one that really makes me think something's off there.

Again, I may be wrong, but I'm not holding my breath for those two.

And since you mention Utahraptor, a lot of us would love to see them give it a go. It's been mentioned how PNSO has never released an eudromaeosaur, but HLG has never released any dromaeosaurid!!! That has to be fixed sooner or later, and considering their scale limitation, Utahraptor is the easiest choice. Would go nicely with the Gastonia too, as you mention.

[Sim]

After Haolonggood said they would make Hungarosaurus, a couple of people here expressed being interested in it, but the observation that the person who requested it was the only person who showed interest in it before Haolonggood responded, is correct.

I'm not expecting Haolonggood to ever make dromaeosaurids.  I think Haolonggood, like PNSO, is afraid of making accurate dromaeosaurids.  It's not nice that these two companies don't want to make dromaeosaurids, and that prevents them from being my favourite company.  PNSO is still my second-favourite prehistoric figure company though due to figures like the Stegosaurus, Baryonyx and Suchomimus by them.  Haolonggood hasn't made something that appeals to me enough to make them one of my favourite companies.  A good dromaeosaurid or several by them would change that immediately.  Same for a Torvosaurus tanneri or Tuojiangosaurus.

[Sim]

Oh and I would like to add that China is where dromaeosaurid specimens with feathers preserved have been found.  With that in mind it's especially sad that these Chinese companies choose to avoid making dromaeosaurid figures.  And figures of small feathered species in general.

[thomasw100]

After Haolonggood said they would make Hungarosaurus, a couple of people here expressed being interested in it, but the observation that the person who requested it was the only person who showed interest in it before Haolonggood responded, is correct.

I'm not expecting Haolonggood to ever make dromaeosaurids.  I think Haolonggood, like PNSO, is afraid of making accurate dromaeosaurids.  It's not nice that these two companies don't want to make dromaeosaurids, and that prevents them from being my favourite company.  PNSO is still my second-favourite prehistoric figure company though due to figures like the Stegosaurus, Baryonyx and Suchomimus by them.  Haolonggood hasn't made something that appeals to me enough to make them one of my favourite companies.  A good dromaeosaurid or several by them would change that immediately.  Same for a Torvosaurus tanneri or Tuojiangosaurus.

I do not think that PNSO is afraid of making dromaeosaurids. Why should they? Their Instagram calendar is constantly flooded with paleoart depicting dromaeosaurids and they have a track record of making excellent feathered dinosaurs like Therizinosaurus and Deinocheirus. I think this has more to do with what they consider to have good market potential.

[Joel1905]

After Haolonggood said they would make Hungarosaurus, a couple of people here expressed being interested in it, but the observation that the person who requested it was the only person who showed interest in it before Haolonggood responded, is correct.

I'm not expecting Haolonggood to ever make dromaeosaurids.  I think Haolonggood, like PNSO, is afraid of making accurate dromaeosaurids.  It's not nice that these two companies don't want to make dromaeosaurids, and that prevents them from being my favourite company.  PNSO is still my second-favourite prehistoric figure company though due to figures like the Stegosaurus, Baryonyx and Suchomimus by them.  Haolonggood hasn't made something that appeals to me enough to make them one of my favourite companies.  A good dromaeosaurid or several by them would change that immediately.  Same for a Torvosaurus tanneri or Tuojiangosaurus.

It's nothing to do with being 'afraid of making accurate dromaeosaurids'. It's because they like to stick close to the 1:35 scale and dromaeosaur figures in that scale would be very small and therefore deemed not cost effective.

[ceratopsian]

Indeed.  The absence of small dinosaurs is  the downside of following their customers' insistence that models must all be in the same scale. (Of course a single consistent scale might also be the firms' own preference.)

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I'm not expecting Haolonggood to ever make dromaeosaurids.  I think Haolonggood, like PNSO, is afraid of making accurate dromaeosaurids.  It's not nice that these two companies don't want to make dromaeosaurids, and that prevents them from being my favourite company.  PNSO is still my second-favourite prehistoric figure company though due to figures like the Stegosaurus, Baryonyx and Suchomimus by them.  Haolonggood hasn't made something that appeals to me enough to make them one of my favourite companies.  A good dromaeosaurid or several by them would change that immediately.  Same for a Torvosaurus tanneri or Tuojiangosaurus.

It's nothing to do with being 'afraid of making accurate dromaeosaurids'. It's because they like to stick close to the 1:35 scale and dromaeosaur figures in that scale would be very small and therefore deemed not cost effective.