PNSO New for 2025

[Sim]

Imagine not being able to tolerate someone else's opinion.

Good thing that isn't happening here. After all, not agreeing with an opinion certainly isn't the same as not tolerating it.

It might come as a shock to you then, that you couldn't tolerate my opinion when you decided to mock it.

@Sim I'm kinda surprised at you skipping  Gigantoraptor. I know you're not keen on poorly-known taxa, but then you have figures of scrappier taxa than Gigantoraptor, like Therizinosaurus, Zhuchengtyrannus or Megalosaurus.

I think those other ones have easier-to-guess appearances.  With oviraptorosaurs the head is such a defining feature that I'm not sure I would be satisfied with a Gigantoraptor based on what is currently known of it.

[Joel1905]

Rebor's "Kiss" is my "definitive" lipped rex for the time being. Why does this one not fit the bill?

The musculature is based on mammal anatomy. It's also not 1:35, despite being marketed as so.

[crazy8wizard]

The musculature is based on mammal anatomy. It's also not 1:35, despite being marketed as so.

not being perfectly on the scale depends on what was measure to scale, so I can forgive it for not being 1:35th, but where did the mammalian musculature come from? Is that confirmed by rebor or is that just a guess because they don't look quite right?

[Monkeysaurus]

Rebor's "Kiss" is my "definitive" lipped rex for the time being. Why does this one not fit the bill?

The musculature is based on mammal anatomy. It's also not 1:35, despite being marketed as so.

Interesting. I don't know enough about anatomy to comment intelligently on that. How would we know about Rex musculature? Do we just use modern dinosaurs as a benchmark for extinct non-avian dinos? I'm aware that bones sometimes tell a tale of the muscles that once surrounded them on some level.

[Joel1905]

Rebor's "Kiss" is my "definitive" lipped rex for the time being. Why does this one not fit the bill?

The musculature is based on mammal anatomy. It's also not 1:35, despite being marketed as so.

Interesting. I don't know enough about anatomy to comment intelligently on that. How would we know about Rex musculature? Do we just use modern dinosaurs as a benchmark for extinct non-avian dinos? I'm aware that bones sometimes tell a tale of the muscles that once surrounded them on some level.

Muscle attachment points are preserved on bones, also phylogenetic bracketing.

[Turkeysaurus]

Eofauna Rex is also criticized for it's muscles.

I have been told PNSO has more accurate muscles than Eofauna.

I still like Rebor the best. It's not 1:35 but almost as big as hypothetical maximum sized T.rex.

(I also learned "Sue" specimen will be revealed larger than we thought before. It's not on paper yet. )

[Monkeysaurus]

Eofauna Rex is also criticized for it's muscles.

I have been told PNSO has most accurate muscles than Eofauna.

I still like Rebor the best. It's not 1:35 but almost as big as hypothetical maximum sized T.rex.

(I also learned "Sue" specimen will be revealed larger than we thought before. It's not on paper yet. )

Rebor is my favorite (reasonably) scientifically accurate Rex as well followed closely by the resting female by PNSO. I love how she's just doing something normal that we all do. As far as JP clones you can't beat Nanmu. I have the brown one and it's such an incredibly life-like sculpt. They make the best teeth. I'd love to see them try an veer away from JP clones because they're clearly talented.

[Joel1905]

Eofauna Rex is also criticized for it's muscles.

I have been told PNSO has more accurate muscles than Eofauna.

I still like Rebor the best. It's not 1:35 but almost as big as hypothetical maximum sized T.rex.

(I also learned "Sue" specimen will be revealed larger than we thought before. It's not on paper yet. )

If the PNSO Cameron had lips, it would be THE definitive Tyrannosaurus rex.

And when they say 'revealed to be larger' they mean its weight/mass, not its length/height.

[Berno]

by @Kamitoge

why does it look so different to the skeletal ??

The outline in the skeletal is a "bit" shrinkwrapped, current reconstructions of ichthyosaurs are more streamlined and whale like.

[Fembrogon]

It's not just shrinkwrapping, though - the flippers are huge, the shoulder girdle is high, the torso is completely different in shape, and the caudal fin is elongated. The skeletal and the figurine look like entirely different animals.

I'm having trouble finding any other skeketals for reference, but most of the life illustrations I'm finding for Gualingsaurus are much more "typical" of giant Ichthyosaur proportions, much like the figurine.

[Halichoeres]

I believe @Halichoeres is a big fan of PNSO 2025!

Oh definitely. This is their best year since 2021, in my estimation. And we still have a few months left.

[Berno]

It's not just shrinkwrapping, though - the flippers are huge, the shoulder girdle is high, the torso is completely different in shape, and the caudal fin is elongated. The skeletal and the figurine look like entirely different animals.

I'm having trouble finding any other skeketals for reference, but most of the life illustrations I'm finding for Gualingsaurus are much more "typical" of giant Ichthyosaur proportions, much like the figurine.

I did some research and I couldn't find any other skeletal reconstructions, but I found a photo a of the fossil of a juvenile Guanlingsaurus and the proportions looks like the PNSO model.

[Duke Dino]

Guanlingsaurus is now available at Lana Time Shop ($30.99/USD).

[ZoPteryx]

I too am really appreciating this Triassic marine reptile streak PNSO is on! Keep it up! 

It's not just shrinkwrapping, though - the flippers are huge, the shoulder girdle is high, the torso is completely different in shape, and the caudal fin is elongated. The skeletal and the figurine look like entirely different animals.

I'm having trouble finding any other skeketals for reference, but most of the life illustrations I'm finding for Gualingsaurus are much more "typical" of giant Ichthyosaur proportions, much like the figurine.

I suspect those skeletals didn't account for taphonomic crushing of the skulls and perhaps other parts. Additionally, the spread-out arrangement of bones in the the flippers of those skeletals looks nothing like the more compact arrangement in the photos of the actual complete skeleton.

[Berno]

In hand photos posted by Paleofiguras

[Monkeysaurus]

Nice! I'm hesitant to pick it up because it isn't 1/35 according to my calculations but setting that aside it's still a gorgeous model. I really wish PNSO would risk larger sculpts sometimes.

[bmathison1972]

Guanlingsaurus is now available at Lana Time Shop ($30.99/USD).

Thanks. Just ordered it. Interestingly it doesn't show up under the PNSO tab but comes up if you search for it by name.

[Concavenator]

I've noticed that what all the ichthyosaurs PNSO have released for the Prehistoric Animal Models line have in common is that they're shastasaurids (big enough for them to be comfortably made in ~ 1:35 scale) and Chinese, save for the Eurhinosaurus.

I'd love to see them make a Shonisaurus. Size-wise, it's definitely feasible (and it'd be a large and imposing figure). But it's not a Chinese taxon, so I don't know if it qualifies to be chosen by PNSO...

[Flaffy]

Really glad we're finally getting some nice Icthyosaur figures that aren't Icthyosaurus again. Hopefully PNSO plans to make a couple more GuiZhou species. Checklist by カミトゲスピノ.
• Atopodentatus (Zewail) ✅ 
• Guizhouichthyosaurus (Youran) ✅ 
• Dinocephalosaurus (Xiaochong) ✅ 
• Nothosaurus 
• Guanlingsaurus (Yuanlin ) ✅
• Anshunsaurus 
• Coelacanth 
• Keichousaurus 
• Traumatocrinus 
• Macrocnemus 
• Xinpusaurus 
• Syngastrioceras 
• Psephochelys 
• Mixosaurus
• Eorhynchochelys
• Lariosaurus

I would love a Xinpusaurus, since I don't think we've ever gotten a thalattosaur in toy form before? I certainly wouldn't mind the shelled critters like Eorhynchochelys or Psephochelys either.

[Concavenator]

@Flaffy I think at the very least Nothosaurus has a shot at getting made, even more so because apparently some species (N. giganteus ?) could reach up to 7 m long?



If so, I had no clue that Nothosaurus could grow that large!