XINPANYIAN and WLNTDOLA

[DinoToyForum]

While populating the DinoToyBlog Amazon store I noticed there are two 'brands' on Amazon selling Haolonggood figures: XINPANYIAN and WLNTDOLA. These sometime prefix Haolonggood listings, but they are suspicious and off-putting, especially given the completely unpronounceable "wlntd...", surely just a random combination of letters. Are these both official distributers, genuine brands? Are they selling knock-offs? Are they connected to Haolonggood in any way? Maybe @HaoLongGood_Elsa can help shed some light onto this to assure us these are genuine sellers.

Some examples:
XINPANYIAN https://amzn.to/3A5BdG2
WLNTDOLA https://amzn.to/3AfW21q

They often sell the same figures. I don't want to duplicate products on the DinoToyBlog Amazon Store, so if they are genuine, is one of these more reliable than the other?

[Faelrin]

It seems they both sell a bunch of different brands figures. I think they might be offering legit products, but just as a third party retailer, compared to like PNSO and Haolonggood who have official stores on Amazon. I would just stick to those on those official stores

[DinoToyForum]

It seems they both sell a bunch of different brands figures. I think they might be offering legit products, but just as a third party retailer, compared to like PNSO and Haolonggood who have official stores on Amazon. I would just stick to those on those official stores

There's an official Haolonggood store on Amazon?

[Faelrin]

Yep. Here you go:

https://www.amazon.com/stores/HAOLONGGOOD/%E4%B8%BB%E9%A1%B5/page/2FED3A2C-4A73-44FF-91CF-A5DBCED5118E

[DinoToyForum]

Yep. Here you go:

https://www.amazon.com/stores/HAOLONGGOOD/%E4%B8%BB%E9%A1%B5/page/2FED3A2C-4A73-44FF-91CF-A5DBCED5118E

Thanks! These official Haolonggood store products didn't seem to show up in a search. I will try and prioritise those for the STB store.

I also found an explanation for "WLNTDOLA" on their store. W(elcome to) L(ana) T(ime) D(in)0(saur) LA(and). Still awful at face value, and impossible to pronounce either as a word or an initialism, but at least it makes some semblance of sense.

[thomasw100]

Yep. Here you go:

https://www.amazon.com/stores/HAOLONGGOOD/%E4%B8%BB%E9%A1%B5/page/2FED3A2C-4A73-44FF-91CF-A5DBCED5118E

Thanks! These official Haolonggood store products didn't seem to show up in a search. I will try and prioritise those for the STB store.

I also found an explanation for "WLNTDOLA" on their store. W(elcome to) L(ana) T(ime) D(in)0(saur) LA(and). Still awful at face value, and impossible to pronounce either as a word or an initialism, but at least it makes some semblance of sense.

This would possibly suggest that it would be an Amazon store of Lana Time Shop?

[DinoToyForum]

Yep. Here you go:

https://www.amazon.com/stores/HAOLONGGOOD/%E4%B8%BB%E9%A1%B5/page/2FED3A2C-4A73-44FF-91CF-A5DBCED5118E

Thanks! These official Haolonggood store products didn't seem to show up in a search. I will try and prioritise those for the STB store.

I also found an explanation for "WLNTDOLA" on their store. W(elcome to) L(ana) T(ime) D(in)0(saur) LA(and). Still awful at face value, and impossible to pronounce either as a word or an initialism, but at least it makes some semblance of sense.

This would possibly suggest that it would be an Amazon store of Lana Time Shop?

What's the Lana Time Shop?

[DinoToyForum]

These official Haolonggood store products didn't seem to show up in a search.

Ah, I think it's because the seller doesn't ship to my shipping location (UK), so if I'm logged into Amazon USA there is no price or way to order them, so I'm not presented with them as an option unless I go directly to the URL.

[Faelrin]

A retailer that sells a variety of brands (Haolonggood, Nanmu, PNSO, Recur, etc):

https://lanatime-shop.com/

[DinoToyForum]

Thanks, I didn't know about that store. Why on Earth would they call themselves WLNTDOLA on Amazon, when they could simply call themselves Lana Time? That's rhetorical, no need to answer! I'm going to call them "Lana Time on Amazon" going forward because that's possible to say/think.

Lana Time on Amazon is a little cheaper than both Haolonggood on Amazon and XINPANYIAN on Amazon for the same Haolongood figures. Same free shipping. The former also ships wider. So, maybe I should go with Lana Time on Amazon for Haolongood in the DinoToyBlog Amazon store after all.

[thomasw100]

Thanks, I didn't know about that store. Why on Earth would they call themselves WLNTDOLA on Amazon, when they could simply call themselves Lana Time? That's rhetorical, no need to answer! I'm going to call them "Lana Time on Amazon" going forward because that's possible to say/think.

Lana Time on Amazon is a little cheaper than both Haolonggood on Amazon and XINPANYIAN on Amazon for the same Haolongood figures. Same free shipping. The former also ships wider. So, maybe I should go with Lana Time on Amazon for Haolongood in the DinoToyBlog Amazon store after all.

I have ordered many times from Lana Time Shop, but directly through their website. Essentially I get all my PNSO and Haolonggood figures from them these days. They are a fairly reliable store with very good customer service. They do also offer many resin models from a wide range of art studios in China and elsewhere.

[ceratopsian]

Yes. The only way to see them is to enter a US zip code as the delivery address.

These official Haolonggood store products didn't seem to show up in a search.

Ah, I think it's because the seller doesn't ship to my shipping location (UK), so if I'm logged into Amazon USA there is no price or way to order them, so I'm not presented with them as an option unless I go directly to the URL.

[DinoToyForum]

Yes. The only way to see them is to enter a US zip code as the delivery address.

These official Haolonggood store products didn't seem to show up in a search.

Ah, I think it's because the seller doesn't ship to my shipping location (UK), so if I'm logged into Amazon USA there is no price or way to order them, so I'm not presented with them as an option unless I go directly to the URL.

Yes, that's exactly what I did! I wonder why Haolonggood don't ship worldwide on Amazon.com though, because they must ship worldwide to distributers.

[thomasw100]

Yes, that's exactly what I did! I wonder why Haolonggood don't ship worldwide on Amazon.com though, because they must ship worldwide to distributers.

I have been wondering about this as well. For this reason the designer editions are not available in Europe. Perhaps this has something to do with calculation of shipping costs or taxation issues.

[postsaurischian]

....... I wonder why Haolonggood don't ship worldwide on Amazon.com though, because they must ship worldwide to distributers.

(To me) it's a riddle (I have no concern with economies and their weird regularities).
Meanwhile (living in Germany) it's easier and cheaper to get goods from China than from the United States. Ten years ago the situation was completely different: I had absolutely no access to the Chinese market (Remember? It was very complicated and expensive to get the first PNSO models) and the U.S. had always been (West-) Germany's big brother since '49. Many of their products had even been released more or less simultaneously in both countries.
I'm just glad I was able to collect together a considerable collection of antiquarian U.S. comic books before the change .

[ceratopsian]

I assume that the designer painted models ship direct from China, not the USA.  Maybe import requirements are stricter outside the US.  Their worldwide distributors would handle those requirements - I can't imagine Amazon being any help there, it would be just Haolonggood being responsible for the technicalities.