Dilo’s collection.

[Concavenator]

Beautiful pics!

[DefinitelyNOTDilo]

Here begins my X-Mas haul! First up we have the PNSO Zuul!
 






Here we have it next to my other Ankylosaurids, the HLG Euoplocephalus and Tianzhenosaurus, both wonderful models!




And with all of my Ankylosaurians, including the aforementioned as well as the HLG Edmontonia and Gastonia!




And of course I'd be remiss if I didn't compare it with Safari's rendition of the very same species! This model was made before the postcrania was fully described, and as a result is sadly somewhat out of date. Still, it's a good model!




And lastly here it is with its Judith River contemporaries, Edmontonia and Brachylophosaurus (Represented by HLG's Maiasaura)

[DefinitelyNOTDilo]

Next up, HLG's amazing Majungasaurus! A species that I've wanted in 1:35 for ages now, so as soon as I saw it I knew I had to have it, and it did not disappoint!







Here it is next to my other Abelisaur, HLG's Carnotaurus, honestly an underrated figure IMO.



And with HLG's other medium theropods, Dilophosaurus, Megaraptor, and the aforementioned Carnotaurus. They're building up quite a collection, and the upcoming Concavenator will be a welcome addition!

[Sim]

I'm enjoying seeing your collection!

These photos are beautiful!  If any of them was a DTF diorama contest entry I would vote for it!

[DefinitelyNOTDilo]

I'm enjoying seeing your collection!
These photos are beautiful!  If any of them was a DTF diorama contest entry I would vote for it!

Hah! Thank you! I wouldn't really consider them dioramas as they're simply in a plant pot lol

[DefinitelyNOTDilo]

Speaking of Megaraptor, it's the next addition on our list! I'm a huge fan of Megaraptorans, so this is a must-have for me, although the weird duck snout doesn't quite look right to me, so I may end up modifying that.







And for a comparison, my other Argentinean theropods, HLG's Carnotaurus and PNSO's Mapusaurus



Lastly, I decided to take a shot of Megaraptor stalking a herd of juvenile Macrogryphus, represented here by the CollectA Hyspilophodon family...

[DefinitelyNOTDilo]

Which also happen to be my next addition! These were quite a lucky find, as this was the very last one in stock at Happy Hen Toys! Gorgeous little fellas!






Here they are with some more derived Ornithopod cousins.



However, for the time being, they will actually be standing in as Nanosaurus for my Morrison shelf, so here they are with a couple Morrison species!



And a bonus shot with a curious baby stegosaur

[DefinitelyNOTDilo]

And lastly, not one but two Collecta Ornithomimus models! I've been wanting a proper Ornithomimid for my collection, and I'd say this is def the best on the market for 1:35!






Here they are with my Deinocheirus, on the opposite side of the Ornithomimosaurian family tree!



With the rest of my feathered dinosaurs, the Safari Anzu, Citipati (representing Gigantoraptor), PNSO Therizinosaurus, and Deinocheirus!



lastly, here it is with a selection of Hell Creek contemporaries. We have Anzu, Denversaurus (represented by the closely related Edmontonia), and the wonderful Triceratops I got from @Bread

[DefinitelyNOTDilo]

And of course, for the final shot, the whole group together!

[Sim]

It's interesting to see the green Haolonggood Tianzhenosaurus.  I have the yellow version of that figure and I'm happy with it, but the green one looks beautiful too.  I agree the Haolonggood Carnotaurus is underrated, it's a great figure.  I'm happy to see someone else with the brown Megaraptor!  That's the colour version I have too and usually I only see the grey version.

[Turkeysaurus]

I wish HLG edmontonia was a bit larger or gastonia was smaller.

I have gastonia & PNSO borealopelta and both should be 15-16 cm to be 1/35 (5.5 m) but they are larger than that for sure.
From this blog:



Great models though.

I hope PNSO makes an Edmontonia, i love that dinosaur but also it would help scaling.

Congrats on your collection btw. PNSO Deinocherius is a scene stealer.

[SidB]

Nice 4-pack, @Turkeysaurus. I like your choice of the Safari Sauropelta, definitely one of the very best of their dinosaurs. I prefer it over the PNSO version, which is itself a fine product.

[GnastyGnorc]

I wish HLG edmontonia was a bit larger or gastonia was smaller.

I have gastonia & PNSO borealopelta and both should be 15-16 cm to be 1/35 (5.5 m) but they are larger than that for sure.
From this blog:



Great models though.

I hope PNSO makes an Edmontonia, i love that dinosaur but also it would help scaling.

Congrats on your collection btw. PNSO Deinocherius is a scene stealer.

The issue I think is definitely the borealopelta and the Gastonia. They are just oversized. I hope Haolonggood takes a try at borealopelta at some point. But the Collecta borealopelta is very good at 1:35

The Edmontonia seems to be perfect at the 1:35 scale unless you hope a theoretical larger scale version from PNSO

[Turkeysaurus]

Nice 4-pack, @Turkeysaurus. I like your choice of the Safari Sauropelta, definitely one of the very best of their dinosaurs. I prefer it over the PNSO version, which is itself a fine product.

They are not mine , photo is from this blog. I only have these oversized borealopelta & Gastonia lol

[ceratopsian]

I'm glad you managed to get the last Hypsilophodon family. It remains a great favourite of mine. A shame that CollectA abandoned the experiment of producing such groups of small dinosaurs.

[Turkeysaurus]

I wish HLG edmontonia was a bit larger or gastonia was smaller.

I have gastonia & PNSO borealopelta and both should be 15-16 cm to be 1/35 (5.5 m) but they are larger than that for sure.
From this blog:



Great models though.

I hope PNSO makes an Edmontonia, i love that dinosaur but also it would help scaling.

Congrats on your collection btw. PNSO Deinocherius is a scene stealer.

The issue I think is definitely the borealopelta and the Gastonia. They are just oversized. I hope Haolonggood takes a try at borealopelta at some point. But the Collecta borealopelta is very good at 1:35

The Edmontonia seems to be perfect at the 1:35 scale unless you hope a theoretical larger scale version from PNSO

PNSO says it's the largest nodosaur and 7 metres. I think Haolonggood 1/35 for 6 metres.

To be honest, 20-21 cm Edmontonia would fix many scaling problems, not as big as PNSO/Eofauna Ankylosaurus (23-24 cm) but bigger than pnso & HLG nodosaurs.

[SidB]

The old Battat is closer to what I'd been expecting, not that the HLG disappointed (I have three, another story). I wouldn't mind a bigger PNSO one.

[GnastyGnorc]

I wish HLG edmontonia was a bit larger or gastonia was smaller.

I have gastonia & PNSO borealopelta and both should be 15-16 cm to be 1/35 (5.5 m) but they are larger than that for sure.
From this blog:



Great models though.

I hope PNSO makes an Edmontonia, i love that dinosaur but also it would help scaling.

Congrats on your collection btw. PNSO Deinocherius is a scene stealer.

The issue I think is definitely the borealopelta and the Gastonia. They are just oversized. I hope Haolonggood takes a try at borealopelta at some point. But the Collecta borealopelta is very good at 1:35

The Edmontonia seems to be perfect at the 1:35 scale unless you hope a theoretical larger scale version from PNSO

PNSO says it's the largest nodosaur and 7 metres. I think Haolonggood 1/35 for 6 metres.

To be honest, 20-21 cm Edmontonia would fix many scaling problems, not as big as PNSO/Eofauna Ankylosaurus (23-24 cm) but bigger than pnso & HLG nodosaurs.

I wish HLG edmontonia was a bit larger or gastonia was smaller.

I have gastonia & PNSO borealopelta and both should be 15-16 cm to be 1/35 (5.5 m) but they are larger than that for sure.
From this blog:

I wish HLG edmontonia was a bit larger or gastonia was smaller.

I have gastonia & PNSO borealopelta and both should be 15-16 cm to be 1/35 (5.5 m) but they are larger than that for sure.
From this blog:



Great models though.

I hope PNSO makes an Edmontonia, i love that dinosaur but also it would help scaling.

Congrats on your collection btw. PNSO Deinocherius is a scene stealer.

The issue I think is definitely the borealopelta and the Gastonia. They are just oversized. I hope Haolonggood takes a try at borealopelta at some point. But the Collecta borealopelta is very good at 1:35

The Edmontonia seems to be perfect at the 1:35 scale unless you hope a theoretical larger scale version from PNSO

PNSO says it's the largest nodosaur and 7 metres. I think Haolonggood 1/35 for 6 metres.

To be honest, 20-21 cm Edmontonia would fix many scaling problems, not as big as PNSO/Eofauna Ankylosaurus (23-24 cm) but bigger than pnso & HLG nodosaurs.

I wish HLG edmontonia was a bit larger or gastonia was smaller.

I have gastonia & PNSO borealopelta and both should be 15-16 cm to be 1/35 (5.5 m) but they are larger than that for sure.
From this blog:



Great models though.

I hope PNSO makes an Edmontonia, i love that dinosaur but also it would help scaling.

Congrats on your collection btw. PNSO Deinocherius is a scene stealer.

The issue I think is definitely the borealopelta and the Gastonia. They are just oversized. I hope Haolonggood takes a try at borealopelta at some point. But the Collecta borealopelta is very good at 1:35

The Edmontonia seems to be perfect at the 1:35 scale unless you hope a theoretical larger scale version from PNSO

PNSO says it's the largest nodosaur and 7 metres. I think Haolonggood 1/35 for 6 metres.

To be honest, 20-21 cm Edmontonia would fix many scaling problems, not as big as PNSO/Eofauna Ankylosaurus (23-24 cm) but bigger than pnso & HLG nodosaurs.

Great models though.

I hope PNSO makes an Edmontonia, i love that dinosaur but also it would help scaling.

Congrats on your collection btw. PNSO Deinocherius is a scene stealer.

The issue I think is definitely the borealopelta and the Gastonia. They are just oversized. I hope Haolonggood takes a try at borealopelta at some point. But the Collecta borealopelta is very good at 1:35

The Edmontonia seems to be perfect at the 1:35 scale unless you hope a theoretical larger scale version from PNSO

PNSO says it's the largest nodosaur and 7 metres. I think Haolonggood 1/35 for 6 metres.

To be honest, 20-21 cm Edmontonia would fix many scaling problems, not as big as PNSO/Eofauna Ankylosaurus (23-24 cm) but bigger than pnso & HLG nodosaurs.

Where are you getting the 7 meter estimate for Edmontonia? Everywhere I look I get 6-6.5 meters. And I think the most recent opinion is erring closer to 6 which lines up pretty perfect for the 1:35 HLG.

But I guess it would be nice to have a slightly larger version. I am just more annoyed the pnso borealopelta and HLG Gastonia are too big for 1:35. Especially when the pnso Sauropelta (I like this one over the safari just because of the unique body plan. But I do wish it had the scale details found on the safari) and HLG Edmontonia work really well in that scale.

[Turkeysaurus]

Where are you getting the 7 meter estimate for Edmontonia? Everywhere I look I get 6-6.5 meters. And I think the most recent opinion is erring closer to 6 which lines up pretty perfect for the 1:35 HLG.

I saw it from Pnso official Instagram

"Which is the largest nodosaurid found so far?
The 7-meter-long Edmontonia was the largest nodosaurid."

But now i checked out again and saw it's also given 6-7 metres and there is a skeletal with scale bars, it's 6 metres.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj0NMvshAtE/?img_index=2&igsh=MThudWpiYWRvMzZiMQ==

Even if they use 6 metres i hope they make it a bigger than borealopelta which they say consider 5.5 metres.

[thomasw100]

Where are you getting the 7 meter estimate for Edmontonia? Everywhere I look I get 6-6.5 meters. And I think the most recent opinion is erring closer to 6 which lines up pretty perfect for the 1:35 HLG.

I saw it from Pnso official Instagram

"Which is the largest nodosaurid found so far?
The 7-meter-long Edmontonia was the largest nodosaurid."

But now i checked out again and saw it's also given 6-7 metres and there is a skeletal with scale bars, it's 6 metres.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj0NMvshAtE/?img_index=2&igsh=MThudWpiYWRvMzZiMQ==

Even if they use 6 metres i hope they make it a bigger than borealopelta which they say consider 5.5 metres.

Thing is that Haolonggood Edmontonia is at the lower end of the range of length estimates and Haolonggood Gastonia and PNSO Borealopelta are at the upper end of or even a bit above that range. All these sizes are entirely plausible considering statistics of size distribution in a population with so few data (i.e. individual fossils for each species).

But thing is also that when placed next to each other it just looks a bit awkward if the genus which on average has larger size estimate is actually smaller than the genera with smaller size estimate. But statistically there is nothing wrong with these figures.

Maybe Haolonggood will produce a smaller Borealopelta any time soon. From all the known nodosaurids, it is the most famous one now and the PNSO figure is still with the old rather rough surface texture. A Borealopelta of the same quality as Edmontonia would be really great.