HAOLONGGOOD - New for 2024

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Iguanodon would be great as I wasn't happy with the PNSO one for a couple reasons.

[Stegotyranno420]

From "Kentrosaurus is too small" to "there will be opportunities"... We are getting there... 

I think I know who drew that wonderful kentrosaurus 

[TlatolophusJuanorum]

After a short holiday here in my country, I got finally last week the wonderful pair of long-awaited Chasmosaurus belli. This wonderful pair had early shots roaming around in the morning

getting ready for lunch time?

And, let's go for a walk...
Later that afternoon they seemed to be in touch with some Dinosaur Park fellows: PNSOs Parasaurolophus, Corythosaurus and Lambeosaurus and HLGs Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai (though no definite species has been assigned to this formation).

Cozier night with more DP pals, right?


Now I'm really excited for the amazing pair of Edmontosaurus I just couldn't resist of buying them. 
Which other surprises Haolonggood will have for us? Maybe... some feathered theropods? Azhdarchids? let's wait and see. 

[SidB]

Yup, HLG has made the long, long wait for a decent Chasmosaurus  worth the wait.

[Faelrin]

I might be late on this but saw that the new Edmontosaurus is in stock on Amazon for only $25. Much cheaper then I would have thought. So gorgeous too. Definitely want to pick one of those up, but there's so many I want to pick up too that I'm behind on, like the Chasmosaurus as well.

[postsaurischian]

   For size comparison:





   The green version looks much better than in the official pics.

[Carnoking]

Really not measuring up to PNSO's offering but still packs a lot in a little package for a great price.

[Flaffy]

A far cry from the teaser. THe downgrade from concept --> final production was expected, but still would've liked to see something like a "deluxe" collectors edition be published.

[SidB]

Really not measuring up to PNSO's offering but still packs a lot in a little package for a great price.

A very nice piece, but I'm quite satisfied with my PNSO Edmontosaurus. The HLG one is really good value for the modest price.

[Faelrin]

I guess that partly explains the cheaper price compared to PNSO's. It's much smaller.

Still find the green one attractive. I like the addition of the purple on the final one.

Edit: Anyone got an approximate scale for each?

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Broke down and ordered both. I too would have liked a bigger, deluxe edition of the Edmontosaurus though. Maybe they can do so with a different species?

[thebermuda303]

Edit: Anyone got an approximate scale for each?

Both fit in 1:35, E.annectens has a lot of size variation between adult individuals

[TlatolophusJuanorum]

I guess that partly explains the cheaper price compared to PNSO's. It's much smaller.

Still find the green one attractive. I like the addition of the purple on the final one.

Edit: Anyone got an approximate scale for each?

DinosDragons has already spoken about size estimates for Edmontosaurus, E.annectens to be more precise. A study regarding different individuals from a particular bonebed ( https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.13679) in South Dakota, ranging top sized individuals to up to 12 meters. While, on the other hand, E.regalis adult sizes range from 9-12 meters. 
Taking this particular photo as reference, we can see the height is quite according to average sizes of 3-4 m.
Now, from Paleofiguras' recent photos I could only indirectly infer some rough estimates regarding HLGs Edmontosaurus. Referencing DDs 33.5cm along the centra (a.c) for Zabad, and correcting for a 30 degree tilt for the neck-head joint and curved tail, I got an aprox 28 cm length a.c. This would gave us for 1:35 scale a 9.8m individual, close to an average E.regalis, as far as I can tell. Larger individuals, as depicted by Zabad, were extremely rare. Meanwhile, average indivuals should get us a more rightful perspective on size estimates for the species.

" MOR 1142 ("X-rex") and MOR 1609 ("Becky's Giant"), suggest that E. annectens may have reached lengths of nearly 49 feet (15 m)" are exceptional individuals not to be regarded as average ones. Zabad may be based on E.Drinker Cope's nearly 12m studied individual. So a nearly 10m individual is not that far from reality. I hope this rough calculation helps a bit. I would be very pleased to read more educated insights about it, as this is not my area of expertise.

[Concavenator]

IDs confirmed by Everything Dinosaur.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Maybe 5 there I will purchase for sure.

[ceratopsian]

The only one I might pass on is the Stegosaurus. The others are just too tempting for me.

[Faelrin]

@TlatolophusJuanorum Thank you for the trouble of that. Would you say that PNSO's represents E. annectens, and Haolongood's represents E. regalis, or are they both E. annectens? I noticed they both have the large neck scales, which I think is from E. annectens from the discussion in the PNSO thread?

I'd love to have a figure of both in my collection. I think Safari's and CollectA's were also E. regalis, but they also had the same type of large scales of the neck.


Also glad to see Maiasaura is officially confirmed to be getting a figure from them. Camarasaurus is interesting too. I wonder how it will compare with Safari's.

[Sim]

I noticed they both have the large neck scales, which I think is from E. annectens from the discussion in the PNSO thread?

The large neck scales are from Edmontosaurus regalis.

[Faelrin]

@Sim Thanks for the correction. Much appreciated.

[TlatolophusJuanorum]

@TlatolophusJuanorum Thank you for the trouble of that. Would you say that PNSO's represents E. annectens, and Haolongood's represents E. regalis, or are they both E. annectens? I noticed they both have the large neck scales, which I think is from E. annectens from the discussion in the PNSO thread?

I'd love to have a figure of both in my collection. I think Safari's and CollectA's were also E. regalis, but they also had the same type of large scales of the neck.


Also glad to see Maiasaura is officially confirmed to be getting a figure from them. Camarasaurus is interesting too. I wonder how it will compare with Safari's.

I would indeed keep that distinction between both PNSO and Haolonggood figures.
Even though, most discoveries regarding skin impressions are attributable to E. annectens mummies, neck scales  and comb were discovered from an E.regalis one. It seems safe to make a mix of both species in some regards, but their most distinctive features are their skulls.
E. annectens differed from E. regalis by having a longer, lower, and less robust skull and the lack of a comb-like crest "Cranial Growth and Variation in Edmontosaurs (Dinosauria: Hadrosauridae): Implications for Latest Cretaceous Megaherbivore Diversity in North America" (taken from Edmontosaurus wiki)

*Added photo*
Yet, some speculative crest in E. annectens is fairly acceptable.
I am also excited to see those genera to be represented, maybe in the future we may get Brachylophosaurus and Shantungosaurus in proper scale and detail. (Quite interested on the latter being a full size individual making Zabad feel dwarfed in comparison.)