Haolonggood - New for 2025

[Flaffy]

I think this is an unpopular opinion, but I don't understand the outrage about this Giganotosaurus situation. It's definitely a little dumb to destroy a whole run of figures, but I see no reason to get angry or frustrated at this.
We are still going to get a Giganotosaurus, and it will likely be just as good or better than this one.

Likewise. That's the whole point of R&D afterall. If HLG felt the need to redo the figure, then it is their decision to make, whatever the reason may be. Big companies cancel entire lines and waves of figures all the time despite having production batches ready for shipment, I don't see how the HLG situation is anomalous in the industry.

[Gwangi]

HLG ditching their Giganotosaurus figures strikes me as completely unnecessary. Hopefully the final version will somehow represent an improvement, but sans some pretty minor (to my eyes, anyway) inaccuracy, it was looking great. As it was, I would've still considered it the best Giganotosaurus figure yet.

Agreed. This was the first Giganotosaurus I planned on purchasing since I bought the Carnegie model. That's saying something.

[Monkeysaurus]

Agree with all of you. I say this as someone who dislikes HLG theropods. They're all a little off to me in ways I can't really articulate well. The only theropods I have liked from them are their Carcharodontosaurus and Dilophosaurus pair. That seemed to change with the first images of their Giga. It looked incredible. Let's just hope the changes they're making are for the best and that it isn't a lip removal. I have faith in them. No other company gives you as much bang for your buck as HLG so I choose to give them the benefit of doubt here.

[Berno]

I think this is an unpopular opinion, but I don't understand the outrage about this Giganotosaurus situation. It's definitely a little dumb to destroy a whole run of figures, but I see no reason to get angry or frustrated at this.
We are still going to get a Giganotosaurus, and it will likely be just as good or better than this one.

I think there is a fear in the air that the new version could be lipless.

[Paleomimi]

I think this is an unpopular opinion, but I don't understand the outrage about this Giganotosaurus situation. It's definitely a little dumb to destroy a whole run of figures, but I see no reason to get angry or frustrated at this.
We are still going to get a Giganotosaurus, and it will likely be just as good or better than this one.

I mean, giving them away would have been better than just destroying them. If not to dinosaur enthusiasts, at least it could have made some kids happy.

[GojiraGuy1954]

I think this is an unpopular opinion, but I don't understand the outrage about this Giganotosaurus situation. It's definitely a little dumb to destroy a whole run of figures, but I see no reason to get angry or frustrated at this.
We are still going to get a Giganotosaurus, and it will likely be just as good or better than this one.

It's a lot of unnecessary waste

[Turkeysaurus]

I hope Miragaia happens soon enough. It's not that large so maybe i can order that.

[Concavenator]

I hope Miragaia happens soon enough. It's not that large so maybe i can order that.

Yes please! Wonderful animal, and HLG delivers great stegosaurs. Very hyped for that one!

BTW, I wonder if HLG will be including some extra figure with the Diplodocus like they did with their Alamosaurus, Argentinosaurus and Brachiosaurus. If they included a Kentrosaurus with it like the Huayangosaurus they included with the Argentino/Brachio I wouldn't be opposed to that, because the Diplodocus I'll be getting. 

[Turkeysaurus]

I hope Miragaia happens soon enough. It's not that large so maybe i can order that.

Yes please! Wonderful animal, and HLG delivers great stegosaurs. Very hyped for that one!

BTW, I wonder if HLG will be including some extra figure with the Diplodocus like they did with their Alamosaurus, Argentinosaurus and Brachiosaurus. If they included a Kentrosaurus with it like the Huayangosaurus they included with the Argentino/Brachio I wouldn't be opposed to that, because the Diplodocus I'll be getting. 

Ruyangosaurus seems more likely for that. It'll somewhere between Argentinosaurus and Alamo/Brachi in terms of size.

Diplodocus similar size to Mamenchi & Apatosaurus.

[Turkeysaurus]

Today I ordered Daspletosaurus (Purple/Brown) which was 23 Euro (cost 37 Euro with taxes)

I know it's a bit larger than what average 1:35 should be but there are specimens named Pete III and another i forgot. They should be 10-11 meters long.

There aren't many models that i can order to my country, almost none at this size. Even if i can find someone to bring figures in future , i don't want to waste that space on Daspletosaurus.

I might try to paint eyes less cartoony. That would change a lot. Maybe i would paint it's face to black like Eofauna or Rebor to make large scales less noticable too.

What's your take on Haolonggood Daspletosaurus? It doesn't seem too out of place next to Eofauna & PNSO.

[Concavenator]

What's your take on Haolonggood Daspletosaurus? It doesn't seem too out of place next to Eofauna & PNSO.

It's stated to represent D. torosus but it's a closer fit to D. horneri (though not a perfect fit, either).

Personally, I am not a fan of it. I think the Safari Albertosaurus from those pics is a better figure than that Daspletosaurus (and than PNSO's Albertosaurus, since we're at it).

[Monkeysaurus]

@Turkeysaurus

It doesn't look out of place to me in those pictures, however I don't actually have that model so I can't compare them in person. I actually think this is one of their better looking theropods. You paint your figures? I wish I had the artistic talent to do that confidently. I just ordered some 1/35 deinonychus figures from Etsy - unpainted. I'm going to attempt to paint them when they get here however I'm a bit nervous.

[Turkeysaurus]

@Turkeysaurus

It doesn't look out of place to me in those pictures, however I don't actually have that model so I can't compare them in person. I actually think this is one of their better looking theropods. You paint your figures? I wish I had the artistic talent to do that confidently. I just ordered some 1/35 deinonychus figures from Etsy - unpainted. I'm going to attempt to paint them when they get here however I'm a bit nervous.

I haven't tried with any PNSO (I probably wouldn't dare) or Haolonggood yet. I have painted a few Papos. There are a lot of figure painting videos on youtube. Don't be too ambitious though. Make sure you have a plan step by step and keep it simple especially with patterns.

[Monkeysaurus]

@Turkeysaurus

It doesn't look out of place to me in those pictures, however I don't actually have that model so I can't compare them in person. I actually think this is one of their better looking theropods. You paint your figures? I wish I had the artistic talent to do that confidently. I just ordered some 1/35 deinonychus figures from Etsy - unpainted. I'm going to attempt to paint them when they get here however I'm a bit nervous.

I haven't try with any PNSO (I probably wouldn't dare) or Haolonggood yet. I have painted a few Papos. There are a lot of figure painting videos on youtube. Don't be too ambitious though. Make sure you have a plan step by step and keep it simple especially with patterns.

Thanks for the advice. I'm going brown, then dry brushing lighter brown with some creamy color perhaps, then I'll probably do a dark wash. I may attempt to paint red the tips of their tail and arm feathers to stand in for a male and the other one a female with just brown.

[crazy8wizard]

What's your take on Haolonggood Daspletosaurus? It doesn't seem too out of place next to Eofauna & PNSO.

Personally, I'm on the fence as to if I like it, The anatomy is really good but the face completely ruins it. The weird squinty, almost slanted eyes look strange, the skin on the antorbital fenestra (while reasonable) grosses me out, and the giant lip/gum line on the dentaries that look too far apart makes the lower jaw look bigger than it should be.
In short, the postcrania and color are good! The face ruins it for me though. It looks like you took its picture right as it was sneezing, so I'll stick with my safari model.

[The Templar of the Past]

I must get the EoFauna Tyrannosaurus some day, it looks so bearish and that was one of the reasons why the second Saurian T.rex design is one of my favorite.

[Ajax88]

I must get the EoFauna Tyrannosaurus some day, it looks so bearish and that was one of the reasons why the second Saurian T.rex design is one of my favorite.

Yep, it looks meaty and bulky like a real 9 ton monster animal.

[Joel1905]

I must get the EoFauna Tyrannosaurus some day, it looks so bearish and that was one of the reasons why the second Saurian T.rex design is one of my favorite.

Funny, the bearish look is why I don't like it very much! I hope PNSO give us a lipped Rex soon that doesn't look mammalian.

[Gwangi]

I never thought the Eofauna T. rex looked mammalian, it reminds me of monitor lizards more than anything.

[SidB]

I never thought the Eofauna T. rex looked mammalian, it reminds me of monitor lizards more than anything.

I don't buy into the "mammalian" suggestion either. I guess that anyone can project almost anything onto an object under the right conditions. If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then so is much else besides, I suppose. The  Eofauna rex is am outstanding effort to create an objectively accurate figure, in as far as that is possible, given the current state of our knowledge. If I was going to attach the rubric "mammalian" to a rex, that might be the Rebor Kiss/Tusk, with its rather mammalian musculature, as L @Leyster pointed out some time ago.(Mind you, I quite like my Rebor Kiss for its brutish presence, but the Eofauna is a more reptilian figure.