Haolonggood - New for 2025

[thomasw100]

Haolonggood fan account posted pictures of the packaging:

[Turkeysaurus]

I'd like to see blue variants face soon.

[thomasw100]

Yet more pictures from Paleofiguras:

[Flaffy]

Biggest deviation from promo pics so far is the Green ver. A shame as it was one of my top picks. I don't like how harsh the white is, especially when the promo pics suggested a more blended off-white/cream tone.

[thomasw100]

Biggest deviation from promo pics so far is the Green ver. A shame as it was one of my top picks. I don't like how harsh the white is, especially when the promo pics suggested a more blended off-white/cream tone.

Overall impression of the green version is more white than green actually and as you say the transition between the green and white areas is really sharp and not a smooth blending.

But maybe in natural light and seen with our eyes instead of a digital camera it will look better.

I notice that in some of the pictures it stands next to Mamenchisaurus. And the Mamenchisaurus has a bright brown almost dark tan color, whereas in natural light it is really much darker brown.

It is becoming an issue really that Haolonggood is not able to produce good pictures beforehand for such expensive figures.

[Flaffy]

Biggest deviation from promo pics so far is the Green ver. A shame as it was one of my top picks. I don't like how harsh the white is, especially when the promo pics suggested a more blended off-white/cream tone.

Overall impression of the green version is more white than green actually and as you say the transition between the green and white areas is really sharp and not a smooth blending.

Yeah definitely feels more like a primarily white colour scheme + green patterning, rather than the primarily green + cream patterning as originally suggested.

It is becoming an issue really that Haolonggood is not able to produce good pictures beforehand for such expensive figures.

Indeed. Hence why I have not secured a specific colour scheme of this particular figure. After the experience with the Argentinosaurus, I thought it'd be best if I waited for in-hand pics before deciding. Turns out it was the right decision.

[Flaffy]

The Orange ver. on the other hand looks better than expected! The more muted tones blends well together. Especially the toning down of that neon yellow.

[MLMjp]

If the green variant is that white, there's no reason to doubt anymore, red/orange is the way to go.

[SenSx]

That white tone on the Green variant definitely feels less natural, but I actually like it, this is the more striking variant.
The red finished product looks much better.
I need to see the blue !!!

[Turkeysaurus]

That white tone on the Green variant definitely feels less natural, but I actually like it, this is the more striking variant.
The red finished product looks much better.
I need to see the blue !!!

There you go

[Duna]

I am so surprised by the brown-orange. It is very very good. I went for the blue because my alamosaurus is brown, but I'd say the orange brachio looks the best of the three.

[Elengassen]

Agree with the other comments – the green version looks less good than the promo pics, while the orange looks better. I was hesitating between those two, and ended up ordering the orange one. I was worried it would be too vivid, and was starting to semi-regret my decision, but it looks like I made the right choice 

[Turkeysaurus]

I am so surprised by the brown-orange. It is very very good. I went for the blue because my alamosaurus is brown, but I'd say the orange brachio looks the best of the three.

My situation is same. I have bunch of brown-ish sauropods. I think orange is most natural but i gotta choose between green & blue.
Btw i don't like that skin/beak/teeth combination. It's straight from halloween

[SenSx]

Thanks for the blue pic !
Unfortunately the lightning is not as good.
I will wait for better photos of the blue.

It's really hard to choose, all three look good to me.
But the red might be the most natural, and yet still striking.

[thomasw100]

My situation is same. I have bunch of brown-ish sauropods. I think orange is most natural but i gotta choose between green & blue.
Btw i don't like that skin/beak/teeth combination. It's straight from halloween

Particularly disturbing are the distinct sharp grooves between the beak like structure and the scaly skin. This was not so obvious in the promotional images and also not in the zoomed in picture of the unpainted head.

Just cannot see why there should be such grooves between the keratin and the skin. Rather, the skin should be partly overlaying the margin of the keratinuous structure.

After all, I may still end up having to send the Brachiosaurus for some touchup work and if this is just to fill in and cover these grooves and then repaint this part of the head. And maybe remove the teeth as well.

[SenSx]

I don't mind the grooves, but the teeth yes, is there any reason to have visible teeth outside with mouth closed on this animal ?
If not I think I'll immediately get the teeth removed on mine.

[Elengassen]

My situation is same. I have bunch of brown-ish sauropods. I think orange is most natural but i gotta choose between green & blue.
Btw i don't like that skin/beak/teeth combination. It's straight from halloween

Yes, as with the Dilophosaurus, I don't understand why they chose to increase their own workload by having exposed teeth even though the mouth is closed. There is no consistency in their approach, some figures have exposed teeth and some have lips/covered teeth like the Camarasaurus. I guess there is an internal split at Haolonggood between Team Lips and Team Overbite. (Or maybe they just hire different sculptors and let them do what they want.)

[Flaffy]

The groove between skin and keratin + exposed teeth looks very bad to me. I don't understand this design choice as it's certainly not scientifically accurate.

[SenSx]

Doesn't Argentinosaurus have those grooves on the upper beak though ?
I don't really mind it, just the exposed teeth.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Paleofiguras first in hand pictures of Brachiosaurus:

I ordered the green version but  I could possibly change it before it ships.  I'm just not sure really. I liked the original green design and I can't tell now if it's really changed a lot or if it depends on lighting? It looks like the patterns became more intricate. I do notice in the pic above they seem to have dry brushed part of the jaw white when they painted the teeth as well.

I like how you can see the skin detail on the orange version with the lighting in these images.

The lines around the beak though similar to the Argentinosaurus are not nearly as well done and almost look to have been an afterthought?