PNSO—New for 2020

[Loon]

@Shonisaurus you're welcome.

In-hand pictures look good!

https://www.paleo-nerd.com/news/borealopelta-pnso-disponibile-su-amazon-com/

It does look incredibly nice, if a bit dull. Still, I'm excited for mine to get here.

[Shonisaurus]

I have yet to receive the lambeosaurus, corythosaurus, atopodentatus and borealopelta (these last two have not yet been sent to me). I am sincerely looking forward to having them in my collection along with the tuojiagonsaurus and microraptor.

[Dinoguy2]

What was said in other messages of mine. The corythosaurus is larger than the lambeosaurus, the latter being the largest. Maybe PNSO made the corythosaurus bigger instead because maybe it is a dinosaur that is sold much more?
I suppose that happens with most of the giant dinosaurs with respect to other known dinosaurs or prehistoric animals because in this way and for economic and consumer reasons, they amortize the costs of manufacturing the figures and prefer to risk just enough when making figures of prehistoric animals in this case less known dinosaurs making them smaller, in this case lambeosaurus. That may be the reason.

I always thought Lambeosaurus was huge, but apparently that was revised a couple of years ago.
It is actually about 9 m.

I also always had the impression that Lambeosaurus was immense, and then I remembered why. David Peters!


Peters' mentions a 56 foot skeleton found in Baja California. He's talking about Magnapaulia. "Lambeosaurus" laticaudus was described in 1981, so lots and lots of books from the 80s to 2010s say that Lambeosaurus was gigantic, but they're talking about laticaudus. So the size was not revised, but rather the big skeleton was reclassified as a new genus.

[Faelrin]

In regards to the Borealopelta in hand pics it looks like there's been a stark difference in the color scheme from the prototype. Like no orange highlights or wash that made it look so realistic. The eyes seem a bit brighter or cartoony in comparison to what is on the prototype as well. I haven't noticed a difference with their other new releases with the pics of the in the hand figures (Corythosaurus sculpt aside, and maybe the Lambeosaurus green is a tad bit darker). To be honest it is disappointing for me, though I'll be sure to still get it at some point.

[Shonisaurus]

D @Dinoguy2 Thanks DTF and the members of the same forum, I am learning more about paleontology and biology than with the outdated books that I have on dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. Honestly now I know that the lambeosaurus is not that big, and that the wuerhosaurus and tsintaosaurus by new scientific discoveries did not have that appearance.

I suppose the corythosaurus can be thought of as a magnapaulia.

@Faelrin On the other hand, the dinosaurs in many brands of toy dinosaurs unfortunately differ in their marketable model from their prototype and Eofauna is no exception. But I am also aware that it is one thing to see the figures in photography or video and others to know them physically I can assure you that in most cases the figures are, in this case of PNSO, much better than the photographs that circulate on the Internet, although of course like many other figures from other brands of toy dinosaurs they differ in relation to the initial prototype. This should be corrected, but it must be borne in mind that the photography / photographs / videos of the initial prototype are only indicative of what the figure to be marketed really is.

[Sim]

What was said in other messages of mine. The corythosaurus is larger than the lambeosaurus, the latter being the largest. Maybe PNSO made the corythosaurus bigger instead because maybe it is a dinosaur that is sold much more?
I suppose that happens with most of the giant dinosaurs with respect to other known dinosaurs or prehistoric animals because in this way and for economic and consumer reasons, they amortize the costs of manufacturing the figures and prefer to risk just enough when making figures of prehistoric animals in this case less known dinosaurs making them smaller, in this case lambeosaurus. That may be the reason.

I always thought Lambeosaurus was huge, but apparently that was revised a couple of years ago.
It is actually about 9 m.
That still doesn't explain why the PNSO Corythosaurus is that massive.
For now, I'm just going to pretend that Caroline is a Magnapaulia.

In The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs 2nd edition, it says Lambeosaurus lambei is 7.5 m, while Corythosaurus casuarius is 8 m.  That may be why the PNSO Corytho is bigger than the Lambeo.

[Dinoguy2]

What was said in other messages of mine. The corythosaurus is larger than the lambeosaurus, the latter being the largest. Maybe PNSO made the corythosaurus bigger instead because maybe it is a dinosaur that is sold much more?
I suppose that happens with most of the giant dinosaurs with respect to other known dinosaurs or prehistoric animals because in this way and for economic and consumer reasons, they amortize the costs of manufacturing the figures and prefer to risk just enough when making figures of prehistoric animals in this case less known dinosaurs making them smaller, in this case lambeosaurus. That may be the reason.

I always thought Lambeosaurus was huge, but apparently that was revised a couple of years ago.
It is actually about 9 m.
That still doesn't explain why the PNSO Corythosaurus is that massive.
For now, I'm just going to pretend that Caroline is a Magnapaulia.

In The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs 2nd edition, it says Lambeosaurus lambei is 7.5 m, while Corythosaurus casuarius is 8 m.  That may be why the PNSO Corytho is bigger than the Lambeo.

Could be why they did it, but that's only a foot and a half difference, so it definitely doesn't justify the size discrepancy in the figures.

[Sarapaurolophus]

Yes that Corytho's head is very big but it's still a gorgeous sculpt so I am really torn
The Lamby is a must-buy and so is the yet to be revealed Parasaurolophus. I guess the latter's color scheme will determine if the Corytho will join the collection or not. I really love its colors. The Lamby's crest looks like my nation's flag so I am tempted to mess with that a little. Not that I hate my country but I don't want a Lambeosaurus to remind me of soccer hooligans

[Shonisaurus]

By the way, no more PNSO news will be revealed. I think PNSO is spoiling me with their recent and constant revelations.

[postsaurischian]

The Lamby's crest looks like my nation's flag so I am tempted to mess with that a little. Not that I hate my country but I don't want a Lambeosaurus to remind me of soccer hooligans

Yes, I'm having the same "problem" with Carnegie's Amargasaurus and with Paleozoo's Wiwaxia.
  I can't look at the latter because it reminds me of ... well, soccer hooligans .
  But it's not so bad with PNSO's Lambeosaurus.

[Sarapaurolophus]

The Lamby's crest looks like my nation's flag so I am tempted to mess with that a little. Not that I hate my country but I don't want a Lambeosaurus to remind me of soccer hooligans

Yes, I'm having the same "problem" with Carnegie's Amargasaurus and with Paleozoo's Wiwaxia.
  I can't look at the latter because it reminds me of ... well, soccer hooligans .
  But it's not so bad with PNSO's Lambeosaurus.

Haha, I didn't even know about that Wiwaxia. Had to look it up.
The Amargasaurus bothers me less, maybe because the color scheme is evenly distributed over its body. With PNSO's Audrey it's like she painted her face because she's such a fangirl. Probably because the color scheme is concentrated in just one spot. There is also that thick black, jagged line the proto picture doesn't have. It's more of a gradient on the prototype, which I would have liked more.

But anyways, I'm going to get it. Can't pass up a sizeable hadrosaur model that beautiful.

[KeU]

https://tieba.baidu.com/p/7053228127
On hand pics of Gavin.
Can see that the figure is packed with details.
Paint as expected is not as good as the prototype.
Will need a bit of dry brushing to bring out the details.

[Remko]

Details were to be expected. After all, we basically know very well what this animal looked like in real life.

[Bread]

I wonder if its just the photos taken of it, but it looks a little shiny? If thats the correct word to describe the paint? Honestly, I need more shots of it before I decide. Still looks pretty good, but I have to make a choice between this or the Ankylosaurus.

[Halzk]

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[Loon]

Honestly, I'm kind of preferring the CollectA...

[Faelrin]

Even with more of these in hand pics, I'm sadly not as impressed with this one (sculpt aside) like I was initially, probably from this one being my most anticipated after waiting much of the year for it. I'm really not sure why there is such a stark difference in this one and the prototype pics, when compared with their other releases. Lack of wash aside it also looks much darker (unless that is due to lighting, hopefully) and maybe glossier as well. It's probably a cost thing for sure, right? Though honestly I would have glady paid more for it to be much closer. Just such a shame as those prototype pics made it look so gorgeous. I also don't think this accurately reflects the coloration based on the study done (which the prototype was much closer too), because of the lack of orangish tones, and if it is really as dark as it looks, unless again the lighting for all of these in hand pics are affecting that.


Edit: Come to think of it I also agree with Loon in regards to the CollectA one, even if I slightly prefer the sculpt detail on the PNSO one. The color scheme on the CollectA is more accurate and honestly I think more pleasing to look at seeing these side by side. Granted I'm still holding out hope Safari Ltd does one, just because I'd love to see Doug's take on it (assuming he did it), because of how his Sauropelta and Ankylosaurus turned out, though no disrespect to either version here.

[Bread]

Even with more of these in hand pics, I'm sadly not as impressed with this one (sculpt aside) like I was initially, probably from this one being my most anticipated after waiting much of the year for it. I'm really not sure why there is such a stark difference in this one and the prototype pics, when compared with their other releases. Lack of wash aside it also looks much darker (unless that is due to lighting, hopefully) and maybe glossier as well. It's probably a cost thing for sure, right? Though honestly I would have glady paid more for it to be much closer. Just such a shame as those prototype pics made it look so gorgeous. I also don't think this accurately reflects the coloration based on the study done (which the prototype was much closer too), because of the lack of orangish tones, and if it is really as dark as it looks, unless again the lighting for all of these in hand pics are affecting that.

That's it! It is glossier, plus the wash. The sculpt is great, but overall I think CollectA has a better paint job. This is not a bad figure whatsoever, but it is a pass for me. I don't think it is the lighting of the photos, just the glossiness of the figure.

[Shonisaurus]

Honestly I am still amazed that the PNSO borealopelta is a very good match with his collecta counterpart and the two are equally excellent even though the facial features of the Collecta nodaurid are more realistic than the scared eyes of the PNSO borealopelta. However, both are very well finished, although for me the data on the body of the borealopelta from PNSO is more detailed, although the head is superior to that of Collecta. I thought it was less bulky but judging from Baidu's pictures it is almost as bulky and big as its ankylosaurus counterpart from last year. It's going to be a nice addition to my PNSO collection of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals:

[Jose S.M.]

I'm one of the few I guess, that prefers the PNSO one, I never really cared that much for the CollectA one, not saying I don't like it or it's bad, I just never wanted to get it. But I do agree it's weird it's missing the highlights in the paint job and a bit disappointing, just a bit for me.