PNSO: New For 2021

[Bokisaurus]

I'm really excited to receive this figure 😃

[terrorchicken]

did this shark have droopy bulldog jowls or is that just a result of the hinged jaw? 

[John]

I don't care if it's a Torosaurus or a Triceratops (I'd probably call it Triceratops sp. for now), but a figure based directly on the AMNH triceratopsin mount would be my number one figure of the year. I'm also very nostalgic for this mount, and have visited it many times. Here's the first, back when it was positioned in its rightful place at T. rex's side (1987). (Complete sidebar, but I'm really not a fan of the post-1995 renovation. Looks so sterile, and the phylogeny-based arrangement de-emphasizes ecology. Before, you could look around the each hall and see so much diversity, not to mention lots of species that lived side by side, having all the big Hell Creek / Morrison dinosaurs in the same room).



Now, if PNSO would just do a 1:35 or so version of the similarly species-ambiguous AMNH apatosaur... 

I feel the same way about any model based specifically on specimens at the Smithsonian,which is why I'm exited about the newest Stegosaurus,which is specified by PNSO on Twitter as being based on the roadkill specimen,USNM 4934.

[Shonisaurus]

@Prehistory Resurrection The PNSO helicoprion is bigger than I thought. Magnificent figure will make a very good pair with its xiphactinus counterpart. Superb PNSO helicoprion review thanks for sharing.

On the other hand, the new PNSO triceratops shows an improvement with its predecessor Doyle sincerely with both the triceratops and the tyrannosaurus makes the new commercialization for the umpteenth time of said figures always interesting to the collector. Magnificent cast of figures by PNSO 2020-2021 baby sinoceratops, pachyrhinosaurus, machairoceratops, sinoceratops and now a magnificent triceratops.

[Pachyventer]

It looks like we'll have one more sea creature. A new crowdfunding project - first in the Museum series - Kronosaurus:

[suspsy]

It looks like we'll have one more sea creature. A new crowdfunding project - first in the Museum series - Kronosaurus:

http://tiebapic.baidu.com/forum/pic/item/3a860f7bdab44aeda0bbfd56a41c8701a08bfb2f.jpg

http://tiebapic.baidu.com/forum/pic/item/615a68db81cb39dbef3a24e4c7160924aa18302d.jpg

http://tiebapic.baidu.com/forum/pic/item/05a6a2514fc2d56280f0935ff01190ef77c66c23.jpg

http://tiebapic.baidu.com/forum/pic/item/f5ca3022dd54564eb098a78ba4de9c82d0584f26.jpg

http://tiebapic.baidu.com/forum/pic/item/0e29e9a30cf431ad3a2d008b5c36acaf2fdd9821.jpg

For some strange reason, those images were not appearing in the post above. Anyway, that is one gorgeous-looking pliosaur! The colours remind me of a humpback whale. And the inside of the mouth is insanely detailed.

So this is a crowdfunding project? That's unusual. Did PNSO bite off more than it can chew on its own?

[Faelrin]

I still like/want the 2017 Safari Ltd one but this looks excellent too. Glad to see it.


Edit: @suspsy The Yutyrannus and I think the Stegosaurus and Carcharodontosaurus were crowdfunded too.

[Gothmog the Baryonyx]

Apparently its called Jeff which is one of the funniest to me.
That is a lovely Kronosaurus. On this occasion I think I will replace the Safari Ltd with this one. Partly because this one is gorgeous, Partly because I can close the jaws.

[Pachyventer]

So this is a crowdfunding project? That's unusual. Did PNSO bite off more than it can chew on its own?

Thanks for fixing the situation with pics. If I got it right, the Carcharodontosaurus and Yutirannus projects were once crowdfunding projects as well. That means, they will be initially sold in China, and only then they will enter foreign markets. We have the same situation with the Carcharodontosaurus: many Chinese guys already have it in their collections. Still, people outside China have to deal with Amazon's offer only as the item is not officially released on Aliexpress. That's that.

[suspsy]

I still like/want the 2017 Safari Ltd one but this looks excellent too. Glad to see it.


Edit: @suspsy The Yutyrannus and I think the Stegosaurus and Carcharodontosaurus were crowdfunded too.

Oh, they were? Well, that bodes well for Jeff then.

[Pachyventer]

Who knows. I guess, we'll meet Jeff sooner or later. The only thing that bothers me is that "Amazon-first" PNSO's policy. That waiting game is a bit stressful for me

[Flaffy]

God, I really wish they chose another genus of pliosaur, as we've just been treated to the fantastic Safari and CollectA models in the last few years. Really hoped for a proper Pliosaurus, Liopleurodon, Brachauchenius or Mechacephalosaurus figure, as all current versions on the market aren't for me....

But oh well, it is what it is, still a very nice Kronosaurus from PNSO. Interesting to see the tail fluke be reconstructed horizontally rather than vertically. Can anyone ID whether this particular figure is based on K. queenslandicus or K. boyacensis? And does anyone know which species of Kronosaurus the Safari and CollectA models are respectively? Might give more of a reason to collect both the PNSO and the Safari/CollectA versions IF they represent different species.

Also, the PNSO Kronosaurus is a 9.5 m individual. With the figure being 27.2 cm (along the curves), it is comfortably in the 1:35 scale we all know and love.

Maybe these will help with species ID? Speaking of, are there any noticeable inaccuracies with the PNSO reconstruction? @dinotoyforum

[Gwangi]

I never got around to getting the CollectA or Safari Kronosaurus figures. In fact, the only Kronosaurus I have is the old Schleich Kronosaurus. I guess I'm glad to have passed on those two because I'm really liking Jeff. I'll be getting this one for sure.

[DinoToyForum]

Firstly, so great that PNSO have created a pliosaur, this is their first ever plesiosaurian! Awesome!

You ask me about inaccuracies. Well, it's pretty good in general – the eyes are in the correct sockets, which isn't always the case in plesiosaur models. However, my first impressions: the teeth are too procumbent, the 'rosette' of teeth in pliosaur fossils is a taphonomic artefact. The skull and mandible is too deep. The body is too deep, and the tail is too long and bent down too far, and the horizontal tail fin seems unlikely.

I've seen a few plesiosaur reconstructions in the scientific literature with horizontal tail fins in recent years. I'm not convinced. The evidence - dorsoventrally compressed distal tail vertebrae - could be taphonomic. Most plesiosaurs settled on their fronts or back when they died, so dorsoventral compression would be the norm. And the counter evidence I collated in 2013 for a tail fin in plesiosaurs suggests a vertical tail fin, not a horizontal one. https://plesiosauria.com/pdf/smith_2013_plesiosaur_tail_fin.pdf Maybe it varied from plesiosaur to plesiosaur but the horizontal fluke doesn't make sense to me.

The flipper proportions might be off. Overall, the model looks a bit too 'monstery' and not so 'real animaly'. These are my first impressions only, I could be wrong about the postcranial details, since the skeleton of Kronsaurus isn't well known. If PNSO took their proportions from the famous but erroneous 'Plasterosaurus' specimen, or Dave Peters Kronosaurus reconstruction that come up widely in search engines, there will be errors. They should have consulted McHenry's 2009 PhD thesis on Kronosaurus for the skull (maybe they did).

[suspsy]

Yeah, that horizontal tail fluke puzzles me as well. I know of no extant aquatic reptiles that swim by moving their tails up and down. Seems odd that any extinct one would be different in that regard.

And yes, I would like to see someone tackle Megacephalosaurus and Brachauchenius. Rhomaleosaurus too.

[SRF]

PNSO just officially relevealed Jeff themselves on their social media pages. Presale in China wil start June 2nd and it will be worldwide available at the end of July. So with the releases of the Carcharodontosaurus, Stegosaurus and Yutyrannus in June, we'll now probably get a wave of figures that will become available in July. Hopefully that will include releases like the Triceratops as well, but who knows, that could well be released even later...

I'm curious to where this streak of PNSO is going to end. They're releasing so much this year, it's hard to keep up. A lot of what they released last year was nice, but not hard to pass for me since I'm quite picky in what species I want to add to my collection. This year however is totally different.

[Flaffy]

Apparently their justification for the horizontal tail fluke is based on "new research" that indicates anatomical similarities between Kronosaurus and Manatee tails, thus suggesting a horizontal, manatee-like fluke being plausible.

Yeah I'm lost as well. Gotta see their references to make a final call.


Also, thanks for the quick analysis Dr Admin! Hopefully once more angles of the PNSO Kronosaurus are available, a comprehensive comparison between the anatomy of the Safari, CollectA and PNSO Kronosaurus can be made.

[Faelrin]

So it appears Jeff the Kronosaurus will be another museum model like the Stegosaurus and new Wilson T. rex.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CPa3ndeFs9f/?utm_medium=copy_link

So yet another that is not one of those numbers we know about but don't know what they are yet.


Edit: I would like to know which Kronosaurus of this, the CollectA, and Safari Ltd is the most accurate? Personally I really like the coloration of this and the Safari Ltd. Unfortunate this new PNSO appears to have some anatomical issues going by what @dinotoyforum said. As with all of PNSO's models I will patiently wait to see in hand pics before jumping on it (especially when there is a much cheaper alternative I'm still behind on).

[suspsy]

I like the CollectA version best, but speaking objectively, I believe the Safari one is the most accurate.

[DinoToyForum]

Apparently their justification for the horizontal tail fluke is based on "new research" that indicates anatomical similarities between Kronosaurus and Manatee tails, thus suggesting a horizontal, manatee-like fluke being plausible.

Yeah I'm lost as well. Gotta see their references to make a final call.


Also, thanks for the quick analysis Dr Admin! Hopefully once more angles of the PNSO Kronosaurus are available, a comprehensive comparison between the anatomy of the Safari, CollectA and PNSO Kronosaurus can be made.

The "new research" is probably this by Sennikov (2019): https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andrey-Sennikov/publication/339423536_Peculiarities_of_the_Structure_and_Locomotor_Function_of_the_Tail_in_Sauropterygia/links/5f47cda5458515a88b7481ed/Peculiarities-of-the-Structure-and-Locomotor-Function-of-the-Tail-in-Sauropterygia.pdf

But this isn't about Kronosaurus specifically. In any case, as I say, I'm not convinced. Sennikov doesn't address the counter-evidence (for example, the distal tail vertebrae I described in Rhomaleosaurs are laterally compressed as in other vertebrates with a vertical tail fin). I think that paper is rather speculative and I disagree with some of Sennikov's statements. But, sure, it's possible, and I haven't seen all the fossil material with my own eyes.