PNSO: New For 2021

[SenSx]

They really are into marine animals right now.
Good but I wish they'd start a serie of pterosaurs, after the sea, the sky!
I want a standing Quetzalcoatlus from PNSO.

[Gwangi]

This is their most exciting figure since Ivan, and honestly probably more exciting. But it's huge! I would have preferred it if it were a bit smaller. I think I want to wait and see if CollectA or Safari releases a Livyatan this upcoming year. It seems unlikely, and if they don't then I might have to get this one.

[Bread]

I am really liking what PNSO are doing with these prehistoric marine animals. No articulated jaw which I love since these last two are in such nice poses (Mosasaurus and now Livyatan). Now I am just going to have to wait till these two either appear on Minizoo or are available for amazon prime.

They really are into marine animals right now.
Good but I wish they'd start a serie of pterosaurs, after the sea, the sky!
I want a standing Quetzalcoatlus from PNSO.

I really want a PNSO Quetz, too. My only worry would be shrink wrapping, but I think it would be decently applied or lacking well enough. GR Toys has one coming up and will probably be the best on the market.

[Faelrin]

While I'm ecstatic to wake up and see a proper Livyatan figure finally (the alternative being an obscure squishy toy), but the fact this has a highly visible seam on the promo pics and is a museum line model (so this will yet again be around the $60-$70 price range. Edit: I am wrong. It is a not a museum line figure. Might be more around $42.99 at most then) is completely inexcusable to me. That is cutting corners. I was not okay with it on the Tylosaurus because it was also nearly $40, but I find this even worse. Edit: As I was incorrect about the line, and thus price, then I would say I feel more the same as the Tylosaurus, slightly miffed.

Unless a suitable alternative pops up this might be the only Livyatan for a while (please CollectA), so I'm torn here. Granted not being in a situation to buy figures gives me plenty of time to wait it out, and see how I feel later on. This was one of the species I wanted the most for my prehistoric Cenozoic collection however. Still need to see in hand pics as well, with the recent track record of paint (still bummed about the Stegosaurus), but this is a simpler coloration, so it should turn out fine.

[GojiraGuy1954]

I really like this Livyatan. Best on the market for sure. I don't really mind the seam line, but I do see why other people might find it distracting. I hope they do a new Megalodon as well, since I found Patton to be underwhelming. Even if they don't though, i'll just get Papo or CollectA's instead.

[Shonisaurus]

Woohoo! An animal of the Cenozoic, one of the favorite eras even more than the Mesozoic. That livyatan is seen with many seams. It's good that it doesn't have a jointed jaw! On the other hand I suppose it will be vinyl or hollow PVC. The price will be outrageous, I suppose not because PNSO is an extremely expensive company considering its quality, but because of the size, this figure will obviously be much more expensive.

Next ... A paraceratherium? They would have a buyer's insurance with me and I have not bought dinosaurs and prehistoric animals for months.

[Carnoking]

I have very little interest in prehistoric mammals with few possible exceptions. Livyatan is absolutely one of those exceptions. That being said, I am concerned seeing those unattractive seams crop up again along with the lack of an articulated jaw (which I would have loved on this), but I'm sure it will still cost 40+$. I was willing to look past those glaring cosmetic issues with the Tylosaurus and chalk it up to being a one off but seeing it again here makes me wonder if PNSO is starting to cut corners in order to keep up their output and maximize their returns. Hopefully that isn't the case but we'll have to just wait and see.

[Shonisaurus]

Woohoo! An animal of the Cenozoic, one of the favorite eras even more than the Mesozoic. That livyatan is seen with many seams. It's good that it doesn't have a jointed jaw! On the other hand I suppose it will be vinyl or hollow PVC. The price will be outrageous I suppose not because PNSO is an extremely expensive company considering its quality is of museum figures and for a fully adult audience, but because of the size of the livyatan, obviously that figure will be very expensive.

Next ... A paraceratherium? They would have a buyer's insurance with me and I have not bought dinosaurs and prehistoric animals for months.

[paleochris]

I was going to buy the Melville from RHEIC in resin for 300$ and now PNSO is making it! they are spying on us? hahaha
It is very nice! I know there was a lot of controversy about the seams on the Tylosaurus but I think we'll have to accept them in the future, the more time goes by, the more I think it's a small inconvenience in the end because the overall beauty and details of the figure win.

I have a question for the specialists: PNSO was very wrong on the sperm whale on the position of the eye, is the positioning of the eye correct on this one?

Leviatan Melville from RHEIC :

[Rivera2171]

Seam lines are pretty much an inexcusable by product at this point. I would like to get this model, but c'mon PNSO...

[Flaffy]

I have a question for the specialists: PNSO was very wrong on the sperm whale on the position of the eye, is the positioning of the eye correct on this one?

I was wondering about that as well. PNSO doesn't have a great track record with Physeteroids; and the Livyatan's eye position seems a little too tall as well. I feel like the eyes should be lower in position, closer to the mouth.

Or alternatively, due to the fact that PNSO reconstructed their Livyathan with such extensive extra-oral tissue on the upper jaw, it gives off the illusion that the eyes are in a higher position than they actually are. I'm curious to see if PNSO will reveal the skeletal they used to reconstruct their Livyathan, maybe that will give us a better idea if the eye position is accurate, or a reconstruction error.

Regardless, it's really nice to see them return to the extinct cetaceans game again. I still can't believe (to my knowledge) that this is the first proper Livyathan figure from any toy company.

PNSO Sperm Whale


PNSO Livyathan


Mark Witton Livyathan


Extinct Livyathan skull vs extant Physeter skull

[Psittacoraptor]

Since PSNO seems to be branching more and more into marine animals, I wonder if they would consider doing some invertebrates. At least the "standard" ones like Anomalocaris, Trilobites, Ammonoidea, Opabinia or Hallucigenia could be worthwhile for them. There are very expensive models of those, and very cheap toys or tiny Gacha figures (that are impossible to get outside Japan) with nothing in-between. So, maybe there's a market for mid-range models of those animals. I would love that, but I don't how popular they would be.

[Mellow Stego]

If the seams are that visible on the promotional images it makes me worry about the final product.

[Flaffy]

Since PSNO seems to be branching more and more into marine animals, I wonder if they would consider doing some invertebrates. At least the "standard" ones like Anomalocaris, Trilobites, Ammonoidea, Opabinia or Hallucigenia could be worthwhile for them. There are very expensive models of those, and very cheap toys or tiny Gacha figures (that are impossible to get outside Japan) with nothing in-between. So, maybe there's a market for mid-range models of those animals. I would love that, but I don't how popular they would be.

They've got plenty of Chengjiang fauna to play with, but like you said, it's just a matter of interest and sales. I wonder if a "Cambrian set" would be a good idea, like how Favorite Co. did with their Burgess Shale biota.

[Bread]

Even though Megalodon is over done, I actually do hope for a re-do. The articulated jaw is just off putting on the smaller version and the large museum line is most likely too big to be put next to this Livyatan.

I am really curious what PNSO is going to release next....

[Flaffy]

Even though Megalodon is over done, I actually do hope for a re-do. The articulated jaw is just off putting on the smaller version and the large museum line is most likely too big to be put next to this Livyatan.

Ideally it'd be reconstructed after Otodus too, rather than yet another done to death not-great-white-shark.

But honestly, I'd much rather PNSO make figures of the countless weird and wonderful extinct shark species that have yet to receive attention outside of miniature figures.

[Psittacoraptor]

The seam line on the Livyatan really is unfortunate, but at least they're not hiding it in the promo pics.

They've got plenty of Chengjiang fauna to play with, but like you said, it's just a matter of interest and sales. I wonder if a "Cambrian set" would be a good idea, like how Favorite Co. did with their Burgess Shale biota.

I actually got this idea because I've been looking at Favorite's Cambrian set. Something a little higher quality would be neat. A Chinese Cambrian set by PNSO could be amazing. They could select species similar to the ones people know from Burgess and other sites to raise interest. E.g. Chengjiang has its own Hallucigenia, Occacaris looks very similar to Canadaspis, and Amplectobelua could be their Anomalocarid.

[Maritimer]

Something to whet the appetites of those looking to exhibit their Livyatan melvillei alongside their Otodus megalodon . . .

http://app.pan.pl/article/item/app008202020.html?fbclid=IwAR3Jk-EO7u5OcrCME8x_XopXcDUknW7RY0xjr3AilUpX3xyw3PRHkz1NZS0

~B.

[suspsy]

I reckon I will also hold out and see what CollectA and Safari's 2022 wares are, but I reckon PNSO may well force me to break my previous declaration that I was done with them. Shoot, I just got an Amazon gift card for my 43rd birthday today anyway. 

[Ivántirrophus]

Livyatan is one of my favourites ancent creatures. This figure is a must for me. I hope next PNSO figure be a Liopleurodon.