At this point, anything except theropods would be a very welcome breath of fresh air!

Hopefully in a year or so PNSO will circle back to the tyrannosaurs. But not too soon I hope! 🤣

Thank you for your comment, Jorge! Unfortunately, it's high on my sauropod shelf and rather difficult to get to once I put it there. I also try to make comparisons based on cladistic closeness, formation, and also, try to choose models that most people would have. That's why I choose the PNSO T Rexes, as either Cameron and Wilson are ones that most of my viewers already have.

This is what will bring balance to the Force.

Ah, "taxidermied" is the word! I wish I'd thought to say that! yes this is truly PNSO's best hadrosaur!

Yes I realized too late I forgot! 😪

Thank you! Hadrosaurs are my second favourite clade, which alternate with ceratopsians depending on my mood! 😁

Thank you for your kind words! In fact another viewer recently wrote me to ask for advice for one representatie for each group, and for hadrosaurs, _this_ one was my recommendation! No question about it. In terms of size, detail and texture, and paint application, PNSO hit this one out of the park!

@@DinosDragons Surely. And I've previously said as well, I love how detailed your reviews are and how much science they contain. Keep up the good work !❤️🙌

That is for sure! This is the reason my holding off on the CollectA Edmono paid off! 😁

Thank you very much! 😁 I'm glad that my reviews are watched by dedicated viewers who don't just stay for a quick look at the models themselves. I realy do hope for a *real **1:35** Shangtunosaurus* . There is still a bitter aftertaste in the mouths of many collectors when the Tsintaosaurus, one of the larger Chinese hadrosaurs actually showed up in such a minuscule size! given the size of it in 1:35 and the fact that PNSO offered it in the hollow vinyl of yesteryear, and how they've quit that and given us solid sauropods of lesser size instead, I don't hold out much hope. I think a true 1:35 would be more realistic from HLG. Being a Chinese company, I am sure they would be happy to tackle a Chinese dinosaur! I too actually really liked the very gracile forms in Paul. Hence I never commented on the spindly forelimbs in my earliest PNSO hadrosaur reviews. But since then I've come to appreciate that there was probably a lot more muscle bulk to be had over those bones. Hence I'm happy how PNSO has evolved in their understanding as well.

I think we’ll see the Shangtunosaurus by someone but wanted to pass on that your continued passion for the subject of Dino-figures and collection is appreciated by a cadre of honest dinophiles that appreciate quality over quantity. Your vids are much more than figure reviews, you educate. Never change that aspect of what you do. It makes a difference.@@DinosDragons

Thank you very much for your kind words! Unfortunately my sharing comes from a fanatic interest in anatomy and are still the word of an amateur. I wish I had studied palaeontology years ago; I'm sure I could be more indepth 😁 I will most certainly get at least one of the HLG Edmontosauruses! HLG has done such a fantastic job with their rapid improvements that hadrosaurs being my 2nd favourite dinosaur group, I absolutely have to give it a try. It looks bigger too than the PNSO, so it would nicely fit a larger specimen. I would suggest that if HLG's Edmonto comes out soon, you have time to watch reviews and decide. The problem is, if HLG's Edmonto comes out way into the subsequent runs of PNSO's. And we all know that PNSO is notorious for having deterioriation of paint apps in late run ones. If you can find a PNSO Edmonto on sale and it won't hurt you financially _and_ you aren't sick of brown-based dinos, it might be a good idea to pick it up.

For sure! The more I handle it, the more I think it is PNSO's best hardosaur, even better than the Parasaurolophus.

I absolutely support a PNSO remake of Shangtunosaurus. Hopefully PNSO won't do us a dirty like they did with the Tsintaosaurus in terms of size! 🤣😂

That is for sure!

Thank you for this! I'll check it out as soon as I get home later! I love your blog since way back when I read that you actually counted the osteoderms on the PNSO Borealopelta. I only wish I understood Italian. Please send my regards to Dr Bertozzo!

@@DinosDragons luckily for you (and anyone who's interested), the video has both EN and IT texts. Enjoy it 😉

Thank you very much! I try my best! Hadrosaurids are enjoyable for me since they are my second favourite dinosaur group! 😁

I am sure you've received your order by now, and am as astounded by it as many other collectors are! 😁

You are most welcome! Hadrosaurs are (often) my second favourite group of dinosaurs, so it was a pleasure to review this very representative dinosaur! I really hope for the Lambeosaurus and in a simlar colour scheme to get a reboot too! 😁 And Corythosaurus.

Well from what I've seen, I think you will like this one at least equally to the Ancestor's one, which also looks very nice from pictures I've seen 😁

Beautiful for sure!

It is a fantastic model! Worthy of Museum Line even!

It would probably be a very large Lambeosaurus with an especially deep tail, but if it was at least Edmontosaurus sized with all the new refinements, I'll take it!

@@DinosDragons I say the more hadrosaurs, the merrier. They look so wonderful standing together

Haha, don't you mean this Edmontosaurus didn't skip _arm_ day? 😁I would say this is PNSO's best hadrosaurid so far. The PNSO Parasaurolophus marked a big change towards their integument improvement, but still had rather spindly front limbs. This one ticks all the boxes. It is true when you consider the proportions of the bones that it could and indeed should have more muscle, and now PNSO updates that look. I hope they'll redo Lambeosaurus and Corythosaurus!

Yes that's the idea. When people say dinosaurs had cheeks they're definitely not talking about tissue homologous to mammalian cheeks! The question has always been, what would take the place of the buccinator muscles. I believe I've mentioned the buccal osteoderm in Panoplosaurus in another video, when I talked about cheeks as well 😊

Thanks for replying! It means a lot when a youtube channel owner communicates with others. The thing that could take the place of the buccinator muscles in the cheek area of these dinosaurs could be either just elastic skin (like Condors) or a new muscle structure unique to Ornithischians. I also want to remind that Parrots has two unique jaw muscles that are completely absent from all other birds. The ethmomandibular and the pseudo- masseter. The sides of the bucal area of Ornithischians are very deep compared to other dinosaurs, so reasonably anyone would think that there must be something besides just gums@@DinosDragons

I thnk it's an obvious draw because when there are elaborate headcrests there is more novelty and novelty sells. Add to the standards of today for sculpt and paint application, and the potential for flamboyance and attraction seems higher for crested hadrosaurs rather than those that are often perceived as 'boring'. A pity though... my Safari Ltd Gryposaurus is one of my favourites! I hope that PNSO maybe will one day dare to take the risk of making a crestless hadrosaur.

Actually, it might be possible E. _annectens_ to had some soft tissue over the head, but I think if you really want an _annectens_ you could just cut it off 😁 I would wait a bit though.. who knows Paleonerd blog may well tell us there _was_ a _regalis_ specimen with this form!

@@DinosDragons i really think for edmontosaurus annectens you can add a comb too this is a very specific soft tissue structure, even if we found a mummy with good head tissue preservation that doesn't show any crest it could eaily be due to it being a female and only males are the ones who have it for example, even with regalis, we dont know if its sexual dimorphism as long as the comb has different shape from regalis, even slightly, everything is fine for me and i also got my figure too and i gotta say in hand its spectacular and a perfect size next to pnso trex

You are most welcome! It's really enjoyable for me to do reviews on a clade I really like. Sauropods are my favourite, but hadrosaurs are second. The absolute elegance and efficiency of the hadrosaur bauplan is amazing. I hope PNSO will bring their refined process to more hadrosaurs for sure. Lambeosaurus in the same scheme with the reticulated patttern and a Corythosaurus in 1:35 with a correctly proportioned head would be very welcome! Shangtungosaurus will hopefully not be insulted with the size of the Tsintaosaurus! Yes, I'd be keen to see what HLG does with their Edmontosaurus!

Actually it really depends. There _are_ grooves in various structures that might represent blood vessels you wouldn't see on the surface. On the other hand in a model of a live animal, the cracks could represent simply the form of the keratin over the actual bone itself. 😁 So these cracks seen here may not be the same cracks on the bony remains.

Do you mean a film project or a review? Either way, good luck with it! Set a goal, then work backwards with a plan, and I have no doubt you'll have your diorama !😁

@@DinosDragons both a figure review and a film project

@@DinosDragons and no, I don’t have a diorama

I think this is PNOS's best hadrosaur to date!

¡Gracias! ¡PNSO ha alcanzado un nuevo nivel con la increíble escultura de este modelo! ¡Me encantaría ver el Shantungosaurus en escala real 1:35! No el tamaño ridículo que nos dieron para Tsintaosaurus. Realmente espero que el Papo Suchomimus tenga éxito. Por supuesto, la pintura en el adelanto no es el trabajo de pintura real que puede esperar obtener. Pero si solo la escultura es igual de buena, la compraré para apoyarlos. Papo es una historia muy triste de cómo algo grande puede hundirse hasta el nivel más bajo. Creo que parece demasiado grande para ser 1:35.

Yes I talk about this in the science part of the video. Proposed cheeks for dinosaurs in the past were not homologous to the ones in mammals.

Cameron is definetely still the best imo. The only "flaw" is that it is lipless. I put that into quotes since the whole lip debate is far from settled

Agreed. I'm not very invested in the debate, but I have the inpression that most lean towards lip. My main issue is that theese producers don't seem to be consistent in the size of the models. I'm new to buying dino models, in fact I have not received the first one yet technically, but I already hate all scales but the 1:35, since the t-rex is the benchmark😂 I also want more raptors and other smaller dinos, still in 1:35. That would be very very good. I realize the smallest ones would be tiny, but I'd love it.

@@thor_86 pnso mostly sticks to 1:35, only the really large and really small species differ in scale

@@Bota7120 Yeah I saw that, but that is a shame imo. I want full 1:35 sized sauropods😄

@thor_86 For 1:35 sauropods, I think that HLG will now be the company of choice. Look at what they've done so far.... Apatosaurus, Alamosaurus, Ampelosaurus. They even have a Mamenchisaurus coming up.

Yes, for sure! And Corythosaurus with correct head proportions and 1:35!

I bow to your seniority, my friend! 🙏

Yes yes, sorry, everything is pushed back for me by three weeks 😅😅 The year end/ year start crowd and now CNY doesn't help 🤣

@@DinosDragons are u excited for the new halogood edmontosaurus ?

Haha best to get it earlier before the next production runs give you poorer paint quality.

@@DinosDragons what I really want is for PNSO to make a Tyrannotitan Chubutensis

Oh what is wrong with the head shape?

@@DinosDragons 그래 두상 디자인이 마음에 안드는데 주문했다 고민끝에..

@@mulder364 I hope you will find that everything else is so good that the head can be forgiven! 😁

Then you get to save your money! 😊