274: Haolonggood (好龙谷) Megaraptor Review

[@tracewyrm]

Wilson and Cameron may be this channel's size comparitors but the almond is gaining ground. Really great review as per usual! It's nice to finally see a Megaraptor out in the market.

[@DinosDragons]

This is one of the best comments I have ever read! I would give it two stars if I could! 🤣🤣👏👏👏

[@MrRajithasandaruwan]

For so long, we collectors have longed for a Megaraptor, and look who has granted our wish. It's none other than Haolonggood. And unarguably the best Megaraptor figure out there. I think this is the first-ever well-depicted Megaraptor. So a huge thank you goes out to Haolonggood. I had a feeling that PNSO would release 'Maip macrothorax' (and I still do), but Haolonggood steps up and delivers these two beauties. I'm glad to see that you've bought both variants this time. Because they both look so elegant. But for me, those strips don't fit well with the figure. They look so unnatural. But the overall quality of the figure stays the same. Even though you say you don't know much about megaraptorans, I learned some new things by watching this video. So thank you so much, as always, for sharing your knowledge with us. You are the best in the business. Keep it up, my dear sir. I hope to hear from you soon.🖤🖤

[@DinosDragons]

Wow thank you for your kind words as always! I have to admit that doing reviews have forced me to up my knowledge of theropods, though I still don't really care for them as much as I do other clades, especially the sauropods! Still, the more I read, the more fascinating the megaraptorans seem. Previously, it was always CollectA who was first with new dinosaurs. I'm surprised they haven't really surprised us much. Then PNSO was the one that gave us all kinds of variety, but that was a glorious two years ago. And now it looks like HLG is the one to step up to the plate. It's the circle of life one might say 🤣

[@icebergthedragon]

so happy to see a megaraptor, with lips too! I gotta pick this one up, even if I don't really like the paint job. I think it'd make a fantastic repaint project.

[@DinosDragons]

I think if you know how to paint, it would certainly be a very good sculpt to work from! To my knowledge no major company has produced a megaraptorid yet!

[@thatcorruptdino]

Megaraptor is my favorite dinosaur in fact, so seeing a lovely little accurate model makes me incredibly happy! The Mattel Megaraptor which I have pales in comparison to this one!

[@DinosDragons]

Mattel has never been too interested in depicting accurate dinosaurs. If you prefer that aesthetic, I think you will definitely be quite pleased with this. Megaraptor however has been a bit of a jigsaw puzzle, so new discoveries may make this less accurate 😊

[@thatcorruptdino]

@@DinosDragons Oh, I don't mind their aesthetic. I just prefer accurate Megaraptors over inaccurate ones. I like both variants though, I'm not too picky.

[@LeoTheYuty]

Wow, beautiful figures! I haven't heard of these.

[@DinosDragons]

Haha, now you have! 😁

[@soreal091987]

Wasn't sure at first but after this review i had to order them.

[@DinosDragons]

Haha well I'm glad it struck you positively! 😁 It's really quite a rarely offered dinosaur for sure.

[@CSM-Supra]

Just ordered a green one after your review

[@DinosDragons]

You should have received it by now. I hope you liked it! 😁

[@AndyCog_1710]

I can’t believe the day has finally come we have a good Megaraptor on the market!!!

[@DinosDragons]

I'm sure you are going to like this one! It's interesting how the market ignores people forever, and it takes a newcomer like HLG to take a risk and give it to us. I hope you won't be disappointed by this one! 😁

[@Eykadinotime]

Excelente review! Era un dinosaurio muy esperado y Haolonggood nos dio por fin el placer de tenerlo 😁 Yo prefiero el Megaraptor verde, pero sí se me hacen las líneas blancas un agregado extraño 🤔Yo preferiría un trabajo de pintura más enfocado en diferentes colores difuminados 🤓 Pero me gusta este Megaraptor! 😊

[@DinosDragons]

Esas líneas onduladas son realmente un rompecabezas. ¡HLG sigue incorporando muchos de sus modelos incluso si ya eran lo suficientemente buenos para empezar! Con suerte, esto es algo que mejorarán o dejarán de hacerlo por completo.

[@terrynewsome6698]

Finally got what i have been asking about this for years

[@DinosDragons]

Congratulations! I know many many people have wanted on, and been ignored for too long. It took HLG to finally give it to us!

[@paleo-logica]

La calidad de ciertos detalles en su modelado, pese a ser una pieza tan pequeña, son muy buenos. Y el punto más interesante es la estabilidad de la pieza, incluso en el momento que le diste un pequeño golpe durante el vídeo, la figura no cayó. Y el cierre de la articulación es fino, lástima que el material sea "débil". Es todo un gusto verte tan activo, amigo 😊

[@DinosDragons]

¡Tienes ojos muy agudos!😀😀 Gracias amigos y perdón por la respuesta tardía. ¡He estado ocupado porque elegí irme de vacaciones en el momento "equivocado" cuando tanto PNSO como HLG decidieron hacer un lanzamiento doble de producto! Pero mi garganta sufrió por ello jajaja. Ahora, justo cuando estoy recuperado, ¡HLG nos regala Tlatolophus! ¡Mis pobres dragones están abandonados!

[@DinosDragons]

¡Definitivamente! Lo triste es que, en algunas partes, el blanco realmente está bastante bien mezclado. Sin embargo, hay muchas vetas en las que está bastante mal aplicado. De lo contrario, ¡se vería muy bien! Sin embargo, en general, ¡es una buena primera representación de este dinosaurio tan interesante!

[@firegator6853]

1:28 this tiny insect at the bottom of the screen has no idea how famous it became cuz it appeared in a video

[@DinosDragons]

Lol love how really scrutinize the video! I thought I'd already deleted all the footage where it could be seen crawling all over my hand and the figure 🤣 You still see it?

[@thomasmonroe7947]

I like this but the white streaks are not necessary and ruin the paint job….actually, I’d probably do a repaint but, without the jarring white streaks, this is not too bad.

[@DinosDragons]

The sad thing is that there _are_ areas for which the white streaks actually blend very nicely. But in most others, you can see for yourself. If you can repaint it the way you want of course, that would be ideal!

[@theepicdoge8045]

Shit opinion

[@keepcalmlovedinosaurs8934]

Just ordered mine!

[@DinosDragons]

You will be very happy with it I'm sure! 😀

[@StanislavSkalski]

Hi, may I ask what do you think about the haolongood sauropods silhouettes?

[@DinosDragons]

I think that finally, after wondering every year when it will happen, I have my answer. Next year is the year I finally go bankrupt! 😂😂 Seriously, it's hard to tell how accurate the silhouettes are though, so I will wait to see the real thing. Size-wide, I'm super excited!!

[@The_PokeSaurus]

I hope to see a Megaraptor from PNSO or even Rebor.

[@DinosDragons]

I don't know if this is popular enough to sell, but if anyone has the capacity to take risk and still survive, I'm guessing it would be PNSO!

[@kuitaranheatmorus9932]

I quite like these figures though am not a fan of the white stripes but that's just me, overall amazing review on some pretty dope figures ❤.

[@DinosDragons]

Thanks! The squiggly white lines are a bother for many collectors!

[@BananaCake26]

What were they thinking with those white stripes? Look like a kid drew them on with a crayon.

[@DinosDragons]

Hard to say. I mean, you can see where it is a lot more subtle with an added layer and actually looks pretty good. It's the lack of consistency that is puzzling!

[@starbirds2464]

I really prefer the brown But I’ve always seen Megaraptor as being green and I don’t want any more brown figures in my collection there’s too many from pnso

[@DinosDragons]

Shouldn't you get what you prefer? Put it away from the PNSOs! 😁

[@starbirds2464]

@@DinosDragons yeah well I prefer the green one as in it’s what I always imagine Megaraptor being so I prefer that one in theory but in execution the brown one just looks better

[@grandiosa86]

Based on the skeleton I must say that it goes from looking very exciting to a more boring carnivore when it comes to appearance. There were so much room here for experimenting and make something more appealing. They also got a worse paintjob than the Dilophosaurus pair.

[@DinosDragons]

I dont quite understand what you mean. Which aspects of the skeleton did you wish were better expressed in this model?

[@멀더fox]

회색으로 샀는데 도색이 슐라이히 같다 너무 별로야 ㅠ

[@DinosDragons]

I hope that when you have it in hand, it will look different and you will be happy with it! 😁

[@Jesus-rl9ph]

Haolonggood and his stupid habit of painting "worms" on his figures... 😅

[@DinosDragons]

I think it's the way it was painted on without as much consistent subtlety that makes it a bit jarring. Just another wash would have made it really nice I thought!

[@Glunked]

Just ordered one!

[@DinosDragons]

It looks better than you'd think. And it's just nice to have one of these strange dinosaurs!