Looking for a "team" of five animals

[Patrx]

For a specific display, I'm looking for five figures - Aiming to collect the best available, in the opinion of the forum collective, of:

Silverback gorilla
Siberian tiger
Grizzly bear
Grey wolf
And the tricky one, a red-tailed hawk

Bonus points if they're all roughly to scale! Any ideas?

[Isidro]

Best of each or the five best of each? I understand the first one...

Then:
Silverback gorilla: I think Mojo Fun gorilla is maybe the best one, but newer Collecta (eastern species) is pretty good too.
Siberian tiger: Papo tiger in attack position is probably unbeatable in sculpt. It could pass as the Siberian subspecies easily.
Grizzly bear: CollectA, no doubt. There are some other good brown bears, but they don't intend to be the grizzly subspecies.
Grey wolf: Very tricky one and the most difficult to choose. The latest Safari is one of the best and the one that tempted me to have for represent the species in my collection. However it have a disgusting bold black line dividing part of the body (this line should be much more subtle and diffuse I think). If you consider the "arctic" morphotype of the grey wolf, then the Safari arctic wolf is the best.
Red-tailed hawk: I'm not aware of the existence of any figurine of this species.

All the mentioned above are roughly to scale.

[Patrx]

Aye, best one of each! Your list is helpful, thank you. Papo has two attacking tigers, one posed on its haunches and one swiping with its right forelimb. Any thoughts on which of these is nicer overall, or do they differ only in pose?

[bmathison1972]

I would also consider the CollectA Siberian tiger and Papo or Safari standing brown bears

The only red-tailed I know of is by Safari, but it is painted after a juvenile and wouldn't scale well with the others.

I wonder if a Kaiyodo/Bandai/Furuta golden eagle or other raptor could be repainted as a red-tail.

[Patrx]

CollectA can be a pain to get around here, but their tiger and gorilla both look excellent.

I had wondered about repainting some kind of gashapon bird - I've never repainted anything so tiny before, but it may be worth a try. Safari's red tail is pretty massive, and in addition to the juvenile colors, I'm not keen on the pose.

[Isidro]

A golden eagle have too elongated wings, too small tail and too small head to be repainted as a red-tailed hawk, unless the sculpt was really so bad that can fit as a hawk

[Dusty Wren]

I don't have any additional suggestions, since everyone's already named my favorites for these species. I'm just dying to ask if this is an Animorphs-related display.

[Patrx]

A golden eagle have too elongated wings, too small tail and too small head to be repainted as a red-tailed hawk, unless the sculpt was really so bad that can fit as a hawk

Yeah, that tracks. I've kinda been eyeing this Kaiyodo crested serpent eagle; the tail, head, and face would need an overhaul in terms of color but the shape might do:

I don't have any additional suggestions, since everyone's already named my favorites for these species. I'm just dying to ask if this is an Animorphs-related display.

It is indeed! Recently dug my old collection out of storage, and the idea just struck me. Already had a few tigers on the shelf.

[Dusty Wren]

Please post photos once you get your team together; would love to see it!

I think repainting the Kaiyodo eagle will be your best bet for a red-tail right now. It's really a shame that we don't have a better figure for this species.

[The Zoo Boy]

Ah, a fellow Animorphs fan! I'm not sure if these are the best figures available, but this is what mine looked like a few years ago. I have since purchased Safari's new wolf, which IMO looks much better. Sorry for the picture quality, this was with my old phone.

[Lanthanotus]

Unaware of the series I`d recommend Schleich`s current Gray Wolf, my son got it and I`d say it looks even better than the one on toyanimal.info. Also, Schleich`s 2015 Tiger is a very good and intense looking figure and may stand in for a Siberian, though no subspecies is named for this figure.

[Dusty Wren]

@The Zoo Boy, I like your lineup! I don't recognize the grizzly, though. Which company makes that one?

[The Zoo Boy]

@The Zoo Boy, I like your lineup! I don't recognize the grizzly, though. Which company makes that one?

Thanks! That's a 1999 grizzly bear from Safari Ltd.

They made a cub as well, too cute.