Best figures for each brand / best brand for each species

[JimoAi]

Due to shark week being near, I'll be making a list of definitive Shark figures (May be updated when better versions come out)

Lamniforms:

Great white shark: Schleich 2018

Shortfin Mako: Safari ltd 2017(not 100% as it lacks the caudal keel but outside the keel, it's more accurate than the collectA and better aestatically. The Safari ltd 1997 figure has all the features but looks cartoony)

Longfin Mako: Takara Tomy

Salmon shark: Safari ltd 2022

Bigeye thresher: Monterey Bay aquarium

Pelagic thresher: Ikimon

Basking shark: CollectA 2021

Megamouth shark: Safari ltd 2016

Sand tiger shark: Safari ltd 2020

Goblin shark: CollectA 2023

Crocodile shark: Safari ltd



Carpet sharks:

Whale shark: Papo 2018

Brown banded bamboo shark: Bandai Mini collection

Zebra shark: Safari LTD (better aestatically than the collectA despite being a subadult)

Nurse shark: Safari ltd

Spotted wobbegong: Schleich (an upgrade is needed)


Ground sharks:

Blacktip reef shark: Papo 2018

Bull shark: Papo 2019

Bronze whaler: For coperation

Galapagos shark: Safari ltd Galapagos Toob (needs an upgrade)

Grey reef shark: Safari LTD 2018

Oceanic whitetip shark: Safari ltd 2019

Silky shark: Safari ltd Pelagic fish Toob ( needs a standard sized figure)

Blue shark: Safari ltd

Tiger shark: Schleich 2016 (collectA would be the best if wasn't for the tiny caudal fin and lack of 5th gill slit)

Lemon shark: Safari ltd 2018

Sicklefin Lemon shark: Ikimon (needs a standard sized figure)

Whitetip reef shark: Safari LTD (close call with the Slightly nicer Kaiyodo figure)

Scalloped hammerhead: Papo

Great hammerhead: Schleich

Smooth Hammerhead: Old Schleich/ Maia and Borges

Bonnethead: Safari ltd

leopard shark: Papo 2022

Cloudy catshark: For coperation

Blotchy swellshark: Kaiyodo (hatchling)


Six/ sevengilled sharks

frilled shark: Ikimon (the Bandai mini encyclopedia one is a close contender)

Bluntnose sixgill shark: Takara Tomy (needs a standard sized figure)


Horn sharks

Japanese bullhead shark: For coperation (Eikoh could be a close contender)

Port Jackson shark: Wild republic (needs an upgrade)

Zebra bullhead shark: play visions (needs an upgrade)


Angelsharks

Angelshark: CollectA 2023


Sawsharks

Japanese sawshark: Takara tomy (needs and upgrade)


Dogfish

Cookie cutter shark: Colorata

Viper dogfish: Bandai

Wow! Amazing list @JimoAi, thanks for posting! I was looking for something like this to make sure my shark collection is complete. Some others I'd add (if we're extending the list to sharks from non-major brands):

Common Thresher: Lontic/Nayab (honestly confused about this company, I'll make a separate post on this soon...)
Pacific Angel Shark (?): Lontic/Nayab (if it's a different species than Squatina squatina, which the CollectA one is)

Pyjama Shark: Discovery
Angular Roughshark: Discovery
Birdbeak Dogfish: Discovery
Lantern Shark: Discovery
Speartooth Shark: Discovery (they label it a "sevengill" and call another shark a "speartooth" but the "sevengill" is clearly modeled after a speartooth shark)
Blind Shark: Discovery

Greenland Shark: Larami (by default... I've heard there's a rare Nekoworks one out there somewhere though?)
Sandbar Shark: Larami
Blacktip Shark: Larami (no idea if they intentionally meant to do Carcharhinus limbatus instead of the more popular Carcharhinus melanopterus but that's what it says on the underside so... unique species!)

Common Sawshark: Yowie
Eastern Angel Shark: Yowie

Most of these aren't the greatest figures but I'm a species completionist I have (most) in my collection! 

Due to shark week being near, I'll be making a list of definitive Shark figures (May be updated when better versions come out)

Lamniforms:

Megalodon: Favorite Co

Great white shark: Schleich 2018

Shortfin Mako: Toymany (only fault is it lacked nostrils)

Longfin Mako: Takara Tomy (needs a standard size release)

Salmon shark: Safari ltd 2022

Bigeye thresher: Monterey Bay aquarium

Pelagic thresher: Ikimon (Toymany is great but it lacks anal and second dorsal fins and only having 4 gill slits. Still better than Safari's)

Basking shark: CollectA 2021

Megamouth shark: Safari ltd 2016

Sand tiger shark: Safari ltd 2020

Goblin shark: CollectA 2023

Crocodile shark: Safari ltd



Carpet sharks:

Whale shark: Papo 2018

Brown banded bamboo shark: Bandai Mini collection

Zebra shark: Safari LTD (better aestatically than the collectA despite being a subadult)

Nurse shark: Safari ltd

Spotted wobbegong: Schleich (an upgrade is needed)


Ground sharks:

Blacktip reef shark: Papo 2018 (Kaiyodo may be better but smaller)

Bull shark: Papo 2019

Bronze whaler: For coperation

Galapagos shark: Safari ltd Galapagos Toob (needs an upgrade)

Grey reef shark: Safari LTD 2018

Oceanic whitetip shark: Safari ltd 2019

Silky shark: Safari ltd

Blue shark: Safari ltd

Tiger shark: Schleich 2016 (collectA would be the best if wasn't for the tiny caudal fin and lack of 5th gill slit)

Lemon shark: Safari ltd 2018

Sicklefin Lemon shark: Ikimon (Toymany may work as a Sicklefin)

Whitetip reef shark: Safari LTD (close call with the Slightly nicer Kaiyodo figure)

Scalloped hammerhead: Papo

Great hammerhead: Schleich

Smooth Hammerhead: Old Schleich/ Maia and Borges

Bonnethead: Safari ltd

leopard shark: Papo 2022

Cloudy catshark: For coperation

Blotchy swellshark: Kaiyodo (hatchling)


Six/ sevengilled sharks

frilled shark: Ikimon (the Bandai mini encyclopedia one is a close contender)

Bluntnose sixgill shark: Takara Tomy (needs a standard sized figure)


Horn sharks

Japanese bullhead shark: For coperation (Eikoh could be a close contender)

Port Jackson shark: Wild republic (needs an upgrade)

Zebra bullhead shark: play visions (needs an upgrade)


Angelsharks

Angelshark: CollectA 2023


Sawsharks

Japanese sawshark: Takara tomy (needs and upgrade)

Longnose Sawshark: Toymany

Dogfish

Cookie cutter shark: Colorata

Viper dogfish: Bandai

Which one is the For Corporation bronze whaler? I have the Kaiyodo, wasn't aware of another.

And I can confirm that NekoWorks makes a very nice Greenland shark. There's also a very nice Starry Smoothhound

For cooperation did a gacha set with 5 sharks and they were aquarium exclusives

oh didbt know neko works exist