Well, I'm not at the Lugia part in my game yet... I'm too underleveled to face the Kimono Girls, especially since the first one has an Umbreon, which I have no capable counters to yet (Espeon knows Signal Beam, but it's still a few levels too low since it's weak to Dark type moves, and my Ampharos is 4 levels away from learning it).
My team:
Milo (Vaporeon Lv 34)
Aedan (Quilava Lv 35)
Ugo (Espeon Lv 35)
Carrick (Golem Lv 35)
Batsly (Crobat Lv 35)
Levina (Ampharos Lv 38)
As you can tell, I'm vastly underleveled. In fact, my teams in the GSC gen are usually around this level when I am all set to head toward the Indigo Plateau, and that game was around 4-5 levels lower for each Gym Leader.
Side-by-side, the Lugia figurine looks more awesome. The Ho-oh one looks like it's flatulating flames.
Have fun there.