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* ''[[Gundam SEED Astray]]'' is an amusing example of this trope occurring within canon. The Astray series Gundams of the title have, between the 6 or so of them, literally dozens of [[Mid-Season Upgrade|Midseason Upgrades]], [[Mecha Expansion Pack|Mecha Expansion Packs]] & [[Meta Mecha]]. Why so many? Because getting blown to bits and having to be rebuilt is sort of a [[Running Gag]] for them.
** Heck, ''[[Gundam]]'' in general has this in spades, especially in the Universal Century. They even have a term for it: "Mobile Suit Variation" is a model line specifically for environment- or mission-specific variants and [[Super Prototype|Super Prototypes]] that don't appear in the series, such as "Aqua GM", "Desert Zaku", "Gelgoog High Mobility". Many of them even become [[Canon Immigrant|Canon Immigrants]] and appear in a sequel.
* The figure line for ''[[Jonny Quest: The Real Adventures|Jonny Quest the Real Adventures]]'' didn't even ''have'' "regular" versions of the characters. You could get Race as a skydiver, Johnny as an astronaut or Jessie as a [[Badass Cape|cape-wearing]], [[Spy Catsuit|catsuit-sporting]] [[Ninja]], but good luck finding them in anything they actually ''wore on the show''. The closest to being [[Show Accuracy, Toy Accuracy|vaguely accurate]] were the [[Cyberspace|Quest World]] figures, but these featured [[Rainbow Pimp Gear|candy-colored paint jobs]] that were in stark contrast with the dark-colored suits on the show, and featured a toy of the motorcycle from one sequence with ''giant yellow training wheels''.
* The ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' toy line has an "invisible" (transparent purple) Espio, a [[Sonic Colors|Sonic with Wisps]], a [[Sonic Storybook Series|Sonic with Caliburn the Talking Sword]], and a Shadow who comes with [[Shadow the Hedgehog|his bike]]. Plus more [[Sonic Unleashed|Werehog]] merchandise than is really justifiable. That's not even getting into the plush line...
* Though not action figures, ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' has become infamous for a merchandising empire built, largely, on figures of Rei and Asuka doing...well, ''anything''. Yes, [[Rule 34|even that.]]
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