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** There are also countless superhero vehicles made specifically for the sets, one particularly wacky example being [[https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/hulk-vs-red-hulk-76078 Hulk and Red Hulk's monster trucks]].

* While ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' has begun integrating some of the armors from the toyline into the show, some of them are bizarre (but awesome-looking) powerups and vehicles that never appear anywhere -- and thankfully don't. (''Skateboards? '''Seriously?''''') Really, if you think [[Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder some of the armors that were used]] were insane, swing by the toy aisle next time you're at Toys'R'us or Target.
** The series took it a step further for ''Series/PowerRangersJungleFury'', creating whole new Rangers for the toyline and producing them with every armor variation that the canon Rangers get - that is, the male canon Rangers. [[GirlShowGhetto The female Rangers aren't so lucky.]] And there's even a handful of Red and Sixth ranger only powerups, too. (The new Rangers have made a handful of appearances on the show to justify the toys' existence. ''RPM'' had its own toy-exclusive Rangers, but no variants for them and no TV appearances.)
** In 1993, ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' had a toyline of relatively sensible weapons, villain figures, Rangers, and vehicles from the show. Fast forward to 2010's ReCut and Bandai gives you cycles (besides the official ones), playsets, ''dragons'', and things that would give people nightmares. There are also no less than three versions of each Ranger - The basic ones, ones that came with wing packs and claw(?), and simpler ones with weird weapons from other series sold in discount stores. And that was just for the 4 inch figures.
*** Then again, both [[http://www.rangercentral.com/toys/toy-mmpr1.htm#axzz4HkU0KqHf the 1993 toyline]] and [[http://www.rangercentral.com/toys/toy-mmpr2010-1.htm#axzz4HkU0KqHf the 2010 toyline]] have roughly the same stuff - basic figures, play weapons, zords, and mini figurines. Yeah, the 2010 line has more vehicles and figures that transform into [[DinosaursAreDragons dragons(?)]] and stuff, but it's hard to get that worked up when the 1990s version had [[http://www.rangercentral.com/toys/toy-mmpr4.htm#axzz4HkU0KqHf a girl's fashion assortment.]]

** Also, [[Characters/IncredibleHulkBruceBanner The Incredible Hulk]] on ''ATV Trikes''.

* For a hero who primarily swings around urban cities, [[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker Spider-Man]] gets an unusual amount of themed outfits that don't quite fit in with his usual antics, including desert camo (''over his regular oufit''), an entire line of [[http://www.i-mockery.com/shorts/spiderman-splashers/ water themed toys,]] and several Spider-Cars and [=ATVs=] for...when he's not in the city? Ceremonial occasions? But it doesn't stop there. His [[http://www.thesneeze.com/2004/spiderman-3-the-quest-for-dignity.php "Adventure hero"]] line puts in a strong running for most hilarious toys ever, featuring him as, among other things, a baseball player (Worse, it's not ''quite'' the stupidest outfit on that page), a lifeguard, a golfer, a boxer, [[https://super-dupertoybox.blogspot.com/2014/02/snowboard-spider-man-by-toybiz.html?m=0 a snowboarder,]] [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/andertoons-cartoons/sets/72157594198457695/detail/ a fisherman, and even an archer.]] Even crazier is the fact that someone [[http://www.collectiondx.com/toy_review/spiderman_adventure_hero made bootlegs of an already crazy toy line,]] and they're just as hilarious.

** Even while the cartoon was on the air, there were some definite head-scratchers being put out, such as Wolverine's clawed motorcycle. And there was Wolverine in his 80s costume, Wolverine in his 90s costume, Wolverine in his 90s costume without the mask, Wolverine in civilian clothes, Wolverine in a space suit, Wolverine in alien armor... And many of them came with accessories like laser pistols and a variety of absurd-looking bladed weapons, to boot.

* A snow version, with skis and a white winter outfit. Often called "Arctic Action Whatever."

** Annoyingly, this makes it ''very'' hard to find a Batman that ''actually looks like Batman.'' Removing the snap-on armor and missile backpacks and such usually just left you with a white Batman or Batman with yellow stripes or metal waffle armor. Yes, metal waffle armor. Additionally, many of the accessories replace the cape, so you're missing that too if you remove them.

** During the Ultimate Alien series, Bandai released a line of figures called "Haywire", which were just the regular alien figures, but with a new coat of paint to look like another alien.

** Ben 10 Omniverse had the Omni-Plasm series, which were the series 1 and 2 figures now made with translucent plastic.
** Ben 10 Alien Force also had the Defender series, while it had brand new sculpts for Swampfire and Spidermonkey, the rest of the aliens were repaints of the figures from series 1 for the Ben 10 Alien Force toy line.
** The Ben 10 Reboot had the Omni-Metallic figures, which were the previous figures, but now with a metallic paint.

* You can buy toys of ''ComicBook/TheFlash'' on ''[[http://speedforce.org/2010/02/batman-brave-and-the-bold-flash-action-figure/ a motorcycle.]]'' [[SanitySlippage Buh.]] Let's not get started on Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}}'s ''flying car,'' ([[SanitySlippage Muh?]])[[note]]Isn't ''any'' car a flying car if Superman is in it?[[/note]] which has grabbing arms extending from the sides that clearly have about a billionth of his strength. Like the Spider-Car mentioned below, this ''originates in the comics'' in defiance of all logic.

* While the original ''[[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 He-Man]]'' toyline mostly didn't indulge in this too much (it compensated by reusing He-Man's body design for about 85% of the cast), [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2002 the 2002 reboot]] positively exulted in it. We're talking Mega-Punch He-Man, Ice Armor He-Man, Shield Strike He-Man, Battle Armor He-Man, Wolf Armor He-Man, Snake Armor Skeletor, Battle Armor Skeletor, and Fire Armor Skeletor in the ''same wave.'' The most infamous of these was probably Samurai He-Man, because... well, [[https://www.toyhunters.nl/5742-thickbox_default/samurai-he-man-200x.jpg look at it.]] It's widely believed to have been a reason the line didn't last, as store shelves were so crowded with He-Man and Skeletor variants that it made it impossible to find anything else, as invariably any other character ended up being shortpacked.

** WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie both parodies this and fits it into its MerchandiseDriven nature. Batman is shown to have many suits, most of which are only shown in a single scene in the Batcave (if they were even in the film at all), and they include such absurd gimmicks as Ballerina Batman (the minifigure of which has a visibly annoyed expression), Easter Bunny Batman, two swimsuit Batmen (one of which has a rubber duck floatie with a domino mask), Caveman Batman, and more. Robin's suit in the film even started out as a Rastafarian Batsuit! Batgirl even recives a few, though they were fairly embarrassing, leading to her asking for something cooler, that being her main batsuit.

*** Surprisingly, the MCU Spider-Man films never had very many variants, only a blue "tech suit" Spidey, a clear blue "undercover" Spider-Man and a "glider gear" Spider-Man
** While ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012'' is already extremely toyetic (Iron Spider and Spider-Cycle, anyone?), the toyline for the show takes it up a notch. In addition to all the vehicles and variant costumes taken from the cartoon, there's a bunch of ridiculous stuff like a "Web-Copter" or "Turbo Racer Spider-Man."

** The weaponry of the Transformers has also seen more variation; as recent toylines have built themselves on unified accessories. Notable examples include the Mech-Tech line of ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon'' and the Weaponizer line of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime.''

** To give you an idea of how bad this is: "Combat Belt Batman" is the ONLY regularly-colored Batman from [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries the 90's animated series]], released in the first of around twenty waves. A ''low'' bid for one on Website/EBay is $80.00!

** The toy line has an "invisible" (transparent purple) Espio, a [[VideoGame/SonicColors Sonic with Wisps]], a [[VideoGame/SonicStorybookSeries Sonic with Caliburn the Talking Sword]], and a Shadow who comes with [[VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog his bike]]. Plus more [[VideoGame/SonicUnleashed Werehog]] merchandise than is really justifiable. That's not even getting into the plush line...

** Played straight with the ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' movie and ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' lines, in which toys that might have been presented as new characters in years past instead became "Nightwatch Optimus Prime" or "Bandit Lockdown" so as to preserve the relative uniqueness of the main characters, though they do sneak in a few new-character redecoes (for instance, both lines' Bumblebees have been turned into Cliffjumper).

** The weaponry of the Transformers has also seen more variation; as recent toylines have built themselves on unified accessories. Notable examples include the Mech-Tech line of ''Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' and the Weaponizer line of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime.''