>>10240893It was only "bad" because the main character deemed it so. Subjectively bad =/= objectively bad.
Compared to previous iterations of the doll, this one had a voice box and a new hat, literally more than the older ones, without taking anything away, and presumably the same price. That sounds objectively good.
But to answer the spirit of the question, I guess, all of the time. Here's a spiderman figure, and then later they release that same spiderman figure... But with a shooting web accessory!
Literally so many stormtroopers; when I got the mimban storm troopers, my friends and I constantly made the "Malibu Stacey, but with a hat" joke, because it was literally just a storm trooper with some muddy paint slapped on, a new rifle, and a cheap and simple piece of cloth with a single string to hold it on as a poncho/cape.