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Originally Posted by Snowflakian

1. Spider-man TAS had a dedicated Peter Parker figure. They also did head swaps ones briefly. They also did Eddie Brock Venom with a mask. And later on Marvel lines did James Rhodes with a removable mask.

2. The Keaton batman one was perfect, the bulkiness kind of added to the protective armor he had in the suit. The cowl lined up perfectly to the chest plate, and I still love those gloves for customs, though sadly I only had one pair. The Batman TAS one they did was even better, though yeah it had kind of a biker helmet vibe to the mask. Dick Grayson robin got one too. Ditto to the batman forever & Batman and Robin movie versions of Dick Grayson. (They were experimenting with temperature controlled masks for that one. Like color change hotwheels.)

3. Superman TAS did a car coupe changing version that later on got adapted to other lines. I think originally it was even a batman one. At one point, I think they even considered using it for Ironman. So the Supes TAS had both figures.

These are all kid dedicated lines I'm referring to. Not collector lines. Collector lines, and yeah, anyone that's a mainstay and more known out of costume as much as in, is iconic enough for a figure. High profile lines that have cross market support of kids and collectors though, you have to stick to the big known out of costume names. Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne, Peter Parker, Tony Stark, James Rhodes, Ben Reilly, Miles Morales, Mary Jane, Gwen Stacy, Flash Thompson, Eddie Brock, Barry Allen, Dick Grayson, Tim Drake, Jason Todd, etc. Mostly in the ones that their side characters or main hero has had mainstream toon or show exposure and movie exposure for mainstream recognition. Spider-man for example in having that newspaper comic strip for so long has tons of mainstream recognition on top of the cartoons. Same to characters like J. Jonah Jameson, Lois Lane, and Alfred.

Though other characters are more known for their in suit personas. There are also many that barely have any out of suit appearances at all even in the comics let alone other media. Like the Thing in the 90s TAS toy line did have an incognito mode figure, but even in the comics that was a trenchcoat, hat, and sunglasses with still the fan4 costume underneath.

The mainstays with wide exposure will eventually get versions. But if you're expecting obscures to get civilian clothes figures, that's highly unlikely. Outside of the Hawkeyes, there really aren't many civilian outfit heroes even collectors would buy. At least not in large enough quantities to warrant getting made to make a profit.

I understand what you are saying, but look at high profile A list characters and still you will see a missing gap in terms of dual identities, current present examples:


1- DC Collectibles: The Batman animated series produced every characters from the animation but they didnt produce main A list characters like Alfred, Dick Grayson, Bruce Wayne.

2- Hot Toys: Batman Vs Superman - you would think the main lead characters like Bruce and Clark would be produced as an extra for the collectors - but they were totally ditched - some reason Marvel get a better scope, they got Bruce Banner, Tony, Steve, and who else... cant remember.

3- Habro Marvel legends: Im not sure of they produced any of the main A list characters in civilian form, they do have exchangable heads but I really dont count that as a dual identity in total.

I dont know whats the situation like in Japan in terms of figures, but I do remember having these figures as a kid, I cant really describe them , but they come in this middle size package with civilian character, usually with many pegs in his body, and large metal feet. What you do is you stick the armor parts on his body and an actual 6" helmet (with nice sculpt detail - im jezzing in my pants just thinking of it)

It is highly similar to Saint Saiya but with masked heroes instead, I have no clue what they are called.