Line #11 SpiritualSuccessor/Toys


1	SpiritualSuccessor in {{Toys}}.
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3	* Nintendo's {{Toys/amiibo}} toyline is a spiritual successor to Nintendo's ill-fated e-reader accessory for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance (even more so with the amiibo cards), and because TechnologyMarchesOn, they work a lot better than the e-reader ever did.
4	* The {{Franchise/Barbie}} Look and the Tim Gunn Barbie dolls can count as this for the Barbie Basics line, both being collector, easy to find, fashion focused doll lines with the model muse body -more realistic and skinny- As the Basics were were officially discontinued few months before the Gunn dolls were announced. And {{Word of God}} stated The Barbie Look was created with this intention.
5	* After the ''VideoGame/DisneyInfinity'' project was shut down, Disney launched their ''Toybox'' line of action figures. The line features characters from franchises like the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Franchise/ToyStory'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', with the designs based on the art style from the game.
6	* ''Toys/GoGosCrazyBones'' has a spiritual successor in ''Toys/StarMonsters''. Both series are made by the company Magic Box International, both series consist of plastic collectible characters, both series have characters with alternate paint jobs (''Gogo's'' has the Wanted and Most Wanted characters, ''Star Monsters'' has evolutions of existing Star Monsters), both series have games associated with them... the list goes on, doesn't it?
7	* ''Toys/HeroFactory'' temporarily substituted ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' (it even said so on the packaging of the first-wave figures). ''BIONICLE'' itself was this to the earlier and short-lived ''Toys/{{Slizer}}'' and ''Toys/RoboRiders'' lines. Note that ''fans'' on the other hand consider ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'' to be its sequel, story-wise. The earlier ''BIONICLE'' Rahi models were successors of the ''LEGO Competition'' playsets.
8	** ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'' was also the spiritual successor to ''Toys/LEGOExoForce'', LEGO's previous attempt at an {{animesque}} product line.
9	* After [=ToyBiz=] lost the Creator/MarvelComics license to Creator/{{Hasbro}}, they attempted to continue their popular ''Marvel Legends'' series with a new line called ''Legendary Comic Book Heroes''. The articulation, sculpting style, paint work and even the Build-A-Figure concept were all carried over from ''Marvel Legends'', only now applied to non-Marvel characters like Comicbook/JudgeDredd, Comicbook/{{Witchblade}}, Comicbook/SavageDragon and Comicbook/{{Madman}}. Unfortunately, the line failed to recapture the success of its predecessor, and [=ToyBiz=] ended up going out of business.
10	* Most of Bandai's toylines are major successors or each at one point. In fact, they do love this trope:
11	** Toys/SHFiguarts to the Souchaku Henshin line.
12	** Toys/RobotSpirits to the Mobile Suit In Action! and In Action! Offshoot lines.
13	** Toys/SuperRobotChogokin to Soul of Chogokin to regular Chogokin, despite both regular and Soul versions still exist.
14	* Eight years after the end of ''WesternAnimation/{{MASK}}'', Kenner (now under Hasbro ownership) created ''WesternAnimation/VorTechUndercoverConversionSquad'', another cartoon-backed toyline about two rival team of agents fighting with superpower-granting helmets and transforming vehicles. All but one of the ''Vor-Tech'' vehicles were retools of ''MASK'' toys, and according to one of the writers involved in the ''Vor Tech'' cartoon, the brand created by Hasbro as a way to reuse the ''M.A.S.K'' molds (apparently as the [[Film/TheMask then-recent Jim Carrey movie]] made using the ''M.A.S.K'' name not viable).
15	* ''Toys/NerfBrand'': Many of the N-Strike Elite blasters are redone editions of previous N-Strike blasters with the Elite colors, redesigned shape, different attachments and the improved stock ranges of the line.
16	** The Retaliator to the Recon.
17	*** The Modulus Recon MK. II succeeds both of these.
18	** The Rampage to the Raider.
19	** The Firestrike to the Nitefinder.
20	** The Strongarm to the Maverick.
21	** The Stockade to the Barricade.
22	** The Rapidstrike to the Stampede
23	** The Mega Centurion to the Longshot or Longstrike.
24	** The Rhino-Fire to the Vulcan
25	** The Bigshock to the Jolt
26	** The MEGA Dart to the Whistler Dart
27	** RIVAL seems to be the more serious version of the Dart Tag series with a similar competitive idea with blasters having two team colors (discounting the white Phantom Corps. blasters with attachable team flags) along with vests and facial protection much like the velcro vests and safety glasses of the Dart Tag lines.
28	* ''Toys/MonsterHigh'' has been described as the closest fans will ever get to a ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheGhoulSchool'' franchise.
29	* ''Toys/TheGrosseryGang'' action figures in the ''Putrid Power'' lineup are often favorably compared to ''Food Fighters'', an 80s action figure line that didn't have any supplemental media to back it up enough to survive longer. The comparison was pushed even further with the ''Bug Strike'' wave of action figures, which gave the characters army outfits.
30	* The ''Toys/TransformersBotBots'' line is often compared to the "Changeables" line of Happy Meal toys from UsefulNotes/McDonalds, being robots that transform from food items.
31	* The toyline that spawned ''WesternAnimation/LEGOElvesSecretsOfElvendale'' could easily be considered the closest thing to a ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'' LEGO set we have, since it focuses on a teenage girl going on a quest to rescue her younger sibling from a handsome goblin king.
32	* While ''Toys/{{Bratz}}'' is still around, popularity-wise they've been succeeded by the ''Toys/RainbowHigh'' line. Both lines have a diverse (on the surface) cast of characters, all of whom have an interest in fashion, make-up, and careers that relate to those things, both are accompanied by an animated series (''Bratz'' with the movies and TV show, ''Rainbow High'' with the webisodes), and both feature major antagonists in the form of a pair of twins.

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