Editing Merchandise (section)

==Examples==
===Toys & Action Figures===
Action figures and other toys were sold at the PRT ENE gift shop.<ref name="I21.y e1"/><ref name="I3e1"/><ref name="10.5e1"/>[[ Miss Militia]] had a small head-and-shoulders bust available at the gift shop.<ref>Tattletale lunged for the shelf next to the magazines, grabbing a head-and-torso model of Miss Militia.  She jammed it in between the trigger and the trigger guard of her gun, forcing the trigger into a depressed position. - [[ Parasite 10.5]]</ref>
The PRT PR department headed by [[Glenn Chambers]] was in charge of designing action figures for Protectorate heroes, much of the other merchandise.<ref name="23.3">People milled around him.  Twenty-something men and women, who carried coffees and portfolios, cloth and paperwork.  Fat as he was, Glenn moved swiftly.  He sipped a coffee, handed it back to the assistant who’d delivered it, and sent her off with a command or clarification.  Men and women with portfolios were told to set up at his desk while he examined action figures in the light of the window.  His pudgy hands, almost childlike, took hold of an action figure by the arm.  He shook it violently, his cluster of minions backing away at the sudden flailing of his arm and the plastic figure.  The arm snapped off, and the toy went sailing through the air.  Someone scooped it up and brought it back to the group.<br><br>“Go, and hurry,” Glenn said.  “Tell them to fix it and cast another prototype before the run starts.  These are ''toys'', they’ll be in the hands of children and collectors both.  The people who are buying these are ''fans''.  What’s it going to say if their most ''immediate'' association with Esoteric is the broken toy sitting on a shelf?  It’s going to convey that he’s ''flimsy''.”<br><br>The action figure people fled, and Glenn approached his desk, where the portfolios had been set out.  I approached, a touch lost in the midst of all of this, and nearly stumbled as another group entered the room, vacating to fill the void left by the group that was exiting. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/05/30 Excerpt] from [[Drone 23.3]]</ref> 

Flechette talked about the plans for "eventual" action figures as part of her career path,<ref name="I21.y e1">“Yeah,” Lily murmured.  “Before I came here, everything was on track.  I could see my future ahead of me, straight as an arrow.  Career path, eventual Flechette action figures.  Every single one of my teachers and superiors seemed to know I had potential.  One of the only people who could hurt an Endbringer…” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/interlude-21/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 21.y]]</ref> while [[Taylor Hebert]] was impressed by the fact that [[Armsmaster]] "was a guy who had his own action figures".<ref name="1.6e1"/> Presumably this implies that not all capes have action figures, and it's regarded as a sign of "making it".
===Trading Cards===
The PRT had a series of trading cards that featured their heroes,<ref name="II7.10">“More old team stuff, see?  I had an Optics trading card.”<br><br>“A swipe card,” I said.<br><br>“Yes! You know about swipe cards! That’s cool.”<br><br>She seemed happy, enthusiastic. The card was framed, but the frame was attached to the wall with a string, and it could be flipped around to show the back. The stats were on it, along with the ability. People who played on console would have the cards at hand, being able to swipe the card like one might a credit or debit card, summoning an ally or generating an effect.<br><br>“I was a support card. Not a lot of people used me because I couldn’t be summoned into a fight,” Kenzie said. “Kind of a bummer.”<br><br>Amy had been a support card for that game, I was pretty sure. The effect had been downplayed a lot, but her card had still been popular, because there weren’t that many heals. Most of what I knew had come from Dean, Chris, and Dennis talking. Gallant, Kid Win, and Clockblocker. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/06/23/torch-7-10/ Excerpt] from [[Torch 7.10]]</ref> as well as affiliated approved heroes. There are card collectors and similar.<ref name="II2.1">“I spent most of my childhood watching my mom balance the books, I did the events, the photoshoots, the merchandising as a PRT-acknowledged team.  I have something of a sense of what you’re probably going for.”<br><br>“Ah, the merchandising.  I think I have your PRT trading card from that time period in a binder in my office.”<br><br>I smiled.  “Which one?  I had one that was holographic, which you could swipe through the controller for the video game to have me as a polygon-rendered helper, and the higher quality one that had the bio on the back.”<br><br>“I think it was the second one.  My office is through this door.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2017/12/09/flare-2-1/ Excerpt] from [[Flare 2.1]]</ref> 
===Apparel===
* [[Armsmaster]] underwear<ref name="1.6e1"/>
* [[Kid Win]] shirt sold at the [[ Lord Street Market]].<ref name="4.1">[[ Shell 4.1]]</ref>
* [[Eidolon]] pajamas.<ref name="II17.y">[[Sundown 17.y]]</ref>
* [[Mouse Protector]] shirts.<ref name="II17.y"/>
* Various clothing sold at the [[PRT HQ]] gift shop.<ref name="I3e1"/>

===Video Games ===
*Video games where you can kill Endbringers.<ref>[[Interlude 12.5]]</ref>
*A game where you can swipe trading cards to summon the featured heroes, either to fight for you or for "support" effects like healing.<ref name="II7.10"/><ref name="II2.1"/>
* Various games sold at the PRT gift shop.<ref name="I3e1"/>
===Posters===
* Posters were available from the PRT gift shop.<ref name="I3e1"/><ref name="10.5e2"/>
*There were posters of Flechette available when she first debuted.<ref name="II 12.z e1"/>
* [[Armsmaster]] was featured on posters that featured the "core group of the top Protectorate members".<ref name="1.6e1"/>
* [[Rime]], [[Exalt]], [[Chevalier]] and other team leaders of Chevalier's New Protectorate had individual posters put out as part of the new initiative.<ref name="23.3"/> 

===Miscellanea===
*[[Alexandria]] lunchboxes<ref> He looked to Lisa, who bent down and picked up a plastic lunchbox.  She held it out to me.<br>
“I said we owed you.  All yours, no strings attached.”<br>
Without taking the box, I tilted my head to get a better look at the front, “Alexandria.  She was my favorite member of the Protectorate when I was a kid.  Is the lunchbox collectable?” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-2-insinuation/2-06/ excerpt] from [[Insinuation 2.6]]</ref>
*Nail Art<ref name="II4.1e1">She paused at a manicurist’s, looking within.  There were rows of comfortable looking chairs with small tables beside them and foot baths below each seat.  Ads in the window showed a variety of nail art.<br><br>Ashley held out her hand in front of her, her black nail polish contrasted with the colorful ‘Chevalier’ pattern, mimicking the delicate gold flourishes on a silver background.  She moved her hand to compare to the ‘Alexandria’ image. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/01/27/shade-4-1/ Excerpt] from [[Shade 4.1]]</ref>
* Books<ref name="10.5e2"/> such as biographies of heroes.<ref name ="1.1e1"/>> A 'who's who' n guidebook is also mentioned but mainly as an alternative to a [[Parahumans Online|wiki walk]].<ref>Names to throw around.  I checked The Orders against everything I had.  PRT stuff from before Gold Morning, Patrol notes, and the listings in a ‘who’s who’ subscription that had come out in 2008 that had attempted to track every cape and where they were.  It had been a phone book of information that required far too much effort to maintain and had commanded a niche market of interested people.  At best, it had been the next best thing to an online search to figure out if a cape name or team name was taken.<br><br>Three issues had come out.  I had a tattered copy with pages starting to come free of the spine.<br><br>No ‘Orders’ under the team names.<br>[...]<br>Noontide, though.  There had been one, and the name was both in my ‘who’s who’ phone book and available with an online search.  The internet being what it was, my search turned up a positive search result, but clicking through returned a ‘page not found’ result. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/12/25 Excerpt] from [[Blinding 11.3]]</ref>
* Movies "showcasing individual members of the teams".<ref name="10.5e2">Bentley eagerly plowed through the remaining display window, knocking over DVD racks as he landed in the shop.  We followed him in.<br>
The shop had everything cape related, from movies showcasing individual members of the teams to books, magazines, figurines, toys and posters. - 
[[ Parasite 10.5]]</ref>

*Villains Also got in on the action.<ref name="R1"/>