That'd mean that most boxed modern figures that come with radios are over-equipped ?
Several years back, when Hot Toys Predators were huge, I mean huge on the secondary market and HT couldn't wait to release more Predators, the Lost Predator came up in pre production photos. Lots of people, purists, were upset that he had actually more weapons and gear than what he had shown in the 3 seconds he was in the 2nd Predator film. And no amount of reasoning would sway them that if it wasn't in the movie, it shouldn't be in the box.
My base reasoning has always been the same- As long as the core gear associated with the figure is accurate, who cares what extra stuff they put in, it should all be welcomed as value IMHO and if it's not accurate to the genre/timeline/era/whatever, then leave it in the box, or better yet, trade it or sell it for value to mitigate your costs.
I understand where the purists come from. You don't want a modern Marine wearing a WW2 German helmet. OK, I get that. But if the Marine comes with his modern to life accurate M16A4, and he happens to also get packaged with a Galil and HK23 light machine gun, then why not?
IMHO, as consumers, at some point, past core essentials to the theme, we should all be pushing for value in the box. Let's not give brands, IMHO, any incentive or excuse to start shortchanging gear in the box as a general rule.
When Dragon Models released a 2nd version of ESU Bill Smith NYPD, some people complained he also came with a Uzi. DML called it a "captured weapon" to salve the complaints of the purists. At the time, there were no other high quality Uzis on the market comparable to the DML one. He still came with his stock MP5 in the 2nd release.
There is so much cool stuff I think we will NEVER see because a lot of purists take the purism a little too far IMHO. Guy has his standard M9 sidearm in the box. Then there's brand spanking newly developed high end USP compact in there too. "No no, don't give us new and interesting weapons extra that have little chance to be made otherwise because it generally doesn't fit the military spectrum! No no dammit, put LESS in the box"
I understand where purists are coming from, but at a certain point, I wish they would be more flexible because new items with crossover appeal help to anchor more sales, and more sales means possibly more being made, and more being made means a chance that some of the arcane subjects we want will actually be given a chance because profits are good and the brand feels it can take some risks.