I on the other hand am surprised at all the the "variant" options that I see people want, in a game where its not WYSIWYG.
The AC2 Carrier was fluffed as a variant of the LRM Carrier in the original 3026 fluff, so just use LRM Carriers.
Anything "Named" like Thug-Jose or Widowmaker or the Model #2 v/s the current mini that looks like the #3, etc etc.
I use unseen Wolverine-6R's for any model of Wolverine that I want to be playing, 6M, 7M, 8C, 8K, 9W2, etc etc etc.
It doesn't matter, because its a Wolverine which is as close I get to being accurate.
I'd never put a re-sculpt above getting something new for the game out there. But that's just me.