This variant version of Lotso is only available at Japanese Disney Store Outlet Stores (For example the Disney Outlet Store at the Gotemba Premium Outlets outside of Tokyo). Why these variants exist is unknown; however, since many counterfit versions of the Little Green Alien (another of the varients available at the outlets) look like the 'outlet' version instead of the 'regular' version it is possible this was a pre-production design that they decided to change after they had started to produce them.