[...] Unfortunately, alternates are not allowed for minifigures. However, the minifigure has an inventory note and someday this issue will be corrected (someday means [...] (76 months ago, Feb 19, 2018, to Inventories Requests)
[...] I have no idea, but it's definitely possible. The Alternate section of the inventory would cover cases where this occurred. [...] Yes, this does occur. Older [...] (76 months ago, Feb 19, 2018, to Inventories Requests)
Please make changes to the following inventory: (Set 40270-1) * Add 1 Part 4073 Reddish Brown Plate, Round 1 x 1 Straight Side (Extra) (76 months ago, Feb 19, 2018, to Inventories Requests)