I’m watching the TV series: Deadliest Warrior. It airs on channel Spike TV.
The show basically compares different warriors from different eras and time periods. They then look at their fighting styles, their weapons used and analyze the date.
All to compare in the end, who would win on a one to one fight.
Looking at all the costumes and designs, I think all of them could honestly be used and designed to make superhero characters. And I’m surprised it’s not really used.
For example, redesign a Spartan who is time displaced, has his big shield and sword. And take it from their. Add him to a superhero team.
Also for an action figure company, I think a cool idea would be to take all these warriors such as: Ninja, Samurai, Spartan, Knight, Viking, Egyptian Warriors, etc… and create an action figure line around them.
They are all fair use and no one has to pay fees or get permission to make such figures. Their also good army builder potential. I just hope whoever did make such a thing, would try to be historically accurate as possible. Such a figure would not be only cool to collect, but it would have historical significance.