I think the thing is the FIRST/NEXT versions now almost feel like very different characters from the originals, to me. I dunno, maybe more people will know what I mean after they see THE NEXT. Because don't get me wrong, I like the new suits and the revamped characters, but they feel like an "elseworlds" thing to me, whereas the TV ones are the "definitive" versions.
I wouldn't mind if they made new suits where they tweaked the original designs a bit, like used more leathery material (rather than cloth) and upped the detail to bring out some of the rivets and things on the masks, but I'd want them to keep them as true as possible to how they last looked on TV. So I guess sort of a midway point between the TV originals & the revamped movie designs.
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