Funny you mention Mandarin. I've been contemplating a custom and was comparing his styles. The classic purple/green gets a brief makeover in '73-'74 Iron Man, but is then drastically overhauled in '78 for a design that lasted maybe six appearances. While it's gawd-awful, if you play Mego Retcon that would have been the design choice from 1978/79. So we would have had an IM with nose and green-armored Mandarin anomolies as their toy representations.
So it really comes down to the deal. If Round 2 CA and Dark Horse mini-statues are allowed to do Silver Age, than Marvel and Hasbro are apparently cool with other companies focusing on non-modern appearances.
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