While those ^ off-color and over-done tech. gimmicks didn't work for me at all.
Almost as outrageous was The completley anachronistic period-themed Batman variations of the Legends Line
Which somehow made perfect sense and did work for me.
I'll proudly fessup to being a
Legends of Batman mark, and getting this one after the fact: they had several wonderfully outrageous themed figures :
Egyptian
Midievel Knight
Gladiator
Pirate
Samurai
Viking
Longbow etc ....
"-battling crime throughout time!-"
And my favorite Dark Rider Batman with whip and sword!
Batman wants to be Zorro so bad here, it's embarrassing!
Also can't help but think this line (minus Bat-Caveman) influenced Morrison's Batman Lost through time (the Return of Bruce Wayne) story arc, about a decade later.