If you saw my suggestion about having a big tournament, I would say having a golden statue of a Tori
Upgradeable armor items -
This items start out as low class armor just like the recent upgradeable item.
There will be themes to what kind of armor you want it to become (water, fire, wind, earth, dark, light)
water - blue armor
fire - red armor
wind - white armor
earth - green and or brown armor
dark - black armor
light - yellow armor