Why do I believe the Footski might be the next Super7 TMNTU Vehicle

 It's the only vehicle that makes sense for sticking in a "half wave" like Mandora's Electro Charger and the Rumored Silverhawks Wave 5 Copper Kidd space Racer. They can't make the cheapskate because none of the existing basic Turtle figures have foot holes to use on any vehicle peg.

The Foot Cruiser, while with some Modifications, it could be turned into a Neutrino Cruiser would be a $450+ S&H adventure BEFORE Super7 even tries the Neutrino Repaint.

The only viable option for a Smaller not $450+ vehicle is The Footski. Yes, the Footski. This is all thanks to the cartoon... I'll explain myself:

Saw a Footski being sold on etsy with a Rat King Figure and realized something: The vintage toy is REALLY BIG! (For figures in the 5.5" scale)

I remember the cartoon Footski being a lot smaller... barely the size of Rocksteady and Bebop.

You see where I'm going with this? If Super7 plays their cards right, they COULD pull off a Footski that's "affordable to most collectors". 

Let's dive into how it could be done:

Let's start with the obvious: 

-It's not a toy and doesn't need to float. If Mutagen Man cannot be filled with Water/Ooze because it's not a toy, then the Footski doesn't NEED to float.

-it could have a small clear stand to hold the Footski slightly above the ground to simulate it's floating. (Works best if combined with third party water effects.)

-it should be about the size of Guerilla Gorilla... proba ly a smidge smaller.the idea is that while Bebop or Rocksteady can sit on it, they should look Slightly Oversized while riding.

-the design should be a hybrid of the cartoon AND Turtles in Time.

Especially since the TMNT:TiT Footski is a simplified take on the Playmates toy. Perhaps even take some more cues from the cartoon for coloring in order to avoid ruffling feathers.

So, My proposal is: taking the TiT Footski and combining it with the Cartoon design and size. Then using Vintage toy inspired colors but using the Toon scheme.

The lighter greys being Vintage Blue with the darker greys being darker blue (or Metallic blue) and the purples remain purple.

The Sides of the seat should remain like the TURTLES IN TIME design, but adding the  vintage GAS lettering.

Making the seat Black would be a nice touch. Also, the snakes should be painted to have a bit more color and the Footski is essentially...

I know the flagpole and projectiles are missing...

Like I've stated before, the Flagpole should be usable as a weapon. The missiles are just missiles.

The main idea is to have the Footski be UNDER $100. That could Theoretically be achieved since the Footski has no moving parts and there's no need to engineer hidden compartments. 

Footski main body would be composed of the bottom half which would be cast in Purple along with the handlebar, the post where the handlebar attaches to, and the front part that "shoots the harpoons".

The top half of the Footski would be cast in blue as well as the Snakes/eels/leeches or whatever they are. They would be painted green.

The rest of the accessories would be cast in red, the missiles, the flagpole/staff, and the harpoon.

But why stop there!? Let us sweeten the deal a little bit.

Let's add a Rat King Variant:

I do not know what the plans for wave 11 Rat King will be but, if a "true 100% Playmates styled Rat King" can't be made, I may have a sneaky loophole for him.

First let's pretend that the no longer Wave 10 Rat King figure only gets a new "Playmates styled head" but the colors and body remain like the no longer wave 10 figure.

Behold the Sewer Rider Rat King!

Now we make a Rat king variant that has Green Bandages on his crotch, and the Vintage toy Snake belt. Now add a removable life vest with a chicken bone on the vintage bone spot. For his arms, he has floaties sculpted on and new Flipper wearing feet. The idea is for Super7 to "premake" as many Vintage styled Rat King parts possible so when Playmates softens up their posture S7 can pounce with a quick Vintage Toy tribute Rat King. 

For accessories, he'd get:

2 heads (Bishie and Hobo heads both sporting goggles and snorkel)

Usual hands

4 rats (one in a Donut like it was a floatation device, one rat that can stand on a raft made out of 2 soda cans taped together, one rat with a surfboard made of a flattened soda can and the last rat can be perched on the shoulder of Rat King's removable life vest.)

Rat anchor. It's an anchor with 2 rats at the ends as a nod to the vintage grappling hoo

Ratpoon gun: a harpoon gun that fires rats along the harpoon.  (A nod to his vintage crossbow)

Rat Saver (a ring of rats acting as a floatation device for Rat King)

The already mentioned Removable life vest.

The idea is to pair up Rat King AND the Footski as a set but not really. The reason for this is to allow people to have options: not everyone who wants more than one Footski may not necessarily want multiple Rat Kings. The reasoning behind the lower price for the Footski is to entice customers into buying more. If the Footski is at $85, just to say a random number that is close to $100 but not close to $50.

Also, I was aiming for under $100, because I can't conceive a way to say it should cost $150 without feeling like a complete rip-off. Hence the Rat King variant.

Then I felt bad about cramming them together. I mean people might buy more than One Footski, but do not need Multiple Sewer Rider Rat King figures. Although some folks may want a second figure because reasons... 

Again, this "variant" has a purpose and it's to premake parts for the moment Playmates relaxes their position, Super7 can kitbash a new Rat King. Because it would've been A LOT Easier to release the Wave 11 Rat King but repainted in Tournament Fighters colors and have him paired up with the Footski as a nod to Konami and TMNT.

But then again, Super7 could release the Footski as a one-off item between waves 11 and 12... but they're going to find a way to make it at least $150, which I personally find a bit too expensive for what the Footski is.