TMNT Wave 13 speculation rant:

 By the looks of it I'll be missing out on wave 12 because Super7 is once again messing up shipping to Puerto Rico. There's no way in Hell I'll pay nearly $200 for a Michelangelo and Donatello. I thought they had fixed the issue when the last Thundercats wave had USPS shipping options to PR... Surprise!! They removed it. Oh well.

So, Wave 13: 1 new character, 1 new Martial Arts variant, 1 Turtle Variant, 1 redeco...

I'll be making 3 lists:

• What I'd like
• What I'd expect
• What I'd hate to see

So let's start with what I'd hate to see:

• Merdude
• Drunken Master Raphael
• Hose'm down Don
• "Mirage April" (blue and brown April 1 with corrected Skin color) swapping her reporter stuff for Mousers.

Now what I'd like to see:

• Irma
• Journey to the West Donatello (son wukong)
• Lt. Leo (yes, I'd give him UC Raph's coat and take a pic to show Cam Clarke on Facebook.)
• "TOON" Rocksteady (same rocksteady we got but swappable heads, new bandolier with wooden sword also, his skin tone is a bit lighter.)

What I'd expect:

• Napoleon Bonafrog
• Game of Death Michelangelo
• Heavy Metal Raph
• "Mirage" Shredder (same Shredder with new Oroku Saki head, new soft goods Mirage tunic)

That's it? I could pull off another... Let's call it the ⅛ assed wave.

• Shredder Elite: a foot soldier with new head and a halberd. Everything else is standard foot soldier weaponry and Shredder's soft goods cape.
• Street Fight Raphael: reusing Rocker Leo's body with new shins and Rappin' Mike feet, we put 2 Raph Heads, his Sai, Mike's Pizza box, and Casey's bats. (He's a reference to Beat'em-up games like Double Dragon)
• Metalhead Donatello: Metalhead repainted in Donatello colors with new twirling staff for his arm attachment.
• Baxter Stockman (African American) repaint Fly Baxter as an African American like his comic book counterpart.

Now here come the explanations for my choices:

What I'd hate:

I chose Merdude, because ot the missing vintage folks, he's the most uninteresting TO ME. I understand he has some fans,  but I'm not one of those. 

I chose Drunken Master Raphael because I needed to fill a martial arts movie Themed turtle slot and Raphael is my least favorite turtle. But a Drunken Master Turtle would be too hard to pass up and I'd be hating myself if I didn't get it despite not wanting one almost as much as I'd hate myself for getting one. 

I chose Hose'm down Donbecause it's another Fuck you Nefty, you ain't getting a Don the Undercover Turtle variant. Also, it's a fuck you to those who want Hot Spot.

I chose Mirage April, because it's a fucking rip-off. It's same April but with less stuff. Not even new arms and lower legs to be more accurate.

What I'd like:

I chose Irma because I can't choose Pizzaface AND we need some Channel 6 folks (also I'm salty for missing out on the NECA Channel 6 set.) Also, I need an Irma after the Robot Reaper review.

I picked Son Wukong Donatello, because It's the closest thing we would ever get to a Dragon Ball themed Ninja Turtle.

Do I even need to explain Lieutenant Leo? It's a Cam Clarke reference. Everyone knows how much I love Cam Clarke. 

I picked Toon Rocksteady as a redeco, because he's "easier for S7" and would force me to repaint my Rocksteady back to black... which would be a nice "Fuck You Nefty!"

What I'd expect:

I picked Napoleon because of the remaining 1990 figures (Napoleon, Pizzaface, Fugitoid, Panda Khan, and Storage Shell Don) he was the only viable choice that isn't either "stuck in legal red tape", Kyle hates it, or is a variant that "can't be made" with modern Engineering. Also with him on board; We could potentially get two repaints and make the remaining two punk frogs.

I chose a Game of Death inspired Michelangelo For obvious reasons. It's a much better idea than an Enter the Turtle figure.

I picked Heavy Metal Raphael to round up the Music Turtles. Because not giving me Don the Undercover Turtle is another "Fuck You Nefty!"

I picked Mirage Shredder, because it's an easy repaint. It pushed an Oroku Saki head and almost gives us a Toon Shredder... or a Wacky Action tribute.

Now the ⅛ assed wave: This was an attempt at being lazier than Mattel with the vintage Masters of the Universe line. (Cam Clarke voiced Leonardo and He-Man, there's your connection) just as Blue He-Man with Skeletor armor is a new character or Green Beastman with flocking is a new character or Sy-Klone with Zodac's head is a new character type of thing. At most only 3 items/bodyparts are new. Everything else is preexisting parts.

I picked Shredder Elite because it's an army builder. So, it could be re-released at a later date.

The Street Fight Raphael, like I stated was a nod to Beat'em-up games. It was the easiest Martial Arts theme I could fill in without many new parts. I could have gone even lazier and used the entire Rocker Leo body,  but it would've been way on the nose for the Double Dragon reference.

Metalhead Donatello, while Technically not a vintage figure, it expands the "Metalhead series" Also, it's a nod to the IDW comics where Donatello had his conscience inside Metalhead for a little while. 

AA Baxter is a lazy repaint that could lead to more requests for Human Baxters... Also, there aren't many vintage figures that I could get away with repaints... Aside an Archie Comics inspired Slash,  I mean