Created for use as an item for sale at PT, though I don't know that it will end up as one.
This is like the shells seen in MK64: the ones that you could block, the ones that could hit players far away from first, and the ones you could launch at the wrong time rendering them useless.
I like it. I think that PT will use it (why wouldn't they?).
It's not so much the sprite, but what the item's use is.
For instance, the Poison Mushroom item allows you to change another member's member title.
I suggested "take money from a random member on the Richest Member List", but I'm not aware if that is technically possible given the limitations of the coin system.