I was supposed to making a trip to Home Depot sunday and building the new device yesterday and today, but the blizzard definitely changed those plans. The new device will be cross shaped, legs together with toes tied, upperbody slightly inclined so the face is visible during foot tickling. It will be all black and look different from my other devices. Even I am tired of the black and red, lol.
My advice, if possible, would be to make the arms and legs adjustable. This way, for one clip you can have it like a cross the way you described it, and then another clip you can move the arms straight up so they're closer together and spread the legs (a position I always thought was better for tickling because it left the girl more vulnerable). This way, you'll have a good bit more variety when using this device.
My other piece of advice would be to put Prya and/or Amanda in it once you're done, but that's beside the point.