chuckdawg1999 wrote:Is it just me, or does Kup look a little like Cerebros from a distance?
I was thinking the same thing. Though Cerebros is much more blocky in the chest and shoulders.
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Is it just me, or does Kup look a little like Cerebros from a distance?
Overcracker wrote:I've been thinking about this, and I think the best cartoon accurate Kup, is going to be a mix of Habsro and TT.
Take the legs arms and head from TT, and plug them on to Hasbro's torso, and you get a 90% G1 toy accurate Kup.
A few reprolabels and he should be almost 100% accurate.
ultraimpossibleman wrote:Grand innacurration and heavy mistakes !
Diem wrote:This is exactly the kind of nonsense I'm here for.
Qwan wrote:Overcracker wrote:I've been thinking about this, and I think the best cartoon accurate Kup, is going to be a mix of Habsro and TT.
Take the legs arms and head from TT, and plug them on to Hasbro's torso, and you get a 90% G1 toy accurate Kup.
A few reprolabels and he should be almost 100% accurate.
I've actually been thinking pretty much the same thing! Minus swapping the legs (since I'd personally prefer all the teal I can get on my combo-Kup), I'm planning on potentially swapping the head and arms over to a Hasbro version for more-or-less the best of both worlds. The better of both worlds for sure, at least.
In fact, here's a digibash I threw together to demonstrate that exact concept! Please do excuse the extra figure and watermark, one of BWTF's photos was the only one I could find that matched the approximate angle of the Legends version's stock photo.
Yeah, not fantastic, but not the worst either! Of course I'm still holding out hope that we'll see a color-change, even a subtle one, before release (is there precedent for that?) but I've definitely locked down a preorder for LG Kup/Char. Regardless of color he's still probably the best representation of Kup we've gotten IMO. (Oh yeah, and I preordered a Sharkticon too. It'll make a nice Gnaw to command the nameless TR Sharkticons. Dunno what I'm gonna do with Wasweep though, since I don't actually have any duplicate Scourges... )
Kurona wrote:That... actually looks pretty damn good.
I really want to see what he looks like colour-matched with the body now...
ultraimpossibleman wrote:Grand innacurration and heavy mistakes !
Diem wrote:This is exactly the kind of nonsense I'm here for.
Kurona wrote:If Takara had just gone and done those colours and layout, there'd be no doubt in my mind he'd be a straight-up improvement...
Wolfman Jake wrote:Kurona wrote:If Takara had just gone and done those colours and layout, there'd be no doubt in my mind he'd be a straight-up improvement...
Agreed. I'm very curious to hear from Takara Tomy as to WHY they decided to make Kup gray. Such a wasted opportunity.
Emerje wrote:Hmmm... Taking a moment to really examine the images I can now see that Kup is entirely hand painted. At first I thought the dark gray was molded and the light gray was painted, but the entire figure is painted. I guess that means there might be enough time to change the colors after all.
I wonder how the Japanese are responding to this? Can't imagine they're any happier with the colors than we are.
Emerje
Emerje wrote:Hmmm... Taking a moment to really examine the images I can now see that Kup is entirely hand painted. At first I thought the dark gray was molded and the light gray was painted, but the entire figure is painted. I guess that means there might be enough time to change the colors after all.
I wonder how the Japanese are responding to this? Can't imagine they're any happier with the colors than we are.
Emerje
Va'al wrote:Deadput wrote:Actually I don't know my mother's name is Valerie so is Va'al actually my mother?
Yes. Now go to your room and don't play with yourself.
Deadput wrote:They better not change the grey it's the reason I preordered it so it become the baste for my G1 movie Armorhide.
How about Takara releases a teal version later?
ScottyP wrote:Maybe it's for fun. Maybe it's because the TM gimmick is only a degree separated from Headmasters which provided the inspiration for the inclusion of said Targetmasters, then someone honestly believed he was gray in Rebirth and made it that way.
I don't care. This is "fighting imaginary assassins that are actually Autobots that Springer sent to try and help your crystal addicted mess of a self" Kup for me, and I'm sticking to it.
I was committed to retroactively justifying the HLJ pre-order I put in for it. Lightbulb hit kind of out of nowhereKurona wrote:ScottyP wrote:Maybe it's for fun. Maybe it's because the TM gimmick is only a degree separated from Headmasters which provided the inspiration for the inclusion of said Targetmasters, then someone honestly believed he was gray in Rebirth and made it that way.
I don't care. This is "fighting imaginary assassins that are actually Autobots that Springer sent to try and help your crystal addicted mess of a self" Kup for me, and I'm sticking to it.
Why do you do this to me? Why do you provide a decent reason for this colour scheme on Kup, making me want to import a deluxe this expensive?
ScottyP wrote:I was committed to retroactively justifying the HLJ pre-order I put in for it. Lightbulb hit kind of out of nowhereKurona wrote:ScottyP wrote:Maybe it's for fun. Maybe it's because the TM gimmick is only a degree separated from Headmasters which provided the inspiration for the inclusion of said Targetmasters, then someone honestly believed he was gray in Rebirth and made it that way.
I don't care. This is "fighting imaginary assassins that are actually Autobots that Springer sent to try and help your crystal addicted mess of a self" Kup for me, and I'm sticking to it.
Why do you do this to me? Why do you provide a decent reason for this colour scheme on Kup, making me want to import a deluxe this expensive?
Joevill has spoken on Kup, meaning this matter is now settled and it shall henceforth be known as "Lovely Kup". Debate is no longer allowedjoevill wrote:That Kup is lovely
ScottyP wrote:Joevill has spoken on Kup, meaning this matter is now settled and it shall henceforth be known as "Lovely Kup". Debate is no longer allowedjoevill wrote:That Kup is lovely
Burn wrote:Agamemnon wrote:Let's get back to talking about Burn's mammoth snout flopping...
Well I am Australian. It's kinda what we're known for.
Cobotron wrote:ScottyP wrote:Joevill has spoken on Kup, meaning this matter is now settled and it shall henceforth be known as "Lovely Kup". Debate is no longer allowedjoevill wrote:That Kup is lovely
AGREED! Any more moaning and groaning will result in a ban sandwich. Case closed!
RodimusConvoy13 wrote:Cobotron wrote:ScottyP wrote:Joevill has spoken on Kup, meaning this matter is now settled and it shall henceforth be known as "Lovely Kup". Debate is no longer allowedjoevill wrote:That Kup is lovely
AGREED! Any more moaning and groaning will result in a ban sandwich. Case closed!
I can't wait to get my Lovely Kup. He's quite fetching.
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