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[Black Bumblebee]

I like the vehicle mode, but the robot mode... meh... doesn't really get my engine roaring.

[X3ROhour]

You read that title right folks, Fortress Maximus has made his way to Ross, and he is only $54.99! This sighting was reported by our own Megatronus, though the actual source of the pictures is still anonymous. With all the combiner wars box sets making their way to Ross, guess it was only a short time before the big titan on the block made his way over there. Check out the images below, and head on out to your local Ross to hunt down a Fortress of Maximus!

MUTHER PLUNGER!

[X3ROhour]

Big news today, Seibertronians, for those of you wanting to complete your Transformers: The Movie figure displays. After his art was revealed just a few days ago courtesy of the Transformers Collectors Club, we finally get our full look at the Titans Return Kup figure! Check the screen caps from what is presumed to be the Transformers Collector's Club magazine below, from John Deluna!





It's unknown if these photos are of a slightly-unpainted prototype (hence the black faceplate) or not, but it is the first official look of the figure we've ever gotten.

Stay tuned to Seibertron.com for all the latest and greatest transformers news!

like it

vehicle
cool

bot
ok?
needs repainting
(and his stoggy)

my guess?
Japan/Tak release gets the proper paint.

gggrrrrrrrrrr...

[frogbat]

I think he's very cool but yeah the head seems a bit of a step back compared to his generations figure. Might try to hold out for takara but we'll see...

so who else is left? Maybe a new arcee? Bit larger than the previous release which is very good but seeing she was originally a headmaster (in american continuity), it would make sense for her to have a new toy...

misfire and slugslinger would be obvious choices since they seem to be relatively easy to retool from existing TR moulds...

[primalxconvoy]

[Mechastrike]

I INVOKE THE NAME OF PRIMUS!

COME ON VOYAGER CLASS RODIMUS PRIME!

[King Kuuga]

I checked every Ross (and Marshalls and TJ Maxx) store in my general area, some twice, and came up empty-handed on the Fort Max front. I'm not sure if I should stick to looking at the ones near Toys R Us stores, like they're getting TRU overstock, or if the ones near Targets and Walmarts are also viable. I'm not sure if they've already gotten their inventory and sold through it or it hasn't come in yet. I don't know if they even WILL get any if they haven't already. This is frustrating.


At least Kup looks pretty good. I'm not keen on his hands being visible in alt mode but they're not too visible.

[frogbat]

I INVOKE THE NAME OF PRIMUS!

COME ON VOYAGER CLASS RODIMUS PRIME!

yep he's sorely missing from the line up and this cup could pass off for a rodimus cab... he'd have to be a voyager at least though

[Kurona]

I think he's very cool but yeah the head seems a bit of a step back compared to his generations figure. Might try to hold out for takara but we'll see...

so who else is left? Maybe a new arcee? Bit larger than the previous release which is very good but seeing she was originally a headmaster (in american continuity), it would make sense for her to have a new toy...

misfire and slugslinger would be obvious choices since they seem to be relatively easy to retool from existing TR moulds...

The other Targetmasters too; Crosshairs, Sureshot and Pointblank. Also Twin Twist considering we already have Topspin.

This Kup looks INCREDIBLE... at least, the mold does. The Vehicle Mode is a perfect update to make the old weird-looking thing good, and the robot mode is very well proportioned and has those freakin' incredible guns. And I'm sure people can put to rest the idea he's somehow a retool of Blurr. Though I'm sure there'll be some...

Though have some have said... yeaaaah, those colours are not nice. Much as one can criticise Takara for going too far with cartoon accuracy and some of their figures looking bad as a result, this is a case of Hasbro's toy accuracy doing the same thing. I get what they're going for, but it doesn't look nice. I'd be waiting for Takara not because I care about accuracy but because I want a decent-looking colour scheme.

... on a side note, anyone else think this would make an awesome Ironhide? Late-wave redecoes go!

[Carnivius_Prime]

Kup's vehicle mode is a nice update. Robot mode not so much. Guns once again ruined by the Titan Master seating gap.

[Sigma Magnus]

The colors are probably like Blurr, and look somewhat better in-hand. Either way, I'll be getting this version, as I'm simply buying the TR deluxes by wave.

[ThunderThruster]

slightly amused (or is that bemused) how the packaging artwork on the front has his head in green (more of a teal) when the actual figures is black.
Had they gone with the mid-grey of the original toy I think it would have worked better.

[fenrir72]

Nice update. I wonder if an "Orion Pax" can be applicable here?

[Targetmaster Kup]

I'd love to get cartoon accurate colors of this, as Takara will do, but like Blurr, I'm sure it will be too expensive. :'-(

[RodimusConvoy13]

I don't know. I'm not feeling this guy. I've been the Titans Return Champion too. I've loved every figure they put out. This one just seems weird looking. I don't know if it's the head not being green/blue or the shoulders totally not looking like Kup at all. I'll have to wait to see it in person or more pictures. The alt mode seems really short. Hopefully it'll look better when we see more pictures. As it is, I'll probably buy it because it's Kup and it's Titans Return.

[Gauntlet101010]

That vehicle mode rocks. It's exactly how Kup should look. So wierd that he and many other movie guys are Headmasters now. In person it bothers me a lot less than I thought it would.

That robot mode, though. I dunno. I don't know why I'm meh on it. Takara will likely do better.

Makes me really wish Arcee was a Headmaster. And Sunstreaker too, really. Out of everyone why are they left out?

[Cobotron]

Oh true, I totally agree - it just irks me when everyone immediately says redeco or retool about literally any new figure revealed.

I know! It's like when we get a brand new reveal of something new, and everyone starts the, "It could be repainted as this or that", routine before we've had a chance to absorb the new thing.

... on a side note, anyone else think this would make an awesome Ironhide? Late-wave redecoes go!

Oops!

Just teasing you K!

I agree that this bot mode doesn't look super awesome, but we'll see. Those scans of those photos aren't great. Might be playing foul with the colors a bit. I'd like a closer look at the head sculpt.
I'll buy it anyway. I'm a junky.

[william-james88]

Kup's vehicle mode is a nice update. Robot mode not so much. Guns once again ruined by the Titan Master seating gap.

I never really see the issue with guns. If they are on 5mm ports, we can use any other gun we want with him. And we can just use this gun on a battle station or as a sidecar.

I am really impressed with that alt mode, I did not expect it. It is ultra G1, with a very flat backside. I am wondering where all that back part goes since bothe the legs and arms are in the front. And while I dont like the visible hands (especially when the arms are hollow for them to fold into), the fact that they are of a uniform colour do help them blend in.

Anyways, this is another figure I am looking forward to!

[Hellscream9999]

That bot mode is pretty pathetic looking, not buying this guy - ever

[bodrock]

I thought Arcee was rumored to be an upcoming Titan Master...?

I can't wait to see what they do for Elita-1, and also want a voyager Roddy!

[Sabrblade]

It just hit me why the sculpt of this new Kup mold looks so off and blocky. It's no ordinary Kup design, but rather, it takes several design cues from the robot mode of Guido Guidi's IDW Kup design that was first seen in All Hail Megatron.



That's why the arms and shoulders are so boxy.

And that's why the toy-based colors look even more odd on that mold than the should. They put toy-based colors on a Kup whose body design is based on one whose colors were more cartoon-based than anything.

[o.supreme]

Also there's the whole "Sergeant" Kup moniker which started a few years back. Why cant he just be plain old Kup? I cant imagine with that spelling someone else would have that trademarked.

"My name's Teaspoon and I'm Cybertron's chief dishwasher"

AHM was my favorite IDW story arc to date. Too bad they don't do more stories like that.

[william-james88]

AHM was my favorite IDW story arc to date.

Ah great, a fan. I was looking for one of you. I read it and was confused. How was Optimus fine all of a sudden when the autobots looked so hopeless and Optimus looked totally destroyed from the begining?

[o.supreme]

Ah great, a fan. I was looking for one of you. I read it and was confused. How was Optimus fine all of a sudden when the autobots looked so hopeless and Optimus looked totally destroyed from the begining?

Probably the same power that Ultra Magnus used in one of the Final issues in MTMTE to be blown apart in one panel, and be fine in the next .

[Sabrblade]

Also there's the whole "Sergeant" Kup moniker which started a few years back. Why cant he just be plain old Kup? I cant imagine with that spelling someone else would have that trademarked.

It probably isn't due to any other company having the name, but due to the name possibly being too generic/common/ordinary a word to Trademark. Even if it's spelled with a K, the Trademark laws might deem that to be not enough to differentiate it from the normal C-spelled version of the word.