Toy Images of Generations Sergeant Kup

looks really good kotoys is really on a roll with this stuff lately..now im half expecting peaugh to review this an perceptor in the near future

For a Generations figure it looks pretty decent and certainly fitting for the character even if it might annoy some people who wanted a more futuristic vehicle like his original toy. If I saw one cheap in a sale then I might pick one up but the character doesn't interest me at all (well I kinda like the old G1 incarnation but the IDW one put me off completely as do most of their characterizations).

Another nigh on perfect figure.
Looks so much better with the wheels tucked behind the shoulders in robo-mode.

I think they mis-named him. "Gumming Kup" would be a better fit, considering they forgot to give him his dentures.

In spite of that, I really like the alt mode and the fact that he's got the gun clip to mount it on his roof. I think the old timer looks good!

Hmm... Alt mode looks slightly worse than I was expecting (too narrow), but the 'bot mode actually looks a lot better than I was expecting. I really like the torso: a great call back to Kup's G1 toy, and I also love the way those front fenders angle together. I don't like the gun that much, and I'm not a big fan of the 3 mm clip system on it, but I can imagine Kup using a 'less sophisticated' gun than newer models...
all in all, it's a must buy, of course.

Wow, I am impressed. Im glad they didnt keep the Cybertron/future vehicle as they look odd on earth. Well done Hasbro.

F*** YEA

That is one sexy old bloke. (I know, I disgust myself.) When the original images were released, I complained that his gun looked stupid. That he'd be better off with a shotgun. Oh snap! Now I see it was a shotgun all along. NICE! I suppose shotguns do go hand-in-hand with pickup trucks. Now, should I get Hasbro and Takara versions and make one a sawn-off. Or should I get two the same and stick them together to make a twin barrelled shotgun. And then turn it in to a sawn-off. Decisions, decisions....

Amelie wrote:The head sculpt ruins it for me - he looks like he's just crapped his pants and he's pissed.

He is an old man.

Although I'm definitely gonna pick this guy up, the only thing that gives me the willies is his arms. Too much kibble and his arms look like he broke them while attempting to skateboard.

Think he looks great.

And just give him a couple of new paint jobs and remolded heads and bob's your uncle you could have Trailbreaker and Hoist!

This Kup is definitely better than the one I was making. A must buy.
Now all we need is Arcee!

Arcee,
(a decent) Springer
and a G1 accurate Ultra Magnus.........I wish.

I've got not much to say about this figure except Want now.

I shall be requiring one of these. He looks better than I first thought and the alt mode has grown on me.

yummy!

cant belive i missed this detail on his chest he has small windshield sticking up like the picture with arcee.

oh the humanity hasbro can make kup but no generations arcce where is love for female bots around cybertron

Nice. I like it. The shotgun can used in vehicle mode, in hand and as should cannon. I definitely want this figure.

I'd have rather seen Classics Rodimus in the pic than Shattereed Glass Rodimus.

looks pretty nice. I like the gun, but not convinced it works well with this toy. also, needs cy-gar.

Watch, I'll have them eating out of my hands. Bah weep gragnah weep nini bong!



Generations is just pure win. Man I'm looking forward to the awesome run of toys we'll get for the next 3-6 months.

It took so long to get anything G1, and now we finally have Kup. Rather, Sergeant Kup! I love the new look, exactly as I pictured him, an older pickup truck. The gun is nice, but I hope the final product will have a matching clip on the gun instead of the out of place blue clip.

Does anyone else see a stop-motion Transformers reenactment of the scene in Airplane II with Kup as "The Sarge" on the radio telling the boss the shuttle can't fly and then being told to just fix it and send it up followed by "The Sarge" lighting up in front of some fuel canisters, tossing the match into their vicinity, and then, after no explosion, spitting into the vicinity which finally causes the explosion?

If someone can make that happen with the movie voice-over, that would be awesome!

If someone can make a bunch of Airplane short stop-motion clips with Transformers, that would be even more awesome! There's just so many great bot and con fill-ins for the actors in the scenes.

"Sergeant Kup" ??? Whats up with all these silly add ons to the names ???

I can live with his vechicle mode because it is a truck. At least he keeps the G1 theme well. Blurr was way off but then again I dont read comics.

Rated X wrote:"Sergeant Kup" ??? Whats up with all these silly add ons to the names ???

I can live with his vechicle mode because it is a truck. At least he keeps the G1 theme well. Blurr was way off but then again I dont read comics.

Battle your enemies with the new "Autobot Kup" action figure! The rubsign reveals whether he's an Autobot or Decepticon (even though the name already gave it away, making the rubsign utterly pointless)!

Wow! I cannot wait to make this mine!

He looks awesome I can't wait for him and Weck Gar and the Protector then I will have all the After movie Autobots

So awesome. Space winchester for the win. Looking forward to Kup almost as much as Wheeljack.

This is an awesome figure. Great mold, and I love the color. I always thought G1 Kup was one of the worst molds ever.

This Kup is fantastic. Just to nit-pick, I only have three minor complaints. The face is a little off for me but that is mostly bc I've grown fond of IDW's version, the shoulders look a little odd to me, and I don't care for the weapon. Other than that, he is pure win. I am blown away that the alt mode has an actual truck bed. And the fact that the gun can be stored on top and bottom of the truck. Great looking figure Hasbro

Looks awesome. I see an Orion Pax custom out of this mold.

cant wait for this.......absolute greatness

"Of all the circuit glitched, diode blowing dimwittery...they left a piece out!"
If they are going to give him that rather cranky, drill-sargent-like expression then they should have given him the bolt/cigar to gnaw on. I realize that they can't do that because it's a kids, etc, etc, but I know it will certainly have one added very shortly after I lay my hands on it. Has/Tak has done one damn fine job with this figure. I'm very impressed with this and many of the other Generations figures that we have coming out shortly. My faith in Hasbro is almost on it's way to being marginally restored.

Awesome. I may have to seriously consider purchasing the 3rd party Arcee now--seeing this is making me want all the 80s movie figures in updated versions WAY too much...

Kup is everything I had hoped for. He's definitely gonna be bought on sight. I like the bot mode especially. The vehicle mode is okay, but I mostly keep my TFs in bot mode anyway. I am getting a little worried about the arrival of all these guys though. I have yet to come across Wave 2 of either HFTD or Generations in my area And just yesterday I saw Red Alert at Toys R Us. I'm getting worried I might have missed out on the waves in between.

TFBuyer wrote:Awesome. I may have to seriously consider purchasing the 3rd party Arcee now--seeing this is making me want all the 80s movie figures in updated versions WAY too much...

Im the same way man.......I really want a Hasbro Arcee though.Im more than happy with Warbot Defender as my CHUG Springer also the 3rd party Arcee goes for some serious bucks......

TFBuyer wrote:Awesome. I may have to seriously consider purchasing the 3rd party Arcee now--seeing this is making me want all the 80s movie figures in updated versions WAY too much...

Don't buy the Impossible Toys Arcee. It's a disappointing, poor-quality figure. If you really want one of the 3rd Party Arcee's, get the one iGear is selling. It costs more, but the quality is supposed to be so much better.

Glad I have him on preorder and all, but that face sculpt is something else . Not very appealing at all. When I get him I will have to do something about that...

I know he's supposed to be old, but his face is just scary looking.

kirbenvost wrote:

TFBuyer wrote:Awesome. I may have to seriously consider purchasing the 3rd party Arcee now--seeing this is making me want all the 80s movie figures in updated versions WAY too much...

Don't buy the Impossible Toys Arcee. It's a disappointing, poor-quality figure. If you really want one of the 3rd Party Arcee's, get the one iGear is selling. It costs more, but the quality is supposed to be so much better.

Yeah, I recall seeing the head-to-head comparison of those two on here somewhere, but thanks for the reminder. The igear one definitely looks like the winner--I may have to hold off on that order until tax return time, though. For the price they want, it should be hand-delivered by a woman dressed up as Arcee...

sergeant kup is ok, at least he's not called "s**tpiece" like in the dr smoov stuff.

Mindmaster wrote:Although I'm definitely gonna pick this guy up, the only thing that gives me the willies is his arms. Too much kibble and his arms look like he broke them while attempting to skateboard.

I'm liking those arms. They are VERY G1.....minus the panels of course but the arms are one of the things i first noticed and that i like. The torso is a great design aswell.
I'll definitely buy him if and when i find him.

monstergrotusque wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:Although I'm definitely gonna pick this guy up, the only thing that gives me the willies is his arms. Too much kibble and his arms look like he broke them while attempting to skateboard.

I'm liking those arms. They are VERY G1.....minus the panels of course but the arms are one of the things i first noticed and that i like. The torso is a great design aswell.
I'll definitely buy him if and when i find him.

Agreed. Torso down is outstanding.

. . .Why did people not like his gun again?

cannonfodder4000 wrote:. . .Why did people not like his gun again?

It's just a personal preference of mine. Personally, I like hand guns or one handed weapons better with my classics collection because it offers a wider variety of poses with the majority of the figures. Now, the posability of Drift/Blurr makes a rifle/two handed sword possible. I also like the all black rifle that Blurr comes with more than the gray plastic they used on Kup's weapon.

I love his gun and everything else about him I pre-orderd the United version to get that nice show accurate look

TFBuyer wrote:

kirbenvost wrote:

TFBuyer wrote:Awesome. I may have to seriously consider purchasing the 3rd party Arcee now--seeing this is making me want all the 80s movie figures in updated versions WAY too much...

Don't buy the Impossible Toys Arcee. It's a disappointing, poor-quality figure. If you really want one of the 3rd Party Arcee's, get the one iGear is selling. It costs more, but the quality is supposed to be so much better.

Yeah, I recall seeing the head-to-head comparison of those two on here somewhere, but thanks for the reminder. The igear one definitely looks like the winner--I may have to hold off on that order until tax return time, though. For the price they want, it should be hand-delivered by a woman dressed up as Arcee...

Heh, if only... That would be a major selling point! XD

Yeah, I really wanted to like IT's Valkyrie, but it's just a poor figure. The design is good, execution not so much. I only wish I'd found out about the other one first, because I can't justify buying the iGear one now.

Slaggit Hasbro! You're gonna empty my wallet!

indeed - i'm glad tf3 is out this year cos that means just 1 or 2 token figures from the line

I really like this figure - i love the detail. I reckon that the gun is meant to be a cybertronian musket as per his original profile -

"Abilities: In robot mode, he carries an old-style musket laser that shoots bursts of metal-corrosive hydrochloric acid. Range: 5 miles. Speed: 100 mph."

there's something of a fusiliers element to some of the generations figures such as blurr (sniper) even mp rodimus prime. Makes a good counter balance to the samurai like blade wielders (drift, bludgeon)

Considering that Kup takes the form of a pickup, I kinda wish he were a Voyager, so that I can stand him next to my Recon Ironhide. They'd make a great pair of cranky old badasses, with guns!

I'm really glad that Hasbro has been using the clip system for weapon mounting more often. If anything, it allows for weapons to be attached without pegs or holes marking an otherwise believable vehicle. Another thing is that it allows weapons to be interchangable (looks again at Recon Ironhide).

Are there any paint application differences between the Hasbro and Takara versions of Kup?