The official Botcon homepage has put up official images of the Botcon 2009 Exclusive Kup. This version of Kup is a remold of the Transformers Cybertron Red Alert / Cannonball toy, with an all-new head sculpt. There is also a teaser paragraph giving an insight into the backstory of this exclusive Autobot:
A young and adventurous rookie, Kup is in awe of both his comrades and the new worlds he has gotten to see. Nothing, though, will be able to prepare him for what comes next as he and his fellow teammates are faced with a mission that could change Cybertron and the Autobots …forever!Also confirmed is that the Scourge included in the boxed set will likely be Generation 1 Scourge, as indicated by this quote:
“Decepticon fans, no worries, as a long awaited update of a Classic character finally makes his appearance in the boxed set as well!”
Cast
That's kinda the whole point of the story, its him youn before he became the vet he is today.
AsylumInmate135
He's not supposed to be young!!!!!!!!!!!!! He's a veteran!!!!
ORIO
Dammit. That's the 2nd time that's happened to me recently.
I write something and then it disappears.
Anyway, what I wrote was the snowcat mold looks cool as a cybertronian Kup, but I don't dig on the bot mode. I like the Botcon Kup personally.
Though I wouldn't mind seeing the Snowcat mold as an attendee excusive
AnimatedFan
lolwut?
I think we're having a quote problem on the board…
ORIO
AnimatedFan
Heh, here's a homemade custom that looks like a factory produced figure.
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Zaraxion1021
At first i thought this was Animated Kup since he had the Elite Guard symbol. Lol, nice figure…
Lumpy
woah, scourge next week! nice…i'm getting more and more tempted to buy the toys, just gotta see if i have enough on my credit card…
Beastbot X
Daaaaaaaaamn! Peoples, you probably really DON'T want to wait long if you want those toys….
dragon516
Doh… Probably didn't make it into the Thursday class. Can't get in on Wednesday. A little too early for me….
hotspot_2001
Can't wait to see the pics of scourge, probably the one I'm most interested in.
Pete Sync
Thank you! I do not take it personally and I know everyone has different tastes and honestly? I dig Kup! But I think this set, while working very well as a theme, also has different aspects that will appeal to different people and tastes…
All that said, Transformers: BotCon 2009!
Bogatan
Im not expecting to now find there will be an extra set, but given the context of the question I asked and the very specific and detailed answer from Brian that I took the quote from we were definetly talking about just the toy add ons, so, as I said, odd.
WhiteMocha
Same here. I'm a little underwhelmed by Kup as an individual figure, but I have faith that the set as a whole will be both impressive and cohesive. FP has consistently delivered cool, creative sets for years now, and I feel confident this one will ultimately win me over in a big way. I ordered the set based on that assumption.
To Pete specifically, I hope you don't take the complaints about Kup or the set personally. You guys are working within a lot of frustrating limitations, I'm sure, and it is difficult to please everyone in such a fickle and opinionated fanbase. So please don't take the griping (mine included) to heart. I'm really looking forward to the set, and I appreciate the time and thought you guys put into these figures each year.
G.B. Blackrock
Ahhh. Thanks for that. I totally didn't read anything into that, but you could be right.
Foster
I'm sure that's just a generic reference to posters, hats, beer mugs, general swag like that. Good eye though.
Bogatan
In the now totally off topic censorship and troll thread.
Souvenir C, could mean anything, could be hes just over exagerating as he does add etc, could refer to tshirts or whatever, or maybe the attendee toy. It was in reference to my question about add ons though and we've never had more than two so it struck me as odd.
Liokaiser
I'm still waiting for the next piece of the set to be revealed.
G.B. Blackrock
I must have missed that one. Which topic (so that I can find the reference, myself)?
Backscatter
I didn't buy a set for Kup, but on the trust from years of experience with FP on the ones I haven't seen yet.