Still the design is bonkers.

 

Figure still has it's issues like the low shoulders and backpack but it looks a billion times better.

 

Not really. Kup is Ironhide height, and not even as hollow-looking as that toy. Something had to give, and that's his visual mass.

 

Yeah not like Hasbro has been making mini Masterpiece deluxe figures in Siege and Earthrise or anything

 

You and your logic     

 

And Kup's only significant flaw is that he's maybe 20% too skinny. If the toy had more budget/mass to work with, then that would've been an easy fix.

 

A Pharaonic mummy has a better face than that. Might be because its younger than Kup...who knows?    And also the colours are killing an otherwise great altmode, thats a design choice, to accommodate (I suppose the robot mode, cant remember how his shoulders are supposed to look). You can also see that, unless the transformation/photoshot was performed by an imbecile (which going by the record they are having is a big probability) it might have also have tabbing issues on those shoulders. Though I am willing it give it, the prototype/imbecile point. IDK what 'If the toy had more budget/mass to work with' would have happened, the point is, it is what it is. And it doesnt look good, ergo I personally am not going to pity them and get something that I dont like. Sorry.

 

At the budget point they did this at I think they did a pretty good job. You can probably get a way with charging and doing a little bit more with Hot Rod than Kup. Still doesn't explain the giant fist, remind me of the extra hands with Macross stuff that almost look like clown fist.

 

The front fenders have the light blue highlight because they form part of the shoulder assembly. They look fine. Not show accurate, but fine.

 

What blue highlight? They are a whole different shade of green from the entire car (minus the back). Thats definitely NOT fine.

 

We are in the year 2020. If the head does not look like the character, then it does not look like the character. Please don’t talk about “fans never happy!!!!” We all lost our minds over how good Hotrod is, and are currently losing our minds over BW Megs for the same reason, but the second we take issue with the toy designed on a computer with state-of-the-art software, we get told we expect too much, and that we should be happy for once. Making an accurate face isn’t more expense than an inaccurate one, and when a toy is inaccurate, we will say as such.

 

Dont you ever dare to say that something could be done better, dont even think about it, its sacrilegious!

 

Exactly. For some reason people here brush off people who critisize as "hAtErS" and just ignore what is actually said. Believe it or not Hasbro and Takara aren't perfect and they can be critisized, they're not some little kids that always need protection. Most yarring of this being that the most of the people I've seen that throw tantrums over this are usually middle aged.
And besides, if someone can't stand other opinions, what are they even doing in a discussion thread.

 

You've never seen cars with separate fender colours from the main body? Especially given the retro-future sort of aesthetic Kup's alt-mode embodies, it seems fitting to me, even if again it's not show-accurate.

 

Looks good...I was working on the same thing but am dealing with spotty internet and didn't get a chance to upload.

I also worked out what I think they could have done with the backpack, it would just need a rearrangement of the hinges and I have no idea why they did it the way they did.

 

oof, yeah this guy is a no for me.

 

I must be dumb, I never thought they'd include the 86 movie as a movie for the SS line! Kup looks great!

 

I think they could have done a bit if a better job rounding out that chest. It is a bit too angular. If given the choice, the robot aesthetic will be #1 for me rather than the vehicle mode. The face sculpt is also weird looking i think the chin is a bit on the long side. Other than these minor gripes i am buying him.

 

Ohh nice work man. Yeah his face is waay too gaunt. Also for the back, it looks like all it needs is a part that will allow it to rotate to have a nice flush backpack. Great job!

 

No actually I havent (take note that I am not a car guy or doubt their existence.). And even If I had, aesthetically it looks bad. I dont care about show accuracy, I care about aesthetics.