Funny thing: a Kup figure losing some paint actually makes him look better, as he looks more like an old relic.

Good old Kup. So old he's the same color as 80s bathroom tile. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays EmGo

No one else can make this transformation look this simple, everyone hates this figure that reviews it but you did it seamlessly, I transformed him without instructions and absolutely love this figure, yes the transformation is complex but I like figures like that, emgo is the tf review king after this one

Merry Christmas Emgo. Good version of Kup. In robot mode he nails it. In his Cybertronian Pick up truck mode looks about the same but seems complicated to do.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL! I hope your days are full of cheer, joy, and love!

I remember watching your channel YEARS ago, love your content 💮

Merry Christmas emgo you make my Christmas by posting videos love your videos so much and talking to you in live chats have a great day

Well, you're right. The transformation looks VERY involved. But I'm for it. I'm not usually a fan of X-Transbots. But I like this one.

Man... Can’t remember a transformation that seemed like this much of a chore!

Geez, all those steps for a pair of modes not far off from the SS86 deluxe.

I can't be the only one that expected Locke to smack Hot Rod with that Sharkticon tail! lol! Merry Christmas, EmGo (And to Mascot and all the gang behind the scenes as well!)

Merry christmas bud. Thanks for all the amazing vids.

Merry Christmas to the guy I’ve been watching for 5 years

Rodimus: "You're old, you're not supposed to make sense." Alpha Trion: " And I took that personally."

I was going to comment on a video about me missing sad packman but I’m glad to see he makes a return. I remember watching your videos years ago and he was in every video you made

Either mode looks pretty good, but all those fiddly bits... I think I'll stick with the Studio 86 version. All the same, that's why I watch review videos, and sometimes a long fiddly transformation is what you want, to get into the zen of fiddling with bits, like a Rubik's Cube that actually does something besides be cubic.

I like to think of Kup as a Cybertonian El Camino

Merry Christmas emgo

Merry Christmas Emgo!

Oh and merry Christmas man.

Merry Christmas Emgo

i swear the way you got his head to fold in was some sort of witch craft, i honestly thought i was going to break mine trying to get that bit

I really like this headsculpt, I want to shrink it slightly and replace SS86 Kup's head with it. I love the Sharkticon tail accessory, that moment in the movie was Kup's Crowning Moment of Awesome IMO. Just getting medieval with what's basically a mace. That transformation, though...ouch. I think 3rd parties can't get Targetmasters to look good because it's impossible to get away from the "person folded in half" look they have.

That weirdass hip joint on the Targetmasters is probably a part chosen to save on tooling costs.

Merry Christmas!

And now we all know that Elon is also a Transformers The Movie fan, his Cyber Truck was based off of Kup.

Oh look The old fart is back mascot

Much like myself Cup experiences thigh chafing when you work him lol

Just got mine. It's better in hand than on the photos. Very happy with him. I keep mine in bot mode, so a nightmare transformation isn't a factor for me.

And now the news ,don't touch that dial.

Have a merry Christmas emgo 🤶 🎅

Got this v2. Love it, feels premium.

Hey Emgo, does the little panel on his chest flip for a faction symbol like it does with Koot? Also I agree that you made the transformation look way easier than other reviewers have 👍

That's a beautiful looking figure and the truck mode is a bout as G1 as I have seen so far.

My head joints were a little stiff (must be the nasty bar in his rotator). So I just slid it off the the neck joint to make that clearance through the windshield.

Those 2 target master figures look like they can do the backpack dance with that hip swivel in a stop motion video 😂🤷🏾‍♂

Hot damn, what a transformation. Puts MP-44 to shame!

This figure is an absolute nightmare of tiny breakable hinges. I picked up one and the left leg was DOA

Hmm, even with v2 just not feeling it. It doesn't feel very good in hand, something with the colors they picked or the plastic...I don't know. I usually root for XTB but this is still a bit of a flop in my view, selling him and keeping FT Koot - he may look a bit less toon accurate, but feels way better in bot mode (both godawful transformations, so a tie there lol). And yeah - Merry Christmas!!

Epic video

Transformation looks like a nightmare ..all for a challenge..but good lawd

I love it. I wish they made alot to sell in stores because I'd buy it.

Merry Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas

Thank God that was a Sharkticon tail!

Saaaaaadddddddd Pac-Man llllll Lmaoooo always crack me up

there should be a 3rd party Kup named "Maug"

is it me or does the x transbot locke look like a backwards car? i mean till we see the fan toys one i couldn't tell where the windshield was.

I like the fantoys one

Yeah, Locke is starting in robot mode forever.

Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!

I note that his feet appear to be die cast as well and are also losing a bit of paint from transformation.

​I've watched your channel since like 2011/2012 been along time fan, also why was the old table replaced?

I would like to swop heads & put the FT-Kup head on the Locke figure

Here's hoping that version 3 will be a more simplified transformation as the engineering on this hurt my brain.

What happened to the energon goody box?

The paint scraping on the thighs don’t bother me. I’m just pretending it’s battle damage from his stories he tells hahah

Cool

Well they have made the original target master well the great Megatron the true Targetmaster

Which is easier to transform ft or x-transbot

What us your opinion of the 86 Autobots? Did they deserve to be in a Season 5?

Anyone else noticing a pattern that if Emgo tries to pull something on an expensive toy during transformation it breaks.

Not bad for an old-timer.

Is Kup a Cybertronian pickup truck or a Cybertronian El Camino?

It's a shame taht it's a difficulty to get the parts to all properly fit together, because I love the complexity in the transformation otherwise.

The transformation is not as bad as I thought it’d be

Is there aesthetic difference between V1 and V2?

Happy Holidays for what ever you may be celebrating this holiday period, also in regards to the target masters without a lot of parts forming I don't think there's any way to make targetmasters look good when transformed, you're just folding a dude in half and shoving a gun barrel out his butt or off his head or similar bodypart.

Is that a Sharkticon tail in your pocket or are you just happy to see me.

Fear of breakage the entire video.

I would buy a “sad Pac-Man” shirt

Kup and Alpha Trion need to meet.

Experience lad learn to appreciate it. Mascot could be experiencing a spanking for the opening comment 😂

Mama Mia that’s a nice bot

I just got him

Love tje figure but my god that transformation was designed by a mad man.. I could never complete it without either breaking it or losing my sanity

I wish Hasbro was doing these figures.

I thought you said you were the old fart in your livestream😂

Noice

I give you your 700 like

he might look better than fans toys cup but not worth the tramfromation headacke

Anything is better than the toyworld kup

Looks very good in both modes but what a mess that transformation is

that is far too complicated of a transformation, I would buy two. one for robot mode, one for vehicle mode.

I would pay for a sad pacman shirt......just sayin

I really, really don't like how this Kup's head and face look. It just doesn't look right to me, like at all. That's probably one thing where FT wins over this one

ppuK.

I think Koot is better

I'm pretty sure his Targetmaster's name is Flintlock? But you said you don't care so whatever!

That transformation doesn’t look fun.

I honestly gave up trying to follow the transformation after the first few minutes of fiddling. I don't know why third party companies and masterpiece figures seem to want to make transformation such an extremely tedious process. Like, there had to be a simpler way that didn't rely on so many panels and hinges and Armatures and spaghetti. Like, toys are supposed to be fun. A good transformation is an intuitive puzzle that still surprises. This is counter-intuitive.

That transformation does not look fun at all

That was the ugliest car mode ever. Cup was never a favorite of mine. That said, the robot does look good.

So it takes 30+ minutes to show it transform, you lost me 1 minute in.