Musket laser

Some weapons are so old, they're classics. Such is the case with Kup's musket laser, which shoots bursts of metal-corrosive hydrochloric acid. Some whippersnappers call it a laser musket, which just shows you how much today's kids know, which is nothing. World's going to hell in a handbasket, swear to god.

Toys

Generation 1

• Kup (Autobot Car, 1986)

Kup's musket laser was a fancy cyan number, if you can believe it. It didn't even stow anywhere in vehicle mode, would you believe it?

Timelines

• Wings of Honor (BotCon 2009 box set)

Back when Kup was fresh of the assembly line, his laser musket was a fancy-pants state-of-the-art doohickey that mounted from his left wrist. It could also convert into a magnetic clamp or an experimental kinetic energy hammer. Oh, those were the days.

Generations

• Sergeant Kup (Deluxe Class, 2011)

Oh, so it has to look like an actual musket now, does it? Kids today, they have to have this stuff hand-fed to them. No subtlety at all, this generation. Well, at least it can clip just about anywhere, plus it can transform into an exhaust pipe in a pinch. Don't make 'em like they used to.

Notes

• Kup's musket laser follows The Transformers: The Movie's trend of giving themed lasers to its featured characters. Galvatron carries an electrochemical laser (it galvanizes, get it?), Wreck-Gar carries a "decelerator laser" which makes you stupid (Wreck-Gar ain't quite all there, get it?), and Kup has a "musket laser," which pokes fun at Kup's age. Muskets are old, see!
• Kup's later toys would call his musket laser a "laser musket," which is totally backwards. Man, whatever.