The History of MASK: The 1985 Cartoon and Toyline

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Join us as we explore the history of "MASK," the 1985 animated series and toyline created by Kenner Products.
Follow along as we trace the roots of "Mobile Armored Strike Kommand," from its conception by Bob Forward and Tom DeSanto to its production by DIC Enterprises and eventual airing on television.
Meet beloved characters like Matt Trakker, Miles Mayhem and the Vicious Vultures, and join them on thrilling adventures in vehicles like Thunderhawk and Outlaw.
We'll also discuss the lasting impact of "MASK" on pop culture and its influence on other properties, such as "Dino-Riders." Whether you're a long-time fan of the series or just want to learn more about this classic piece of animation and toy history, this video has something for you!
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@cf2228 4 жыл бұрын

It was good to be a kid in the 80s. So many amazing toy lines.

@shuaduah 2 ай бұрын

Agreed. Toys, Nintendo and we STILL played outside! And we had the best cereal. If I could travel back to the 80s for a week I would.

@shadowfaxcrx5141 2 ай бұрын

@@shuaduahOh I dunno. That new stuffed Cinnamon Toast Crunch is better than anything we had for cereal in the 80s. ;)

@shuaduah 2 ай бұрын

@@shadowfaxcrx5141 I'm gonna have to try that out then 🤔😂

@tonywilliams6428 4 жыл бұрын

M.A.S.K. was the last toy line I was into as a kid. Then I grew up, realized adult stuff kinda sucked and started collecting toys again. M.A.S.K. was like a mashup of the two biggest toylines of its time; G.I. Joe and Transformers, proving the old axiom "If you can't beat 'em, cobble together their best bits into something just original enough to avoid lawsuit.". Alas, Hasbro would have the last laugh.

@RaiderNation86 3 жыл бұрын

He-Man bigger than all 3 but gi joe cheaper

@ninjaturtlemaster24 3 жыл бұрын

When you combine adulthood with childhood....thats when magic happens....

@michaellarnach4161 2 жыл бұрын

kinda had high hopes for the M.A.S.K./Transformers G I Joe crossover from IDW, maybe it will come back later in cartoon or game form

@Raziel312 2 жыл бұрын

@@michaellarnach4161 I think that, in the IDW version of MASK, they were an agency created to counter the Transformers and any other invader. Their masks and transforming vehicles were created from stolen cybertronian technology.

@michaellarnach4161 2 жыл бұрын

@@Raziel312 i have some of those issues, They used blitzwings body if i remember correctly - he may or may not have been dead but the idea was a really really good way to explain the formation of M.A.S.K.

@webvideofan 3 жыл бұрын

That show featured one of the greatest theme songs of the ‘80’s.

@thedoctorofstyleirondeadpaul 4 жыл бұрын

MASK had a kick ass theme song loved the show

@the_bogeyman. 4 ай бұрын

Transformers G1 season 2, Voltron, M.A.S.K. and Robotech had my favorite intros, all of them are so catchy.

@unlimitedrabbit 2 ай бұрын

The cover versions are pretty decent, too.

@thedoctorofstyleirondeadpaul 2 ай бұрын

@@unlimitedrabbit they are

@AFCManUk 2 жыл бұрын

The 1980's were just the BEST time to be a kid. So many awesome toys and toylines everywhere! Nowadays, toy companies just don't even bother trying.

@fffrrraannkk 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it was great. So many awesome games, toys, and cartoons came out in the 80's. It really was a different time back then, and as a kid it was easy to take for granted.

@davidcurry332 2 ай бұрын

Yep 🥲I miss the 80s man they had some 80s was a cool decade of movies and TV toys they had so many different lines even really bad movie cult movies are bad B-movie like Hollywood movies even have a toy line so it’s a different decade

@wheeljack0 4 жыл бұрын

The 80's were the best toys for collecting, amazing times

@digitalq9702 4 жыл бұрын

1985 was literally one of the best years ever

@remc0s 3 жыл бұрын

Except for the psychic squid attack on 11/2.

@pbailed8007 3 жыл бұрын

I second that statement

@remc0s 3 жыл бұрын

@Terminator You're back!

@MaxAmmoNeeded 3 жыл бұрын

I was 6, with my limited memory of that time-I agree

@BarronVonSchnoot 3 жыл бұрын

I was molested by my uncle in 1985, thanks for glamorizing the worst year of my life.

@odemata87 4 жыл бұрын

Long live Saturday Morning and After-school cartoons!

@GodWeenSatan 4 жыл бұрын

Actually they died long ago

@viruslayer 4 жыл бұрын

yeaaa.. its right.. always saturday morning i wtch this series!!!

@fffrrraannkk 2 жыл бұрын

In my area sometimes they would add Friday morning cartoons when they knew kids were off school for Christmas/Easter break. I remember being so excited when that would happen.

@baffle222 4 жыл бұрын

MASK was also mentioned in Transformers:Prime when Optimus was scanning his new ‘Battle Truck’ form which came from the military’s MASK division.

@dmjac77 Жыл бұрын

I remember having Condor, Switchblade, Gator and Thunderhawk out of this toy series. Good Times back in the 80's.

@TabletopJason 4 жыл бұрын

Didn't have the longest run in the world, but definitely one of my favorite cartoons as a kid. And the toys were freakin' awesome.

@douglassalazar3522 8 ай бұрын

I'm from Costa Rica, I loved watching the series as a child and they showed it on Saturday mornings in the 90's, I didn't miss it for anything.

@ghkillah1995 4 жыл бұрын

MASK is one of the most under rated cartoons of the 80's. Period.

@jackiethompson7446 4 жыл бұрын

Agreed and indeed

@nathanhold4755 4 жыл бұрын

So true

@TheSuburban15 4 жыл бұрын

Loved the toys. Watched the TV show recently, and it's horrible.

@Fastbikkel 4 жыл бұрын

It was very highly rated where i lived. I only had one toy, the green motorcycle/helicopter, but i loved playing with it.

@x-g1 4 жыл бұрын

I thought your display pic was a hair on my screen, I was trying to wipe it off for like 5 mins till I scrolled down lool

@JohnLoeffler78 4 жыл бұрын

Was I the only person that wished the A-Team van was secretly a M.A.S.K. vehicle!?

@namelessjedi2242 4 жыл бұрын

I have a toy version of the van which has numerous pop out weapons very much like a MASK vehicle.

@JohnLoeffler78 4 жыл бұрын

Nameless Jedi I never had the A-Team van (other than the Hot wheels version). But I had K.I.T.T. from Knight Rider. The A-Team van was cooler to me though.

@eugenelau3927 4 жыл бұрын

I did think the same thing too!!

@jedigecko06 3 жыл бұрын

Isn't that a Turtle Van?

@napoleonwilson6499 3 жыл бұрын

What about face man's vette?

@timj3788 4 жыл бұрын

I spit my drink out at "the power of plot contrivance." You guys owe me a new keyboard.

@overlord3051 4 жыл бұрын

I'm usually smiling throughout these videos, but I legitimately laughed out loud at that one

@shaeker 4 жыл бұрын

Loved the show, even 30+ years later, I still know the entire theme song word for word

@Ottophil 3 жыл бұрын

Thats how i am with The Nanny

@cypressstoner2532 3 жыл бұрын

Cool post it up.

@mpachinko4069 3 жыл бұрын

Same. That theme song was tight.

@gunslingingbird74 3 жыл бұрын

5 year old me used to rock out to that song when the show started. Then again, I did the same thing with TMNT and Denver the Last Dinosaur.

@shaeker 3 жыл бұрын

Denver was a great show

@SIFUBAMBOO 4 жыл бұрын

"Enough thrust to make it fly in the face of every known law of physics" 🤣👍

@joshuacutlan5003 4 жыл бұрын

I just love the Re-Animator running gag, never fails to make me laugh

@BigGator5 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. It's such a cognitive disconnect, I can't help but laugh.

@kingvagar 4 жыл бұрын

I had Condor, Rhino, Thunder Hawk & Switchblade... the quality of the toys was of the chart!

@esands36 3 жыл бұрын

M.A.S.K. is criminally underrated.

@omegagouki8069 4 жыл бұрын

I swallowed one of helmets when I was 4. Took a 2 day hospital visit to prize claw it out of my throat. I will always remember this toyline. And no, they didn't give me back the helmet.

@neildavies2276 3 жыл бұрын

In the UK the helmets had a goofy extra moulding around the shoulders and chest. They didnt have those on the pictures, so I cut them all off with a craft knife!

@Lunatick666 3 жыл бұрын

I laughed out load for real.. amazing story. Whahahaa

@TheRoamerWolf 2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣 #give_it_back

@MarcelosToyRoom 4 жыл бұрын

"Optimism is a hell of a drug" 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂

@TerryTurner 4 жыл бұрын

Indeed, still hoping for a movie and updated toyline, fingers crossed. 😂

@grantorino2325 4 жыл бұрын

As long as we're being optimistic, how much longer until medical science figure out how temporarily to make us KIDS again? :)

@poppedweasel 3 жыл бұрын

It wasn't just optimism they were sniffing in 1985

@Waaagh40KRed 2 жыл бұрын

"I'm Rick James."

@jeremeyunger6568 3 сағат бұрын

My absolutely favorite show as a kid! (and few people remember it)

@flipjupiter5077 7 ай бұрын

1985-1988 were truly fun years to be a kid. I was 5, 6, and 7. I had several of the original MASK toys. 80s also gave us awesome movies, cool cartoons, and amazing music. Inspirational, creative, funny, spirited, and clever times. Also Blockbuster video was born. I think Peacemaker may have ripped off the helmet and the different powers a helmet provides from MASK. Each MASK character had a badass vehicle and Mask. So dope. And the movies that came out such as Rocky 4, Back to the Future, The Goonies...and the toy shelves were stocked with GI Joe's and transformers and He-Man and Star Wars! Damn!

@chadbradley3434 4 жыл бұрын

@frobafett 4 жыл бұрын

I always thought the leader of Venom Mr. Mayhem looked awfully similar to tv’s favorite sitcom butler Mr. Belvedere ......

@hexmachine8263 4 жыл бұрын

Kinda looks like Stalin lol.

@markshadows3667 4 жыл бұрын

And a little like Victor Kiriakis from Days of our Lives

@dinomonzon7493 4 жыл бұрын

frobafett Check out the James Bond movie Moonraker; Michael Lonsdale as Sir Hugo Drax really resembled Miles Mayhem.

@namelessjedi2242 4 жыл бұрын

Probably vice versa

@CueDaNinja 4 жыл бұрын

;-)

@selectpet 4 жыл бұрын

MASK was a treasure of childhood. Thank you for the memory.

@davelight2220 Жыл бұрын

I was 10 years old in 1985 and it was one of the best summers of my life. I had so much fun that summer with those toys, tv shows, movies and friends. Going to Toys R Us was like Christmas because all of the good toys were out and you could find them also. 1985 was great!

@BobbyGeneric145 Жыл бұрын

I have a memory of seeing Centurions outfits big enough for a kid to wear but for the life of me can't find any mention of it.

@jsly621 4 жыл бұрын

“A car becomes a car with its door opened” We were all thinking it, and he said it!

@emerald0052 3 жыл бұрын

*then it becomes a car with its doors open, funniest shit I ever seen*

@MrRwithanitch 3 жыл бұрын

No it don’t, thats blasphemous!!! It becomes a Super badass flying...jet..rocket car thing!

@truej23og 3 жыл бұрын

I so agree, I was about to say that lmao

@otisalmato 4 жыл бұрын

This toy line is the reason I got bullied in my class for the duration of my 3rd grade, just because I don't own a MASK toy. Couple years later my Mom finally bought me The Condor (a motorcycle transform into a helicopter-vehicle) but it was two years too late. The damage has been done.

@whoopdattrick23 4 жыл бұрын

Otis Almato Yet here you are, wiser than all them bustaz now. Respect!

@otisalmato 4 жыл бұрын

@@whoopdattrick23 haha yes, since then I became to know and love this toy and its cartoon series. 80s toys are the best!

@tedpedersen123 2 жыл бұрын

MASK was my jam. My fav as a kid. One of my fondest memories is bringing home boulder hill. My son (now -1yr) loves to watch the show with me, he gets super pumped at the theme song. Excited to break out the toys in a few years with him. My wife calls it “smut”, I tell her, “he’s gotta learn about terrorism and international intrigue at some point!” Really enjoyed the vid, thanks for your great work. ✌️

@rizkaarifiandi5670 3 жыл бұрын

MASKs toys was a dream back when i was a child, its like the GOD tier toys

@omisokaomisokas5095 4 жыл бұрын

This franchise deserves a reboot in toys and cartoons.

@johnnymason2460 2 жыл бұрын

It also needs a live action movie as well! Maybe the next cartoon series should be a CGI project!!!

@omisokaomisokas5095 2 жыл бұрын

@@johnnymason2460 Will love that but the way hollywood is doing things right now, more than likely they will mess it up.

@johnnymason2460 2 жыл бұрын

@@omisokaomisokas5095 You are spot on! However, I believe someone should at least try to get this done!!!

@omisokaomisokas5095 2 жыл бұрын

@@johnnymason2460 Agreed

@JoeSelf1982 4 жыл бұрын

My favorite underrated toy line of all time. Bummed it didn’t make the Season 3 cut (coming 11/15) for The Toys That Made Us, but hoping it gets it’s episode in the future. Great video as always. Thank you.

@aucarter 4 жыл бұрын

Loved MASK, the opening song, the characters - still a little sad they didn’t last longer or have a well earned comeback

@nobodyuknow2490 4 жыл бұрын

Maybe Gabe Newell (Gaben) was in charge of it, he doesn't believe in three...

@souljastation5463 4 жыл бұрын

My favourite underrated toy line of the 80s is Starcom

@Ushio01 4 жыл бұрын

@JOE SELF MASK just wasn't in the same league as the toy lines that The Toys That Made Us has covered. Hell the only reason Star Trek got in season 2 is that the creators are huge trekkies and didn't know if they would get anymore episodes outside of the initial order of 8 and while Trek's toylines where never GI Joe huge the franchise is.

@BalderOdinson Жыл бұрын

@@Ushio01 I think they made a good case for ST merchandizing's impact on pop culture and toylines that followed

@rjc7289 4 жыл бұрын

This video hit upon a key point -- 1985 was a kick-ass year for toys, cartoons and pop culture in general! It makes me all the more grateful I got to be a kid during this time.

@MiyagiNariyoshi 3 жыл бұрын

I remember asking my mom to get me the Mask VHS from Blockbuster. She came home with that movie with Cher and the dude with a big face. Lol

@Chtud 4 жыл бұрын

Just bought some 80's toys this year , including -MASK: Rhino ,Raven,Condor -Masters of the Universe: He-man+BattleCat , Skeletor +Panthor,Triclops , Ramman -GI-Joe - StormShadow , Cobra Commander

@daveh013 4 жыл бұрын

Bring back MASK, WHEELED WARRIORS, & AIR RAIDERS. that would be my trifecta

@nilsnyman6767 4 жыл бұрын

Robotech, Voltron and Thundercats

@christiancampagna2229 3 жыл бұрын

I worked at my family's Beer Store when I was 12 and one week I spent my whole pay check on Air Raider toys.

@johnnymason2460 2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, Air Raiders never had an animated series! It would have been interesting!!!

@bigben8173 2 жыл бұрын

I was 4 in 1985 and remember A LOT of this years pop culture. It all makes sense now!

@T.d.Mack74 Жыл бұрын

Born in 74 I was obsessed with m.a.s.k. Voltron and transformers great toys amazing memories

@brentagade 4 жыл бұрын

This was my favorite show around that time. I had Boulder Hill, and pretty close to all the vehicles minus the racetrack season. The big Snake Oil tanker VENOM truck was awesome.

@JuiceJive 4 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid in the early 90's, I had 2" action figure in a yellow and red suit with sunglasses. I knew it came from a set my older cousin had, but that was it. It ended up being a Brad Turner figure, that I believe he got with the Condor and Switchblade sets. I think my cousin was probably a bigger fan of Voltron and TMNT, as those are the only toys I remember him actually keeping.

@whoopdattrick23 4 жыл бұрын

JuiceJive Rad!

@GizmoDuck_1860 3 жыл бұрын

The theme tune was the best theme tune in the world history of TV.

@MrBmick79 11 ай бұрын

When I was about 8, I once saw that this show was on TV for 2 hours in the tv guide around noon. Let's just say I've never been so disappointed to see Cher and Eric Stoltz in my life.

@Whiteshell204 4 жыл бұрын

*What a great show and toy line...I feel sorry for kids today*

@FureyinHD 3 жыл бұрын

Great round up of MASK!! This show was so important to me. I especially loved the UK comics. The stories and art were excellent. But I didn't realise the holiday specials were made by a different company! They were such a treat to find on the shelves in the summer. They were THICC! Wow, did you need to throw shade at my trusty Commodore 64 though 😅

@colingram8785 2 жыл бұрын

my mum used to go to the shops and come back with my comic! I'd ruffle through the bag to see if she'd got it each month, felt like an eternity to get it; now 4 weeks goes by like 3 damn days.....a time machine would be very welcome right now!! :D

@unclelazlo4287 3 жыл бұрын

Best 80’s cartoon theme song for sure!

@Ryan-xn3mt 3 жыл бұрын

This is the best KZfaq channel in the world. I get to relive my childhood. And learn some new and interesting facts about my favorite cartoons, and you have a Centurions episode.

@drewlovelyhell4892 4 жыл бұрын

They should have been called H.E.L.M.E.T Highly Elite Legion of Mobile Espionage Troopers

@liljenborg2517 4 жыл бұрын

Lord Dark Helmet: "You didn't see that!" Col. Sanders: "No I did no see you playing with your dolls, sir!"

@grantorino2325 4 жыл бұрын

*rimshot*

@TopsideCrisis346 4 жыл бұрын

You are a genius. 😎

@chrismurphy2856 4 жыл бұрын

Doesn't quite roll off the tongue but good effort though

@WyldstaarStudios 4 жыл бұрын

H-H-H-H-HELMET! Is the mighty power that can save the day? No. The acronym works, but I'll never give up that awesome theme song!

@zeterzero4356 4 жыл бұрын

Guess this reinforces something I already knew: I'm not interested in cars unless they turn into a robot.

@caeserromero3013 3 жыл бұрын

I had the truck and my brother had the car and Miles Mayhem and copter. Great fun. I remember getting the truck for my birthday from Bentals dept store in Kingston June '86...

@jerseytiger1980 3 жыл бұрын

Ahhhhh 1985-1986 when my two favorite things in the world were M.A.S.K. and Garbage Pail Kids. What an awesome time.

@dinomonzon7493 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this one, Dan! MASK is one of my fave cartoons in the 1980s. My fave characters were Matt Trakker, Gloria Baker*, Hondo McLane, Miles Mayhem, Vanessa Warfield, & Sly Rax. Also, the toys had a plus in that they used actual Goodyear tires. Also, Matt Trakker was later made the High Tech Specialist of G. I. Joe, essentially he became G. I. Joe's Tony Stark and Cobra's Destro. Wish they added Gloria Baker; she could supplant (and even outright Replace) Lady J had it been possible IMHO. * Gloria Baker's MASK Shark seemed inspired by James Bond's modified Lotus Esprit from The Spy Who Loved Me.

@grantorino2325 4 жыл бұрын

Back in grade school, I had a SERIOUS crush on Gloria. And during the 10 racing episodes, my friends and I really liked the guy who drove Bulldog. We never actually learned his name, though. We just called him "Russian Bear." :P

@dinomonzon7493 4 жыл бұрын

Gran Torino Can't blame you about Gloria. She is very pretty. 👍 The Bulldog's driver was Boris Bullski, if I recall correctly.

@mpachinko4069 3 жыл бұрын

Subscribed. This was great. I loved my MASK stuff as a kid. I had no idea there was that much thought and money put in to the making and marketing of these toys. Great video!!!

@seagrey75 3 жыл бұрын

Ahhh, the 80s! I miss them.

@dylanfgarrison 2 жыл бұрын

M.A.S.K was far and away one of my favorites. The cartoon and the toys. Also, I still remember the disappointment that was finding the “mask” listing in the satellite guide, flipping to that channel and discovering it was actually a movie about a horribly deformed teenager and not the cartoon. Oh man I was one mad 6 year old.

@BalderOdinson Жыл бұрын

Don't get me started on Jim Carrey...

@PlainsPup 3 жыл бұрын

I always liked tiny action figures, because when you played with them alongside big creatures from other collections, then it made those creatures seem even bigger!

@LCFC81 4 жыл бұрын

They should teach this in schools, primarily so my complete collection retains its value in the future.

@MikeTXBC 3 жыл бұрын

How could you have never heard of the Commodore 64? That computer was (and still is) famous.

@jw9737 4 жыл бұрын

I still want those, 30 years later!

@greenlanternhg5141 4 жыл бұрын

Oh man! The one series I hope would get revived or a six inch series 🥺 Great video Mr Larson, Producer Greg 👍🏽✌🏽

@MrJibaku 4 жыл бұрын

This show was my jam. I loved this show my kids love it. It’s awesome.

@keirengaming 2 жыл бұрын

Nah the show was crap. The theme song was good but it’s not good, The voice acting was hilariously bad, action was cheesy, Plotlines were cheesy, animation was well drawn but really stiff, The kid and his stupid robot was annoying, etc… It really wasn’t a good show.

@musicandactionfigures 3 жыл бұрын

The "We Didn't Start The Fire" reference and the "power of plot contrivance" were hilarious! Like the way you inject humor in your videos about my childhood favorites! 🤘⭐🍺👍🏼

@audiosoil1 3 жыл бұрын

I was 9 in 85! Needless to say I thoroughly enjoyed my childhood being a cool car and monster truck loving kid.

@TymersRealm 4 жыл бұрын

Hey... I actually had a ROM figure back in the day. I thought it was the coolest thing ever, thank you very much!

@davidmreyes77 4 жыл бұрын

MASK and Wheeled Warriors had the best theme song intros for the 80s. Hands down.

@anthonykent00 4 жыл бұрын

Nope. Gummy Bears is the best. They're great though. 😎

@natehoover5266 Жыл бұрын

Mask was my favorite cartoon and toys ever!!!

@ianj4389 3 жыл бұрын

One of the best theme songs of 80s cartoons.

@Merchant1521 3 жыл бұрын

The best not one of the best. Least in my eyes.

@ojinrvk 4 жыл бұрын

Oh, heck yeah! This is the episode I've been waiting on ever since I found this channel a 2 or 3 years ago!

@adamczykcgs 4 жыл бұрын

I miss having these toys. By far my favorite 80s toy line along with GI Joe and Transformers. I had Boulder Hill Gas Station, I still have the boulder somewhere. ^_^

@fffrrraannkk 2 жыл бұрын

I loved Mask and my mom bought me Boulder Hill when the series must have been on decline because it was in the clearance section for super cheap. I loved causing mayhem with that boulder. None of my friends were into Mask, but it didn't matter because we could combine it with GI Joe.

@doctorstrobe Жыл бұрын

I've read somewhere that MASK was created as a reduced size line to replace GI Joe because the latter line's vehicles were too expensive to produce du to their huge size.

@pataker7875 4 жыл бұрын

I was obsessed (and probably still) with MASK.

@wstine79 4 жыл бұрын

I had MASK figures. My mom told me that the Eagles were hard to find a Toys R Us

@Statsy10 4 жыл бұрын

“A car becomes a car with its doors open...” 😂

@seatspud 4 жыл бұрын

I now heard this in Frank Caliendo doing his John Madden voice.

@Fastbikkel 3 жыл бұрын

2:42 love the "we didn't start the fire" reference!

@Quimper111 3 жыл бұрын

+1 for the Re-Animator gag. :D

@inthetoyroom4life 4 жыл бұрын

"Why do we call these masks by the way? This is a helmet, not a mask" - Matt Trakker, Robot Chicken

@lamar3400 4 жыл бұрын

Cuz who would watch "H.E.L.M.E.T."?

@nathanhold4755 4 жыл бұрын

Mind blown😂

@kellyweingart3692 4 жыл бұрын

😂

@Mrenderboyo2 3 жыл бұрын

What? You went over my helmet! -Dark Helmet 1987

@anthonyg7364 3 жыл бұрын

You obviously didn't watch the video because he broke down the acronym for MASK.

@joeleustice 4 жыл бұрын

I only had the green bike chopper thing as a kid from this line.

@hexmachine8263 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I had five or six when I was a kid, and still have some of the figures. My kids play with them now lol. The outlaw tanker was my favorite.

@IffyJottere 4 жыл бұрын

That one was my favorite, and the first one I ever had. That would be Condor, driven / piloted by Brad Turner, wearer of Hocus-Pocus, a holography mask.

@darthpaul99 4 жыл бұрын

Same here & it was my favorite and the driver was my favorite character, so I really didn’t need anyone else.

@MarJay1980 4 жыл бұрын

Condor with Brad Turner and his Mask Hocus Pocus. Don't ask me how I know that.

@rrbautista8930 3 жыл бұрын

OMG! Thank you for that throwback commercial, childhood nostalgia @ it's best! Lol! 🤩

@oaoa-kh4hn 4 ай бұрын

My mom bought me several M.A.S.K. toys in the early 90's. She bought them secondhand but were in great condition. Didn't know what I had, I just loved all those cars. I had 2 of the black broncos, the Camaro, raven which was a black either Corvette or firebird. There was a purple nissan 300z. So not only kids from the mid 80's enjoyed these toys. Some of us from the 90's did too.

@geardog24 4 жыл бұрын

2:47 something tells me you really like Re-Animater.

@apex2000 4 жыл бұрын

Same gag was used in Top 10 things about MASK too.

@jonhunter4187 4 жыл бұрын

As you should.

@bunkyspunkmeyer 4 жыл бұрын

What gave u that idea?

@Quirky_QF 4 жыл бұрын

That's Producer Greg's doing. He...REALLY likes that movie.

@jamesgibson4275 4 жыл бұрын

If Jeffery Coombs is in it, it's worth watching.

@ChaosKnightCMV 4 жыл бұрын

Optimism is one hell of a drug indeed xD

@Suprahampton 3 жыл бұрын

MASK & Transformers were the toys I played with the most as a kid

@TL3742 3 жыл бұрын

The 1957 Chevy with the sweet flame paint job ranks as of one of my most favorite, bad ass toys ever!

@Kryojenix 2 жыл бұрын

7:07 I'd really love a combined continuity for Transformers and MASK. I think the advanced technologies in vehicle transformation could easily be a by-product of human/Autobot collab. I really really loved the MASK cartoon and toys in the 1980s, but had to priortise Transformers and therefore only have a mini-novelisation of the cartoon ep1 - "The Deathstone. One of my friends had a few of the toys and they were fantastic - much better than any Transformers from after 1985 (i.e.any original non-Diaclone, non-Micro-change Transformers).

@BalderOdinson Жыл бұрын

Check out the IDW comics. Not the best adaptation of MASK possible, but the premise of MASK being humanity's (Mayhem's) reaction to the cybertronian threat is spot on! Revolution did a great job tying all these properties together...and ROM... Seriously though, ROM felt more tacked on, like they were building the Dire Wraiths in to something, but didn't get there. Not quite sure what happened to the shared universe behind the scenes but it definitely felt like someone pulled the plug and IDW had to go "oh crap! uh...Unicron attacks and uh...reboot..."

@BlinkyTrigger 4 жыл бұрын

I dont know about you guys, but Matt Trakker looks a whole lot like Herbert West to me.

@jkwong2297 4 жыл бұрын

The GI Joe version of Matt Trakker looks like Stephen Colbert.

@burntmarshwigglestudio597 4 жыл бұрын

I genuinely don't know why this is considered underrated. Every kid I knew was obsessed with this show. I actually pretended to BE the flying car - and every collector forum I'm on everyone is obsessed with MASK

@preztrigger 4 жыл бұрын

My fav was when they would select team members for the mission

@jedigecko06 3 жыл бұрын

And they would down tools immediately, or hand everything to the nearest person. Supercut: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bd5ldZaf37_NqKM.html

@CoinOpTV 4 жыл бұрын

whoah clean shaven bro!

@codyt821 2 жыл бұрын

Not exactly a clean shave 😂😂 but ok

@RickyRicardo03 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! 1985 was a awesome time to be born! Thanks Mom!

@Erikfromtha626 3 жыл бұрын

I still have 5 of these vehicles in the box. Never used. Loved this cartoon as a kid.

@marlonsanchez3141 4 жыл бұрын

M.A.S.K. beat MK in using the letter "K" where the letter "C" would be used.

@bawonsamdi 4 жыл бұрын

I would shapeshift into Herbert West and reanimate the MASK toyline.

@SixshotRevan 4 жыл бұрын

5:55 This ad features the most British children I've seen since Dr. Who and I love it.

@mattjagger4360 3 жыл бұрын

The 80's were the best time to be a kid. The toys were just the best. I had a good selection of M.A.S.K with boulder hill. Wish i still had them.

@adamcarter2310 4 жыл бұрын

Seems like they missed an opportunity for a roll play line. I would’ve killed for a wearable Spectrum when I was a kid. Or you know... now.

@apex2000 4 жыл бұрын

Seriously a show where half the gymic was wearable. That would be like if Power Rangers hadn't released morpher toys

@WyldstaarStudios 4 жыл бұрын

It just wasn't done back then. Nobody made masks for anything but Halloween. The only role play toys were things worn on a belt, like walkie-talkies, handcuffs, binoculars, knives, etc. or hand-held items like guns and lightsabers or hats/helmets for soldiers, firemen and the police. I've no idea why this was the case, but it was.

@jaywoodley6014 4 жыл бұрын

Kenner did a beetlejuice mask. And they did a few batman masks. Cost was probably too high.

@jaywoodley6014 4 жыл бұрын

Oh and they did a robocop helmet

@TheAltohollic 4 жыл бұрын

Jay Woodley not to mention all of the Ghostbuster “role play” items from back in the day.