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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  • @tonywilliams6428
    @tonywilliams6428 4 ปีที่แล้ว +273

    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
      @RaiderNation86 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He-Man bigger than all 3 but gi joe cheaper

    • @ninjaturtlemaster24
      @ninjaturtlemaster24 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

    • @michaellarnach4161
      @michaellarnach4161 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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
      @Raziel312 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@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
      @michaellarnach4161 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@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.

  • @cf2228
    @cf2228 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

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

    • @shuaduah
      @shuaduah 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      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
      @shadowfaxcrx5141 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

    • @shuaduah
      @shuaduah 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

    • @MartenFerret
      @MartenFerret หลายเดือนก่อน

      No, it was good to be RICH in the 80s. :3

  • @odemata87
    @odemata87 4 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    Long live Saturday Morning and After-school cartoons!

    • @GodWeenSatan
      @GodWeenSatan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Actually they died long ago

    • @viruslayer
      @viruslayer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @fffrrraannkk
      @fffrrraannkk 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @thedoctorofstyleirondeadpaul
    @thedoctorofstyleirondeadpaul 4 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    MASK had a kick ass theme song loved the show

    • @the_bogeyman.
      @the_bogeyman. 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @unlimitedrabbit
      @unlimitedrabbit 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The cover versions are pretty decent, too.

    • @thedoctorofstyleirondeadpaul
      @thedoctorofstyleirondeadpaul 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@unlimitedrabbit they are

  • @webvideofan
    @webvideofan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

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

  • @MightyMorphinDJ
    @MightyMorphinDJ ปีที่แล้ว +6

    OMG, unbearded Dan!... WEIRD!

  • @JohnLoeffler78
    @JohnLoeffler78 4 ปีที่แล้ว +132

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

    • @namelessjedi2242
      @namelessjedi2242 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @JohnLoeffler78
      @JohnLoeffler78 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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
      @eugenelau3927 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I did think the same thing too!!

    • @jedigecko06
      @jedigecko06 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Isn't that a Turtle Van?

    • @napoleonwilson6499
      @napoleonwilson6499 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What about face man's vette?

  • @baffle222
    @baffle222 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

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

  • @wheeljack0
    @wheeljack0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

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

  • @digitalq9702
    @digitalq9702 4 ปีที่แล้ว +290

    1985 was literally one of the best years ever

    • @remc0s
      @remc0s 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Except for the psychic squid attack on 11/2.

    • @pbailed8007
      @pbailed8007 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I second that statement

    • @remc0s
      @remc0s 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Terminator You're back!

    • @MaxAmmoNeeded
      @MaxAmmoNeeded 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @BarronVonSchnoot
      @BarronVonSchnoot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @dmjac77
    @dmjac77 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

  • @frobafett
    @frobafett 4 ปีที่แล้ว +132

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

    • @hexmachine8263
      @hexmachine8263 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Kinda looks like Stalin lol.

    • @markshadows3667
      @markshadows3667 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      And a little like Victor Kiriakis from Days of our Lives

    • @dinomonzon7493
      @dinomonzon7493 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @namelessjedi2242
      @namelessjedi2242 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Probably vice versa

    • @CueDaNinja
      @CueDaNinja 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ;-)

  • @omegagouki8069
    @omegagouki8069 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    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
      @neildavies2276 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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
      @Lunatick666 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @TheRoamerWolf
      @TheRoamerWolf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      🤣🤣🤣🤣 #give_it_back

  • @drewlovelyhell4892
    @drewlovelyhell4892 4 ปีที่แล้ว +125

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

    • @liljenborg2517
      @liljenborg2517 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

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

    • @grantorino2325
      @grantorino2325 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      *rimshot*

    • @TopsideCrisis346
      @TopsideCrisis346 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You are a genius. 😎

    • @chrismurphy2856
      @chrismurphy2856 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @WyldstaarStudios
      @WyldstaarStudios 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      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!

  • @timj3788
    @timj3788 4 ปีที่แล้ว +152

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

    • @overlord3051
      @overlord3051 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @ghkillah1995
    @ghkillah1995 4 ปีที่แล้ว +210

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

    • @jackiethompson7446
      @jackiethompson7446 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Agreed and indeed

    • @nathanhold4755
      @nathanhold4755 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So true

    • @TheSuburban15
      @TheSuburban15 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @Fastbikkel
      @Fastbikkel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      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
      @x-g1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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

  • @AFCManUk
    @AFCManUk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    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
      @fffrrraannkk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      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
      @davidcurry332 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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

  • @SIFUBAMBOO
    @SIFUBAMBOO 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

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

  • @jsly621
    @jsly621 4 ปีที่แล้ว +132

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

    • @emerald0052
      @emerald0052 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @MrRwithanitch
      @MrRwithanitch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

    • @truej23og
      @truej23og 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I so agree, I was about to say that lmao

  • @TransformersFan1991
    @TransformersFan1991 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's no wonder G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero ended up being a more better show because it was more violent and action packed, and the violence in this series was toned down into a more kid friendly show.

  • @MikeTXBC
    @MikeTXBC 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @last_lost_lamenter
      @last_lost_lamenter หลายเดือนก่อน

      Load"jumpman",8,1
      Run (or) Press play on tape
      I learned computers from a Commodore 64

  • @TabletopJason
    @TabletopJason 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    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.

    • @christophertindall8486
      @christophertindall8486 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Mine too, watched it every Mon -friday mornings, before I went to school

  • @inthetoyroom4life
    @inthetoyroom4life 4 ปีที่แล้ว +86

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

    • @lamar3400
      @lamar3400 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

    • @nathanhold4755
      @nathanhold4755 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mind blown😂

    • @kellyweingart3692
      @kellyweingart3692 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😂

    • @Mrenderboyo2
      @Mrenderboyo2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @anthonyg7364
      @anthonyg7364 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @JoeSelf1982
    @JoeSelf1982 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    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
      @aucarter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @nobodyuknow2490
      @nobodyuknow2490 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @souljastation5463
      @souljastation5463 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My favourite underrated toy line of the 80s is Starcom

    • @Ushio01
      @Ushio01 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @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
      @BalderOdinson ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @shaeker
    @shaeker 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

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

    • @Ottophil
      @Ottophil 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thats how i am with The Nanny

    • @cypressstoner2532
      @cypressstoner2532 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cool post it up.

    • @mpachinko4069
      @mpachinko4069 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same. That theme song was tight.

    • @gunslingingbird74
      @gunslingingbird74 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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
      @shaeker 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Denver was a great show

  • @hexmachine8263
    @hexmachine8263 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    If there's a god in heaven please bring back M.A.S.K 🙏

    • @alphatrion100
      @alphatrion100 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It wont be as cool

    • @scottandrewhutchins
      @scottandrewhutchins 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      IDW has a MASK comicbook, and it isn't, even though they made Matt a black guy and Gloria a tattooed Indian who likes skimpy clothes.

    • @hexmachine8263
      @hexmachine8263 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@scottandrewhutchins yeah it was really weird. I wish they would stop changing everything around just to be woke.

  • @MarcelosToyRoom
    @MarcelosToyRoom 4 ปีที่แล้ว +94

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

    • @TerryTurner
      @TerryTurner 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @grantorino2325
      @grantorino2325 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @poppedweasel
      @poppedweasel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It wasn't just optimism they were sniffing in 1985

    • @Brotherofthe4thCompany
      @Brotherofthe4thCompany 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      "I'm Rick James."

  • @chadbradley3434
    @chadbradley3434 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

  • @tedpedersen123
    @tedpedersen123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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. ✌️

  • @zeterzero4356
    @zeterzero4356 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

  • @joshuacutlan5003
    @joshuacutlan5003 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

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

    • @BigGator5
      @BigGator5 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @otisalmato
    @otisalmato 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    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
      @whoopdattrick23 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @otisalmato
      @otisalmato 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @marlonsanchez3141
    @marlonsanchez3141 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

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

  • @adamcarter2310
    @adamcarter2310 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    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
      @apex2000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @WyldstaarStudios
      @WyldstaarStudios 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      @jaywoodley6014 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @jaywoodley6014
      @jaywoodley6014 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh and they did a robocop helmet

    • @TheAltohollic
      @TheAltohollic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @brentagade
    @brentagade 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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.

  • @peppermintspacecapsule9898
    @peppermintspacecapsule9898 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I always felt like the racing episodes should have been a prequel series, before Miles Mayhem became a wanted war-criminal! You could see his jealousy growing over time! 🏎️🏎️🏎️

  • @daveh013
    @daveh013 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

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

    • @nilsnyman6767
      @nilsnyman6767 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Robotech, Voltron and Thundercats

    • @christiancampagna2229
      @christiancampagna2229 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      @johnnymason2460 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @adamwiggins9865
    @adamwiggins9865 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    “ wanna watch Movie?”
    -“yeah what movie you Thinking?”
    “Mask”
    “ be more specific”
    “The transforming vehicle one”
    “Oh good, I hate Jim Carrey, and Cher’s son in the other one scared me as a kid”

    • @mike7652
      @mike7652 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Facts.

  • @BlinkyTrigger
    @BlinkyTrigger 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

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

    • @jkwong2297
      @jkwong2297 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @Chtud
    @Chtud 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    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

  • @TheToonMonkey
    @TheToonMonkey 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    "Spectrum Zee X". That's hilarious!
    You really need to say it the correct British way! ZX = ZedX Spectrum.

    • @grantorino2325
      @grantorino2325 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      At least he didn't pronounce it as they do north of The Wash.
      "Spectrum IZZARD X."

    • @jasonblalock4429
      @jasonblalock4429 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, even American video game TH-camrs make sure to pronounce it the British way. Which is itself a little weird, since "zed" doesn't exist as far as American English is concerned.

    • @weavehole
      @weavehole 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Zed’s dead, baby. Zed’s dead.

    • @Etherian87
      @Etherian87 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jasonblalock4429 Lord Zed existed so fUuUuUUUuuuCK YooooOOuUUUuuU :p

  • @MiyagiNariyoshi
    @MiyagiNariyoshi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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

  • @Zorglorfian
    @Zorglorfian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Jim Carrey’s Mask versus Tom Hardy’s Venom: Who Wins?

  • @JuiceJive
    @JuiceJive 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    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.

  • @Radeo
    @Radeo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    80's child doesn't know what a C64 is?
    For shame.

  • @doctorstrobe
    @doctorstrobe ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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.

  • @wstine79
    @wstine79 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

  • @TheMelMostlyGames
    @TheMelMostlyGames ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Could have focused more on reanimator, I was overcome by a need to discuss it.
    I was left feeling unsatisfied.

  • @LCFC81
    @LCFC81 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

  • @kingvagar
    @kingvagar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @lowerclassbrats77
    @lowerclassbrats77 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I asked my mom for M.A.S.K and she brought me home a movie starring Cher.😥

  • @geardog24
    @geardog24 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

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

    • @apex2000
      @apex2000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @jonhunter4187
      @jonhunter4187 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      As you should.

    • @bunkyspunkmeyer
      @bunkyspunkmeyer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What gave u that idea?

    • @Quirky_QF
      @Quirky_QF 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @jamesgibson4275
      @jamesgibson4275 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @CoinOpTV
    @CoinOpTV 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    whoah clean shaven bro!

    • @codyt821
      @codyt821 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not exactly a clean shave 😂😂 but ok

  • @Statsy10
    @Statsy10 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

    • @seatspud
      @seatspud 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @TymersRealm
    @TymersRealm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @ojinrvk
    @ojinrvk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

  • @davelight2220
    @davelight2220 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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
      @BobbyGeneric145 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @mpachinko4069
    @mpachinko4069 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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!!!

  • @FureyinHD
    @FureyinHD 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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
      @colingram8785 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      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

  • @omisokaomisokas5095
    @omisokaomisokas5095 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This franchise deserves a reboot in toys and cartoons.

    • @johnnymason2460
      @johnnymason2460 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @omisokaomisokas5095
      @omisokaomisokas5095 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @johnnymason2460
      @johnnymason2460 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @omisokaomisokas5095
      @omisokaomisokas5095 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@johnnymason2460 Agreed

  • @Kryojenix
    @Kryojenix 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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
      @BalderOdinson ปีที่แล้ว

      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..."

  • @bobastu
    @bobastu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Where are the Turbo Teen toys???? Great overview. Other than Haslab, and new figure bodies (recycled, recast, then repainted into $50.00 FSS figures), what sizable new playsets has Hasbro made for Star Wars or GI Joe. Almost every item I have seen are items from the 80s recast.
    Hasbro would have had to spend over $100,000.00 to make any type of MASK mold (maybe closer to $500,000.00?). The problem with most cool toys today...they are not marketed to, or designed to played with by, CHILDREN! Why would kids buy MASK toys at retail? They wouldn't.
    The most accurate Transformers movie to date has been Bumblebee, and that is why Bumblebee has been announced as a soft reboot, ex post facto of the films success. The coolest movie Transformer toy...a $70.00 version. Where are the children's toys? We, GenX, have raised the bar on what we expect, and as a result kids cant afford the toys.
    A shared universe...I would love to see it, my boys would love to see it, but we, the toy lovers, are a dying breed. Something has to change to get kids attention again. I dont know what that may be. Great job today.
    BTW, do not even get me started on Jem, that butchered movie....

  • @greenlanternhg5141
    @greenlanternhg5141 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @Gappasaurus
    @Gappasaurus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In a show & toyline whose main gimmick is specialized headgear, why did Scott Trakker not even have a SAFETY HELMET? Constantly riding around on a motorized scooter/robot and always getting caught in the crossfire, the kid really needed something to protect his dome, but... nope 😕 Even as a kid that bothered me, seemed like an obvious oversight, especially since they went through the trouble to give Thunderhawk seatbelts 😶

  • @adamczykcgs
    @adamczykcgs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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
      @fffrrraannkk 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @kojo7485
    @kojo7485 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    F.Gary Gray directed Set It Off(1996) starring Jada Pinkett, Queen Latifah, Kimberly Elise and Vivica A. Fox.

  • @selectpet
    @selectpet 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @jerseytiger1980
    @jerseytiger1980 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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
    @dinomonzon7493 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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
      @grantorino2325 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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
      @dinomonzon7493 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @caeserromero3013
    @caeserromero3013 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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...

  • @bastien-
    @bastien- 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    That's so weird, I always thought MASK stood for "Mobile Army Surgical Kospital"

    • @IffyJottere
      @IffyJottere 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      MASK! Do they know "command" doesn't start with a "K"?!

    • @mathewbarrie9149
      @mathewbarrie9149 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@IffyJottere Neither does 'combat', but it didn't stop THOSE guys.

    • @jonathanfenton8695
      @jonathanfenton8695 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mathewbarrie9149 thank you, I was about to say that.

    • @ronnielenroberts6136
      @ronnielenroberts6136 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Poor literacy is kewl.

  • @IffyJottere
    @IffyJottere 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Masked crusaders! Working overtime! Fighting crime! Fighting crime!
    Secret raiders who will neutralize, soon as they arrive! (At the site!)
    Trakker's gonna lead the mission, and Spectrum's got such super vision!
    (M-M-M-MASK!) MASK is the mighty power that will save the day!
    (M-M-M-MASK!) MASK! No one knows what lies behind the mad charade!
    (M-M-M-MASK!) MASK! Always riding hot on VENOM's trail!
    Come see the laser rays fire away!
    Vicious VENOM! Organizing crime! Masterminds! Masterminds!
    Illusion is the ultimate weapon! MASK can use it right, every time, anytime!
    Trakker's gonna lead the mission, and Spectrum's got such super vision!
    (M-M-M-MASK!) MASK is the mighty power that will save the day!
    (M-M-M-MASK!) MASK! No one knows what lies behind the mad charade!
    (M-M-M-MASK!) MASK! Always riding hot on VENOM's trail!
    Come see the laser rays fire away!

  • @Junothegamerfox
    @Junothegamerfox 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    M.A.S.K. was referenced in Transformers: Prime.

  • @christopherjohnson1988
    @christopherjohnson1988 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1982 was the greatest year in pop culture. Tron, E.T. Blade Runner, Wrath of Khan. Nuff said.

  • @bawonsamdi
    @bawonsamdi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @retluoc
    @retluoc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My favorite animated villain squad is ACRONYM. A Criminal Regiman Of Nasty Young Men. (Futurama)

  • @eyedestroyeverything9953
    @eyedestroyeverything9953 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The future is so lame .
    GlAd I was a kid in the 80s

  • @esands36
    @esands36 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @Whiteshell204
    @Whiteshell204 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @Scav-Goblin
    @Scav-Goblin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You know, as amazing as 1985 was for toys, 1984 was for movies. The Terminator, Gremlins, Ghostbusters, Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th Part 4, i could go on for a while lol. 1986 was a great one too... hell the entire 80s was amazing.

  • @mikekz4489
    @mikekz4489 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The Thunderhawk looks so unsafe to operate.

  • @spacedinosaur8733
    @spacedinosaur8733 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ok...That was soo weird listing to the UK toy commercial. Not what I was expecting.

  • @preztrigger
    @preztrigger 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @jedigecko06
      @jedigecko06 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      And they would down tools immediately, or hand everything to the nearest person.
      Supercut: th-cam.com/video/7x5B3nzYixo/w-d-xo.html

  • @Statsy10
    @Statsy10 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Are we sure that Matt Tracker figure was actually Matt Tracker? Because it looks a lot like Stephen Colbert to me.

  • @needfoolthings
    @needfoolthings 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Who dusts the contents of this shelf, I wonder...

  • @flipjupiter1
    @flipjupiter1 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    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!

  • @MrJibaku
    @MrJibaku 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @keirengaming
      @keirengaming 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @T.d.Mack74
    @T.d.Mack74 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @davidmreyes77
    @davidmreyes77 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @anthonykent00
      @anthonykent00 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @TwitchWasHere
    @TwitchWasHere 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've got an appointment with a transition specialist coming up, so I'm definitely working on that whole shifting shapes to unlock advanced functionality thing. 😅

  • @joeleustice
    @joeleustice 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @hexmachine8263
      @hexmachine8263 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      @IffyJottere 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      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
      @darthpaul99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @MarJay1980
      @MarJay1980 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @CTechAstronomy
    @CTechAstronomy ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m sure some Brit has already corrected you on your pronunciation of the ZX Spectrum 😅

  • @PlainsPup
    @PlainsPup 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    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!

  • @musicandactionfigures
    @musicandactionfigures 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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! 🤘⭐🍺👍🏼

  • @ChaosKnightCMV
    @ChaosKnightCMV 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Optimism is one hell of a drug indeed xD

  • @mar10ssj1
    @mar10ssj1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The magic of corporate acquisition. Makes all things possible.

  • @salfordnurse
    @salfordnurse 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Sounds so weird hearing you pronounce it zee x spectrum. With being in the U.K., we pronounce it Zed x spectrum. Nothing wrong with tat, just sounds so strange ha ha

    • @whoopdattrick23
      @whoopdattrick23 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      salfordnurse Zee is the way it’s supposed to be said

  • @wesleythomas7125
    @wesleythomas7125 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    🎶Weee didn't start the fire,
    It was always burnin'
    Since the world been turnin'🎶

  • @GreyHulk2156
    @GreyHulk2156 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    If you're going to call it a Zee-X Spectrum then we shall have to call him Jay-Zed. :)

    • @sixdegreesofcrispybacon
      @sixdegreesofcrispybacon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I only came here to see who'd bring that up. Congrats @GreyHulk2
      :-D

    • @urbanhymns8880
      @urbanhymns8880 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why don't you, for consistency? Or World War Zed?

    • @whoopdattrick23
      @whoopdattrick23 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Stop that zed shit

  • @rickc2102
    @rickc2102 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I totally had one of these, but I can't for the life of me remember which one... 35 years is a lot of fog!