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M.A.S.K!!!
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21-08-2010 11:48am#1
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Bizarely I never actually had any MASK toys. Lots of friends did though.
Switchblade in particular is an utterly amazing toy.
Ever try and go back and watch the cartoon? It's horrific. 90% of each episode is that brat and the robot being utter jack asses!0 -
Hasbro now own most of the MASK right which mean some day we could potentially see Mask vs Transformers
Interestingly enough they released a G.I Joe Matt Tracker recently as a wee tribute.
The Mask toys were in general of exceptional quality. I had Rhino and it's Venom equivalent (Outlaw) which I always wanted to paint up to look like Optimus Prime.
The cartoon... was shocking bad. It is totally unwatchable, aged very badly for me, worse than many of it's contemporaries.0 -
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WARNING: Much reminiscing.Doctor DooM wrote: »Hasbro now own most of the MASK right which mean some day we could potentially see Mask vs Transformers
Interestingly enough they released a G.I Joe Matt Tracker recently as a wee tribute.
Apparently Hasbro don't actually own the rights to the name "M.A.S.K." hence the Agent Trakker figure having Mobile Armored Strike Kommand on the packaging.
...they're throwing a nod to the concept with the Stealth Force subline in TFs though. Apparently Bay thinks they're "cool" but since he gets a cut of every toy sold, he would.I set my poor Rhino on fire when I discovered i could use a spray can to replicate the Torch mask. It's in less than mint condition now.
I was absolutely-f*cking-nuts about M.A.S.K. as a kid.
Seriously. More so than Transformers. Whilst i liked the idea of TFs, i didn't always like the execution. I knew bloody well a robot that turned into a metallic dinosaur was a pretty poor "disguise", and my favourites were by far the Autobot cars.
Early 1986, i saw a commercial for Roddy, Kup, Blurr, Cyclonus and Scourge.
Not impressed... the lure of TFs was starting to fade.
Then shortly after..... i saw a MASK commercial, it felt like they filled the 'realism' gap that was left by TFs moving towards 'more futuristic' vehicles.
They were pretty hard to get for most of 1986. I distinctly remember somebody in Paddy Barrett's telling me everyone had trouble getting stock.
Early 87 they became a lot easier to get. I had most of what was released in the first two years.. when it got to the 'Racing series' the folks decided i had "too many" of them.. but they didn't object to Starcom for some reason... so i moved away from MASK... Not that i didn't like Starcom, but most of my favourites were in Series 3.
Believe it or not, unlike some other toylines, every single MASK toy was released in Europe... Although in the case of Firecracker we had to wait an extra year, beyond the fact that MASK was released here a year after the US.
In fact some of the action figure 2 packs, repaints of figures from series
2 and 3 were released in Europe, but not the US and can command very high prices for good examples. There were also some adventure packs unreleased in the US/Canada, with accessories that were never available elsewhere.
They can also fetch a good price.
There was also the fourth series, known as Split Seconds in the US. The theme was that every vehicle split in two, but the name was a bit too on the nose, as they just weren't up to the quality of the racing series which, imo, was the line's best year. Some of those final year toys are comparatively rare and can fetch high prices. Especially if you happen to have the US boxed versions which have distinctly different packaging.
The cartoon ended after the racing series, between that and the fact Split Seconds wasn't quite up to the standard set, the line faded away. I didn't own any Split Seconds vehciles at the time... they just dind't look as interested to me, i was more fussed with G.I.Joe (Action Force) at the time.
I do remember around summer 1991, Kenner Europe liquidated LOTS of Mask toys, they were being sold off at 5.99 each.. and i bought a few more as a Swansong of sorts.
About 6 years ago, i started to collect MISB MASK toys, got my hands on a sealed example of every single toy made. All American boxes, as well as all the Europe only stuff case fresh.
Sold the collection on to a guy in the US, at a tidy profit. Apparently Skybolt is so rare in a US box, he wasn't even sure it existed in such packaging.
Well i did warn you about the much reminiscing. I've a particularly sentimental attachment to this toyline for some reason.
...and yeah, the cartoon was pretty horrible at times. Dic would later became quite infamous for paying Hasbro a BIG chunk of money for the rights to make a G.I.Joe cartoon, even if it was widely seen as vastly inferior to the Sunbow one.0 -
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Most of the Split second stuff is dearer know as it was the end run and not as much was made.
I recall getting this for Christmas and being ecstatic as I'd only asked for 3 of the smaller ones.
and I gotta disagree with you wernstrom! The split second stuff. wasn't of bad quality. Some of the designs where better than preivous runs.
Sure they wheren't as realistic as the other runs. But they where still fun.
Has a complete run of the uk comic before it merged with Eagle.
And began to rehash the stories.0 -
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Nephilim Wolf wrote: »I think Bulldoze is the truck your think of? I got one from the internet a few ago, and it's definitely one of my favourite M.A.S.K toys that I have. It also came with the box and the original poster which was really cool.:D
I checked your pics - It was Rhino. I sure I had a green motorbike guy also and the red flying car with the doors that opened out. I miss my childhood
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I checked your pics - It was Rhino. I sure I had a green motorbike guy also and the red flying car with the doors that opened out. I miss my childhood
The green motorbike is Condor, and the flying is Raven. I know what you mean, I got some great toys back in the early and mid 80's.:D0 -
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