M.A.S.K. - Vintage Toy Review Kenner 1985 - Part 2/2
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RetroBlasting looks back at Kenner's classic M.A.S.K. toys in Part 2 of their M.A.S.K. retrospective.
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Had to go to music school, while there was "Kimba - the white lion" on TV. I saw only the first 2 -3 episodes and loved it. And MASK is even far better.I feel your pain, Michael.
I loved M.A.S.K. The best part of the show was the team-picking and assembly.
Big middle fingers to shout factory!!! Up with Retro Blasting!!!!
Irvin Harvey III trork style?
Yeah they separated the first 65 episodes from the last 10 and won't sell the last 10 in America
Between me and my brother we had most of the MASK toys which was difficult considering because we also had to split our allowance between G.I.Joe and Transformers, times were tough for a kid in the 80's.
I agree with not overlooking this as a collector. This was probably my favorite toy as a kid, however, we could only afford a few toys. Makes me want to start collecting.
You know do we even see stuff like this now days? Not that I know of. We dont even have a Saturday morning cartoon spree these days. Kids are in a crap world now compared to su :)
And such wonderful work by you to repair them and love them again. So cool.
Great video! Good job restoring the "well played" collection. You had commented how the MASK scale was a weak excuse to not want to own it, or to not have wanted it in the 1980s.
Born in '71, my 3¾ toy fascination started with Adventure People, then progressed logically, Star Wars, (Mego offerings Dukes, Buck, BH, ST:TMP, Pocket Heroes, etc,), Tron, Mork, then GI Joe. He-Man, weird stance, weird punching gimmick; Silver Hawks, spring loaded arms and bad articulation; Thundercats, too darn big compared to Thunder Tank; TMNT...I won't even go there!
So, yes, MASK's scale was a huge issue for me; I had over a decade of awesome toys that could all interact, then MASK comes along. It was a very difficult pass for me as the cartoon was excellent.
The funny thing to consider is a lot of larger GI Joe ARAH vehicles were made in close to a 1:25 scale. Dragonfly, Skystriker, VAMP, SHARC, etc, when compared to their comic book size. So, were MASK vehicles also a smaller scale than the figures?? Except T Bob, lol!
It just seems every IP after 84 was intentionally different than 3¾ so it could stand-out, and become its own thing. Oh, BTW, Super Powers and Secret Wars were too gimmicky too.
Thanks again, love your channel!
I had quite a few M.A.S.K. toys as a kid and also had the outfits they used to have where it was a matching sweatshirt with sweatpants that had the M.A.S.K. logo on both.
I loved MASK figures. The helmets let you pretend to be any one of them.
Also, the scale was perfect for using them with my Constux sets. They'd sit perfectly wedged into the cockpits of all the stuff my friends and I would build.
Me too
That's basically racketeering by Shout Factory. You did the right thing. They don't deserve any money. You Tube recently has really gone off the rails pertaining to the way they handle certain cases and money!!! Love your videos. Keep up the excellent work! Never back down!! Lol
The worst part is this might not even be Shout! Factory's fault. There are companies out there who do claims like this.
I went to my local toy shop in Hull UK for my birthday in 85, I was turning 9. I bought lots of M.A.S.K and also entered a competition to win Rhino truck.
Forward to winter and there was knock at the door on a Sunday (yes Sunday) morning.
My drunk hungover dad was in bed, the house was a dump. No mother around.
I answered the door and was given a large box with my name on it. I was a confused 9 year old.
I opened the wrapping and there was a cornflake serial box around another box. I pulled the cornflake box open and there was Rhino and a letter from Kenner with a M.A.S.K hologram at the top.
Things like this never happened to me, my childhood wasn’t great. Looking back now as a 44 year old it could have possibly been the happiest and most exciting moment of my life.
I was one of those kids who got toys on birthday and Christmas but never any other time.
I loved down a nice street in a village called leven in East Yorkshire. It seemed all the other kids had every toy there was and I had barely anything.
The day I received Rhino I was the happiest kid in the world and for a small moment I was the same as the other kids.
Looking back now these toys are still insanely cool. If I win the lottery I’ll buy them all in immaculate condition.
Great video as well, thanks for putting it up. ✌️
I loved this toy line as a kid, but don't remember much of the cartoon. One of my grips back then was the size, I wanted to play with them with my Joe's, but now looking back I can understand why they were that size. Love your content, thanks!
I loved m.a.s.k as a kid, had a bunch of the toys including boulder hill. My parents binned the lot around the millennium because it was taking up space in their loft!
I recently started re-collecting (I was obsessed with M.A.S.K. as a kid) the line. I managed to get 18 figures, all with masks, for a great deal on ebay, and the gentleman even threw in a complete Condor and some accessories. Now, I'm obsessed again. lol It's just a bit tough on the budget, so I have to go slowly. My whole collection was crushed in a Uhaul move in the 90's, unfortunately.
I wish they would bring this back like they did with other 80's toy lines
I had the "thunderhawk." I got it as a christmas present from my aunt and uncle. Their sons watched MASK, but I never saw the cartoon. So I had no idea what it was, just that it was a car with weapons and stuff. It wasn't until a bit later on I found out what MASK was, and some info about the vehicle I had. Still haven't ever seen the cartoon though.
If we knew as kids most of us the value those will have in the future (talking mostly for the honor having those) we would collect them and stored them even better! And nowadays some of us trying to fill up the gaps with stuff we give,thrown away or break with newer "collectible" thingies that are not even in the slightest comparable with those classic stuff.
The mask in series 2 were not made bigger to help with not losing them. They were upsized so kids could choke on them. That's why theirs holes in the top of the head. So if they did swallow them, air could still pass through.
M.a.s.k are still the best toy franchise for me. The scale is perfect. The design is top notch. You have transforming vehicles and cool looking masks to boot!
Mask and Starcom toys were and still are awesome!!!!!
One of the most mindblowing toy series ever made, at least in my opinion.
As a child, I've always wanted some of the vehicles, and I loved the figures, but unfortunatly I've never had any... Maybe too expensive? I cannot tell, have to ask daddy :)
I was wondering how much would those toys cost on the aftermarket now, I'm quite sure I would pay a lot.
Btw, your effort in bringing back to life that collection, and also other toy (Kenner star wars, gijoe) is so huge..
I highly think of you guys!
Thank you Retroblasting, you make me travel throught time.
I freakin' love your collection and the fact that you have a Delorian 80s car! :D
I used to love Mask, the detail and moving parts were awesome! I didn't care for the redesign of the mask.
Mask was one of those things I never understood as a kid. Cars that turned into different kinds of cars....
Though when Dino Riders came out, I found it cool to have a handful of figures that were in scale with them.
Love M.A.S.K.! I never had any as a kid, but my babysitter (Andy) used to bring over a toy box full of them for me to play with! I was such a well-behaved boy!
After seeing the extensive restoration effort, My guess is Michael was more a Tinker than a Collector when he was younger. (Tinker: A Kid who needs to take apart every toy he has to see exactly how it works)
Great job on refurbishing these toys. You are right. It's no small task. I had the entire collection. MISB including European line and Split Seconds but ended up having to part with them. Love the channel. I know that Ramp Up and Thunderball are being produced on Shapeways if you have the inclination to pay to have them 3d printed and own your own.
Actually did love their scale. My only problem with it was the number of masks I lost to each character I had, from Matt Tracker's to Brad Turner's. I actually wound up breaking my arm falling out of a tree looking for Matt's mask. I loved my Bulldog.
Even if it's a reupload, MASK is always on the top ! Great !
This hits me right in the feels. I couldn't afford many toys. I only had Condor and the vehicle that the mayhem brothers drove in the racing season.
Wow Starcom! I have not thought about that since I played with it as a kid. Huge vote to do a video on that if you ever get a chance. I know it wasn't the best line and I have zero memory of the cartoon, but toys were unique. I am sure you guys can think of something similar, but the magnetic boots and weird cool noise the vehicles made when they transformed made me happy for days as a kid.
Wow they did amazing work with the little that had been given at the time. I hope by some good fortune super seven or another organization brings M.A.S.K back and makes it in scale to DC classics figure line
I heard rumors that they're going to have Scott Trakker in Transformers 5. given that Sqweeks (the new Autobot) is really reminiscent of T-Bob, I wouldn't doubt it.
Good job with the restoration, Mike.
My favorite cartoon and toys as a kid. Love your channel sir. Thanks.
+BobSince1981 Thanks for watching!
+RetroBlasting You should check out the late 80's early 90's show The New Adventure Of Speed Racer it had a great toy line!!!!!!!
That is ridiculous. Just wow. Wow. It never ceases to amaze me how much people screw each other over for the almighty dollar.
Your swimming lessons comment hits home. I was hell-bent on watching the new "Pac Man" cartoon, as I was obviously neck-deep in Atari at the time and a cartoon of Pac Man just blew my kid-mind to smithereens - but my swimming lesson was always scheduled on Saturdays at the exact time the Pac Man cartoon (it premiered in September of 1982 - probably the best year to be a 7-year-old kid in America, ever, but that's another discussion, heh) was on; I mean, it was insidious. The *exact* time. I mean, who schedules swimming lessons during Saturday Morning Cartoons in 1982?!? lol Didn't they know that magic was in the air? ;-) Long story short, I actually ended up pretending to be sick at least once - just so I could watch the Pac Man cartoon - which, of course, I convinced myself afterwards, had been amazing. lol But the next time I played Pac-Man, it was an enhanced experience, knowing that the little ghost-muncher had a personality...and a hat.
now they scale perfectly with masterpiece size transformers
Loved this series as a kid, great channel, thanks.
I still have my sticker album from 86 minus one sticker, my friend ripped it out when we were kids, bastard lol
Looks like V.E.N.O.M. changed their name to Shrewed Harassers Of Uncouthly Tact.
Wilson Tortosa Kathy McKeon
CZcams videos of mask
You are the winner.
That was such an awesome cleaning montage.
The holes in the second edition were because of legislation. The holes prevent suffocation if a child swallows the item.
Esta serie llegó a mi país el 87 y aunque tuvo mucho éxito no llegaron los juguetes en forma masiva, así que nunca pude conseguir uno, gracias por mostrar lo bien diseñados que estaban para su tiempo, y concuerdo con que son de los mejores juguetes de los 80.
Instant thumbs up for calling out crappy CZcams royalty pigs.
Ok first off great video. Secondly this video has made me hungry for a 3 and 3/4 inch Retroblasting cinematic universe.
FAIR USE FAIR USE FAIR USE FAIR USE. Screw Shout Factory.
I cleaned out my local KaBee toy stores bargain clearance bin of the complete line of StarCom. I bought everything so I had several of each of the figures and the fighters. I spent a couple hundred, but I had a good after school job. I was 17 and maybe too old to be playing with StarCom space ships in my yard and around the house, but I was a serious collector at the time. I still have the majority of the collection. Some were lost by my younger brothers.
I had most of these. We had a pool table in our basement and left Bolder Hill set up on it for years.
Aye you're makin me cry throwing out all those names from when I was a young teen. Buck Rogers, Clash of the Titans, Tron, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica??? Holy hell its a buffet of my childhood.
+Daehawk Yeah, that shot was a lot of fun to do.
Great review. I can't imagine doing all that restoration. Always tried to buy MASK vehicles in good shape, which pretty cheap when I bought them.
Eh, Racing Series was good. But I don't care for the Split Seconds at all. And you forgot to pop out the tail fin and engines on Manta, heh.
Still sucks we never got Shark!
A great review, I don't not recall if I have commented on this video or not, the toy, and cartoon were well done, even if we got saddled with Scott and Tbob... the series remains pretty watchable, and the toys are a stand out, no question... I just had a ransom thought, too bad that Kenner couldn't have produced the Pole position cars with the same style, with Dan and Tess , and maybe a 2 pack of their lil sister,Daisy and kuma... It would have been a short toyline, but doable, imo...
Sorry to hear about the trouble with the rights holder tot he music does this mean they will be going after other videos that use the M.A.S.K. theme? I hope not...
Ah my childhood lucky to be around when decent toys where about and decent tv
With M.A.S.K. toys, I will always think on my brother.
I loved Mask. My mother was strangling on apple peel in the kitchen I was the only person in my family that got up to check on her and she gave me $20 as a reward in 1985 and I went to Kmart and I bought the condor motorcycle with that money.
i was forced in 85 to take swimming lessons aswell at the local community centers outdoor pool. I was so scared of the high dive. I was 6!
I'm not sure, you made those swimming lessons sound mighty intriguing...
I took swimming lessons during the mid 1970's. Man From Atlantis was big on TV at that time, so I had a little inspiration.
I never had any of those,but my friends did. They were fun.
Nice to see this one again.
F off with the cry factory and thanks for spitting out my drink in the beginning theme waiting for Melinda to say "This is not a toy" then having your voice over instead was great I spit out my drink on the counter thanks again guys
Great vid on Kenner MASK! One of the greatest toy lines based around vehicles!
Shout Factory Sucks... Up with RetroBlasting!
Yep. It's not just us gamers that have to deal with this ridiculousness.
Best toy of the 80’s!
Great video!!! Mask what a treat!! Thank you!!!
Loved my M.A.S.K toys
I love '80 era toys.
MASK toys, was undoubtedly cool, I use to play with it.
I think im addicted to this channel now.
Well down RetroBlasting, well done.
Screw shout factory!
+andyland27 for real...
+RetroBlasting a nothing company trying picking on an up and coming awesome channel trying to get their name out there. from now on they shall be referred you as the s company that shall not be named.
+andyland27 more like SHIT Factory
+ZachAttack84 😆
+andyland27 And CZcams! #WTFU
You know what's funny that when I think about swimming lessons I think about X-Men and doesn't happen in reverse
@Shout Factory, just... sad... Michael and Melinda, great work again capturing Plastic Fantastic of a bygone age. M.A.S.K., StarComm and AD&D are my three childhood lines I wish I could go back and save from the donation pile.
MASK vs. the BattleBeasts; priceless! LMAO
Love your videos friend! Keep up the good work.😁👍
Just got my first raven and bullet :D love Mask :D
Jesus fuck youtube GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER! I'm not even a content creator but I'm pissed too.
I love M.A.S.K.
I sure hope Shout! uses that 50 cent towards resurrecting the toy line.
I had a lot of MASK toys as a kid and never lost a helmet. Although I may have lost one of the bombs from Thunderhawk.
+77jarim Sadly I lost both bombs too
Great article guys. Sorry about the Shout Factory thing but it doesn't seem to have affected the content much. Thanks again!
just discovered this channel a few months ago. it's awesome. I have a question could you point me in the right direction for a restoration of an early 2000's spring loaded lightsaber? the spring went on it.
Fabulous video 👏🏽
Oh my god! I had that Robin Hood and Dick Tracy figure. I loved playing with those.
Great video. What makes no sense is surely this is free advertising for the shout factory disc they should be paying you. Glad I own the none shout factory UK boxset of this now.
I love MASK toys, besides lego, these were the best!
You and Melinda rock Micheal, you guys ought to review Coleco Portable electronic tabletop games
Nicely done!
Hey I loved MASK. I’m uploading videos of my collection on my channel too! I love that you appreciated the detail that went into them too
Very good video, congratulations. I love restaure toys too ;)
shout factory is run by V.E.N.O.M agents
computer give me the agent's best suited for this mission
I have a LOT of these in my attic. I sold the rare ones (the split seconds range)
i loved mask i grew up with it too i always watched it and go bots on the usa network
Wow. So good!
I think you need to have some dedicated videos on how you fixed your MASK vehicles after the fact including sticker replacement. I'd watch.
sweet collection
You know, they could possibly revive a MASK toyline by crossing it over with Transformers. Transforming MASK vehicles that are sort of like pseudo-triple changers. The robot mode is just the third form that's entirely optional. It wouldn't be too out there, hell in the IDW comics, MASK was created specifically to fight Transformers.
way to fight back☺
I would love to see affordable ideas to rechrome toys, the places I see online cost a pretty penny
Nice job!
Atleast M.A.S.K toys were compatible with Dino-riders :)
Vehícules we're the Stars of the show, that's why the scale was not a issue
You mentioned the A Team twice. :-)
Sad i was not appreciative of my mask toys. I really busted my set in my youth. But as they say, it's nice to revisit the past, but don't stay there since life is short. :D