I was heavily caught up with collecting Transformers, GI JOE, GoBots, Masters Of The Universe, Robotech and Starriors to collect MASK. I was simply blown away by the vehicles as a kid and still today as an adult. Great video and thanks for bringing back great memories of my youth, dude. 👍👍
I honestly believe a modern take on the Mask line would sell really well. I’d be interested, that’s for sure. You’ve got a great collection & it brings back so many memories
Yes a modern take on all of these would sell very well but would they be able to make all the gimmicks work? I would love to see what they come up with!
Great idea, I collected many of them over years because they were quite expensive for a 9 year old boy in the 80s. The material is getting weak and I would love to buy them again to play with my child.
@@tydiriumhanger1320 I emailed Hasbro multiple times, I wish they would do like a M.A.S.K. masterpiece line and to see if it would work take one of the three IMHO iconic vehicles of Rhino, Thunderhawk, or Switchblade as the test run on HasLab. I think it would be supported pretty easily.
There should be 2 saw blades for Raven that you can load. You're supposed to pull the piece on the back until it clicks, then push the button on top to launch one. Repeat the process for the second.
I absolutely loved mask as a kid. Watched the cartoon, and had the fortress and almost all of the vehicles except for a few. Played with them all of the time. Some of the best memories as kid!!
I'll never forget falling in love at first sight with Hurricane in the toy department at Hills back in 1986, but my mom told it was too expensive and I'd have to wait for my birthday in a couple months, so I begrudingly picked out Firefly which was about half the cost. I wasn't overly excited about it and wished it was Hurricane, but when I got home and unboxed it I was super happy! It was awesome! I was ecstatic when I finally got Hurricane for my birthday, but despite it's larger size and more detail, it just wasn't as fun as Firefly.
I was that way with Firecracker. It was, by far, my favorite M.A.S.K. vehicle and I was devastated when they destroyed it on the cartoon and gave Hurricane to Hondo (it was confusing too since vehicles got destroyed all the time, only to show up scratch-free in the next episode.) For that reason I HATED Hurricane! Obviously now I can admit it was a pretty cool toy but I never asked for it for a gift as a kid and only recently finally picked it up to complete my collection.
@@dudemcmann6936 I never had Firecracker. I don't have a single one anymore, I forgot to take my old toys out of my parents basement when they sold the house and bought a condo once the nest was empty. I'm pretty sure the ones I had (in the order received were: Condor Piranha Thunderhawk Jackhammer Rhino Firefly Hurricane Slingshot Boulder Hill Vampire Razorback Raven Iguana Buzzard Volcano Goliath
@@RickyIcecubes my parents did the same thing but I was fortunate enough that they nagged me to get my crap out if their garage and basement before they moved to their condo. I'm glad I did. I was surprised how many of my childhood toys were still over there.
@@dudemcmann6936 There's so much that I left behind that I wish I still had. MASK, Transformers, GI Joe, Battle Beasts, MOTU, TMNT and more. I just hope the people who bought the house gave them to their kids and they enjoyed them. I really hope they didn't end up in a dumpster.
That brings back some childhood memories! Had that big tank truck and the the corvette one, among many others from other series. So much fun playing with them.
The Hurricane and Jackhammer were my favorites, but damn I loved all of these. I didn't have the huge Venom truck, but I had all the first series and this series but the Truck, and many 3rd series. I would take these to school in a separate gym bag and I had NO trouble finding kids to come play with me. I'd let them as long as they were careful and didn't abuse my toys. One kid did, I warned him, he threw my dune buggy and I told him it didn't really fly, so dont do that, he broke a minor piece on it and it was on. I got a paddlin', lol, for whippin his ass. Luckily, my brother was there to pick up my toys and keep them safe while I was in trouble. I didn't get in trouble at home, my folks were proud I stood up for my things they worked hard to pay for. But after that, I only took 3 toys. My Hurricane, the Jackhammer for my brother, and the Condor for a 3rd kid to play with. Something that could easily be replaced if broken. God I miss these, and those days. I still got most of my G.I. Joes, but I miss this. I may have to start collecting them and get em all back and more again.
I had most of series 1 and 2. I was in 2nd or 3rd grade. I usually made it home after school just in time to watch the show. It started way too early. Excellent video. I just subscribed.
Great video. they bring back some memories. I had Raven...twice. One of my favourites along with Condor which was my first MASK toy. Even had Rhino, but being young and stupid, I swapped it for a Transformer, and not even that good a Transformer in retrospect. But yeah, I loved MASK.
Nice collection !!! I love 80's toys like G.I. Joe , Silverhawks , Thunder Cats , Centurions , Dino Riders and my favorite of all time MASK !!! I didn't have much money when I was a kid so the only things I could afford were Iguana and Condor.
Thanks for showing these. Hurricane was my favorite. I still have a dream of acquiring a teal 57 Chevy some day. My Series 1 and Series 2 complete sets are buried deep in storage so I haven't opened the boxes or seen them in over 20 years. I might have to go digging one of these days and take an assessment, I'm sure I'm missing some masks. Thanks for taking me down memory lane.
I loved this series and the related toys as a kid. I had a few and the one i wanted more than anything, but couldn't find anywhere, was Vanessa Warfield in Manta. The coolest character and vehicle in my opinion
I had Volcano as a kid. The sunroof was the first thing to break on mine but I didn't have any issue with the minifigure flying out of his seat. The name Jacques LaFleur is pronounced Jhark la Fler.
I did the same thing with a rubber band for Slingshot. One missed detail is that after the plane is removed there is a little computer that flips around for the guy sitting in the spinning gun seat.
Thanks for the video, this brings back a lot of memories. I still have the series on DVD. In my childhood I only had a few of them, but I really liked this toyline. Still like it. I hope, that they will make a relaunch. Keep up the great work. Greetings from Europe
I completely forgot about these toys 😍 thanx for taking me back, these toys were awesome I didn’t have many of them, one of my friends had them all and I was absolutely jealous
I’ve been trying to get my MASK collection filled out more but dang, they got expensive! I still managed to get Buzzard and Miles for Outlaw for cheap, though. Alas, I think Boulder Hill and Goliath will always be out of reach for me. I always liked the double meaning of “Snake Oil” too 😉 The grappling hook would make more sense if you could fire it while driving. Some features of 80’s toys were just weird.
@@tydiriumhanger1320 I still have all of my originals, though: Thunderhawk, Gator (my first MASK toy!), Piranha, Condor, Vampire, and Firefly. Many years ago I was finally able to get Switchblade, Jackhammer, Slingshot, Outlaw, and Raven on eBay. Manta and Shark are way up there but I may just have to get Stiletto because it’s a Countach 🤓
I had Stinger and Vampire. I’m in the UK and Floyd was in the black suit. Can’t remember what colour Bruno Shepard was, but the orange mask rings a bell. Stinger was my favourite if the MASK vehicles.
I regret not giving M.A.S.K. more attention, but I was also obsessing over G.I.Joe, Transformers, and Masters of the Universe and other stuff at the time. I spent half the summer begging for the Outlaw and got it. That cannon was powerful. That, Thunderhawk, Scott and T-Bob, Firefly, Boulder Hill Playset, and Vanessa Warfield's Manta were all I got.
Great video of these classic figures and MASK vehicles, thanks. Agreed that Floyd Malloy of Vampire is one of the coolest figures of the line with the red, black, silver and yellow hair. It was the last MASK item I bought of the 14 vehicles/figures collected that far. MASK was the best IMO.
I probably played with most of the mask vehicles. Between two of my friends they had just about all of em. The Raven is THE iconic mask car to me though. To this day, 30 ish years later I still remember having a dream of actually standing behind a full size Raven, and exposing the engines, only to get burned by the exhaust heat. Weird. Just to illustrate how cool it is to me.
I love this series, with the exception of Volcano. I never was a fan of toys with batteries, and I think Kenner missed the mask with that vehicle. All the others are great. My favourite would be Raven but it's a hard choice with so many great vehicles in the series.
The European colour variants weren’t alternatives (in the UK at least). We had the same Bruno Shepard with Stinger for example. Not the teal one. I don’t remember the teal Bruno but most of the others you showed were later repaints that came with adventure packs.
Yes they did come with some adventure packs. I was always a but curious about these recolors but did not know what recolor went with what and today I just refer to one of the card backs LOL
I had the Raven and it was also my fave. But in order to shoot the saw blade, you pull on the bumper first like cocking a revolver. Then you push the button in the roof of the car to fire.
I had most of Series 1, but barely remember the Series 2 vehicles. So many options of stuff to get as a kid back them with MASK, GI Joe, Transfomers, etc.
The raven buzz saw is launched by pressmg the button on the roof, it wasn't intended to be a pinball style shooter. Sorry if no one else has told you this. Also the front tire guns weren't suppose to be left in the vertical position they are suppose to be at 45° angles to shoot other vehicles when it was on the water. I mean you can play with it however you want to but that was the intended purpose according to the box art and instructions.
M.A.S.K was way ahead of their time when it comes to flouro outfits! It took G.I.Joe another 5 years till they reached the same level of gaudiness with their figures! Of course, the flying Delorian appeared at the end of the first Back To The Future in 1985.. Did you know that they mixed up the names of Raven and Manta? Raven is a car that turns into a boat, and Manta is a car that flies. Also, Vanessa Warfield keeps pet ravens, so the name would make more sense for her vehicle. You are probably aware that something similar happened with the tech specs of Sideswipe and Sunstreaker. As a kid I had Condor and Stinger. They both got misplaced but I bought another Stinger on Ebay a couple of years ago. They are pretty expensive compared to other lines like G.IJoe. Would have liked to pick up a couple more, but not at those prices.
I always wanted that to my Birthday, Christmas. All my friends got MASK toys, but I never got anything from MASK. I was 10 years old, and I was the biggest Mask Fan but my father don't care. Only drinking, his Car, beating. Mask was so cool hahaha
Great video! Brings back so many memories... The "european versions" seem odd to me. I am from Germany and my figures on Raven and Vampire (bought in a store in Germany in the 80s) look exactly like your versions. Where have the other versions been sold then?
Another question: I remember all of those (either I had or wanted them, or my brother had or wanted them or a friend had or wanted them...)... But I have never ever heard of or seen Volcano. To this day I didn't know it existed. Is it possible that it wasn't sold in some countries?
Alright, M.A.S.K.!! Now we're talking. As a kid, I had all the U.S. releases except for goliath (and those 2packs of rereleased figures with long masks). About 10 years ago, I picked up a goliath and started getting the splitseconds, then some of the european figure variants; but stopped at the argentinean ones, as they were way more expensive than I was willing to pay at the time. As for this video, the vampire missiles should be launched by squeezing the back parts horizontally, which will have them slip through the pinch of your figures, and give you more distance with the launch.
Great info there thanks! Do you have a link to a page that shows all the Euro and Argentina variants? I would love to have a better understanding of those
@@tydiriumhanger1320 you can start with: www.albertpenello.com/mask/misc.html#variations, www.albertpenello.com/mask/figures.html, and take a look here: www.maskforce.com/resources.html . It was about a decade ago, so there's probably an older laptop of mine where I saved off pics of Ebay sellers and listings that had a bunch (at that time); but that'd take some time to try and re-find.
There was one extra part you didn’t display on Slingshot. With the cannon turret, after the jet is removed, you can turn the binoculars/vision scope around
Yeah I almost got into collecting mask! I wanted jackhammer real bad! But alas wheeled warriors won out, mainly because moms budget and they were a bit cheaper 😁.
You rail on volcano is broken. It use to snap in to two holes down by the bottom of the seat so when the van popped open the driver did not fly out. I had this rig new.
I love MASK much more as a childhood memory than as anything worth collecting as an adult. The slug figures at such a tiny scale are begging for an upscaled modern treatment but how would you handle the vehicles? They would have to be huge and would the figures stand alone without vehicles? Lots of unanswered questions with a modern take on MASK, but IMHO the toys are best left in the 80's.
Raven and Calhoun were the sole vehicle/driver that I had as a child. Thankfully, I could find Jackhammer, Gator, Condor, and Piranha in antique stores; and Thunderhawk, Manta, Vampire, and Firecrackers thanks to Ebay.
I had the Raven. I enjoyed it because it was a Corvette and a seaplane(with jet engines). The Gulliver mask was supposed to enlarge or shrink objects and people.
I had more Series 1 vehicles but from Series 2 I had Hurricane and Vampire only, between collecting this I was already invested in G.I.Joe and Transformers.
Wow cool die hate ich mal vor langer Zeit hab zwar den einen oder anderen noch aber mittlerweile nicht mehr so funktions fähig wie anfangs 😢und wenn mann jetzt noch welche sucht um die wo kaputt sind auszutauschen zahlt man einiges dafür 😭😭aber ab noch die komplett Serie auf DVD
The De Lorean transformed and "flew" in 1983 in the last scene of the movie - this scene blew me away as a kid - pretty sure they took inspiration from this, who can blame them
I had the majority of the European ones of what you showed here, I absolutely loved them but unfortunately I moved a few times around the world as a kid and my parents didn't pack alot of my toys.
My question about outlaw. Is how did the figures get to the top of the tower if it was in real life? There is no ladder. Did the floor go up and down like an elevator?
What I can say about the German releases Firefly - didn't come with the bomb, probably chooking hazard. Raven - AFAIK the H in Calhoun is silent ;). It's easier when you feed the seatbelt under his right arm, over the chest and plugg it in but I never had trouble getting his legs into the cavaty. But the original BttF had the flying Delorian at the end ... so it could be insipred, but since the wheels are supposed to be guns, probably not. Raven doubles as a hydroplane and a sub in the show, so even without Shark you had somebody who could give Piranha a harder time than Gator. You're doing the sawblade wrong - you cock the mechanism with the pulley in the back and shoot with the button on the roof. Volcano - You've got the bar on the turret backwards. the open end is supposed to go over the shoulders of the figure and it's supposed to be seated deeper. Looking up online references, that's not the right harness As far as I can tell, it's way too big. And you're missing the wheel hubs.
I was heavily caught up with collecting Transformers, GI JOE, GoBots, Masters Of The Universe, Robotech and Starriors to collect MASK. I was simply blown away by the vehicles as a kid and still today as an adult. Great video and thanks for bringing back great memories of my youth, dude. 👍👍
Glad you enjoyed! I love MASK it is so different than anything else
Don't forget wheeled warriors.
I honestly believe a modern take on the Mask line would sell really well. I’d be interested, that’s for sure.
You’ve got a great collection & it brings back so many memories
Yes a modern take on all of these would sell very well but would they be able to make all the gimmicks work? I would love to see what they come up with!
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Great idea, I collected many of them over years because they were quite expensive for a 9 year old boy in the 80s. The material is getting weak and I would love to buy them again to play with my child.
@@tydiriumhanger1320 I emailed Hasbro multiple times, I wish they would do like a M.A.S.K. masterpiece line and to see if it would work take one of the three IMHO iconic vehicles of Rhino, Thunderhawk, or Switchblade as the test run on HasLab. I think it would be supported pretty easily.
@@zackbleecker7630 What did Hasbro say? We want that in Europe too....
There should be 2 saw blades for Raven that you can load. You're supposed to pull the piece on the back until it clicks, then push the button on top to launch one. Repeat the process for the second.
Yes you are right thanks for the reminder LOL
Dam I got tears watching this.... Thses Ware my prize possessions!
Thanks for making this
Glad you enjoyed these were so fun!
Nothing but plastic, but those were the real toys we all had a blast playing back in the day. 😉...Thanks for sharing.
I absolutely loved mask as a kid. Watched the cartoon, and had the fortress and almost all of the vehicles except for a few. Played with them all of the time. Some of the best memories as kid!!
I'll never forget falling in love at first sight with Hurricane in the toy department at Hills back in 1986, but my mom told it was too expensive and I'd have to wait for my birthday in a couple months, so I begrudingly picked out Firefly which was about half the cost. I wasn't overly excited about it and wished it was Hurricane, but when I got home and unboxed it I was super happy! It was awesome! I was ecstatic when I finally got Hurricane for my birthday, but despite it's larger size and more detail, it just wasn't as fun as Firefly.
I was that way with Firecracker. It was, by far, my favorite M.A.S.K. vehicle and I was devastated when they destroyed it on the cartoon and gave Hurricane to Hondo (it was confusing too since vehicles got destroyed all the time, only to show up scratch-free in the next episode.) For that reason I HATED Hurricane! Obviously now I can admit it was a pretty cool toy but I never asked for it for a gift as a kid and only recently finally picked it up to complete my collection.
@@dudemcmann6936 I never had Firecracker. I don't have a single one anymore, I forgot to take my old toys out of my parents basement when they sold the house and bought a condo once the nest was empty. I'm pretty sure the ones I had (in the order received were:
Condor
Piranha
Thunderhawk
Jackhammer
Rhino
Firefly
Hurricane
Slingshot
Boulder Hill
Vampire
Razorback
Raven
Iguana
Buzzard
Volcano
Goliath
@@RickyIcecubes my parents did the same thing but I was fortunate enough that they nagged me to get my crap out if their garage and basement before they moved to their condo. I'm glad I did. I was surprised how many of my childhood toys were still over there.
@@dudemcmann6936 There's so much that I left behind that I wish I still had. MASK, Transformers, GI Joe, Battle Beasts, MOTU, TMNT and more. I just hope the people who bought the house gave them to their kids and they enjoyed them. I really hope they didn't end up in a dumpster.
Raven was definitely my favorite too! Lol
Wonder if they did it today if they would use a modern Corvette
@@tydiriumhanger1320 I'd love to see a Tesla and a BMW lol
@@tydiriumhanger1320I wonder if they could use the current mid-engined Corvette. It would be interesting.
The commercial showing these toys brings a strong nostalgia to this kid-at-heart me.
Yes those commercials were so much fun and a great way to see what was new
That brings back some childhood memories! Had that big tank truck and the the corvette one, among many others from other series. So much fun playing with them.
The Hurricane and Jackhammer were my favorites, but damn I loved all of these. I didn't have the huge Venom truck, but I had all the first series and this series but the Truck, and many 3rd series. I would take these to school in a separate gym bag and I had NO trouble finding kids to come play with me. I'd let them as long as they were careful and didn't abuse my toys. One kid did, I warned him, he threw my dune buggy and I told him it didn't really fly, so dont do that, he broke a minor piece on it and it was on. I got a paddlin', lol, for whippin his ass. Luckily, my brother was there to pick up my toys and keep them safe while I was in trouble. I didn't get in trouble at home, my folks were proud I stood up for my things they worked hard to pay for. But after that, I only took 3 toys. My Hurricane, the Jackhammer for my brother, and the Condor for a 3rd kid to play with. Something that could easily be replaced if broken. God I miss these, and those days. I still got most of my G.I. Joes, but I miss this. I may have to start collecting them and get em all back and more again.
I had most of series 1 and 2. I was in 2nd or 3rd grade. I usually made it home after school just in time to watch the show. It started way too early.
Excellent video. I just subscribed.
Great video. they bring back some memories. I had Raven...twice. One of my favourites along with Condor which was my first MASK toy. Even had Rhino, but being young and stupid, I swapped it for a Transformer, and not even that good a Transformer in retrospect. But yeah, I loved MASK.
Nice collection !!! I love 80's toys like G.I. Joe , Silverhawks , Thunder Cats , Centurions , Dino Riders and my favorite of all time MASK !!! I didn't have much money when I was a kid so the only things I could afford were Iguana and Condor.
I had the hurricane and the stinger as a kid. Great toys. Being born in '81, I can attest that the toys back then were epic.
I was such a fan of these when i was little. Had most of them and wish i still did..Hurricane was probably my favorite
I still have all these loved this show
This brought back so many memories thank you
Thanks for showing these. Hurricane was my favorite. I still have a dream of acquiring a teal 57 Chevy some day. My Series 1 and Series 2 complete sets are buried deep in storage so I haven't opened the boxes or seen them in over 20 years. I might have to go digging one of these days and take an assessment, I'm sure I'm missing some masks. Thanks for taking me down memory lane.
I loved this series and the related toys as a kid. I had a few and the one i wanted more than anything, but couldn't find anywhere, was Vanessa Warfield in Manta. The coolest character and vehicle in my opinion
I got the Firefly for Christmas 1987. This was an excellent watch and review, and it brought back many great memories!
I had Volcano as a kid. The sunroof was the first thing to break on mine but I didn't have any issue with the minifigure flying out of his seat. The name Jacques LaFleur is pronounced Jhark la Fler.
It's awesome that you have some of the European variants in addition to the US standard releases. Fun video!
I had the Chevy as a kid. Over 30 years ago. I donated it. It was my favorite car.
Had so much fun playing with these toys besides gi joe and action man stuff
Had Raven, fire fly, and vampire series 2 when I was a kid. MASK is still a toy line that I enjoy collecting.
Such a fun toy line that brings back lots of fond memories!
My favorite one as a child was Goliath (I think). With the yellow racing car on top and the Indiana figure. Awesome video man! ❤
I did the same thing with a rubber band for Slingshot. One missed detail is that after the plane is removed there is a little computer that flips around for the guy sitting in the spinning gun seat.
I recently got Hurricane at TFCON last month, it’s nice to have it back in my possession.
Thanks for the video, this brings back a lot of memories. I still have the series on DVD. In my childhood I only had a few of them, but I really liked this toyline. Still like it. I hope, that they will make a relaunch. Keep up the great work. Greetings from Europe
I completely forgot about these toys 😍 thanx for taking me back, these toys were awesome I didn’t have many of them, one of my friends had them all and I was absolutely jealous
I’ve been trying to get my MASK collection filled out more but dang, they got expensive! I still managed to get Buzzard and Miles for Outlaw for cheap, though. Alas, I think Boulder Hill and Goliath will always be out of reach for me. I always liked the double meaning of “Snake Oil” too 😉 The grappling hook would make more sense if you could fire it while driving. Some features of 80’s toys were just weird.
Yes that would have been fun if you could have fired the hook while driving and yes they all go so expensive
@@tydiriumhanger1320 I still have all of my originals, though: Thunderhawk, Gator (my first MASK toy!), Piranha, Condor, Vampire, and Firefly. Many years ago I was finally able to get Switchblade, Jackhammer, Slingshot, Outlaw, and Raven on eBay. Manta and Shark are way up there but I may just have to get Stiletto because it’s a Countach 🤓
@@SkyFireDrone2022 Great vehicles and so much fun!
I had Stinger and Vampire. I’m in the UK and Floyd was in the black suit. Can’t remember what colour Bruno Shepard was, but the orange mask rings a bell.
Stinger was my favourite if the MASK vehicles.
I regret not giving M.A.S.K. more attention, but I was also obsessing over G.I.Joe, Transformers, and Masters of the Universe and other stuff at the time. I spent half the summer begging for the Outlaw and got it. That cannon was powerful. That, Thunderhawk, Scott and T-Bob, Firefly, Boulder Hill Playset, and Vanessa Warfield's Manta were all I got.
In Canada, Series 1 & Series 2 were released at pretty much the same time.
Great video of these classic figures and MASK vehicles, thanks. Agreed that Floyd Malloy of Vampire is one of the coolest figures of the line with the red, black, silver and yellow hair. It was the last MASK item I bought of the 14 vehicles/figures collected that far. MASK was the best IMO.
One of my fave lines of all time!
MASK is awesome!
Awesome video.
I only had Raven and Vampire.
I actually still have Raven and its in good shape although I dont have the figure it came with.
I probably played with most of the mask vehicles. Between two of my friends they had just about all of em. The Raven is THE iconic mask car to me though. To this day, 30 ish years later I still remember having a dream of actually standing behind a full size Raven, and exposing the engines, only to get burned by the exhaust heat. Weird.
Just to illustrate how cool it is to me.
Wow I had all of season 1,2 except boulderhill and slingshot growing up. Not bad
M.A.S.K. Was the last toy series I collected before o “grew-up”. Had half of these, at least. :-)
I had slingshot, volcano, outlaw, bullet, piranha, buzzard, & vampire 😂😅 loved my 80’s toys
Raven was my favorite MASK toy of all... Still have it, of course!
Loved the video…it’s been a while, I hope you did do the series 3, cause I’m off to look for your video now. :D
I remember the van not closing all the way when I was a kid. Always pissed me off. Hahaha 🤣
I didn't even know some of the bigger ones existed. I am struggling to fight back my urge to catch them all now!
I only could remember a hand full of these from back in the day but never even heard of the split second line until I got into collecting
Hurricane was my favorite toy of my youth.
The raven saw blade is supposed to shoot from the top button after cocking the mechanism
Hurricane was always my favorite, and the only one I held on to.
Every now and then I think about picking up some more though.
I love this series, with the exception of Volcano. I never was a fan of toys with batteries, and I think Kenner missed the mask with that vehicle. All the others are great. My favourite would be Raven but it's a hard choice with so many great vehicles in the series.
I got Outlaw for Xmas ‘87.
It was around £35 English Pounds so I didn’t think my parents could afford it and didn’t expect it at all.
I cried.
The European colour variants weren’t alternatives (in the UK at least). We had the same Bruno Shepard with Stinger for example. Not the teal one. I don’t remember the teal Bruno but most of the others you showed were later repaints that came with adventure packs.
Yes they did come with some adventure packs. I was always a but curious about these recolors but did not know what recolor went with what and today I just refer to one of the card backs LOL
I had the Raven and it was also my fave. But in order to shoot the saw blade, you pull on the bumper first like cocking a revolver. Then you push the button in the roof of the car to fire.
I had most of Series 1, but barely remember the Series 2 vehicles. So many options of stuff to get as a kid back them with MASK, GI Joe, Transfomers, etc.
The raven buzz saw is launched by pressmg the button on the roof, it wasn't intended to be a pinball style shooter. Sorry if no one else has told you this. Also the front tire guns weren't suppose to be left in the vertical position they are suppose to be at 45° angles to shoot other vehicles when it was on the water. I mean you can play with it however you want to but that was the intended purpose according to the box art and instructions.
M.A.S.K was way ahead of their time when it comes to flouro outfits! It took G.I.Joe another 5 years till they reached the same level of gaudiness with their figures!
Of course, the flying Delorian appeared at the end of the first Back To The Future in 1985..
Did you know that they mixed up the names of Raven and Manta?
Raven is a car that turns into a boat, and Manta is a car that flies. Also, Vanessa Warfield keeps pet ravens, so the name would make more sense for her vehicle.
You are probably aware that something similar happened with the tech specs of Sideswipe and Sunstreaker.
As a kid I had Condor and Stinger. They both got misplaced but I bought another Stinger on Ebay a couple of years ago. They are pretty expensive compared to other lines like G.IJoe. Would have liked to pick up a couple more, but not at those prices.
I always wanted that to my Birthday, Christmas. All my friends got MASK toys, but I never got anything from MASK. I was 10 years old, and I was the biggest Mask Fan but my father don't care. Only drinking, his Car, beating. Mask was so cool hahaha
Do you have the 350z nissan? I think it was purple or navy blue
Great video! Brings back so many memories...
The "european versions" seem odd to me. I am from Germany and my figures on Raven and Vampire (bought in a store in Germany in the 80s) look exactly like your versions. Where have the other versions been sold then?
Another question: I remember all of those (either I had or wanted them, or my brother had or wanted them or a friend had or wanted them...)... But I have never ever heard of or seen Volcano. To this day I didn't know it existed. Is it possible that it wasn't sold in some countries?
Wonder if those wheel spokes are so that you can attach several vehicles together. Allowing you to move one and the others also move.
I had stinger loved dragging figures with the chain at the back as a kid loved those classics cars
I had a lot of series 1, but from series 2 only Vampire... and I still have Floyd Malloy, almost forty years later.
Alright, M.A.S.K.!! Now we're talking. As a kid, I had all the U.S. releases except for goliath (and those 2packs of rereleased figures with long masks). About 10 years ago, I picked up a goliath and started getting the splitseconds, then some of the european figure variants; but stopped at the argentinean ones, as they were way more expensive than I was willing to pay at the time.
As for this video, the vampire missiles should be launched by squeezing the back parts horizontally, which will have them slip through the pinch of your figures, and give you more distance with the launch.
Great info there thanks! Do you have a link to a page that shows all the Euro and Argentina variants? I would love to have a better understanding of those
@@tydiriumhanger1320 you can start with: www.albertpenello.com/mask/misc.html#variations, www.albertpenello.com/mask/figures.html, and take a look here: www.maskforce.com/resources.html .
It was about a decade ago, so there's probably an older laptop of mine where I saved off pics of Ebay sellers and listings that had a bunch (at that time); but that'd take some time to try and re-find.
Ok I'm lying, stinger was my favorite toy lol
Stinger was special to me also
@@tydiriumhanger1320 you got a mean collection!! I'm genuinely jealous lol
@@FlossyCarter It took decades to collect and still missing parts LOL
There was one extra part you didn’t display on Slingshot. With the cannon turret, after the jet is removed, you can turn the binoculars/vision scope around
Yeah I almost got into collecting mask! I wanted jackhammer real bad! But alas wheeled warriors won out, mainly because moms budget and they were a bit cheaper 😁.
Raven is a Hovercraft ^^ Oh and the Weapons on the Wheels don't go completely up but are angled ^^
You rail on volcano is broken. It use to snap in to two holes down by the bottom of the seat so when the van popped open the driver did not fly out. I had this rig new.
Question: Are the MASK figures roughly the same size as the Exo Squad figures? Or the BattleTech pilots?
Some of the figures came it double packs or with accessories packs
I love MASK much more as a childhood memory than as anything worth collecting as an adult. The slug figures at such a tiny scale are begging for an upscaled modern treatment but how would you handle the vehicles? They would have to be huge and would the figures stand alone without vehicles? Lots of unanswered questions with a modern take on MASK, but IMHO the toys are best left in the 80's.
It's Jock Lafleur, been rewatching the cartoon on Tubi
Raven and Calhoun were the sole vehicle/driver that I had as a child.
Thankfully, I could find Jackhammer, Gator, Condor, and Piranha in antique stores; and Thunderhawk, Manta, Vampire, and Firecrackers thanks to Ebay.
Raven was def one of my Fave's. Did the whole made it fly like the delorian than boat mode but still cool.
I had Hurricane new as a kid and the inside stickers were already applied :)
Had Raven, with the saw blades as the scanner light it spent a lot of time as KITT.
Dang. That dude is going to eat so much exhaust when that jet launches from the mini van.
I had the Raven. I enjoyed it because it was a Corvette and a seaplane(with jet engines). The Gulliver mask was supposed to enlarge or shrink objects and people.
I had more Series 1 vehicles but from Series 2 I had Hurricane and Vampire only, between collecting this I was already invested in G.I.Joe and Transformers.
Hey, I had the black Corvette and the white van long ago. And I thought it was from GI Joe series.
Waiting for Hollywood to reimagine and make a movie of this 80’s classic cartoon and with the merchandise that comes with it.
And then there was me, completely unaware MASK wasn't just awesome toys but also actually a TV series.
The air intake on scorpion was a Lazer canon and all the little flip ups in the wheels where Lazer guns.
Wow cool die hate ich mal vor langer Zeit hab zwar den einen oder anderen noch aber mittlerweile nicht mehr so funktions fähig wie anfangs 😢und wenn mann jetzt noch welche sucht um die wo kaputt sind auszutauschen zahlt man einiges dafür 😭😭aber ab noch die komplett Serie auf DVD
A bit late, but you should do the European versions and the other accessories packs on its own video.
7:53 - The DeLorean wheels converted like that at the end of the first BTTF film in 1985. BTTF2 came out in 1989.
Weird how they have a joint in the knees but not the elbows when GI Joe did overall really nice figures for the time
The De Lorean transformed and "flew" in 1983 in the last scene of the movie - this scene blew me away as a kid - pretty sure they took inspiration from this, who can blame them
I had the majority of the European ones of what you showed here, I absolutely loved them but unfortunately I moved a few times around the world as a kid and my parents didn't pack alot of my toys.
The Corvette reminds me of KITT and the van reminds me of the Micro Machines van that unfolds into a micro city. Haha
Would you be interested in selling this collection?
Nevermind, I see you're serious about this!
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I'm sorry.. I guess you need to clean the smudge on the lens of your camera.. It's not clean..
But it's a fun video!
I had fire fly and hurricane brand new in 86, memories!
I think the hubcaps pop out of Volcano's wheels too.
Back to the Future was out in 85. BTTF 3 came out 1990.
My question about outlaw. Is how did the figures get to the top of the tower if it was in real life? There is no ladder. Did the floor go up and down like an elevator?
What I can say about the German releases
Firefly - didn't come with the bomb, probably chooking hazard.
Raven - AFAIK the H in Calhoun is silent ;). It's easier when you feed the seatbelt under his right arm, over the chest and plugg it in but I never had trouble getting his legs into the cavaty. But the original BttF had the flying Delorian at the end ... so it could be insipred, but since the wheels are supposed to be guns, probably not. Raven doubles as a hydroplane and a sub in the show, so even without Shark you had somebody who could give Piranha a harder time than Gator. You're doing the sawblade wrong - you cock the mechanism with the pulley in the back and shoot with the button on the roof.
Volcano - You've got the bar on the turret backwards. the open end is supposed to go over the shoulders of the figure and it's supposed to be seated deeper. Looking up online references, that's not the right harness As far as I can tell, it's way too big. And you're missing the wheel hubs.
Awesome 👍
Outlaw looks to be inspired by the Soviet missile launch vehicle from the movie Spies Like Us, which came out the year before.
I would love it if Hasbro re released the hold entire M.A.S.K. Toyling for the anniversary but make them more upscaled