M.A.S.K. - Classic Cartoon Review - Part 1 of 2 ( MASK )

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[@happiaxxident]

HELMET - High Energy Lethal Mask Equipment and Technology

[@edrice2621]

Sounds like a winner.

[@sKt37330]

We have a mask toy!

[@aaroncoffman88]

Happi Axxident Wow! Good job. I like it

[@shang6245]

Sounds awesome!

[@anthonydeuble9201]

I agree that is a good name

[@ferrjuan]

H.E.L.M.E.T. = Homeland Enforcement & Logistics Management Equipment Team!

[@dnds4]

This one makes the most sense.

[@jamesomen1602]

* giggles at the marvel bash*

[@jaybirdk7414]

No dislikes here! Brilliant!

[@oepolish]

This needs a ❤️ and a pin!

[@pastadinnertheater8657]

Bit of a stretch but it still could work

[@greatrey]

Bloody shame not a lotta people remember this truly forgotten gem of a series. Bring MASK back STAT!!

[@turtleanton6539]

Agreeed

[@Wolf459]

Heroic Extralegal Lawmen Mashing Evil Troublemakers! Another great one, RetroBlasting. The new intro is terrific!

[@WishItWas1984]

H.E.L.M.E.T = Hey Everyone Lets MElt T-bob

[@silverthorn9759]

That's awesome.

[@anthonydeuble9201]

Ha ha ha you are awesome 👍👍👍👍

[@kjk7611]

I liked/like T-BOB!🤖 He was not overbearing & not unremarkable.

[@zorpoxthedestroyer]

late to the show but...lmao

[@kenshaxon2083]

😄😄😄😄

[@desmondabraham3951]

80s cartoons were awesome

[@culvernile2255]

I always imagined Dan from pole position founded mask from the ruins of his old unit and changed his name to matt.

[@cybertronnation9247]

Culver Nile that's a cool alternate spin on the origin story of MASK!

[@DaBlueJay2001]

H.E.L.M.E.T (Heroic Enegretic Liberating Mechanics Eliminating Terrorists) There you go

[@_Only_Zuul]

Highly Evolved Legit Military Extreme Tactics

[@JasonGross76]

Jason here from M.A.S.K. the Movie. This is great stuff! Glad to see some appreciation given to the greatest toys of the '80s!

[@happyhouston11]

The number of friends who didn't know about MASK was unreal. I had a few mask toys

[@dnds4]

H.E.L.M.E.T.: Holographically-Enhanced Laser & Mobile Expansion Team or Holographically-Engineered Laser & Mobile Enhancement Team

[@smallmanbigmouth2699]

Off-topic, but I have to say the Retroblasting theme song is not only catchy AF, but legitimately fits in with the classic style (or as we say; vintage) of the 1980's cartoons for which is channel's focus!

[@besinji2000]

Scott and T-Bob would make an awesome spin off............ Said no one ever

[@MisaelCastilloBrenes]

Scott is the very reason why MASK wasn't my # 1 show in the 80's. I remember that at least all my friends hated him lol.

[@sadjupiter502]

H.E.L.M.E.T. Homeland's Elite Latent Mobile Enforcement Team

[@robertbruno916]

My lord

[@Patrick94GSR]

Knight Rider, MASK and Back to the Future was my LIFE in the 1980’s!!

[@killerpitdbo]

The intro is perfect for sure!! Another great video, glad the 80's still alive with retroblastings help

[@1701Tex]

GREAT opening theme! And the writing and editing are somehow EVEN TIGHTER than before. You guys been hidin' yer light under a bushel before now? RetroBlasting Phase 2 begins RIGHT NOW! Roll on to Trakkin' the Mayhem! Part 2! Tex (H.E.L.M.E.T.= Hierarchal Executive for Lies, Murder, Extortion, and Terror.)

[@iapetusmccool]

4:53 ah, that staple of 80s cartoons: the control panel consisting of nothing but big, unlabelled glowing buttons.

[@digipure]

Another great video! Mask toys were not distributed in Spain, and we didn't see the TV show till the '90s (T.T). Strangely, some Mask computers games (developed in Europe, I think) were published and I remember myself trying to figure if they were based on any kind of TV show or comic book (no wikipedia in the '80s ^^')

[@InvisibleAvenger]

The "where were the helmets stored?" question bugged me as a kid too. I eventually settled on the idea the helmets were made of special materials that were light weight and collapsible, so that they could be stored close the roof of the vehicles or in designated compartments (such as the in the Camaro's seatbacks, so that the the helmets were actually coming from behind the seat and over rather than from directly above ).

[@boeingnz]

Hi-tech Emergency Launch Machines Extreme Tactical. There H.E.L.M.E.T

[@mini-conlongarm8021]

+boeingnz * Extremely Tactical.

[@cybertronnation9247]

Pretty damn cool!

[@shoestringscifi]

I forgot to mention that I like how Melinda demonstrated, using your real-world gull-wing-door car, that the helmet deployment mechanism would bend the laws of physics inside the Thunderhawk. :)

[@kidchuckle]

I just realized for Mask, they must have saved so much money, by cutting down how much lip sync they had to do. (by wearing masks most of the time)

[@Logos_Ghost]

i miss my M.A.S.K. figures and those vehicles were too awesome!

[@raypaz2947]

This series falls into pretty much all 80s-90s cartoon. It was great as a kid teen. If you look back at it. It is just the same formula. I still love it though. Along with plenty of other. COPS. Silverhawks. Thundercats. He-Man and MOTU. Voltron. Pretty much every Saturday morning cartoon. It’s fun.

[@stevenbaker107]

M.A.S.K. is definitely freaking awesome. I love them

[@toyaddic29]

M.a.s.k was awesome ! Love watching your videos! Brings back the good ol days! Even though we had to use our imaginations but that's the part of being a kid i guess

[@VeritechGirl]

Basically Tracker's helmet is the equivalent of Hanks bow from the DnD cartoon! Also I LOVE Mask's theme song!😊🤗

[@kjk7611]

Veritech Girl I love the incidental music.🎼

[@TheSsbcandidates]

When Jim Carrey´s The Mask was being made, I was under the idea it was based on this.

[@Phoenix2312]

@Retroblasting 0:30 Seconds Straight up, I NEVER got any M.A.S.K Toys... BUT I WANTED THEM SO BAD!!!! M.A.S.K and Transformers were top of my christmas list every year!!!!

[@whomee2]

I had Matt Tracker and his car. After a sleep over at a "friend's" house across the street, I went home to get some sugary cereal goodness for breakfast. Less than 15 minutes later, I returned and found them smashing my toys and throwing them in a trash can. He gave me VENOM's plane/helicopter to make up for it, but it wasn't the same. I loved that gull-wing car.

[@thegalaxybeyond1496]

"Half the time he sounds like he's on lithium." 😄😃😂😀

[@shoestringscifi]

RetroBlasting's videos keep getting better and better. I don't remember the MASK cartoon very well, but I do remember Scott and T-Bob being... uh... overly prevalent. Having said that when my then-best friend (the previous owner of the big MASK collection that you acquired not so long ago) got the Scott/T-Bob action figure set... I wanted one, too!

[@GirlofCulture]

My third favorite from my childhood. #2 is Bionic Six ! (Also aged pretty well) #1 is Gargoyles ! ( Not to top ) And in germany we got Homer Simpson´s Voice for Miles Mayham ;)

[@eugenewhong2379]

Heroic Extra-Legal Mobile Enforcement Team

[@jacksofalot5420]

I would love to see a big budget live action version of MASK but I wouldn't trust Hollywood to do it justice since they ruin everything else they touch.

[@TVfanfanatic]

MASK did have the best Theme Song of any 80's cartoon. The Digital look to the animated opening along with the distinctive electronic 80's theme song always got me pumped up to watch MASK. The only real negative about the toys was their scale. They were a smaller scale than the GI Joe and Star Wars figures/vehicles, and it limited their playability/use to only with other MASK sets.

[@jonathanlippe]

I think M.A.S.K. might be what planted the seeds for me to become an adult Conspiracy Theorist.

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

We'll probably never see a real MASK vehicle at the highway but I think that would be great.

[@stevenwalton8177]

Love the new intro and setup guys. :) The irony is that our military actually has helicopters that turn into planes while flying. I guess to combine the maneuverability with speed. Google the "cv-22 osprey", (though, the Switchblade looks alot cooler).lol

[@ericsmith1508]

Helping Every Mortal Every Time or Helping Each Mere Earthling Tactically

[@ericsmith1508]

***** nuh uh! the "L" is in Helping in both of them DERP! LOL

[@dnds4]

+Edward Teach Then you have an extra E (HELEMET) in both. You wrote: "Helping Every Mortal Every Timeor Helping Each Mere Earthling Tactically"

[@JasonGross76]

honors mine! gonna give you a shout on our next podcast which we are recording tonight.

[@indetrucks]

You sir, have earned my subscription. You are literally living my dream with all your rad toys from the 80's. I'm 37 and my 27ys old girlfriend thinks my old MASK toys are awesome! Like most child adults like myself, we only wish we could have kept all our rad toys from the 80's.

[@obioraobi]

I liked t-bob

[@kjk7611]

obiora obi Me too.😊

[@mcg6866]

H.E.L.M.E.T. (Hot Excrement Lying Motionless Engulfing Toilet). Hmmm... This kind of describes my last visit to a McDonald's Washroom.

[@b.lloydreese2030]

I would love an affordable gi joe/mask/transformer figure crossover toyline with vehicles

[@dxraptor]

great reviews mike i been looking all over the interwebs for someone to review classic cartoons and there toy line

[@Beastkingzetta]

3:03 HEROES ECO LEAD MATERIAL ELECTRONIC TIMING

[@ranwolf76]

I got into so much trouble with my Tae Kwon Do teacher because of the original few episodes

[@PandoraZBoX1]

I'm only a year older then you so all these figures and toys are all around the time I was growing up so its great to see them all again

[@Ogre302]

I know a lot of people knock the K, but hot rod and car culture had already been substituting the C for a K for decades.

[@manofsan]

T-bob reminds me a lot of 7-Zark-7 from Battle of the Planets

[@larissaoneiros2262]

(Melinda here) we will definitely keep an eye out for that! Thanks, Jason!

[@PalJorgensen]

Awesome new intro! I like how the song has that 80's sound to it. Rock on guys!

[@roosterj2599]

My little brother had every MASK vehicle and figure that came out. I was 15 when the comic and the cartoon came. My little brother would bug me to play MASK with him. I was all over that! Lol! I do have the 1st edition MASK comic book.

[@NZbumblebee]

Indeed M.A.S.K was very special to the 1980s.

[@linearskater]

Cool! I'm really looking forward to it! The Centurions cartoon was shown on television, here in the U.K., but the toys weren't widely available..it took me many years, & ebay, before I got to play with 'em. A bit like Jayce & The Wheeled Warriors, as far us kids in England were concerned, it was just a cool cartoon shown on Sunday mornings. Until the internet came along I didn't know Wheeled Warrior toys even existed.

[@sgzartan]

Good job once again.. I like the new intro too. I was never a M.A.S.K. fan as a kid and only watched a handful of episodes. As an adult, I can now appreciate how cool their innovation and how cool the vehicles were.

[@ravagingwolverine]

The redundancy of some of the vehicles is pretty funny. I was hoping there would be one that was a Jet Ski that transformed into a Sea Doo. What a missed opportunity.

[@kevinalford]

I like this review, even though it's dripping with 2000's era snark-comedy.

[@jamessingletn8196]

Can you do a InHumanoids toy and cartoon review?

[@cb2k761]

God I still remember mask at 38 years old now. I had several of the mask toys. Awesome times as a kid. I would love to get my hands on the figures.

[@larissaoneiros2262]

That's really pretty funny, we seriously just got that series.

[@devinweathers7520]

I adore the opening and the vehicle's are freaking GLORIOUS , the writing is neat

[@darren2514fv]

M.A.S.K Was a international co-production with Canada/France/USA/Japan

[@chevy-is-a-good-boy]

Good stuff here, thanks for this. They were/are definitely cool toys, but kinda surprised you're giving the cartoon props? Even as a kid I thought the vehicles had way more personality than their drivers/pilots. Anyway, nice review - hope you cover C.O.P.S. some day as there's only a handful of half-arsed videos on youtube at the moment. I'd like to see you pick the toy line/cartoon apart...

[@masterblaster4343]

Hella Epic Legion of man and eternal time!

[@armoredknight8718]

Heros Employing Laser Machineguns Ending Terror H.E.L.M.E.T.

[@chadharris6912]

MASK is the next toy line I want to get back into.

[@Bullitt3401]

I thought I was seeing the signature red calipers. #3401 has 92,000 miles and only moves on Saturday mornings to the bank or maybe the barber shop.It was my daily driver from 2001 to 2011. (Driving a company vehicle now)

[@50TBRD]

MASK, X-men, and TMNT were probably my favorite shows but my brother and I watched everything.

[@carbootstudios2459]

Heroic Elite Legion Making Elite Tacos

[@peterparker6584]

Resisting the urge to call the robot tea bag over and over and then you bring up streamer.It's like they're just trying to make it too easy.

[@CHASEMARC]

grew up in the 80's loved MASK, TRANSFORMERS, HE-MAN (and SHE-RA), THUNDERCATS, ROBOTECH, and GI JOE.

[@Grindhead_Jim]

Hunting Elves Like Most Elephant Trunks

[@craighofmann638]

HELMET: Highly Explosive League Making Enemies Tremble.

[@ImTheKingOfHyrule]

Heroic Envoy of Limited Manpower Eliminating Threats

[@FoolKiller5150]

New subscriber here...this channel is awesome love seeing the old toys that I grew up with and still collect today with great information as well!! Keep up the awesome work! More MASK and GI Joe please!! Thanks again!!

[@Sturmdude]

That intro is F'IN A! Can't wait for part 2.

[@daholiday3991]

That joint is hilarious about where did the helmets come from in the vehicles but you know as kids we weren't thinking about that. We were too hung up in the action of it all. However, as adults we do have questions. An unrelated question I have is (about G.I. Joe) how in the world did COBRA always manage to get into G.I. Joe's airspace, fly right over top of their headquarters and start blowing things up before the good guys could scramble and fight back? Weren't G.I. Joe an elite military group? Surely COBRA shouldn't have been able to get anywhere near the Joe's base before being intercepted. Things that make you go hmmmmmm...haha!

[@torgeirlien9533]

I can clearly remember when I finally got the Thunderhawk for one of my birthdays and found that there was no robotic arm for the helmet in the headliner, I was so bummed..lmfao!!

[@wdkaye]

Great review! Thanks for bringing back a piece of my childhood. ...but seriously, you need to do "Centurions" :^)

[@guyincognito1963]

HELMET: Helpless Energetic Little Men Eating Tacos

[@matthiascieslik5301]

you are so fucking right THE RED MASK CAR was my first and most beloved Toy!!! It was magical awesome!

[@ashwitmoro]

Happy Endings Lift Me Every Time

[@barryhaueter5291]

His Electric Lettuce Makes Extra Time

[@PHXDOG]

I was in my mid Teens when MASK came out. It was one if not the last Cartoon I would watch before School each morning. I did not get the toys because I was too old at that time for toys like that, I was more into Music and clothes by that time. I dio remember younger kids in my neighborhood who did have them and I whished this came about 5 yrs earlier so I could play with them and my Star Wars Action Figures together. Make MASK a different group and have them battle with SW, G.I.J., and Lion Voltron together like I did with my wild imagination.

[@canibaloxide]

I'm sure it's been pointed out that Temple of Doom had a kid in it.

[@GenXToysGeek]

Rewatched this as I just acquired the first or short versions of the masks. Noticed that in this video you have them except Hondo's Blaster?

[@krdragon6950]

7:00 Scott and T-Bob are gone in the second season when M.A.S.K and V.E.N.O.M was doing the racing thing.

[@Tigerheart01]

Gi Joe was by far my number one in the 80s... but He-Man and MASK were pretty much tied for 2nd in my collection. Star Wars, Transformers, and Gobots were still in my collection too.

[@samspurgeon4222]

I got the box set a few years ago, and I hate to say it, but after rewatching it, Scott was the smartest one of the group. He always found the hidden temple or whatever they seemed to be looking for whilst the MASK team seemed to have no idea where to go, they just drove around in circles. Invariably, they found VENOM because they had to rescue Scott, but then again, it should worry you that your ten year old and his knob of a robot sidekick have more idea of what's going on than your super computer and geniuses in hi tech helmets. Maybe I'm just old now, but he seemed to be much less annoying than I remember from my childhood as well.......T-Bob though.........ummmmm........yeah....he was just.....yeah

[@kylejohnson423]

Venom Engaging Helmets In Climatically Large Expeditions

[@genl0rd]

The only thing I can remember about this series is T Bob. I even thought I never saw the show until they showed T Bob.

[@VMIFerrari]

About the helmets coming from "nowhere" when they're in their vehicles...you might as well add that to the list of unexplained things like: where did Optimus Prime's trailer always go when he transformed? Or how did Adam West and Burt Ward get into their costumes while sliding down the pole into the Batcave???

[@djnary2896]

Another great vid on an 80s line I loved. However...I disagree about Meyhem's Switchblade being redundant. The jet mode has the advantage of supersonic flight (in spite of what Airwolf may have taught you about aerodynamics, no helicopter can fly supersonic. The rotors would rip off.) And the helicopter mode has the advantage of vertical takeoff and landing, which a jet cannot do.

[@austincorreia53]

I seriously love that you guys own a DeLorean!🤘🤘

[@artistryartistry7239]

"They couldn't call the show 'Helmet'" I died. Then I subscribed. :)

[@tech-ryze]

Zombie alert!