I loved M.A.S.K on Sky Channel during the 80:s. I loved it because it had action and excitement. It also showed a bit of the future what was to come. This show was so ahead of its time. During this time Sky Channel ruled showing all the coolest cartoons ever between 07:30-12:00 on Saturday and Sundays. Everything from M.A.S.K, Transformers, Jayce and the Wheeled warriors, He-Man, G.I Joe and so on. When will the big movie companies do a real movie of M.A.S.K, Jayce and the Wheeled warriors as they did with the Transformers? It would be so cool to see! I grew up with this and formed me to who I am today a computer nerd having fun everyday during the days =).

M.A.S.K. is short for Mobile Armoured Strike Command. It was a great cartoon that was as much loved by young boys as He-Man, G.I.Joe or Transformers. Like the others it had a huge toy line which is now selling through ebay very well and often expensive. M.A.S.K. was somehow more intelligent than usual action cartoons. If you found it boring, it was probably because it didn't have only action but also a lot of well constructed plots, for a kids show that is. Still though, all these stories ended with Miles Mayhem, head of evil organization V.E.N.O.M., being behind all that sinister plans. Furthermore, nobody had superpowers, only their vehicles and equipment had. The amount of characters over the 75 episodes was huge. The show was always about being a team and about justice, in the end it had the usual message, telling kids what to do or to not do. A great and classic cartoon, luckily now available on DVD in Europe.

When I first saw this show when I was a kid, I didn't really care for it. But last year when Fox Kids in the UK started showing it again I've come to love it. Okay so it was obviously designed to sell toys, but it is great. The vehicles used by both teams were brilliantly designed and the episodes were always exciting and most of the time funny as well. I actually liked the bad guys better, especially Sly Rax, with that neat accent of his. This is an 80's classic.

All the characters in the M.A.S.K. show had big ol' helmets they'd put on before they went into battle. Their cars, trucks, motorcycles, even their headquarters (a gas station!) would all become these cool fighting machines. The toys were just like the characters from the show. The figures were small (half the size of GI JOE) and had little helmets that covered their heads. Each came with its respective vehicle from the show, which would transform when you hit a hidden button or panel. Guns popped out and everything, it was cool stuff.