I was only three years old when this show first aired, but, I still have many fond memories of this show from reruns and my toy collection. I was obsessed with this show as a child and as an adult, I still love it.MASK was intended to bridge a gap between GI Joe and Transformers. Multimillionaire Matt Trakker is the leader of an elite Special Forces- esque crime fighting league known as M.A.S.K, or Mobil Armored Strike Kommand.Each team member piloted a special mulit function vehicle based on production cars and trucks available in the mid 80's. Matt Trakker, for example, drove a modified 80's Camaro equipped with Gull Wing doors that doubled as actual wings that allowed the car to fly with the aid of jet engines hidden behind the rear bumper.Brad Turner, another team member, rode a Kawasaki Ninja that turned into a personal helicopter. The rear wheel on the bike acted as the tail rotor.In addition to transforming vehicles, each team member wore a special mask that possessed a special ability. Bruce Sato, for example, had a mask that was capable of lifting heavy objects. Brad Turner's mask was capable of projecting holograms. The special abilities of each mask would somehow compliment the vehicle that the team member was assigned.Much like G.I. Joe was constantly fighting Cobra, M.A.S.K. had their arch nemesis known as Venom. Venom was headed by another multimillionaire, Miles Mayhem, and they also had vehicles that would transform for combat. Much like the MASK team, their vehicles were also styled after contemporary vehicles available in the mid 80's. They also had masks that possessed a special ability. However, the abilities possessed by MASK were mostly used for rescue, the Venom masks were weaponized. One shot daggers, another shot fire, another shot acid, and another fired a LASERBEAM like whip.Each episode was reasonably formulaic. Venom would try to steal something and the M.A.S.K. team was the only team who could stop them. At the start of each mission, Matt would consult his computer to determine the best team members suited for the mission. The computer would make choices based on vehicular special ability and special skills or knowledge that each person had.Each character and each vehicle was based on a toy sold by Kenner at the time.

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 =).

MASK was totally out of this world like many cartoon shows from the 1980's-but it was so brilliant.The good guys were MASK, the bad guys were VENOM. Each episode MASK would battle the forces of VENOM and foil their wicked plans.Each character had a mask which could perform a specific function. For example one of the good guys had a mask which could lift things into the air;another guy had a mask which could help him fly. The bad guys had their fair share of masks too;such as a mask that shot out stiletto darts and one that was a flamethrower. It may have been a cartoon but where on Earth did the good guys and bad guys get such technology and how could they afford it?The vehicles were rather cool as well. We had planes that could turn into helicopters and vice versa; we had a racing car that could fly; the vehicles were superb. The characters in this show must have been billionaires to build such machinery (if that's the case why were the bad guys even bothering with a life of crime if they were that rich). I must just mention Boulder Hill which was the good guys base. It was a gas station that used to change into a defence HQ and it was the nerve centre for M.A.S.K.All in all, a brilliant cartoon. Let's just hope it's never made into a live action movie because it would cost billions to make.

I was probably 6 or 8 years old when I saw this show last. I remember waking up at 6 am to watch it, wishing I could drive the big-rig cab that turned into a missile command post. WOW!! I am not sure what much I can say about it, except, they don't make cartoons like they used to.