ALL NEW M.A.S.K. by The Loyal Subjects

[EndoSickness]

So after Ramen Toy tried in vain to get the M.A.S.K. license, by Hasbro (who swallowed Kenner, back in the day), The Loyal Subjects
are the winner in this and at this year's New York Toy Fair they will officially reveal the all new M.A.S.K. line.

First teaser pics show better masks and blast effects for:
- Thunderhawk
- Switchblade
- Condor
- Rhino

Thoughts, my fellow freaks?

 

[DEATHASYLUM]

My younger brothers had a ton of these back in the day. I was more into Joes back then, but M.A.S.K. was a pretty cool toy line back in the 80s. Sadly, most of these never survived the punishment that was inflicted by the amount of Evel Knievel stunts that they went through on a daily basis. If only we knew back then how valuable these toys would become

 

[EndoSickness]

My younger brothers had a ton of these back in the day. I was more into Joes back then, but M.A.S.K. was a pretty cool toy line back in the 80s. Sadly, most of these never survived the punishment that was inflicted by the amount of Evel Knievel stunts that they went through on a daily basis. If only we knew back then how valuable these toys would become

Big time, yeah.
Europe and especially Germany has an extremely loyal collector base to this.
My best friend actually collected and reworked a full collection.
Bought multiple collections, took what he could, rebuild what he wanted
and sold the rest and repeat, until it was complete.
Good stuff.

 

[DEATHASYLUM]

Big time, yeah.
Europe and especially Germany as an extremely loyal collector base to this.
My best friend actually collected and reworked a full collection.
Bought multiple collections, took what he could, rebuild what he wanted
and sold the rest and repeat, until it was complete.
Good stuff.

Time and dedication right there, but so rewarding once accomplished

 

[EndoSickness]

Time and dedication right there, but so rewarding once accomplished

Ain't that the truth

 

[Rambler]

Nostalgia overload. I ALWAYS wanted these, but my parents never bought them for me. I had to go by my friends house! lol

 

[Cocoboloboy]

I had a bunch of the toys in the 80s. Still got a few in storage. I’ve got both Ramen offerings and they’re nice but I’m really excited to see what these licensed toys will be like.
Ramen chose to scale up a bit and I think they’re the perfect size. I wonder how big these will be.

EDIT: Just found them on IG and it looks like they’ll scale with the original line. I have no idea who The Loyal Subjects are or what their quality is like. I hope they do it right.

 

[sabin23]

From my understanding these will be faithful to the old toys but with some tweaks.

I liked the Ramen Toy Gull Wing but i missed out on it - that seemed more like a more modern take on the original toy.

 

[jimmie_dimmick]

My younger brothers had a ton of these back in the day. I was more into Joes back then, but M.A.S.K. was a pretty cool toy line back in the 80s. Sadly, most of these never survived the punishment that was inflicted by the amount of Evel Knievel stunts that they went through on a daily basis. If only we knew back then how valuable these toys would become

I still have quite a few from my childhood. The Joes are what didn’t survive my house.

 

[MxBxM]

I always wanted to get toys from this show. But theye were never available in my country.

Hope this turn out good

 

[karamazov80]

EDIT: Just found them on IG and it looks like they’ll scale with the original line. I have no idea who The Loyal Subjects are or what their quality is like. I hope they do it right.

I'm not really sure about that approach. The original toys were already pretty good for what they were. I guess more articulation?

I would prefer these in GI Joe scale (3 3/4") O-ring versions. Or even classified-scaled figures, though I don't collect those.

It's funny that about a week ago I had a dream where I found someone selling old MASK figures from the '80s that were massively scaled like the Centurions. Not sure where that came from, but I would be all in with that, as well!

 

[DEATHASYLUM]

I still have quite a few from my childhood. The Joes are what didn’t survive my house.

Nothing survived my house. All the old Joes got busted up too by my younger bros, but mostly by their friends that came over to play. A real shame too cause I had all the originals in fantastic shape, but everything was handed down, so nothing stayed in good condition.

 

[SwedishHeat]

I have no idea who The Loyal Subjects are or what their quality is like. I hope they do it right.

I believe they are the manufacturers of the BST AXN line, I've seen some of their stuff at Wal-Mart in the Video Game/Electronics aisle. They just seem like your standard mid-range, 5-inch action figure. They aren't in the toy aisles, so I'm guessing they position themselves as higher-quality than "mass market" toys, but we're talking the difference between a $15 figure and a $20 figure, so it's not much.

 

[screamingmetal]

I had a few Mask sets as a kid, not as many as Joes but I enjoyed the transformation features more than Transformers and the toys were exceptionally well designed. I was just a bit disappointed by the scale back then, had they been the same scale as my Joes, I would've done anything to have them all.

The only experience I have with The Loyal Subjects are their blind boxed Aliens and GI Joe character figures; nice figures that fall apart easily and were too expensive for blind boxes. I've heard their BST AXN figures have poor sculpts, paint, and can have loose joints that fall apart. I never bought one but I hope they've learned a lot since then. I don't have much faith in them making some very complex toys like MASK vehicles. They at least have a few improved features in their teaser images with blast effects and better articulated figures (the figures look like they have ball jointed shoulders). I hope these are scaled a little larger to GI Joe 25th Anniversary figures and vehicles or at least, to the classic 1:18 scale GI Joes but, widespread rumors are that these will scale with the original MASK line (2.5" tall figures)

Too bad Ramen Toys was skipped over, they do make some nice stuff no one else wants to... Good news is that my Ramen Recoil Van just shipped today!

 

[EndoSickness]

From my understanding these will be faithful to the old toys but with some tweaks.

I liked the Ramen Toy Gull Wing but i missed out on it - that seemed more like a more modern take on the original toy.

Not really modern, more of a realistic approach. As this thing looks more like an actual Camaro.

I had a few Mask sets as a kid, not as many as Joes but I enjoyed the transformation features more than Transformers and the toys were exceptionally well designed. I was just a bit disappointed by the scale back then, had they been the same scale as my Joes, I would've done anything to have them all.

The only experience I have with The Loyal Subjects are their blind boxed Aliens and GI Joe character figures; nice figures that fall apart easily and were too expensive for blind boxes. I've heard their BST AXN figures have poor sculpts, paint, and can have loose joints that fall apart. I never bought one but I hope they've learned a lot since then. I don't have much faith in them making some very complex toys like MASK vehicles. They at least have a few improved features in their teaser images with blast effects and better articulated figures (the figures look like they have ball jointed shoulders). I hope these are scaled a little larger to GI Joe 25th Anniversary figures and vehicles or at least, to the classic 1:18 scale GI Joes but, widespread rumors are that these will scale with the original MASK line (2.5" tall figures)

Too bad Ramen Toys was skipped over, they do make some nice stuff no one else wants to... Good news is that my Ramen Recoil Van just shipped today!

They weren't. Ace approached Hasbro and had talks, but apparently was told that Hasbro doesn't deal with infringers.
Funny, as 3rd party, correctly spoken, doesn't infringe on anything to begin with.

 

[Cocoboloboy]

After browsing their IG I’m hoping these aren’t anything like the stuff they’ve been making. Maybe they’ll have a sample at the Con.

 

[Ramman81]

After browsing their IG I’m hoping these aren’t anything like the stuff they’ve been making. Maybe they’ll have a sample at the Con.

https://comicbook.com/gear/news/the...air-first-look-at-m-a-s-k-toy-line-exclusive/

 

[Rambler]

I still have quite a few from my childhood. The Joes are what didn’t survive my house.

We used to unscrew our Joe figures and mix/match body parts. lol

 

[Space Jockey]

I'm really looking forward to seeing what they can do here. I loved MASK. The first one I got was Gator for Christmas. Then I got Thunderhawk, Switchblade, Condor,and Piranha, always wanted Rhino but never got it. I have memories of waiting excitedly in line at the local Argos for Condor, I'm going back to the UK for a visit soon and I'm pretty sure they might be in the parent's attic but in varying states of condition.

 

[chronosknight]

We used to unscrew our Joe figures and mix/match body parts. lol

Oh yeah. That was a game changer, when I realized how easily they came apart and could be combined back together. I don't think I ever even created anything particularly interesting but I sure broke and lost a bunch of stuff. And that was just prior to my brother and I getting into our destructive stage of destroying our toys in a number of inspired ways.

Heck, many days we would play with them outside in the dirt and mud and just leave them out there to the elements for days/weeks.