MOC: M.A.S.K. Vehicles (LDraw)

[SpacySmoke]

Well, an astute Flickr user reminded me that my Food Truck technically isn't my first MOC! I had forgotten, but back in 2002 or so, I did 3 MOCs in LDraw or some other unofficial CAD program. They were based on the 1980s M.A.S.K. toys by Kenner, a favorite toy when I was a kid. I remember doing a post about them on Lugnet back then. At that time, I didn't get into Lego to the point that I was buying sets; I remember just building these sets virtually and then moving on to other things.

The Brickshelf gallery:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=Mista-Carrot

Gator - in regular off-road Jeep mode

Gator - in boat mode

Manta - in regular Nissan 300ZX mode (roof looks pretty unstable!)

Manta - in flight mode (the guns on the hood have to be attached; everything else is built-in)

Rhino - in regular big rig mode

Rhino - in attack mode

I think my next project will be to update these models with current parts and actually build them!

[Artifex]

Wow! I always loved MASK! Your models look great!

[TheDesuComplex]

Good models! I certainly like the Jeep's transformation.

[mostlytechnic]

Sweet, LOVED MASK as a kid. For some reason I remember the semi being purple though. But I totally remember the little vehicle hiding as the fifth wheel, and the big missile in the sleeper. And the boat in the jeep, just sweet that you actually made them work!

http://toyarchive.com/STAForSale/NEW2001+/M.A.S.K./MASKVehicles.html

Yep, rhino was purple. And Gator was a red jeep w/ orange boat. But still, awesome job!

[SpacySmoke]

Sweet, LOVED MASK as a kid. For some reason I remember the semi being purple though. But I totally remember the little vehicle hiding as the fifth wheel, and the big missile in the sleeper. And the boat in the jeep, just sweet that you actually made them work!

Yeah, looking at the actual toy, it's a burgandy-ish purple-ish color, though the toy's boxart looks very purple. I think dark red might work well.

[nismogrendel]

Amazing! Please build the gas station next :D

[paul_delahaye]

I had that orange jeep as a kid, and the green and black motorbike that turned into a helicopter :-)

This is something cool I have not seen done before in bricks

[Muddy]

Make the purple motorcycle next!

Or the sign

Please thank you

[LEGOMAN132]

Very nice I remember buying a whole box of these from a yard sale for like 10 bucks including the moutin base when I was a kid.

[KDog]

These are phenomenal. I like that you included the Manta, a more obscure set but one of my favorites.

[WhiteFang]

Thank you so much for sharing with us. Even though this is in LDraw, and I still hope for someone doing this in real bricks. M.A.S.K is my next childhood toy hobby apart from LEGO and seeing these 2 hobbies combined together as one simply warm my heart. Seeing this, definitely gave me the urge to bring out those original toys out of the closet despite of its poor condition. After all, those are meant to be childhood toys.