Most kids from the 80s would remember the cartoon and toy series called MASK, the series focused on characters who had the coolest vehicles and Masks which had powers. MASK were the good guys and VENOM were the evil fellas. The leader of MASK was a popular character called Matt Trakker.
Matt was the leader of MASK and your stereotypical leader guy. The Captain America of the bunch who gave orders. Matt raised his son Scott apparently alone (the fate of Mrs. Trakker was never revealed). Matt, his brother Andy and Miles Mayhem were the creators of the original masks before Miles betrayed them and took half of the masks for evil purposes. Matt had several different masks and vehicles. With Rhino he had the Ultra-Flash mask; Thunderhawk begat the more famously known Spectrum which has such super vision; Volcano came with the LavaShot mask; and Goliath had Matt using a mask known as Shroud which created a smokescreen. - Mask: The Web Page
Hasbro will be releasing Matt Trakker as part of their GI JOE series. Due to Hasbro losing the copyright to the name Matt Trakker, he is called Specialist Trakker. heh But he retains the familiar looking uniform and mask that we are remember. Could this be the start of a MASK revival? Below is Hasbro’s description of the new figure as well as the pics,
SPECIALIST TRAKKER leads a secret unit which develops ordinary-looking vehicles that convert into advanced combat vehicles. Joining forces with the G.I. JOE team, the Mobile Armored Strike Kommand (M.A.S.K.) team battles V.E.N.O.M. (Vicious Evil Network of Mayhem), the unit COBRA® formed to construct its own converting vehicles. SPECIALIST TRAKKER uses his next-gen technological devices to preserve peace throughout the world and stop the corrupt forces that are using the same technology to amass power in a quest to control the world.
very cool, hope it really leads to a reissue of all the old vehicles