If you are old enought to remember this show, you now make noises when you sit down. As a ten year old, this was the coolest truck on TV, the trailer would split open from the top and there was a helicopter hidden inside.

      • Grabthar@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        Sadly, most 80s cartoons sucked, but the toys were, and are still, outstanding. That’s probably why we attach such good memories to watching the show along with our buddies Sly Rax and Hondo McLean.

        • nslatz@lemmy.worldOP
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          1 year ago

          The shows were just 30 minute adverts for the toys. Some of my greatest playtime as a kid was when Cobra Commander teamed up with Darth Vader but was eventually defeated by G.I. Joes and R2D2.

    • Bleeping Lobster@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      Damn, proper blast from the past. Had completely forgotten about the M…A.S.K toys I had when I was 3 or 4 until I read your comment, just looked them up on wiki.

      Our parents could only remember their toys (unless somehow kept some), cool that we can just look it up online and see a full size image.

  • moitoi@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    The base of this creation is a pushback tug used in the airport. They adapted it for trailers.

    • rm_dash_r_star@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      I recognized the tug part right off. That’s a lot of custom bodywork. These days they just CG stuff like that. Back then they actually had to make props. Sometimes they did a pretty poor job, but that one is high end. I’m actually old enough to have seen that show, but I don’t remember ever watching it.

    • nslatz@lemmy.worldOP
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      I wonder if it would be as good today as a rematch, might be better left in our memories.