History and Origin of GI Joe's TOMAX & XAMOT!

This is the origin and the history of Cobra's Crimson Twins, CEOs of Extensive Enterprises ... Xamot and Tomax! Learn about their conception, their history in-universe and their exploits with Cobra Commander against GI Joe!
#GIJoe #SnakeEyes #TOMAXandXAMOT

[@bryantwilliams4027]

As a kid; every kid wanted the Crinsom Twins action figures.

[@allwise3608]

Me and my big bro had them I had the one with the scar

[@lokiwartooth1138]

They were highly sought after and frequently traded for lol

[@energicko]

Tomax: "So finally we..." Xamot: "... get the recognition"- Both: "We financially deserve! -COBRA!!!!- EXTENSIVE ENTERPRISES!!!!"

[@silvertemplar8061]

I hear the next movie has them in it.

[@maldo357]

I really miss GI Joe cartoons and the toys of course, I wish I could go back 40 years and enjoy my childhood as a 6 year old.

[@RaymondKarlVeasey75]

My Mom loved the Crimson Twins, & I gave her my action figures of them. She kept them on her window sill.

[@sheilairbyturtlelord]

I love them too.

[@74bobby]

Thats to cool

[@therealaaroncollins6486]

I had the Twins two Christmases back to back in 85 and 86 respectively as a kid. Fast forward here in 2020 I recently just reacquired them. That's how much I love them.

[@robbyritter4245]

Two of my favorites. Never owned them as a kid but I did have a pair of twin tabby kittens that I named Tomax and Xamot, they didn't come with any accessories though.☺

[@eeeisme7946]

I owned them and many more growing up and loved all of them!

[@algierssolja]

I had them.... Never had Destro :(..... Or the original Megatron biggest fail of my life. 1

[@freaknastycreep2737]

I only got my hands on tomax only and I was happy as a kid and I day I come across another tomax not xamot so I just pretended it was tomax and xamot these two caricature were my most favorite and also my favorite is zartan

[@migangelmart]

@@freaknastycreep2737 Lol, I only had Xamot! And my other Cobras were Thrasher and the Thunder Machine, a BAT, Cesspool, a Technoviper and the Baroness

[@plutoslikk1404]

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[@christopherreynolds6964]

According to Buzz Dixon... Had Sunbow maintained the rights to GI Joe animation, Tomax and Xamot would have been the leaders of Cobra post movie. Would love for this to be explored in a future comic Series

[@charlesdavis4887]

Besides Zartan, The twins were the best Cobra agents. To me anyway.

[@19zach75]

StormShadow Zartan Destro Tomax-Xamot

[@grankorleon9794]

Real shit peace too bro from Detroit...

[@grankorleon9794]

@Charles Davis

[@grankorleon9794]

G.I Joe was too deep in depth for mofos to imagine this shit

[@algierssolja]

1) Destro 2) Destro 3) Destro 4) Destro And the Crimson Twins

[@vsmokethon]

I still can remember the day my grandma brought them for me ... and yes I still have them

[@trence5]

I remember getting them as a kid and not under their lower file until my moms explained it. That's when I understood why GI Joe couldn't just "take out"" Cobra. The twins fought their battles in the courtrooms and board rooms making some of the dangerous foes ever.

[@MoCa1979Jr]

These were the 1st fictional twins I can recall from childhood. I actually liked them because they were agile gymnasts, who'd complete each others sentences. The whole "psychic link" thing was interesting as well (even though their "shared pain" was a major weakness that could easily be exploited). I don't think I've seen it used again until Demona & MacBeth's link, from Disney's Gargoyles.

[@zaberfang]

The real evil behind Cobra. The twin bankers. 😎😎

[@RDSArcade]

Bankers are the evil behind just about everything.

[@qubahka77]

this was one of the best Christmas gifts my mom ever gave me. The crimson twins with the quad....among many other joe related goodies including avalanche and the snowcat. Christmas '85/86 makes me feel all warm and misty. nice vid.

[@peterdanior4538]

These 2 are my favorite Cobra members, if there was going to be 3rd movie, I would have liked them to be the main villains

[@charlesdavis4887]

Peter Danior A third film is happening at some point. Last I heard they're waiting for Dwayne Johnson because he has prior film commitments.

[@karlsmith2570]

Peter Danior The question is: who would play those characters?? Would they be able to find a set of identical twin actors to play Tomax and Xamot or would they have to get one actor and do split screen shots of this person in certain scenes

[@peterdanior4538]

@@karlsmith2570 There has to be a set of identical twins that could pull off that role. And as we've seen with other characters, they would not be limited by race or country of origin while casting.

[@the78wildcat]

I think Shawn and Aaron Ashmore can pull it off.

[@oneandonlysound3453]

they've really just been all over, there was talk of crossing over with transformers but the whole last knight sequel into bumblebee thing halted that for now, and this random snake eyes spin-off is somehow a priority, but who knows. Dwayne Johnson said he was up for it at anytime and it's really just been them so he keeps comitting to other stuff, but who knows. I mean they are apparently finally making "Black Adam" so maybe he's right. They did say and still are saying they are incredibly serious about using these two for the third film though.

[@00ghostcobra]

These were my guys back during the old cartoon run..

[@optimus2g]

God damn, theBaroness still looks good, lol (3:10).

[@omarlawrence5239]

So in the cartoon, what’s up when one of them gets hit the other feels the same pain or them finishing each other’s sentences. Hilarious.

[@JohnH20111]

Corsican Syndrome, i think

[@thetreeofwoe2304]

It would have been nice if the maker of this video talked about it twice during the video....oh wait..

[@Youmama187]

Thank you for these two reviews I always loved the Idea of Tomax and Xamot. They had some fun story lines

[@sgtdh6892]

Love the videos!!! Thanks for keeping GIJoe alive!

[@kratoscraken5614]

Finally the twins get recognition 👍💪

[@EdgeOfEntropy17]

Boy I remember getting the action figures as a kid and realizing you can hold the file card up in the mirror and TOMAX would read XAMOT. I was blown away!

[@karlsmith2570]

It's kinda weird seeing Tomax and Xamot wearing the outfit that their action figures wore but in all Red and also seeing The Baroness also dressed in a Red version of her outfit for her action figure

[@marshallwood2968]

In the sunbow cartoon , wasn't Xamot and Tomax fourth in command of cobra behind Cobra commander , Destro, and the Baroness in season 1 and then pushed down to 5th when Dr mindbender appeared and became 4th in season 2 ? And that was before Serpentor was created.

[@energicko]

Yes. Technically, they were still 4th. Considering none of Cobra's command staff trusted him, Major Bludd or Zartan. Mindbender was still a mad dentist and biochemistry engineer at heart, not a leader.

[@karlsmith2570]

Marshall Wood I personally thought that Major Bludd was the 4th in line of command of COBRA

[@marshallwood2968]

@@karlsmith2570 only in the ist mini series , aka the mass device as there was only 4 main characters, but no , The rulers of cobra in season 1 were Cobra commander, Destro, the Baroness and the twins, the other main characters Major Bludd , storm shadow , scrap iron and Firefly were just mercenarys that worked directly for them, they would do jobs, lead assaults etc but you never saw them mastermind any plots , there was probably some one off characters who were higher than major bludd I.e colonel Slash , the tempory Admiral Latimar who wore a cobra navel admiral uniform(the rank must have been standard in cobra to have that suit so there must have been more Admirals ) but because they are not main characters they are not thought about, the only mercenary that seemed to get in on some of the masterminding was Zartan (much to Destros chagrin) but even he had to take orders from another one off character who cobra commander tempory hired in Cold slither, that Silly director from Lights camera cobra . Hope this helps.

[@omarlawrence5239]

Remember if you wrote one of there names on a piece of paper and hold up to a mirror it would read the other brother’s name.

[@DaveFrostdusk]

My favorite characters as a kid.I remember carefully opening the package to keep them displayed in it when not playing because of a cool mirror feature.

[@ericcampbell4211]

My favorite cobra agents. Nuff said.

[@mikesyck2624]

Always have been my favorite Cobra operatives

[@diggitydave75438]

Pretty cool dude. I collect vintage and modern o-ring style gi joes, plus the Marvel run of the comics. I've completed the entire marvel run and have recently started on the continuation of that series with issue 155.5. I prefer the Larry Hama canon, so i didn't collect the devils due stuff, and issue 155.5 is supposed to continue the marvel era comics. It's cool that you showed a pic of the Crimson Strike Team convention set. I have the twins, Baroness and a few vipers from that set and i actually prefer the twins in red over their original "viper style" colors. Those issues you mentioned were great issues as well. There is an interesting note about that SAW Viper that killed the Joes on mistaken orders. Not sure if Larry Hama wrote it or if it was written by the Devils Due writers. But after the SAW Viper that killed Doc, ETC. was supposedly killed (he was left barely alive), his brain and parts of his body were used to create the cyborg Overkill, and eventually joined the COIL. Great video dude.

[@caseysmith3329]

I received these two for Christmas one year and loved them! Smart, agile and like myself, a twin. Can’t wait to see Hasbro make 6 inch versions of these guys.

[@Bocalt]

Hope you got them

[@p.d.l7023]

Those two are like the greatest hits of international crime.

[@terrancechilds3049]

I am a member of the crimson guard now

[@mamunestor]

Larry Hama has said it is Tomax who has the scar. It was a mistake to switch them. That’s why Renegades did it correctly. It is a much debated topic, but when The Godfather of Joe said it’s Tomax, I believe him.

[@lokiwartooth1138]

These guys where some of my favorites as a kid!!!

[@zartan7779]

Loved these characters in the cartoon

[@maxs.3186]

Damn. I had no idea they were Bankers! Straight evil!

[@RedDragonM1]

They're French? I always thought they were English. But they were two of the smartest COBRA types.

[@jonnybridin]

I can't get enough of these GI joe vids! Please do Shockwave next!

[@davegoodwin1848]

Ummm....you do know Shockwave wasn't in G.I. Joe right? Well, there was the cross over so...

[@jonnybridin]

Shockwave was def a G.I.Joe. he was the leader of the anti drug team. Im not referring to the transformer shockwave. He was also one of the only six gi joes left when they rebooted the series in the late 90s/early 2000s. If you look on yojoe.com you eill find his bio. He had several figures. He was a police officer from detroit. And an opera singer. Thats all i can remember from his profile card right now. But its ok, most people would assume i was referring to the transformer shockwave.

[@davegoodwin1848]

@@jonnybridin haha!! I'm sorry and have no idea why I wasn't thinking of him. I'm more into the 3 3/4 early 80's and he didn't cross my mind.

[@jonnybridin]

All good my friend! Theres soo many characters to keep up with, which means this channel will hopefully be around for a long time!

Loved Tomax and Xamot. They reminded me of the 80's bankers with guns.

[@AirHarp]

Do Roadblock! He's my favorite!

[@billymadison8036]

These were my first 2 Joe toys. Has anyone else had the o-ring that holds them together break? I've had to replace almost every one of mine from 85-86

[@2199]

They were in my Top 10 of Cobra

[@kempmt1]

C'mon people, Xamot has a scar on his face, which is the only way to tell them apart. I like it when you hit one, the other feels and simultaneously reacts to it.

[@AcbLynn132]

Loved these dudes. Werent used enuf in show

[@scotthackney4366]

Great video these were my favorite cobra guys when I was a kid.

[@robertbruster4250]

Once again this is my new favorite KZbin channel thank you so much

[@eeeisme7946]

Please tell me you're going to do vids on Spirit, Shipwreck, Cover Girl, & Quick Kick soon! These were some of my favorites & I actually had their toys, including Cover Girl's tank, along with several others. I heard in one of your vids that Quick Kick was killed in the comic's & would like to know how and if any of the other's were killed off too.

[@karlsmith2570]

EeeisMe I totally wanna see one on Spirit It'd be really interesting to hear about his backstory

[@MrDestroction]

I always loved them in the original cartoons

[@dreadwing01]

Two of my favorites nice find. Just subscribed.

[@l.blanton3019]

I loved their arrogance and how they completed each other sentences

[@p.d.l7023]

They also finished each others sandwiches.

[@l.blanton3019]

@@p.d.l7023 lol,more than likely so,I have twin boys and they do shit like that, lol

[@firesoulrocker]

Evertime i watch Rad the bmx movie i always think of these 2

[@randyvalentine3042]

Your videos are much better then the live action versions out, hats off sir,"and knowing is half the battle"..👍

[@keith3376]

This is the movie that needs to be made!

[@Mark-tb1zq]

My favorites: Xamot and Tomax.

[@terrencechilds8984]

Think you so very much from all of your friends in cobra.

[@bjrn-jakobbenonisen3497]

Love your G.I. Joe content! Thank you!

[@Channel51_LA]

I'm really digging these G.I. JOE profiles that you've done. I've been writing some fan fic and they're great for helping me flesh out the characters.

[@devonabates6184]

Thx for doing this. I love the twins

[@joeydubbs763]

Although the story of my own personal collection of GI Joe/ Cobra figures & vehicles destruction is enough to make you cry( as a fanboy) I've really enjoyed your little walks down memory lane. Thanks brother. 👍

[@jchin9277]

You wanna hear a good cry story... I ended up with an og millennium falcon from an older cousin. Then for some reason it got tossed by mom... sad sad sad. Hopefully the garbage man picked it out.

[@stephencarlson6028]

@@jchin9277 u know I came home one day from school in 5th grade and my mother decided that I was getting too old for toys and gave everything away. GI Joe, Transformers, He-Man(Masters Of The Universe), even the weirder stuff like my Ghostbusters figures and teenage mutant ninja turtles. I had a lot of the vehicles and bases like snake mountain or whatever it was called. The Tomahawk heli which was likea CHINOOK. Too much to even start thinking about. I never have understood that move. 5th grade man i was like 9 or 10

[@robertbruster4250]

No I'm beginning my quest to own vehicles and bases

[@lexlewis550]

Thank you for this awesome video the crimson guard commander’s are always awesome to me. I have a twin sister so I always have a smile every time I see them, great video some of the information about them I didn’t know. So please continue to keep up the great work 😎

[@contentthief5788]

I always wanted those 4 wheelers.

[@_Yep_Yep_]

I owned the action figures for these guys for some reason. Interesting villains, a lot like crypto-bros of our current era. The twins had character building that made them more fleshed out bad guys, less derpy than the normal cobras. I think the cartoon sorta stalled...then got cancelled without exploring the twins properly but Haasbro wasnt returning my calls for directorial tips on plot development back when i was in 5th grade and they were ok with just selling some toys and cashing out i guess. The GI Joe cartoon was like Game of Thrones to me as a kid, though. Really got into it.

[@johnnyfountainS]

Even though dbz is UNpopular now. Do one of The Ritjoan Twins. Pez and Session are twins from a balloon in the future in space. They use guns.

[@apollyon1976ZNAGASHINO]

my favorite villans

[@studinthemaking]

03:14 where you get that hot photo of baroness from?

[@PozerAdultRacingTeam]

I had them some red Cobra helicopter some years ago.

[@shawnhall7274]

I remember when I ordered then and they came in the mail, they were by far the most difficult g.i.joe action figures I was able to obtain.. (Side note) I never got Duke and only 1 of the Cobra Commanders)..

[@SJam491]

The last name of the Crimson Twins was Paoli, which is Italian. It's most likely another nod to fellow-Corsican Napoleon Bonaparte. He was Italian on both sides of his family.

[@tonytee5435]

ABSOLUTELY GREAT VIDEO!!!! GOOOO JOE!!! CAN WE GET DUKE AND GUNG HO?????

[@J_Dubb79]

Thank you again.

[@sithlord1626]

anyone know their "REAL" names?.....they are Val and Dave Paoli....Val being Tomax and Dave being Xamot

[@Nightfire99201]

I always thought their names should of been Thomas (Tomax) and Maxwell or Maximilian (Xamot). They had it perfectly set up for those names for the longest time too.

[@sithlord1626]

@@Nightfire99201 yeah that sounds like a good name idea but they didnt go with it for some reason

[@baron7755]

Candy Apple. Sigh

[@johnnyfountainS]

I read Tomax has a scar on his left cheek and Xamot has a scar on his right cheek.

[@altarush]

If they had done their jobs better in the comics or in the cartoon , Serpentor not the Commander would have gotten killed.

[@RecoilCDS]

Air Opium? Never knew that. That is fucking hilarious.

[@robertbruster4250]

I am almost all GI Joes even the twins I want on a personal mission to find them I got lucky and found him at a flea market

[@martinprince1500]

Can you do the black major & the red shadows aswel please 👍

[@nieshapatterson2902]

Juan and Julian Castro political twins 🤤

[@CountStackula510]

The Corsican Brothers were also portrayed by none other than Cheech & Chong. haha

[@coates27]

ITS TOMAX AND XAMOT! It erks the mess outta me when someone’s says there name in the wrong order dang it! 😂God it was so hard to watch this with you saying the names in the wrong order🤦🏾‍♂️

[@JLSComics]

lol sorry that bothered you so much, I like to switch up the order now and then though. I’m sure if they were real they’d appreciate it 😎

[@solaceboy]

I remember them getting shot in the 1987 GI Joe movie. I might be wrong, but I think that was the last time they are seen in it.

[@golfery5119]

No they were seen later in the movie.

[@lennyalcina4340]

Supossely they are gonna appear in the third G I Joe movie

[@p.d.l7023]

Yes!

[@Hektols]

@@p.d.l7023 Wonder if they will use real twins or the same actor.

[@lennyalcina4340]

Dunno if they still acting but the twins brothers from the second matrix would be perfect for Xamot and Tomax

[@MrDhender13]

@@lennyalcina4340 yeah the ghost dudes with the shades & dreadlocks!

[@HeroVillan5]

The third movie, should it get made, the plan is to have the twins as the big bad.

[@mikesyck2624]

Thought I heard once that Xamot was a clone of Tomax made by a cloning mirror Dr Mindbender created and the scar was the result of a crack in the mirror

[@KazianVER1]

Dope 👍

[@PozerAdultRacingTeam]

I had Tomax and Xamot that came in a red helicopter.

[@RichieB40444]

Leaders of the crimson guard

[@TotuusElokuvasta]

7:10 That S.A.W. Viper’s mg is actually M60 even though M249 SAW would make more sense (namewise).

[@thejoker-wu1sp]

These two guys were dope. I remember an episode where they like tortured one twin for info or some shit and the other was in pain like miles away... Aaaaaaaand first. Sorry I tried not to say I was first but I was and I feel better now I got that off my chest. G'day.

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

Weren't they based on Kobra and Agent Gemini from Jack Kirby?

[@Hektols]

Cobra was basically a rip-off of Hydra, they copied a lot of things.

[@torritaite2880]

The twins were always awesome to me. Unfortunately I never did get the figures. Again! I'm real happy they never made it to the D.I.C series.

[@marvelboi3416]

Tomax and Xamot will make the live-action debut in an upcoming G.I. Joe 3rd film when The Rock going to reprise his role as Roadblock!

[@ilarianannini2975]

Thanks for the video. I think that the IDW original continuity made a great reboot of their characters, so far from the athletic buffoons of Sunbow cartoons.

[@RocketeerAndRoll]

The twins had the most useless superpower and would not be outdone in that arena until Mr. Glass came along.

[@michaelkelley4188]

Love the video! 😄

[@theinfamousnetwork]

I thought they were acrobats

[@bryansardegna4195]

Would love to get a copy of 36.5. I was deployed during the release.😞

[@keithpowell1902]

Thanks! I

[@brickcityjerzyjerzy5808]

Fact s and the dreadknots

[@adriantrela]

G.i.joe(marvel/idw) #209 they are both on this awesome cover :)

[@ptonfire1]

The Cobra corsacan brothers....sweet.. Air Opium