Action Force Toy Commercial Grimson Twins & Devil Fish (UK)

[jakfuki]

Kinda weird that here in the US, they referred to the twins as Tomax and Xamot. In the Action Force commercial, they say Xamot and Tomax. They also drive on the opposite side of the road over there. Wait, I see a mirror connection here. The twins are as much mirror images as the US and England. Man, this is too weird! On another note, everyone keeps bringing up the different name. In Israel, it was called G.I. Jew. That was friggin' weird.

[dannyofthededd]

the scent of my christmas past exists in these stupid adverts..how gay was i fer the twins!! snake eyes atcha all..geee eye joooos too xx luv ya x

[VITALBASSTV1]

action force weas the reason i came in contact with gi joe today though on uk tv its called gi joe they killed the action force name off

[hsieh811]

The terrain in these ads are always awsome, I played my Joes on the carpet looking like a fool....

[devilstoysuk2]

Those ads sold many toys!! They made them look so awesome!

[Bossness123]

now i wish i bought that sled on ebay...fuck fuck fuck fuck

[speedbuggy]

GI Joe ripoffs

[David315842]

@speedbuggy This WAS G.I. Joe, it was given a different name as G.I.'s were exclusive to the American army and they don't serve Europe.

[jackburton73]

i had both of those shitty vehicles just because i saw it in a comerical

[ReverendSyn]

Tomax and Xamot are LIMEY'S?!?

Just kidding. I love the British. They've been great allies. And many Action Force toys ARE pretty cool.

The American GI Joe convention this year is doing a Red Shadows set with the Black Major, 6 Red Shadow soldiers and 6 RS flamethrowers.

Also included in the main set is Flint, who was AF Commander in the British comics. Wouldnt be suprised if Baron Ironblood and Red Jackal show up in smaller packs

[ReverendSyn]

In my Joeverse Action Force is an independent peacekeeping force in the UK that co-operates with GI Joe. Big Ben is the commander and Action Man himself is a freelance agent

Baron Ironblood is a seperate entity from CObra Commander

[McGruff5150]

Was there an 'Action Force' version of the cartoon, and if so, how did the bloody theme song go? "He never gives up or goes to the dentist......"

[David315842]

@McGruff5150 Several videos were released with the theme song you heard in this advert in the starting credits. The cartoon was the same as G I Joe, only re-dubbed with actors of which for the most part did not sound like any of the actors they were meant to copy. They usually spoke to re dub G I Joe as Action Force, to say Full Force, instead of Yo Joe (Occasionally it came out as Yo Force) and any swearing was dubbed over, though Tempo Video did bodge it up a couple of times.

[NielsShoe]

Gi joe sounds like a 1950s toy Action Force sounded exiting and new and sounds like theirs a whole army of stuff to be had.

[thomasedge4life]

bloody 'ell!

thats a british accent dat is

mind you,i'd rath'r be cleenin' chimmnies

[ghostbusterguy2001]

so they called it action force in the uk instead of gi joe? wtf thats weird

[kalcaron]

Action Force where the best figures as they had elastic band things in them so their waists would move, whereas Star Wars and Mask figures had fixed waists.

[mellyg1978]

Action Force had nothing to do with Action Man.

[timrollpickering]

Originally it did - the first Action Force toys (before the line had anything to do with G.I. Joe) were explicitly billed as a small scale spin-off of Action Man.

[mellyg1978]

@timrollpickering

Ah really. By the time I collected these, back in the day, they were already two separate toy lines. I do remember seeing some older action force toys that had a more british influence.

[n0gar]

It's good to see the UK version of the American hero. I wonder what would have happened if they did not change the name?

[andy7666]

I loved this stuff - I remember those evil twins, I always wanted them and a rattler.. I had a good little collection as a kid but it all got destroyed and/or throw out - I wish I still had that stuff!!

[iamfireproof2]

I had the Devil Fish, Armadillo Tank, The Raven and the X-19. Along with a bunch of figures. I just saw the Flag Air Craft Carrier, WTF I never saw it before. Imagine the cost of that beast, even then?

BTW, David315842 is right.

[David315842]

Sorry I just want to point out to nords that the title was wrong. Zamot and Tomax are called the 'Crimson Twins' not the 'Grimson Twins'.

[Bumblevivisector]

Going UP a zip-line at a 45 degree angle actually would be an impressive trick.

Why does EVERY Action Force related vid's commentary have to degenerate into the exact same flamewar about renaming G.I.Joe for the international market? Sheesh...

[David315842]

@Bumblevivisector Actually it was the other way around. urope (mostily the UK) changed the name from G I Joe to Action Man/Action Force as G I's are in the American army, not in any European army. That's what it is for the most part. Everywhere else just had G I Joe.

[David315842]

It was called Action Force for Europe by Hasbro to make it sound less American. That's also why 'A Real American Hero' was changed to 'International Heroes'.

[romanoaj31]

Well, perhaps, but it also falls more in line with the "Action Man" series from the 12 inch days in Europe.

[David315842]

Again it was changed from the original G.I. Joe name to Action Man to make it sound less American.

[David315842]

Well that's my theory.

[a12aneo]

cockney gi joe

[Bice404]

A devilfish base? Tomax and Xamot attack a base... all of that base are belong to Cobra.

[Skullgrin140]

How degrading T.T That The proud G.I Joe is called freakin Action force over in the UK! it dosnt even sound right

[Dragonrider1227]

Well, what would YOU call it? They don't have the term GI Joe in the UK

[Skullgrin140]

They didnt back in the 80's now adays were allowed to have GI joe

[dowling1981]

well you drive on the wrong side of the road so there

[Skullgrin140]

heh, true. lol

[tricky5282]

GI joe sounds more ghey than action force!

[Skullgrin140]

how?

[tricky5282]

cos it does!action force was a far better name,and the intro song was better!

[hotlikewhat]

awesome, action force was my favourite when I was a yute

[thefetus]

None of these toys would float. That's the funniest thing about them. That and the gay bondage costumes.

[miraoister]

yeah we will be back, and fuck you yankee imperialist in the asshole!