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G.I. Joe- 3.75 Division Episode : 13 "Lawman Files (Part 1)"

This is another fun lore building 2-parter that FINALLY has some fighting and action! 

But not with G.I. Joe figures ironically. 

As always, click the photos to enlarge them for easier viewing and check afterwards for Director's commentary!



 








MORE Transformers!? Why yes, yes please. This one, Deep Cover, is a favorite of mine as I love that Transformers: Siege Sideswipe mold and this makes an awesome colorway for it too. I outfitted him with a Generation 2 Sideswipe accessory set from Nonnef Productions and it just added to the bad-assery of this toy.

In the world of Toyeboxia, the governing body of the planet (called "The Toyebohx") created a law force to help keep toys living on Earth safe. These are the Lawmen typically Sheriff, Cowboy and Police Officer toys who patrol sectors of human homes, and Deep Cover is one of those such Lawmen.

As he's a brand new toy, he's kind of a rookie that just went out into the world for the first time a month or so ago, making him tough- but still green and rough around the edges. 

We also see my favorite Pretender Transformer Snarler return along with the rest of his crazy cohorts- the Orange Eye Gang!! This is when we begin to learn why exactly Cobra Commander hired them; and the cute Lego Fabuland toys don't stand a chance. 

This episode, particularly this exchange between Snarler's gang and the Fabuland toys was MUCH longer. Actually it was almost an entire episode and I had to stop, look at myself and say: "The comic is called G.I. Joe: 3.75 Division- I can't have an entire episode starring Lego Fabuland toys!". Sooo all that got cut out.

What basically was going to happen I will detail here. The episode starts off with us seeing a caravan of Fabuland Lego cars carrying a cargo of freshly mined Kreateium crystals back with them through a doorway to Toyeboxia.


As they are riding along, one of their scouts, a Racoon on a scooter, comes back and alerts the group that some large creature toys are running around up ahead. The bear is the leader of the group and overhears this, growing nervous for themselves and their precious cargo.

We see these "creatures" and know them to be the Decepticon Pretenders: Snarler and Bristleback. Now, quick side note, Pretender Transformers are amazing to use in the Secret World of Toyeboxia RPG. I would know, I created the RPG and you get so many awesome benefits from using them, it's almost like getting 2 toy characters for the price of one.


You can see in the above collage how the Fabuland animal people start running from Snarler and then the others all seem to just fall over? That's because in this segment, Snarler's Pretender shell was using its Sonar Distorters that are built into the horns to basically "short circuit" their brains.


This attack disables pretty much every one of them except for Charlie Bear, who has a magical amulet that keeps him protected.

Charlie gets out of his car with his special Magma Sword (a magical lava bladed weapon from the Mega Bloks Dragons toy line) and prepares to fight off these two giant monsters.


The panel below I had to crop and turn into the actual panel for this episode, but this wider shot would have shown Charlie Bear about to square off with the Pretender Shells. Not many toys even know about Pretender Transformers so whenever they are encountered, they are just seen as weird Japanese vinyl styled action figures and not secretly holding Transformers. 

Unfortunately for Charlie Bear, the inner robot for Snarler is off to the side telepathically controlling his shell to attack and distract him whe Swiny Boar gets the drop on the Lego mini figure.


Now, all of this happened in this episode despite it not being shown. as it was taking place at a distance from Deep Cover and off camera. This blog now provides a good place to showcase these lost scenes which is really awesome as it's good content but took to much away from the plot of the series.

More to come!

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