G.I. Joe- 3.75 Division Episode : 19 "The Fall of Destro (Part 1)"

Oh boy. This...this was a big one. Remember during my commentary on the "Arise, Destro, Arise!" episode? Specifically how that episode was setting up for something else?

Well this 3-part Story Arc is that something else.

After having the Iron Grenadiers toys for a while, and being super excited to get them after looking at them in G.I. Joe pamphlet for decades, I ended up not having a use for a 3rd faction within the G.I. Joe: 3.75 Division story universe.

As usual, click the photos to enlarge them for easier viewing and check after the last photo for some more Director's commentary!

It just didn't make sense story wise to have the Iron Grenadiers running around trying to take out both G.I. Joe AND Cobra. It just muddled things too much. So the best way to give these toys a good send off was to show just how powerful and ruthless Cobra Commander and his army truly are.

I ended up selling off all of these Iron Grenadiers toys except for x2 Annihilators, a vehicle (you'll see who as we go forward in this 3-part arc) and Voltar. Now he did get de-animated in this episode, but I still wanted to keep the figure. I spent about $40+ on him in May of 2021 on eBay, and as I genuinely loved him as a kid, I didn't want to sell him off again.

Plus he came with the cardback AND everything too. He's not part of these episodes, but that doesn't mean a completely different Voltar can't show up further on down the road...

Here's a few deleted scenes that I couldn't use because Dr. Mindbender is clearly visible in them and he wasn't supposed to show up until later.

Typically when I shoot a photo comic, I'll take a BUNCH of pictures and re-organize them after the fact. It makes for a more cohesive story, but sometimes I forget to take out certain things (i.e. Dr Mindbender) and then can't use them.

This next deleted photo was just an aerial view of the battle scene that I beleive I took for just pictorial references if I needed to re-positon figures. Plus Dr. Mindbender was in this shot too so it had to go.

Buckle up buttercups, because next episode is Cobra Commander's time to flex and it's not pretty. Stay tuned!

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