G.I. Joe- 3.75 Division Episode 4: "New Recruits (Part 3)"

Part 3 really heats up with another amazing Joe vehicle given to the 3.75 Division team. I have wanted this one for YEARS so I was so excited to be able to finally get it.

As usual, be sure to click the photos to view them clearer and check after the last photo for more Director's commentary!

One of the things I am really enjoying about re-posting these episodes in Blogspot, is that you guys can finally see them outside the square photo format of Instagram. It's almost like going to a wide-screen format from a standard one so there are all sorts of details that got clipped off when these images and videos were on Instagram. The last panel/video with Tripwire fainting due to Trader Toy blinking away is seen a bit more here, although you can still make out my hand holding Stretcher.

Shooting Trader's teleporting in of the Retaliator was tricky and took me 3 takes to finally nail it right. Below are the 1st and 2nd attempts that did NOT turn out quite right.

These next two "bloopers" were for the end panel when Trader teleports away. He has a flare for the dramatic and jokes alot so he totally took advantage to say goodbye to a captain ala Spock from Star Trek. I also added a teleporting sound effect when he blinks in and out, but looking back now I'm not sure how much I like it. The whole gimmick is that it's totally silent, thus when he just *blinks in*, it startles everybody. Hard to get startled when you hear a sound first.

The running gag in these few episodes was that Tripwire is easily startled by Trader's teleporting away, so in these two first draft videos, Tripwire actually gets lines, runs around afraid, and ducks off camera with Stretcher following him.

I hadn't watched these in almost 2 years so they gave even me a good laugh. But it's silly stuff like this which is why I keep making these stories.

Onto Part 4!

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