G.I. Joe- 3.75 Division Episode 8: "In Search of Power (Part 3)"

The final part of "In Search of Power" story arc is here! And yes since these episodes were published back in 2021 they were all readily available to read years ago so there isn't alot of build up here.

As usual, click the photos to enlarge them for easier viewing, director commentary is below the last photo and enjoy!

I really loves this story arc, any opportunity I have to add obscure old toys into the mix I will readily take.

In 2021 my family and I had a few rough spots, so I had to sell off a LOT of my vintage pretender Transformers toys to make ends meet. Doing so allowed me to see which toys I really enjoyed and which ones I really wouldn't miss once they were gone. I had roughly 16 different Pretenders and by the time the smoke cleared, I only had kept 3: Snarler, Bristleback and Splashdown. I even sold alot of my childhood Pretenders which I didn't think I'd ever ever do. Snarler & Bristleback (having a line in panel #9 but not seen) were two from when I was a kid and it took me selling off most of them to realize that I love these ones so much.

Sentimentality aside, this episode had a few unused photos and a video too. Let's check them out.

This panel was unused because it didn't fit on Instagram properly and it just didn't look as good as the one I ended up using. Sometimes less is more when storytelling so putting a TON of dialgoue in one panel just clogs things up alot.

This video was supposed to be the one used in panel #7 but I didn't like the way I sounded doing Snarler's voice, so I re-shot it minus the audio dialog. I think unless it's a quick sound like a yell, a scream or a *hi-YAH!* karate move- making voices for the toys doesn't always work.

Two of the last panels were used with the same photo, just zoomed in on different corners of it to make it appear as if they were not as close together as it appeared.

The problem with showing these photos here on Blogspot however, is that now you can see ALL of the photograph. So before uploading these here, I had to crop them, these are the pre-cropped images.

That B.A.T. on the hover sleds was placed next to Snarler to give the illusion he had walked further away from the Cobra Bugg then he actually did. Again, this would have been cut off on Instagram, so it's funny to see it here where he's literally like 4 inches away from them.

This story arc will continue throughout the series, and every so often we come back to it and see what exactly Cobra Commander and Snarler are trying to do...

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