G.I. Joe- 3.75 Division Episode : 27 "Ground Control to Captain Roth"

This was an important character building episode for figure I've had in my collection since it came out in 1987: Windmill and the Skystorm X-Wing Chopper. Out of all the G.I. Joe vehicles I got 2nd hand AND owned as a kid or collector- Windmill and his vehicle I never wanted to part with. It's like a M.A.S.K. vehicle for cripes sake, as it can transform from a helicopter to a jet and back.

I also felt his backstory touched on in his Bio (see post HERE for that) needed to be expanded from Capt. Roth, aka Windmill himself.

So, without further ado, click the photos below to enlarge them for easier viewing and check after the last photo for some more Director's commentary!

*Whew*, this was a deep episode folks. I pulled alot of Windmill's guilt from my own personal experiences, as I was writing this episode and the entire comic in the Spring/Summer of 2021 which was REALLY traumatic for me and my family. My wife and I got into a bad car accident in mid January of '21, I had no more money coming in resulting in us not being able to afford rent, we tried to move out of our apartment, couldn't move out and it was just a mess.

Now things are better and we are in a much better place then a year ago, but back on August 28th when I wrote this episode? I felt very much like Capt. Roth here.

I also channeled a little Rod Serling in those last couple of panels, so I hope people picked up on it. Oh! Almost forgot, the title of the episode is also a nod to a lyric from the David Bowie song "Space Oddity" released in 1969, because as Windmill is so "out there" I felt it was appropriate.

Not a ton of deleted scenes for this one, but there was an alternate video showing Windmill flying around in the Skystorm X-Wing Chopper.

This video didn't need to be this long as it was supposed to show Windmill flying out of my bedroom, not coming from upstairs. As he lands directly on my parent's dining room table, this scene couldn't be useful in other episodes, so I'm showing it off here.

As the core G.I. Joe: 3.75 Division team is ppacked away in storage, I tend to keep alot of extra videos and photos of them in my pocket for later use. For example, the upcomint Episode 34 was created with 100% un-used photos that I shot and kept on the side specifically in the event of not having the time or space to shoot more.

Episode 28 gets us back to the Cobra side of things and I had a lot of fun with that 2-parter and, man, I needed a pick me up after writing this one.

Stay tuned!

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