Were any things you couldn't do on TV used in Ring of Fire?

Only one idea made it from the TV budget-busting pile to become a comic. The giant bird that was supposed to be hailed by the Glove of Myhnegon (from season three's Revelations).

Originally it was supposed to be a falconer's glove. The giant demonic bird that shot fire out of its mouth and all these things that we just loved and no way could we afford all found their way into The Ring of Fire.