Mechanista in G – Details, episodes & analysis

As Dylan argues on this ep, life on Earth is owed to the sun. So why has it taken us so long to make decent cars that use the sun? Sure, this is terrible logic that doesn't follow at all. But also I feel like I should own a solar car by now. Well, let's look at some really impractical ones- solar RACE cars. They're pretty cool, even if they look like cuts of salmon.

You can find a video version of this podcast for free on Scanline Media's Patreon!

If you want to find us on Twitter, Dylan is @lowpolyrobot and Six is @sixdettmar. Our opening theme is the Hangar Theme from Gundam Breaker 3, and our ending theme for this episode is Our Sun from Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand. Boktai is composed by Kazuki Muraoka, Masashi Watanabe, Norihiko Hibino, and Shuichi Kobori collectively- I can't find credits for individual tracks. Our podcast art is a fantastic piece of work from Twitter artist @fenfelt. Want to see a list of every unit we've covered from every episode, including variants and tangents? It's right here.

Units discussed: Sol Tokai Challenger (2009) Tokai Challenger (2013) Tokai Challenger (2019) Tokai Challenger (2025) Sunraycer Sunchaser Nuna 1 Nuna 2 Nuna 3 Nuna 4 Nuna 5 Nuna 6 Nuna 7 Nuna 7S Nuna 8 Nuna 8S Nuna 9 Nuna Phoenix Stella Lux Stella Vie Stella Era Stella Vita Stella Terra Innoptus Infinite Rosarita Traditional Refried Beans Rosarita Non-Fat Refried Beans Rosarita Spicy Jalapeno Refried Beans Rosarita Vegetarian Refried Beans

X Dive is an- ahem, sorry. X DiVE is an interesting image of what Mega Man design might look like if the series had been continued to the current day. We spend a lot of both of these episodes talking about how the designs from the X series of games are so bad, but they cover a pretty specific period of time, and reflect the aesthetics of that era. Kind of. Frankly there was good design back then too, and I'm just making excuses.

You can find a video version of this podcast for free on Scanline Media's Patreon!

If you want to find us on Twitter, Dylan is @lowpolyrobot and Six is @sixdettmar. Our opening theme is the Hangar Theme from Gundam Breaker 3, and our ending theme for this episode is the title theme from Mega Man X by Setsuo Yamamoto. Our podcast art is a fantastic piece of work from Twitter artist @fenfelt. Want to see a list of every unit we've covered from every episode, including variants and tangents? It's right here.

Units discussed: Blade Armor Shadow Armor Glide Armor Neutral Armor Icarus Armor Hermes Armor Ultimate Armor (X8) New Armor DiVE Armor X Rathalos Armor X Shagaru Armor X X Dante Armor X Fire Ultimate Armor (Command Mission)

We're always comparing transforming robots and their flight forms to schmup ships. Well, maybe it's time to turn the tables. As per a listener request, let's talk about a schmup ship, and... ok well, I guess we don't really compare it to robots much. Except the one that is a robot! Or two. Two that are robots. One of them's a Super Fighting Robot! Oh wait then there's technic-

You can find a video version of this podcast for free on Scanline Media's Patreon!

If you want to find us on Twitter, Dylan is @lowpolyrobot and Six is @sixdettmar. Our opening theme is the Hangar Theme from Gundam Breaker 3, and our ending theme for this episode is Staff Roll by Hitoshi Sakimoto from Gradius V. The Scanline Media Discord can be found here! Our podcast art is a fantastic piece of work from Twitter artist @fenfelt. Want to see a list of every unit we’ve covered from every episode, including variants and tangents? It’s right here.

Units discussed: Vic Viper BP-456X Vic Viper BP-8332 Metalion Vic Viper BP-8272 Vixen Type 1 Vixen Type 2 Vixen Type 3 Vixen Type 4 Saber Tiger Thrasher Vic Viper BP-5963 “Mark-III” Vic Viper BP-456Y Vic Viper (Salamander 2) Super Cobra (Salamander 2) Super Cobra Lord British (Salamander) Jade Knight Falchion β Vic Viper BP-592A Lord British LS-379G Alpinia WC-672H Vic Viper (Advance) Vic Viper T-300 Vic Viper T-301 Gradius (ARC) Jade Knight DB-25 Vic Viper (The Slot) Lord British (The Slot) Vic Viper (Bomberman) Vic Viper (Zone of the Enders) Vic Viper Zero Bomber

The bright spot in talking about Gundam Seed is that at least the robots are cool. EXCEPT TODAY! Today there is no bright spot, no silver lining, no upside. We're here to talk about a machine that sucks with weapons that suck piloted by a character that sucks during a part of the show that sucks! I hate it here!!!

Here is that Deus Ex video, and here is a folder of fake Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines food brands.

If you want to find us on Twitter, Dylan is @lowpolyrobot and Six is @sixdettmar. Our opening theme is the Hangar Theme from Gundam Breaker 3, and our ending theme for this episode is Reason by Tamaki Nami from Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny. Our podcast art is a fantastic piece of work from Twitter artist @fenfelt. Want to see a list of every unit we've covered from every episode, including variants and tangents? It's right here.

Units discussed: GFAS-X1 Destroy Gundam Snickers

Sometimes, size is a virtue. We've seen our Full Armor Gundams, our Super Gundams, Chobham Armor and our Igelstellung packs. Virtue ain't need none of that. Virtue bigh. And when they get around to doing a Gundam Devise Virtue? You're gonna see some series s... stuff. Sorry I just remembered we have younger listeners. So I shouldn't write that other word.

also the Devise Virtue might be underwhelming. have y'all seen the Devise Dynames? talk about unambitious. sheesh.

If you want to find us on Twitter, Dylan is @lowpolyrobot and Six is @sixdettmar. Our opening theme is the Hangar Theme from Gundam Breaker 3, and our ending theme for this episode is Trust Me by Yuna Ito from Mobile Suit Gundam 00. Our podcast art is a fantastic piece of work from Twitter artist @fenfelt. Want to see a list of every unit we've covered from every episode, including variants and tangents? It's right here.

Units discussed: GN-005 Gundam Virtue GN-004 Gundam Nadleeh GN-005/PH Gundam Virtue Physical GN-004/te-A02 Gundam Nadleeh Akwos GNY-004 Gundam Plutone GNY-004B Gundam Plutone Black GNY-004B Gundam Plutone Black (Black Recolor Only) GNY-0042-874 Gundam Artemie GN-004-P Gundam Nadleeh Partita

No no, not the Devil Gundam... though there's evil hidden in this thing's interior. We don't get a lot of variants because it's Reconguista in G, but this Ippei Gyoubu friend still has plenty to discuss.

I do this on the ep, but I'll urge you again to look at Ippei Gyoubu's art for the G-Lucifer instead of the production art- the details he adds make such a huge difference!

If you want to find us on Twitter, Dylan is @lowpolyrobot and Six is @sixdettmar. Our opening theme is the Hangar Theme from Gundam Breaker 3, and our ending theme for this episode is G no Senkou by Daisuke Hasegawa from Gundam Reconguista in G. Our podcast art is a fantastic piece of work from Twitter artist @fenfelt. Want to see a list of every unit we've covered from every episode, including variants and tangents? It's right here.

Units discussed: VGMM-Gf10 Gundam G-Lucifer VGMM-Gf10 Gundam G-Lucifer Chimaira

You may get the impression from the first episode of Turn A that the FLAT is a non-military mobile suit. This is... incorrect! This Syd Mead friend is ready to fight, and at least to me feels the most Syd Mead of all his Turn A designs. Plus, we get to talk about futurism in mobile suit design, and Destiny armor! A little.

We do reference a handful of images during our futurism discussion that aren't from the wiki: you can see a folder of them here!

If you want to find us on Twitter, Dylan is @lowpolyrobot and Six is @sixdettmar. Our opening theme is the Hangar Theme from Gundam Breaker 3, and our ending theme for this episode is Aura by Shinji Tanimura from Turn A Gundam. Our podcast art is a fantastic piece of work from Twitter artist @fenfelt. Want to see a list of every unit we've covered from every episode, including variants and tangents? It's right here.

Units discussed: FLAT-L06D FLAT ACD/0 Feedback Fence FLAT-L06U Public Peace Type Frequency “Freq” Vibrations

The dice can sit this one out- it's time to talk about the F91, whether my purple d10 and d4 want us to or not. The chest vents. The VSBRs. The after-images. And the legacy it left, as marking a new era of design for Gundam's most prolific mecha design, Kunio Okawara. It may not be a racing mecha, but it's a winning Formula all the same.

If you want to find us on Twitter, Dylan is @lowpolyrobot and Six is @sixdettmar. Our opening theme is the Hangar Theme from Gundam Breaker 3, and our ending theme for this episode is Aratanaru Uchuu e from Mobile Suit Gundam F91. Our podcast art is a fantastic piece of work from Twitter artist @fenfelt. Want to see a list of every unit we've covered from every episode, including variants and tangents? It's right here.

Units discussed: F91 Gundam F91 F91 Gundam F91 Jupiter Battle Specification F91 Gundam F91 Vital Unit 1 F91 Gundam F91 Vital Unit 2 F91 Gundam F91 Twin VSBR Type HWF91 Gundam F91 Heavy Weapons Type Gundam F91RR Nemes Gundam New G-Line Nurse Gundam M91 Gundam M91 LM314V21/I-Fb V2 Gundam Imagine Fullburnern

Do you have any idea how many pages back I had to tab to find the last Mechanista episode on Iron-Blooded Orphans? It's been a WHILE! But then, it's also been a while since listener spongeycloud requested this friend! What starts out as a pretty meh design then goes quadrupedal, and that's only the start of the party. Comin' at you with another Gundam Frame, let's talk about the Kimaris.

If you want to find us on Twitter, Dylan is @lowpolyrobot and Six is @sixdettmar. Our opening theme is the Hangar Theme from Gundam Breaker 3, and our ending theme for this episode is Raise Your Flag by MAN ON A MISSION from Mobile Suit Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans. Our podcast art is a fantastic piece of work from Twitter artist @fenfelt. Our list of units discussed for this episode is courtesy of Monophonic (@ADSRelease on Twitter).

Units discussed: ASW-G-66 Gundam Kimaris ASW-G-66 Gundam Kimaris Trooper ASW-G-XK XK ASW-G-XX Gundam Vidar ASW-G-66 Gundam Kimaris Vidar

A Hizack for a new generation, a Zaku with Federation design elements! I mean, not really. It's a Sazabi with some Geara Doga, a surprising but small dash of Sinanju, maybe some Powered GM in there, a lil Kampfer. But still! Like a lot of Titans suits, it's Zeon Minus Zeon. And that is a triumph. Not because I dislike Zeon, just, I like some Federation design elements being added, i like what it does to the design, hey dont bully me

If you want to find us on Twitter, Dylan is @lowpolyrobot and Six is @sixdettmar. Our opening theme is the Hangar Theme from Gundam Breaker 3, and our ending theme for this episode is uc0105 by Hiroyuki Sawano from Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway. Our podcast art is a fantastic piece of work from Twitter artist @fenfelt. Want to see a list of every unit we've covered from every episode, including variants and tangents? It's right here.

Units discussed: Me02R-F01 Messer Type-F01 Me02R-F02 Messer Type-F02 Me02R-F02 Messer Type-F02 (Commander Type) Me02R-Fc Messer Type-F Naked (Commander Type) Me02R Messer