Mechanista in G

I feel like it's really rare for the middle child to be the coolest one, at least in design lineage. That comment has nothing to do with my being the youngest in my family, shut up. I mean, c'mon. It has a weapon called a BEAM HARMONICA. If you don't think that's dope then YOU'RE VALID. Sometimes PEOPLE DISAGREE WITH ME and THAT'S OK. But I like it. If you want to find us on Twitter, Dylan is @low...

You'd really think an episode on the Maganac would be short. But partially thanks to our guest Monophonic, and partially due to the ridiculous number of pilot customs, we actually have quite a bit to talk about! Dylan even finds time to slander and demean the heroic pilots of the Olifants, who, let the record show, ~I~ think are heroes, whatever insults Dylan throws their way. Thank you for your s...

Stealth Gundam! After this, there's only one of the main five Wing Gundams left. I wish I could say we were saving the best for last, but we all know better than that. On this episode, the god of death rides! Dylan manages to convince me to change my thoughts on best variant! And boy do these Comic Bon Bon designs suck! If you want to find us on Twitter, Dylan is @lowpolyrobot and Six is @sixdettm...

Me, I'm waiting for the Fidget Spinner Rodi. It's time to talk about some chunky IBO grunts! The Rodi frame is a popular foundation for heavy duty customers in the Post Disaster era, and it's host to a variety of excellent clothes (read: armor and loadouts). From the patchwork Spinner, the frog-ish Man, the rough-and-tumble Garm, and everything inbetween, the Rodi family has what you need. If you...

The wheels were set in motion for this episode many years ago. At last, the legacy of Duker Iq can be told. What if a mobile suit rode inside a huge nigh-unstoppable tire? That'd be sick, right? It totally is! But what if that mobile suit was a clown and instead of a tire it was a clown ball and oh no, gang. Oh no. Why is Crossbone LIKE this. If you want to find us on Twitter, Dylan is @lowpolyrob...

It's time to delve into the world of Neo Zeon mobile suits! For the record, I had my money on the Bawoo being our first NZ suit, but alas. Wait... we've also... hmm. I just realized we've totally rolled some Char's Neo Zeon stuff, and that doesn't feel like it counts, but I have no good justification for that. On this episode, special guest Carey joins us to talk about the Gaza family of mobile su...

So that text is misleading. Really, this is the first half of our GP special. 00, 01, and 02 all get their time to shine this ep, along with their variants. Why isn't there a good kit of the GP02? Why does the AMX-017 Gigantic exist? And who thought trusting Kou Uraki with anything bigger than a Cheezit was a good idea? Sometimes, you're left with more questions than answers. If you want to find u...

IT'S THE. BEST. UC SUIT. Damn. I've waited a long time to talk about this sick-ass friend. What if you mixed a Sazabi with a Kampfer, added a dash of Federation design aesthetic, and gave it a BUNCH of weapons that are still so smartly integrated the machine is anything but bulky? And then it moved so fast it was like a comet! Some sort of... red... comet... hmm. Well I walked into that one. It's...

This microphone of mine is burning RED! That's probably a bad sign and I should get it looked at! Now, if my microphone expanded and split into different segments to release liquid metal to channel the power of my RAGING SPIRIT that would still be cause for concern because it's a microphone but at least I'd have a base of comparison. We're back in G Gundam, and we've got some cool machines to talk...

Zeon ain't the only Zaku-makers! In this Gundam Seed spoiler episode, we're talking about the ZAFT Armed Keeper of Unity! So many designs from Seed don't look great in the show, but then you see gunpla of them and realize it's just the art style doing them a disservice. The surge of recent ZAKU Warrior kits proves this machine is no exception. Open your heart to the Cosmic Era. If you want to find...

This robot will NEVER drown, it's got its own life preserver built in! Introducing the Asshimar, the pumpkin, the UFO, the Frisbee, and an armored big lad. And this big lad is developed out of some Advance of Zeta prototypes, so we get to talk about Titans Test Team nonsense as well! Please note, it has a spoiler warning mid-episode before we talk about a suit from Unicorn and a suit from Crossbon...

Let's talk about grandpa's siblings! Oh, sorry, not the Alex... but there is a whole family of RX-78s out there to be discussed! Prototypes and Mudrocks, G-3s and G05s, the mysterious 7th Gundam, and more. Tem Ray, you absolute em effer, you did it again. 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,...

A normal roll turns into a Paptimus Scirocco special! The many machines developed by the Jupiter gas baron get their moment in the spotlight, including the machine he made for his "queen" but never got to deploy! Turns out when you design machines to withstand Jupiter's gravity, they do pretty well everywhere else too. Except the Bolinoak. That's just... not a winner, Mr. Scirocco. If you want to...

Non-Gundam Time fun continues, as we're joined by Crasspants to talk about the Armored Troopers of VOTOMS! Ok, not all of them. Just the Scopedog. But, y'all... they made FIFTY BILLION VERSIONS of this rollerblading deathtrap. The Scopedog is dope. It's also a paper mache housing for an explosive barrel. Both of these things can be true at once. If you want to find us on Twitter, Dylan is @lowpoly...

It's (pretty much) April Fool's Day! Now, here at Scanline we don't believe in April Fools pranks. Don't be shitty, is a good rule to live by. But April 1st is a good opportunity to go outside of your usual comfort zone and have a little fun, as long as it's not annoying anyone. So I hope y'all aren't annoyed that we're NOT talking about a mecha from Gundam! But we are, as Jackson points out, stil...

Hajime Katoki in the house! It's time to talk about Gundam Sentinel, the photonovel that shaped the future of Gundam. Well. I don't actually know if that's fair to say. It was popular! It has cool designs! And partially trapped in copyright hell which is why you'll see its designs sometimes but nothing else! Let's talk about the Superior, Supreme, Iota Gundam. I think you'll find that name isn't j...

BIG ROBOT. It's time to talk about one of the strange, excessive designs of UC. Now, please don't think I'm against strange and excessive designs. I am not. But y'all, for the titular Gundam of a mainline UC show, the ZZ Gundam is just a LOT. They just kept DRAWING. It's kind of amazing, kind of wonderful, kind of upsetting. An overpowered disaster robot on this episode of Mechanista. If you want...

The story can now be told. Long ago, in the early days of Mechanista in G, we rolled. And we rolled the XMA-01 Rafflesia, from Mobile Suit Gundam F91. We talked for a good half hour. And then we discovered that my (Six's) Audacity... wasn't picking up my microphone. My half of the conversation was just gone. Now, Dylan is the one that brings all the knowledge anyway, but without a cohost to bounce...

Yooooo. YOOOOO. It's nice to talk about, like, important robots. We all agree. The Zaku, the foundation of mobile suit design. The RX-78-2, a massive leap forward in the field. The Shokew, a vision of the future of mobile suits. So many remarkable, important designs. But. What if we just talked about DeviantArt OC robots that weren't relevant at all but were just sick as hell?! It's Blue Destiny t...

Let's keep ourselves grounded this week, shall we? When it comes to mobile suits, these Gundams are too blessed to be stressed. From the world of 08th MS Team come the Ground Type Gundams! If you're used to a GM, these machines are a real breath of fresh air! Just don't let these guys get their hands on the REAL Gundam, they'll realize they've been conned. If you want to find us on Twitter, Dylan...

The toughest looking soft suit in all of Zeon! We've already talked about the Alex, so now it's time to talk about the other mobile suit star of War in the Pocket. Even better, we're joined by Abnormal Mapping's Em for this discussion of the big blue friend! Oh, uh, not the Gouf. Sorry. The other blue friend. ...No, not the Vayeate. Listen it's starting to feel like you're misunderstanding on purp...

We're doin' this one for Sarah. Or something. Remember Sarah? Anyway. It's fascinating to watch how the Titans, starting out making Zeon-style mobile suits with some Federation-style flourishes, quickly abandon any attempt to pretend at Federation design when the pressure is on. Nothing better displays this than the Marasai: the successor to the Hizack that has no Federation aesthetic whatsoever....

What could have been a very simple episode instead turns into our longest ever, as a guest leads us in a discussion about every treaded machine in all of Gundam. Well, not ACTUALLY, but it's close. Hayato, your machine was garbage, but at least it inspired a legacy of trash boys: the carcinization of mecha. If you want to find us on Twitter, Dylan is @lowpolyrobot and Six is @sixdettmar . A big th...

There are a whole lot of Astrays, gang. And each one has a lot of variants. But here's the good news: they're pretty cool! The dice have demanded we start with the Gold Frame, a suit that as it sees iteration and improvement moves from an all-around combat suit to being an overpowering melee and stealth juggernaut. If you want to find us on Twitter, Dylan is @lowpolyrobot and Six is @sixdettmar ....

This is our solution to the G problem: we're just gonna roll two suits at a time! If you ask me, Chibodee's Gundam is alright, for a G design, but I just can't seem to convince Dylan of that. Fortunately we can both appreciate the Death Army, a cyclopean grunt suit with alternate forms both rad and ridiculous. If you want to find us on Twitter, Dylan is @lowpolyrobot and Six is @sixdettmar . Our o...