Mechanista in G

I dunno what to do with this boy. I mean, he's fun. Weird dude. Cop? Don't like cops. Grabby arms. Probably will never get a gunpla because it's a strange design that isn't important from a show that isn't that popular (which is WILD given how flippin' good it is, but I think the aesthetic does put a lot of Gundam fans off). I don't like the colors very much. I dunno. Strange guy. He's cool tho. I...

All the world's a hero, and we merely lost in this ill-considered and half-baked "joke." You know, one of the best parts of this episode is getting to provide context for the historical figures these machines are based on- I wish I'd done more of that in the first World Heroes ep! Once you see these designs you'll love em so much you'll build a tower to em like Cao Cao! ...sorry, that was also not...

Thanks to a request from Emrys, it's time to close the book on the GM. You know, as much as we can close the book on anything around here. It's only gonna be so long before Zeonic tweets out another GM that got designed for a new spinoff manga or game. But let's focus on the moment- the Thunderbolt GM deserves that. Cuz man, that art is cool as shit. If you want to find us on Twitter, Dylan is @lo...

Finally, we have the trio: Blitz! Duel! Buster! Remember the first time you heard that? "I don't know if this show is great, but the idea of the Gundam being pursued by other gundams is kinda fun," you likely thought. Little did you know. And of the three, I must confess I think the Blitz is still the weakest design. But that doesn't mean there's nothing to appreciate, once you dig into it. Here's...

you have my permission to drag dylan for their comments at the end of this episode 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 is Break the Walls Down by Jim Johnston, Chris Jericho's entrance theme from WWE (specifically the 2013 version). Our podcast art is a fantastic piece of work...

My retail life has made me pretty negative on Christmas, including movies and songs, but maybe I'll watch War in the Pocket this year. This Christmas, we're giving you a stocking stuffer of random units! Zakus, Gundams, Vipers, and AoZ galore! Take care not to overdo it on this over two hour episode- advice that we probably could have used ourselves. This episode references a lot of images that ar...

Digipaint GMs! They're not as cool as normal GMs. Then again, that's a high bar, so what can you do. The Earth Alliance grunts of Seed, Stargazer, and Seed Destiny are here, and though there are definitely some losers in here, there are a surprising number of winners, too. Even when Seed's obsession with putting gundams everywhere takes over, it's actually pretty good! winning and freedom.... If y...

I could do a thing here. I could talk about how in its original context, "mecha" is just short for "mechanism" and includes all manner of machinery, and cars qualify. But that's an excuse, and I don't need an excuse. It's the Dodge Viper! It's requested by muffin lord! Why SHOULDN'T we talk about it? If you want to find us on Twitter, Dylan is @lowpolyrobot and Six is @sixdettmar . Our opening the...

Sometimes, you nail it in one. There may be no variants or successors to the Taurus, but that's ok, because this transformable friend is all you need. ... ...I CAN'T KEEP DOING THIS. PLEASE GOD GIVE ME WING MS-V. I'm DYING out here. How can you not want to iterate and vary these designs?! What's WRONG with you?! ...What's wrong with me.... If you want to find us on Twitter, Dylan is @lowpolyrobot...

The return of the loser who should be dead! The Byarlant is a bit overshadowed in Zeta with all the other funny friends we get to meet, but at least it doesn't have enough weapons and its variants do literally nothing to address this! Sorry, sorry. It's just. I don't know why they've done this. If you want to find us on Twitter, Dylan is @lowpolyrobot and Six is @sixdettmar . Our opening theme is...

What's that on the horizon? It's not an Armored Trooper! It's not a Gundam! It's a PERSONAL TROOPER! ...and kinda just a Gundam. Our first ever Super Robot Wars original design we've covered is the Huckebein, aka a Katoki Gundam with the serial numbers filed off. Not only that, it has a Gundam-like family tree of lots of robots, so we have plenty to talk about! against my better judgment, here is...

It's special guest time as we head into uncharted territory- let's talk about the ships of Gundam! Battleships, carriers, an entry capsule, what have you got? It turns out... you've got friends for us to talk about! That's always a pleasant surprise. A big thank you to our guest Aedan, who is blissfully social media-free! But if you want to find us hosts on Twitter, Dylan is @lowpolyrobot and Six...

I'm certainly used to women being mistreated and misused in Gundam, but Ennil stings because it feels like there was no reason this had to happen! I'm not saying the show is great about gender or anything, but it isn't a Tomino show and you can tell! She could have had it all! Well. Not Toniya. The show is definitely too cishet-brained for THAT. But she could have had a lot, and for some reason sh...

You know what I want to see? In some SD Gundam thing, someone should summon and wish on the Doggorla like it's Shenron. I think that would be a really good goof. Not like a Gouf, like a bit. ...No, not like a Bit, like a... you know what, forget it. Let's talk about a dragon, then about the works of Junya Ishigaki, then just some other stuff. Mechanista and chill, or something. Here is a link to a...

The Axis Drop. The climax of Char's Counterattack, as a massive asteroid, plucked from the asteroid belt and repurposed into a huge colony, is intentionally hurled towards the Earth. Could we redirect such a thing? Well, there are a lot of problems with such a scenario. For one, it's really better to try way, WAY sooner than they did in that movie. Also Axis had maneuvering thrusters to counteract...

I don't think we've ever covered a building before. Eh! I'm sure it won't be the last. This one can FLY! ...It probably won't be the last one of those, either. But really, we need to see more done with the FFVIII world. Even though I am asking that of modern Square Enix, which is a very scary proposition. If you want to find us on Twitter, Dylan is @lowpolyrobot and Six is @sixdettmar . Our openin...

Okay, so they made an F91 SNES game with an original story. Great, I'm happy for them. And you know? These sprites look pretty cool. But how many designs can it- ohhhhhkay. Well, it IS very video game to do "new Zaku" and "new Dom," at least. Let's see how these "refined" designs turned out. Here's this episode's folder of images Dylan references that aren't on the Gundam wiki, in runtime order or...

Drop the A, folks: it's time for 'Mechs not mecha. To be honest, I am real hot and cold on BattleTech: on the one hand, it doesn't do MOST of the things I love about mecha, but on the other, it DOES do things I like about both tanks and ground level sci-fi. Despite this, we're here to talk about the Atlas- a machine that, in my opinion, tries too hard to be a normal mecha, ignoring the strengths o...

I didn't even mention how fun this machine is in GBO2- good for me! Restraint. Even though I did so here. Listen I gotta tell you what I did good if I want to ask for treats! Not that I need them- I'm gonna be feasting on the Reben-Wolf and its variants for quite some time. Click here for a link to all the images we reference on air but that are not on the Gundam Wiki. They are numbered in chronol...

The biggest bully mobile suit of them all. I mean, ok. If you ask me which one it is, mobile armor or mobile suit, it's like... if you have to pick one it's a mobile armor. I make this argument on the ep, but it is stored in and deploys in mobile armor mode. So that's its primary designation. But it is both of those things. You're not wrong to call it a mobile suit, it's that too. It's just more m...

The suits at Sunrise are such cowards. You get these incredible artists- Kunio Okawara, Ippei Gyoubu, Hajime Katoki, Yutaka Izubuchi, Kanetake Ebikawa... and you say to them, "why don't you draw another Gundam? Or another Zaku?" Cowards. FOOLS. Let them draw a Zeong. Show me their take on a Leo. I want to stare at an Ebikawa Shokew. And yes, I wanna see what they make of the Mahiroo. Such great ar...

Five Gundams confirmed. The last of Wing's main mecha is now upon us, and though piloted by an insufferable misogynist fifteen-year-old widower... the Shenlong is actually kinda cool. And the Altron is QUITE cool. Don't let your hate for the man blind you to the possibilities of stretchy arms and a spear, this one's a friend. If you want to find us on Twitter, Dylan is @lowpolyrobot and Six is @si...

This is kind of like the Battle Armor from MechAssault 2, if you think about it. Y'know, the way it jacks other mecha's parts? It's a bit of a stretch maybe, perhaps it's more like Kamen Rider forms. Or, as the listener who requested it suggests, it's of a kin with the Strike's Striker Packs, the Impulse's Silhouettes, the G-Self's Packs, and more. If you want to find us on Twitter, Dylan is @lowp...

It feels at least to me like when Zeon/Federation fusion designs are drawn, Zeon aesthetic tends to win out. The Hizack, the Marasai, the Xeku here... though I suppose the Zanny feels more Federation. Maybe this is just a Titans problem! Though also, I wouldn't want you to think that I'm complaining. The Marasai is kinda mid, but otherwise? Hell yeah. If you want to find us on Twitter, Dylan is @l...

This 00 grunt needs more love! Wow I could be talking about ANY 00 grunt when I say that. It's a show with a lot of really dope designs, and most of them aren't Gundams! Not an uncommon story I suppose. The GN-X isn't bad luck, it's the friend you didn't know you had. It is true however that they nailed it in one, and each (major) iteration thereafter is a step down in style. If you want to find u...