#Mandroids

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Avengers 18 (2019) by Jason Aaron & Ed McGuinness

Cover: Alex Ross (variant)

War of the Realms

Marvels 25th Variant

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You workin' for the Mandroid?!

Chris Gauthier (1976-2024)

😔

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Spider-Woman (1982)

Art by Steve Leialoha

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Dexlabs and Mandark Industries scientists during the Battle of Tech Square:

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Ballpoint pen sketches from my sketchbook.

Before becoming a "mad" scientist, I like to think Dr. Meridian found the newcomers to Earth exquisitely forged, and astounding. The War on Earth between these beings vastly changed his mind, though.

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So I might be getting a little carried away with this redraw 💦

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It’s so funny to me that Alex and Mandroid know each other

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If she ever got the chance she would

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Mandroid was looking ROUGH this last batch of episodes.

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LOOK AT WHAT THE PURPLE SHARKTICON IS DOING I'M CRYING

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Avengers Forever 1 (1998) by Kurt Busiek & Carlos Pacheco

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I'm crying,they knew exactly what they were doing with these two

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Transformers Funnies [Earthspark Style]

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / ?

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FusionFall Headcanons: Dexbots and Mandroids

Don’t be surprised if, as you attempt to make one purchase on one side of Tech Square, a robot from the opposing company zips over to try to lure you into buying something from them instead. The Dexbots and Mandroids rival against each other as much as their creators and the scientists that work with them do.  If you don’t want them bothering you with their competition every visit, you might be better off just picking a side.    

The Dexlabs and Mandroids play all sorts of roles in both their companies and the war, from selling various products to nano development. Part of this is due to the heavy involvement of Dexlabs and Mandark Industries within the Fusion Fighters, but it’s also because of their own conflicts.  Think of the rivalry between Disney and Warner, which was so fierce that in the film, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, in order for them to agree to have a crossover with two companies’ characters, they had to put in conditions that the characters would have the same amount of screentime.  The Dexlabs/Mandark Industries rivalry is at least at that level, so whenever one is involved in something, the other is bound to either join in or come up with a competing project. As such, both types of robots are recognized everywhere, the Dexbots only appearing more often to the public due to Dexlabs itself having a stronger foothold in public works already.  Many also often find the Dexbots to be friendlier, so they’re the ones people tend to interact with most if given the choice.       

There are a couple reasons why Dexbots, Mandroids and other robots like Computress were able to avoid being taken over by fusion spawns where those such as the Tech Drones couldn’t.  One key difference is that they all possess a highly advanced AI, which meant they could develop their own personalities and sense of self-preservation that allowed them to escape/fight against the spawns on their own.  The other big reason is, because of this individuality between the robots and regular engagement with Earth’s populous, they often came to be treated more as people than machines.  I mentioned something I called the Velveteen Rabbit Effect when discussing nano personalities that I’d like to bring up here as well.  In this case, by collectively treating the robots as if they were human, they did indeed become more human-like, more “real.”  Imaginary energy (IE) would be imprinted on them from this mass belief, offering them a greater amount of protection than other machines from fusion matter itself.   

Side note: This natural defense did not occur for the robots seen in Hero’s Hollow, as they were machines of war and weren’t given the same regard as the Dexbots and Mandroids.  Many of them were also likely reproduced at the last minute, so even if they had an advanced AI, they wouldn’t have had time to develop an independent consciousness from their assigned purpose.  

Nevertheless, despite these points, it should be noted that the Dexbots and Mandroids are still machines by the end of the day.  Much of their individual personalities are still determined by their creators, which is why the Dexbots act more amiable while the Mandroids tend to be ruder and more threatening: They express the wills of Dexter and Mandark.  We also see how much is still dependent on their programming, as in the mission “Leek Cheats,” a large group of Mandroids were hacked by Fusion Mandark and attacked us players.     

Fuse could potentially go after them in the same way he did Megas, but he sees it as a waste of time/resources since the robots aren’t anywhere near as big of a threat, what with most of them not being built for combat in the first place, and they’re just a bunch of small targets.  For him, it would be like swatting at gnats when there’s a tiger in his path.  It was much easier to have a fusion hijack their systems than try to destroy them all or disable them with fusion matter. 

The description for the Mandroids notes that they obey Mandark only, which made it even more of a wound to his pride when they were hacked. Mandark likely insisted on this due to his ego and a need for control over everything that goes on in his company.  In contrast, I imagine Dexter would give some clearance to certain others to have command over some of the Dexbots. This would allow Dexlabs’ chain of command to run smoother and give Dexter himself more freedom to work on his own since he wouldn’t have to worry as much over what the Dexbots were/weren’t doing.  

One common thing the Dexbots and Mandroids argue about between each other is how liked they are.  Dexbots are proud of the fact that their public image is better than the Mandroids, while the Mandroids feel that they are much closer to Mandark as their creator than the Dexbots are with Dexter. 

Despite their rivalry, both Dexbots and Mandroids view Computress in high-regard.  One example of this is Mandroid M-99, who admits in some of the game’s dialogue that “his optical sensors find [her] very attractive.”