Mech X4 – New to Disney XD

About Disney’s Mech X4:
Ryan Walker, a freshman at Bay City High who has technopathy – the extraordinary ability to control technology with his mind. His talent mysteriously awakens MECH-X4, a giant 120-foot robot built by an elusive genius-in-hiding to defend their town against impending doom. Ryan recruits his two best friends and his older brother to help him operate MECH-X4. When monsters suddenly begin to descend upon their city, the four must quickly learn to work as a team in order to pilot the robot that is their only hope of saving their town, and ultimately the world, from mass destruction. Executive producers Steve Marmel & Anupam Nigam Q: What were your influences growing up because I think I saw homage to something in the show? Steve: There’s a little ET. There’s a little Goonies. We love giant robots – we both love giant robots. Anupam: And I love on Transformers. I grew up on Omega Supreme. And for me it was also Godzilla. It was a big influence. In fact there are several Godzilla movies where he fights a giant robot. I made him watch them. Steve: We’re both comic guys, and I’m a huge comic book guy. So that serialized storytelling of epic stories, that’s the stuff I love the most. Q: How did the idea of MECH X4 come about? Steve: It started with, hey, wouldn’t it be fun to do a show about four kids that just happen to have to work together with a giant monster fighting robot. And then every step of the way through development, it sort of evolved. Wouldn’t it be great to do it single camera and make it look like a movie?And so it started with an idea, Disney went for it, and then all of a sudden, this great team started coming together and bringing everything to it. Anupam comes from a world of serialized storytelling and the director, Zach, has a passion for the nostalgic Goonies, ET vibe. And it all just became this thing through collaboration and really talented people. Q: Do any of the writers have any experience in programming, or Stem or anything of that sort? And have you used that towards the show? Anupam: I was a scientist in college. I did lab work. Before I became a writer, but not really, computer programing, but I majored in biology, and bio-chemistry. We do a lot because Ryan has a super power, and sometimes we have to explain sort of what’s going on in his brain. How does he connect to the robot, that kind of thing. So you know, he gets injured- you’ve seen when the robot takes a hit, he takes a hit. Steve: Everything in the show has a purpose, and we try to make sure that if you see something and you go- why is the camera on that? You’ll either figure it out in the episode or somewhere down the line you’ll see a reason for it. Q: Can you talk a little bit about the inside of MECH-X4 and the layout? Steve: It’s a 150- foot robot, there’s a lot to explore. It has a job to do, and then what would a club house feel like if it was in a giant monster fighting robot. And those are the two things that come together. But they all have to work for the primary mission which is to save the city, and save the world. Anupam: And we have a med bay where Harris does a bunch of cool stuff. Q: I love the core qualities that the characters bring, and that it’s not just fighting the robots, but they’re all working together. Steve: Yeah, we hope that people come away from it thinking it’s a show about family, it’s a show about friendship, and it’s a show about teamwork. Mech X4 Cast Interview – NATHANIEL POTVIN, KAMRAN LUCAS, PEARCE JOZA AND RAYMOND CHAM


Abegail says
Where can we buy the Mech X4 Robot toy?