Mean Bean-Steaming Machine

The Mean Bean-Steaming Machine, also referred as Mean Bean Machine, is an object that appears in both 16-bit and 8-bit version of Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine. It is a large roboticization device created by Dr. Ivo Robotnik to in order to turn jolly bean folk of Beanville into devious robot slaves.

History
As part of the plan to menace the world and its inhabitants, Dr. Ivo Robotnik creates the large Mean Bean-Steaming Machine in his fortress to turn jolly bean folk of Beanville into devious robots for his army to help him for getting rid the planet of music and fun forever. He sends out his henchbots to round up all the unfortunate bean folk and group them together in dark dungeons so they can be sent to the Mean Bean-Steaming Machine.

Towards the end climax, Robotnik and his henchbots got defeated, as the Mean Bean-Steaming Machine is also destroyed during the process, freeing all the bean folk from their horrible fate.

Trivia

 * In the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series published by Archie Comics, the Mean Bean-Steaming Machine makes an brief cameo in one panel of Mega Man #27.