Yes, the mine energist episode was #8, but there was no regult, although Escaflowne was done by Kawamori. It was just a work melef.
Look at it closer.
You can't see it when Van's smashing it, but when it's working in the background it's fairly obvious. They glued a pair of arms to a Regult and painted it gold.
can someone get a pic of that and post it?
Here is a screen capture of that "Regult":
The digging claws are attached to where the side thrusters are normally mounted on a Regult.
ohh i would take that over a glaug or a ger anyday. thx for the pics