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god i miss this show thank god for dave. shame it ended but it was almost like f1 when the tech/development reached the limits of the rules/regulations with robots that are spinners etc.
however why do people make obviously rubbish robots, diotor for example. yeh they win the best sports award but who sets out to make an obviously weak rotob sir cromealot as well. pos.
however why do people make obviously rubbish robots, diotor for example. yeh they win the best sports award but who sets out to make an obviously weak rotob sir cromealot as well. pos.
Yeah it's a shame it stopped. The Razer team went over to Battlebots with a spinner robot called Warhead, it had the same kind of track record of "when it works it's amazing" over there. In the UK it did get a bit 'stone, paper, scissors' between flippers, spinners, pushers etc. and the ref bot and newer house robots weren't as good as the earlier series. I can't remember names but there was one bigger than Killalot, and his dog that had grabber jaws??
I used to like 101, because it was cheap and cheerful.
I used to have a game called Robot Arena 2 where you drew a robot and used various motors and parts to make weapons. Great fun.
Razor was always one of my favourites, along with Wheely Big Cheese. Favourite house robot was always Shunt.
I used to have a game called Robot Arena 2 where you drew a robot and used various motors and parts to make weapons. Great fun.
Razor was always one of my favourites, along with Wheely Big Cheese. Favourite house robot was always Shunt.
I used to love Robot Wars, I did an engineering course at college and me and a couple of mates were going to build one as our final project but when we did some sums it was going to be too expensive. One of the robots I used to like watching was Hypnodisk, one huge attack where it would all but tear the other one apart then it'd stop working as the impact broke something. Great fun!
dilbert said:
I have to say that my fave was pussycat.
I don't know that it looked that vicious,but it was the best engineered and most imaginative robot, IMO.
Robot Wars lives, but it's a live touring thing now.
Pussycat cheated IIRC, they used an illegal weapon which shattered (Diamond tipped saw?)I don't know that it looked that vicious,but it was the best engineered and most imaginative robot, IMO.
Robot Wars lives, but it's a live touring thing now.
Edited by dilbert on Saturday 4th September 15:06
It lead to their improved weapon ofcourse but they still broke the rules.
Chaos 2 used to win quite often by flipping opponents out of the ring, the problem I had with that was the hired driver, surely if you go to the expense of building something, you want to do it all by yourself with your kid.
Can you tell I used to watch it religiously as a kid
The pit was always good fun too.
I still rate Hypnodisc as brilliant, simply for the way it burst on to the scene and, although beaten later on, systematically and calmly dismantled beyond repair everything else in the arena at that time.
The slightly nerdy twins (along with their slightly sinister dad) running it added to the effect too.
The slightly nerdy twins (along with their slightly sinister dad) running it added to the effect too.
Edited by anonymous-user on Saturday 4th September 16:26
Razor was great but Chaos was my favourite I loved the awkward lad who was at the controls he deserved some street cred for that robot.
There were lots of very good robots (some very bad as well) that was a great series, I loved it.
The house robots were great, always amazed me howe big the robots were close up.
There were lots of very good robots (some very bad as well) that was a great series, I loved it.
The house robots were great, always amazed me howe big the robots were close up.
Edited by becksW on Saturday 4th September 21:23
Killer2005 said:
Aren't they the team who complained when they got damaged because it cost so much money to build?If you are prepared to crush your opponents robots be prepared to have yours done too, if not feck off.
no, they were the team that complained when having being clearly immobilised and out of the round, one of the house robots then started to cut thro the very expensive looking body parts..
not quite the same thing, and I don't blame them, given the obvious expense of the robot..
poor sportmanship by the house robots....
but those were the days, and yes.. I've started to watch it again on Dave too
not quite the same thing, and I don't blame them, given the obvious expense of the robot..
poor sportmanship by the house robots....
but those were the days, and yes.. I've started to watch it again on Dave too
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