Robot Wars - gone for good?

Phantom · 6 Jun 2006 at 14:31

iCraig said:
Razer, Hypnodisc and Chaos 2 made the show.

then also made them into miniature kiddie toys... my cousin has a few of them! :cool:

Bug One · 16 Mar 2018 at 12:18

Well, it looks like history has repeated itself. Robot Wars has been axed again.

adolf hamster · 16 Mar 2018 at 12:25

Bug One said:
Well, it looks like history has repeated itself. Robot Wars has been axed again.

again? i thought it was pretty good this new one

Armageus · 16 Mar 2018 at 12:29

adolf hamster said:
again? i thought it was pretty good this new one

indeed, whilst the first series of the new show was a little ropey, the last series nailed it with an improved format for the fights and chemistry between the presenters / teams.

Hopefully another channel can pick up the rights etc and continue it.

Bug One · 16 Mar 2018 at 12:56

I don't really understand. I mean - it's a Tv show where the competitors spend a fortune making robots for a paying audience to come and watch smash each other up. I mean - aside from Dara O'Brien's wages - how much does it really cost to produce. Especially when you have cack like Big Brother still managing to be televised.

Shame another channel doesn't pick it up. Imagine how the budgets of the teams would improve if open sponsorship was allowed.

linktoinsanity · 16 Mar 2018 at 13:26

They've axed it again? Just as it was actually becoming good again? I seriously hate the BBC sometimes.

HumanShield · 16 Mar 2018 at 13:28

Thankfully, battlebots has been renewed so we can at least get some form of robot carnage from somewhere!

adolf hamster · 16 Mar 2018 at 13:32

Armageus said:
indeed, whilst the first series of the new show was a little ropey, the last series nailed it with an improved format for the fights and chemistry between the presenters / teams.

Hopefully another channel can pick up the rights etc and continue it.

i think initially because there were so many new teams, it took a while to bond with them, get to know the characters, who's good, who's hard to beat etc.

its a shame, i grew up with the original robot wars/scrapheap challenge and its sad to see it go again.

MikeTheNative · 16 Mar 2018 at 13:34

It doesn't make sense, not only did it have decent ratings but it promotes kids getting into STEM subjects.

linktoinsanity · 16 Mar 2018 at 13:38

I can only find one source at the moment, theinquirer which itself mentions twitter as a source, so not necessarily true. Here's hoping that it is not true.

Dan103 · 16 Mar 2018 at 13:38

craig charles era yes

dara obriain no

loved chaos 2

MikeTheNative · 16 Mar 2018 at 13:39

linktoinsanity said:
I can only find one source at the moment, theinquirer which itself mentions twitter as a source, so not necessarily true. Here's hoping that it is not true.

A few of the teams have tweeted it, you would imagine they would be the first to be told.

adolf hamster · 16 Mar 2018 at 13:39

Dan103 said:
craig charles era yes dara obriain no loved chaos 2

man did you not see the nuts vs carbide battle last series?

some really epic tv moments that you just couldn't script.

MikeTheNative · 16 Mar 2018 at 13:54

There's a lot of nostalgia for the old series but i would recommend people go back and watch it. There was a massive amount of entries but 50% of them were utter dross.

Glaucus · 16 Mar 2018 at 13:57

adolf hamster said:
again? i thought it was pretty good this new one

What! rubbish compared to battle bots. Both require finding the compressed edits of just the fights on Reddit though.

cheesyboy · 16 Mar 2018 at 14:00

Gutting if it's been axed

Have really enjoyed watching it with my son, age 8. Last series final was the best episode of RW I've ever seen.

MikeTheNative · 16 Mar 2018 at 14:06

Glaucus said:
What! rubbish compared to battle bots. Both require finding the compressed edits of just the fights on Reddit though.

Can't really compare Battlebots and Robot Wars. The money floating around battlebots is insane and they are mostly professional builders as it is. Bronco turned up to last BB with two complete spare robots.

Drollic · 16 Mar 2018 at 14:10

I missed a lot of the second series. Razer featured in the first. Did chaos 2, pussycat, hypnodisc and razer return? What happened to Mortis?

Svack · 16 Mar 2018 at 14:27

King of Bots is worth checking out too, basically a Chinese version of Battlebots, lots of British teams too and Ian Lewis of Team Razer is one of the judges.
The first series has just finished but its all still available on Zhejiang TV's YouTube channel,
there was talk of an English dub or subtitles coming at some point, but its all in Chinese for now.

GhostWKD · 16 Mar 2018 at 15:57

MikeTheNative said:
A few of the teams have tweeted it, you would imagine they would be the first to be told.

Sadly Robochallenge have tweeted it also, they make the house robots for the show.

Supposedly toys being released soon so guess that the BBC may hold off announcing anything on that basis.

Other than this a good time for Robot combat globally however, KoB going well, Clashbots (China again) and Battlebots both coming soon too

King of Bots is worth a look, and their KoB Season 1.5 setup looks absolutely insane... pic below is just the pits & tables for the teams