Robot Wars - gone for good?
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I can remeber the battle for independance championship they did between the usa and uk. IIRC all the us robots were petrol and the uk ones electric. i don't think the us guys knew about sgt bash and its flamethrower
Also i think razor punctured one of the petrol tanks on one of them!
I miss Robot Wars. It was ace!
Also i think razor punctured one of the petrol tanks on one of them!
I miss Robot Wars. It was ace!
Anyone remember Killerhurtz with the big axe?
Rincewind said:razer, in the later series, but road block in the first... possibly lol, won myself 50p in a bet that that would win...
I remember that robot well, in the later series it had a police siren on it
The first series was presented by Jeremy Clarkson!
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The same guy also made Terrorhurtz, it was 4th in the 6th wars and Beta which is too powerful for robot wars as it literally tears steel floor plates apart.Liverpool-Lad said:
Soldato
i liked it before it got a bit silly, never liked chaos 2, i always wanted razor to win as it was such an impressive machine
and why cassius never won i will never know
and why cassius never won i will never know
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Will have a look later - the bloody connection at work is rubbish
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quicktime movie link doesnt work mate..
looks sweet though
looks sweet though
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EVH said:I liked Razer for it's slick design, and also because it was innovative and well thought out but the stupid tornado team with their rubbish "add ons" aka the massive-anti-pit-cage-add-on really ruined it for me..
How sad that they had to stoop so low to beat Razer
Ooooh I was sooo angry when they had that Razer/Tornado showdown. Tornado comes along with this mahoosive great scaffold around it and this spinning disk/blade they just tacked on.
Not to mention the size and weight limits being breached fo sure, the scaffold effectively meant Razer couldn't reach anything technical. I couldn't beleive the judges allowed it.
yeah i found that really annoying.JCBeastie said:
i thought it was unfair that they could change their weapons to beat the opposition,because changing weapons imo is like using a different robot.
tornado would own razer with that stupid scaffold but that would have no effect on chaos2 and chaos 2 would probably own tornado.
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Okay then
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Houserobots: Sgt Bash, Matilda, Sir Killalot, Dead Metal & Shunt
About Cassius & Chaos 2..
Look back to the early days, there were two robots, Recyclops and Robot The Bruce. Both came out of the workshop of Rex Garrod, Recyclops was his own solo entry, and Robot the Bruce, the entry of a young George Francis.
When Cassius entered the war, it dominated, showing the way forward, only to be knocked out through some bad luck.
A year later, Chaos 2 was introduced by George Francis, and Rex Garrod retired from the 'Robot Wars' world, amidst arguements about the health and safety.
Oh, and as for the plunderbird team. They may have been all for show, but if you ever saw some of their other robots (such as the bug they entered into the walking contest in the robot olympics) they can make some fantastic designs)
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Houserobots: Sgt Bash, Matilda, Sir Killalot, Dead Metal & Shunt
About Cassius & Chaos 2..
Look back to the early days, there were two robots, Recyclops and Robot The Bruce. Both came out of the workshop of Rex Garrod, Recyclops was his own solo entry, and Robot the Bruce, the entry of a young George Francis.
When Cassius entered the war, it dominated, showing the way forward, only to be knocked out through some bad luck.
A year later, Chaos 2 was introduced by George Francis, and Rex Garrod retired from the 'Robot Wars' world, amidst arguements about the health and safety.
Oh, and as for the plunderbird team. They may have been all for show, but if you ever saw some of their other robots (such as the bug they entered into the walking contest in the robot olympics) they can make some fantastic designs)
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Angel said:
Rex Garrod
He lives down the road from me, bit of a nutty professor really, im sure he started work on a new cassius (aptly called cassius2) Looked fantastic, air suspension, light weight body and a more powerful flipper, though I think he may have gone off it in the end (edit- see above
) He used to set up the village firework display, dunno if he still does
Btw, he made K9 for the current Dr Who series
and that thing from Telly Tubbies
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Soldato
Now you have mentioned it i remember hwo much i loved this program. Id love to see the old series again, the new ones were rubbish and put the series up in smoke.
Mortis and Razor were the pwn, never was a fan of Chaos 2, its was good but it was just a normal robot. Was pretty partial to Panic Attack too.
Mortis and Razor were the pwn, never was a fan of Chaos 2, its was good but it was just a normal robot. Was pretty partial to Panic Attack too.
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Cassius, Hypnodisc, and to some extent Razor and Chaos II were the innovators, and the likes of Plunderbird were the comedians. Then there were the family teams who involved their children and brought them to the show. I have lots of respect for them.
Sadly, I suspect the show died as a result of a perceived continuing quest for 'bigger and better'. Of course, what followed wasn't bigger or better. I too will miss the show, but of course the catalogue of 'missed shows' is forever growing.
Sadly, I suspect the show died as a result of a perceived continuing quest for 'bigger and better'. Of course, what followed wasn't bigger or better. I too will miss the show, but of course the catalogue of 'missed shows' is forever growing.
Soldato
I used to work at Philips Research and we entered a robot that failed dismally. But I did get to go to the show and the thing that struck me most was the way the Philippa sucked her belly in every time she went on camera !!!
She was gorgeous in her prime though....
She was gorgeous in her prime though....