Robot Wars returning to BBC2!

Combat Fighter · 28 Dec 2017 at 13:23

Mr Jack said:
Tombstone is 20kg heavier than the UK bots, isn't it?

I don't know as I only watch RW.

If that's true then 20kg is quite an advantage, albeit a little unfair too.

Gerard · 28 Dec 2017 at 15:31

I think the american bots are heavier as said above, and from the fights I've seen of tombstone it seems to take more of a hiding than carbide

NewGamer11 · 28 Dec 2017 at 16:47

Tiny bit more about it here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09lczm4

No mention of this tombstone robot so don't be expecting that. There's a second episode the following Sunday which has a US robot called Cathadh.

NewGamer11 · 31 Dec 2017 at 18:39

Getting ready to live post. This is as good as my night is going to get! Rock’n’roll!!!

NewGamer11 · 31 Dec 2017 at 19:07

Girlsh

That Sabretooth guy is still a ****.

UK judges = biassssssed!!!

NewGamer11 · 31 Dec 2017 at 19:14

Gabriel 2 is absolutely useless. Please stop letting them in the competition. They could literally fight all day and not defeat another robot.

NewGamer11 · 31 Dec 2017 at 19:19

LOL Diottor.

NewGamer11 · 31 Dec 2017 at 19:59

Format was a bit ‘meh’. Might have been better with more evenly matched robots. Terrorhurtz fight was fun and the last fight.

Gerard · 31 Dec 2017 at 22:37

Sabretooth guy badly needs a kick in the plums.

Gabriel and its axe would be lucky cutting through butter.

The apollo guy flapping his gums about uk bots, theres probably a reason no american bots were in this due to less restrictions in their weaponry and the fact they're much larger.

Flibster · 1 Jan 2018 at 18:13

Great to see Diotior back and on fire.

The slow mo of Diotior in flames scooting through the sky was lovely.

Combat Fighter · 7 Jan 2018 at 18:05

Just realised that RW world series is more than a one episode special as it's on tonight!

andy_mk3 · 7 Jan 2018 at 18:11

Just watched the first one. Was quite good. I agree Gabriel is useless. It's defensive but has no attack really.

It's a shame about links falling out again, ruins a good fight

NewGamer11 · 7 Jan 2018 at 19:08

Go Terror Turtle! LOL

EDIT - UK team should have been disqualified from both tag team rounds for breaking the rules.

Mr Jack · 7 Jan 2018 at 19:36

Doesn't seem like they chose capable RoW challengers

Vimes · 7 Jan 2018 at 20:06

Mr Jack said:
Doesn't seem like they chose capable RoW challengers

Could they have had the likes of Minotaur or Tombstone, due to their weight of other specifications, competing tho....?

Mr Jack · 7 Jan 2018 at 20:29

Vimes said:
Could they have had the likes of Minotaur or Tombstone, due to their weight of other specifications, competing tho....?

No. But still...

Vimes · 7 Jan 2018 at 20:37

Mr Jack said:
No. But still...

I know the point that you are trying to make......

how could either of those two measure up to Gabriel 2 ...?!

nicktay2605 · 7 Jan 2018 at 22:53

Well those two specials were a complete waste of time. It's a shame, we recently finished a really good series of Robot Wars and then they put on that one-sided rubbish. A UK vs USA in the future with the best vs the best from each country would be awesome.

Gerard · 8 Jan 2018 at 02:26

Pretty cringey episode to say the least. A Sgt bash clone that wasn't allowed to use its flamethrower, then again it was knocked off by a gust of wind and it died shortly after, a fibreglass turtle that did nothing but conk out in record time, and a spinnerbot that seemed to excel in losing its spinner chain.

Have to wonder if the better American bots are tied into some sort of exclusivity deal with the battlebots show, though I'm near sure that was cancelled? Or is it just cherrypicking crap robots to run rings around?

Shamikebab · 8 Jan 2018 at 11:03

Did it even have it's flamethrower? I thought that was just cosmetic.

The russian bot was pretty good, shame about the wheels though. It's a shame they can't find stronger robots to compete with.

The battlebots ones are heavier aren't they? You won't see a robot of a different weight class featured.