peter_hmfc Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 Is anyone else still a fan of Robot Wars from a few years back? I remember watching every week on the BBC and Five and I'm just wondering if anyone else still watches the repeats on Dave? There seems to be quite a large support behind it on the internet for it to be brought back. Razer and Hypnodisc are my favourites, just a pity they never fought each other, it would have been like Barcalona vs Spain. (You could skip to 1:40, and RazerBlade isn't the same as Razer.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hound Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 I used to watch it.I think a show like that would look really dated now like the crystal maze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Morgan Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 Yeah I used to watch it all the time. Chaos 2 was the best, it was the champion for quite some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cigaro Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 The chat before they enter the arena is painfully cringeworthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.N.T.H. Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 Everytime i hear that commentator on the BBC it takes me back to his Robot Wars days. I did watch it, but i was pretty young to be fair. Every dude that went on it seemed to be a complete gimp with no social life, and normally they dragged along their geeky son for the ride! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunks Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 I remember it too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Bump! New series has been great. Carbide is some machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 It's not the same without Phillipa Forrester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 It's not the same without Phillipa Forrester. Them were the days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnrazor Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Just finished watching it, my lad loves it and the wee Irish lassie is a honey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hungry hippo Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 The whole series was great. I wasn't sure if I would even watch it when I heard it was coming back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Them were the days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moshy Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Shame it became rigged at the end of its previous run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnrazor Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Shame it became rigged at the end of its previous run. Eh?.....what?...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharky999 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Gutted Carbide didnt win, the most destructive robot ive ever seen on the program Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Hypnodisc was the most destructive I've seen but that was when the opposition were made of wood, aluminium and plastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bauld Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 The most destructive robot I've ever seen was Fluffy. Hypnodisc and Razor coming close second but that carbide was a real piece of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moshy Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Eh?.....what?...... Storm 2 fought typhoon 2 to become champion. Storm 2 was cheated out the win by the producers who didnt want another box robot to win. The judges later found out and wrote letters of apology to the storm 2 team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnrazor Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Storm 2 fought typhoon 2 to become champion. Storm 2 was cheated out the win by the producers who didnt want another box robot to win. The judges later found out and wrote letters of apology to the storm 2 team. Never knew that....kinda like finding oot Santa's no'real!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky_26 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 i really liked the design of pulsar, the spinning disks on it being at 90 degrees to what you normally see. if they had sorted their drive out i think we would see some serious chaos if them and carbide were fully up to speed and went at each other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punkrockcroc Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Is anyone else still a fan of Robot Wars from a few years back? I remember watching every week on the BBC and Five and I'm just wondering if anyone else still watches the repeats on Dave? There seems to be quite a large support behind it on the internet for it to be brought back. Razer and Hypnodisc are my favourites, just a pity they never fought each other, it would have been like Barcalona vs Spain. (You could skip to 1:40, and RazerBlade isn't the same as Razer.) Grow up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KineticBeat Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Grow up.Harsh. People are allowed to like whatever they want mate. Also really liked the new series. Agree with another posters comments about pulsar Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kila Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Kitchen might've watched the US version BattleBots when he was wee. Looks a bit crazier with more robots just endlessly beating the shit out of each other: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharky999 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Grow up.. get a life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanks said no Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 As soon as I heard Robot Ears I was hooked again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_hmfc Posted August 30, 2016 Author Share Posted August 30, 2016 Grow up. Anyways, delighted a new series is back. Haven't seen any of it yet as I'm not in the UK and I just haven't found the time but can't wait to see it sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Anyways, delighted a new series is back. Haven't seen any of it yet as I'm not in the UK and I just haven't found the time but can't wait to see it sometime. You're too late lol - series finished on Sunday Had to admire the Apollo robot taking out 3 or the 4 house robots - woulda loved to see them try to flip Killalot at some point during the final to get the full house! Good viewing though, something a wee bit different to the norm. Teams have certainly upped their game in terms of tech and materials used (except the Scottish team who made theirs from MDF of course.......). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 I like the new format with the round robin head-to-head round. Forces robots to be durable, teams to be good at running repairs and lets everyone get a go at everyone else. Atmosphere seems a wee bit stale though and Dara O'Brein may as well not be there at all for all he contributes. Love to see Craig Charles come back next year (if he's not filming another new series of Red Dwarf for Dave). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punkrockcroc Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 . get a lifeI thought the schools went back a few weeks ago, concentrate on your homework, Janet and John won't read themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_hmfc Posted August 30, 2016 Author Share Posted August 30, 2016 You're too late lol - series finished on Sunday Least now I can watch it all in one go . Is it still the case that a majority have flippers, and can flip themselves back upright? The last series was pretty repetitive because of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Least now I can watch it all in one go . Is it still the case that a majority have flippers, and can flip themselves back upright? The last series was pretty repetitive because of it. it's about 40% flippers, 40% spinners , 10% axes/hammers and 10% comedy joke robots that do shite all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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