glrnet Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Used to love this http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-06-23/this-is-the-first-proper-look-at-the-upgraded-robot-wars-2016-house-robots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDUNKZ18 Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 ABOUT TIME!!! bringing back my childhood!! hypno disc was king back then and craig charles was the host. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P15UL T Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Razor was my favourite !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Awesome, ....time for JEMAN to modify that 8 stone tank of his & enter it I think. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgs Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Chaos 2. That flipper sent many out the arena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRF4N Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Did someone on here not enter robot wars? Keyser maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fodder Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 There was one main reason for watching..... Phillipa Forrester in leathers :drool: Which one did the geeky George whatshisnane build? IIRC he won a couple of series on the trott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kentar0 Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Awesome!! One of my favourite childhood shows ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS8055 Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 OH MY GOD! The first good news post referendum!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevoD Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Wheres Sgt. Bash then 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy_Baton Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 (edited) You guys should check out battlebots (the american version) its just about to start its second season. The 'Tested' you tube channel ran a preview of some of this years contestants last week. http://www.tested.co...016-battlebots/ There was one robot that had a humanoid top part and was controlled by an roboteer wearing an exoskeleton. One with a flame throwing drone that could detach and fly around the arena Anouther with a lidar camera that locked on their weapon to a target and auto fired it when in range. You can probably download last seasons episodes. The one with the mystery present box was hilarious - not going to spoil it though Edited June 27, 2016 by Randy_Baton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldel Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Classic Robot Wars scene from Spaced Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choptop Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Excellent! Really liked the original programme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasso Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 The only gripe I have is the presenters #notveryinteresting As above Razor was the ultimate machine with a huge amount of design and development, not just a box, wheels and a flipper. Loved it's "I'm hard as f##k" standing on its tail and wings if I recall, great machine. Although Chaos 2 which I think was masterminded by "George" as mentioned above. They won a number of series, clever machine but for me was just a flipper, all be it a bloody good one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docwra Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 I was a massive fan and have just finished watching the reruns (Gold or Challenge, cant remember which) - it would be mental to see what people can come up with these days with additional technology. Razer was immense but was also immensely expensive, the best robot IMO was Typhoon 2 as it just minced everything it touched. And presenters? Craig Charles is a penis but the girls were tidy, good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 hypno- disc was pretty good as well back in the day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypno-Disc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasso Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 hypno- disc was pretty good as well back in the day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypno-Disc If I recall it died of a very sorry robot death! Thing is there were far too many restrictions. That thing needed knifes or hammers attached to the wheel doing 8000rpm. Not a couple of spikes and 1000 rpm. But I guess it has to be safe to a certain degree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 The Razor team have been quite active on FB indicating they may be returning, which can only be a good thing! I just wish they were allowed to cause more damage, it seems most teams had a gentlemens agreement to cease once they incapacitated them. I also just finished watching the series on repeat (think it was on Challenge) and brought back so many good memories. Those spinners like Hypnodisc and Typhoon 2 caused so much damage on just one hit when spun up. Can't wait for the new series, even with boring presenters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy_Baton Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 (edited) Just watched the first episodes of this years Battlebots - only 1hr 30 minutes long.... probably around 15 minutes of actual battle though. The razor team haven't gone away they've just been competing in America. They were in this weeks Battlebots. This is their new robot Warhead, it splits flames obviously.... and its massive All the new competitors they bigged up were rubbish. The drones just crashed, the exoskeleton controller didn't work and the lidar one was top heavy and kept failing over. Edited June 27, 2016 by Randy_Baton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenLandy Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 I've just watched battlebots on YouTube too, and it's essentially robot wars to the extreme. Much better rules (ie almost anything goes) and there is so much more damage with the various flails/rotating barrels. And I really like the robot 'complete control'. Watch the battle against bombshell. Cc eventually grabs it and then roasts it to f*** with an insane flamethrower. Hopefully the new robot wars will be similar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Been there done that Razor is from down here as well, was fun for a while but it got silly with the new rules so we bailed, may be fun to watch it again sometime though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
350jimbobz Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Anyone else have the game on playstation haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy_Baton Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 I've just watched battlebots on YouTube too, and it's essentially robot wars to the extreme. Much better rules (ie almost anything goes) and there is so much more damage with the various flails/rotating barrels. And I really like the robot 'complete control'. Watch the battle against bombshell. Cc eventually grabs it and then roasts it to f*** with an insane flamethrower. Hopefully the new robot wars will be similar Complete control was the one who used that present box, they showed a clip of it in this weeks episode. I think that victory from last year store should have stood, they looked at the rulebook and noticed no entanglement weapons had been removed from the rules so went with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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