Robot wars is BACK!

Razer was unique out of the crushers, the crushers usually suck, Razer was the exception, I'm sure that it crusher would have one the job in this series.

Regarding Hypno-disk, armour was never the strong suit of that robot, it was all about the attack, and I still think that it would have pummelled lots of robots in this series, I would love to see it vs that really strange robot with the giant sword and huge wobbly wheels from the last episode, (I have forgotten the name of it).

I believe it's name was Gabriel, I've never seen something so strange in my life

I don't get the point of the axe, it will never be able to move fast enough to do any damage as the energy of the strike is spread throughout the blade. It causes glancing blows at best. Concentrating the hit on a smaller tip would be better if they want to pierce armour. It's such an odd robot though, it can't really kill anyone but no one can kill it either.

They did have a few other options open to them.

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The winner of the last episode reminds me of this robot from the US.

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The winner of the last episode reminds me of this robot from the US.

Why is it that battlebots always seem to perform much better than their robot wars equivalents?

Why is it that battlebots always seem to perform much better than their robot wars equivalents?

I'm not around this weekend to comment on the finals, so I'll make my prediction now: Thor to win if they get the wildcard; TR2 to win otherwise.

I feel Apollo and (especially) Pulsar's drive problems will hold them back, Shockwave seems tough and reliable but lacks a real 'finishing move', and I think Carbide will struggle against wedge flippers, as there's less for them to hit than there was on the bulky Behemoth, and they're just as likely to damage themselves if turned onto their sides.

But Carbides spinner is long enough is it not to get to the sides or at least upper edge? Might just flick right over the top of Pulsar or the other super low robots though.

That grand final between Carbide and Apollo Some really good battles tonight, but the right 2 made it to the grand final, shame Carbide's spinner had issues, but it was a great last battle and Apollo are worthy champions. I'm guessing they've got to bring it back next year, maybe with more episodes? Really enjoyed this series

Damn Carbide is powerful, it completely trashed Thor (impressively put back together though!)

Apollo were worthy winners, I have to say. Shame they didn't get chance to try and flip Sir Killalot!

As a fan of spinners & as I'm from the same city as Carbide I was hoping they'd win. Apollo fought well though & you can't say they don't deserve it. I think it's great to see two very offensively minded robots in the final; it shows that currently the weaponry out there is tough enough to get through (in terms of Carbide) or bypass (in terms of Apollo) even the most heavily armoured competitors. The fact that Carbide managed to tear up Behemoth, which even Hypno Disc couldn't do, and destroy part of the arena wall shows just how spectacular that spinning bar is.
On the other hand, you've got Apollo's flipper which even several hundred kilos of house robot can't escape from. I do wish Apollo had gone after Sir Killalot as he's the heaviest of the bunch.

Once Carbide's weapon failed, I couldn't see them getting a result; The robot is so specialised it just doesn't have the pushing power force an opponent into the pit or house robots if the bar stops spinning. I don't think Carbide lost a single battle when its bar kept spinning whereas I don't think it won one in battles where it failed. Hopefully they'll come back again next time & we'll also see the return of Hyno Disc upgraded to current standards (because Carbide would tear them apart at the moment).