Robot Wars and BattleBots Toys/Merch Thread

[Tibsy]

My dad and me had some trouble putting a new dishwasher into an empty space under the counter, no matter what we did, it looked crooked in its space (a corner was cocked out) when I went under the counter to see the problem, I wasn't expecting to see this:



Which makes me think, as a kid I don't think I collected ALL of these, did anyone on GTM collect all the minibots?

Also, what was your favorite piece of Robot Wars/Battlebots Merchandise?

[Lemonism]

Here's my minibots collection, taken from this thread: https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php?topic=16017.20

Ugh, camera problems meant I only just got the pictures I said I would take. Still, here they finally are. There were more minibots, but these are the only ones I own.
I've also given my personal opinion on every minibot since I don't have a fancy website of my own to put them on :P

Chaos 2: Not a fan of this one really. Seems too thin and long, and the back isn't very detailed at all.

Hypnodisk: Also not a fan of this one. The chassis is weirdly shaped, not rectangular like the actual robot. Just makes it look far too cute for one of the most destructive robots in Robot Wars.

Pussycat: I dislike this one the most of them all. For a robot that's supposed to work all sides up the minibot is completely ruined by the stupid pullback function all of these minibots have. At least the disk turns around, unlike on Hypnodisk.

Panic Attack: The paint and details are fairly nice, but suffers from the cuteness syndrome Hypnodisk has.

Suicidal Tendencies: I like this one a lot. Painted nicely, and the claw actually moves.

Wheely Big Cheese: The wheels look pretty bad on this one, and again the pullback thing ruins a robot that was supposed to look the same either way up.

RefBot: Quite nicely detailed and painted, although the face looks kinda dumb. Scores bonus points for having one of the arms move, and then immediately loses those points because the other arm does not move.

Plunderbird 5: Claw is quite nice, and it's paint is fairly good, but the claw was unfortunately a bit flimsy, so is currently held on by superglue.

Razer: The Razer logo is nicely painted, but no effort at all seems to have been put into painting the crushing beak. None of the holes in the crusher are there, and the eye is just a tiny dab of red paint. Also suffers from warped proportions due to cute-itus.

Shunt: Not sure what I think about this one. The plows are done nicely enough, but the axe doesn't move, which is very disappointing. Also had some sort of antenna at some point, now lost forever.

Dead Metal: Very nice paint job, and a really nice mold, although seems a bit smaller than it should be. Scores points for using the pullback
motor's wheel as the disk; if you're going to have a terrible action feature on your toy, then at least use it creatively.

Wild Thing: Nice paint, and the disk even spins. I like this one a lot, but I'm not fond of the wheels that are part of the mold and painted on.

Matilda: Painted very well, with pretty damn good detailing. The lifting forks actually lift as well, making this one of my favourites.

Dominator 2: Simple but effective. Painted nicely, and the axe swings, although the spikes on the front of the chassis should go further back in the middle to be accurate.

Mega Morg: My favourite out of all the minibots I own. The lifter actually lifts, and it has a very nice, bright paintjob, with the metal at the front done particularly well, in my opinion

[Tibsy]

Here's my minibots collection, taken from this thread: https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php?topic=16017.20

Ugh, camera problems meant I only just got the pictures I said I would take. Still, here they finally are. There were more minibots, but these are the only ones I own.
I've also given my personal opinion on every minibot since I don't have a fancy website of my own to put them on :P

Chaos 2: Not a fan of this one really. Seems too thin and long, and the back isn't very detailed at all.

Hypnodisk: Also not a fan of this one. The chassis is weirdly shaped, not rectangular like the actual robot. Just makes it look far too cute for one of the most destructive robots in Robot Wars.

Pussycat: I dislike this one the most of them all. For a robot that's supposed to work all sides up the minibot is completely ruined by the stupid pullback function all of these minibots have. At least the disk turns around, unlike on Hypnodisk.

Panic Attack: The paint and details are fairly nice, but suffers from the cuteness syndrome Hypnodisk has.

Suicidal Tendencies: I like this one a lot. Painted nicely, and the claw actually moves.

Wheely Big Cheese: The wheels look pretty bad on this one, and again the pullback thing ruins a robot that was supposed to look the same either way up.

RefBot: Quite nicely detailed and painted, although the face looks kinda dumb. Scores bonus points for having one of the arms move, and then immediately loses those points because the other arm does not move.

Plunderbird 5: Claw is quite nice, and it's paint is fairly good, but the claw was unfortunately a bit flimsy, so is currently held on by superglue.

Razer: The Razer logo is nicely painted, but no effort at all seems to have been put into painting the crushing beak. None of the holes in the crusher are there, and the eye is just a tiny dab of red paint. Also suffers from warped proportions due to cute-itus.

Shunt: Not sure what I think about this one. The plows are done nicely enough, but the axe doesn't move, which is very disappointing. Also had some sort of antenna at some point, now lost forever.

Dead Metal: Very nice paint job, and a really nice mold, although seems a bit smaller than it should be. Scores points for using the pullback
motor's wheel as the disk; if you're going to have a terrible action feature on your toy, then at least use it creatively.

Wild Thing: Nice paint, and the disk even spins. I like this one a lot, but I'm not fond of the wheels that are part of the mold and painted on.

Matilda: Painted very well, with pretty damn good detailing. The lifting forks actually lift as well, making this one of my favourites.

Dominator 2: Simple but effective. Painted nicely, and the axe swings, although the spikes on the front of the chassis should go further back in the middle to be accurate.

Mega Morg: My favourite out of all the minibots I own. The lifter actually lifts, and it has a very nice, bright paintjob, with the metal at the front done particularly well, in my opinion

Nice, problem is where I came from they closed down the toy shop which sold them (Chadds).
So far, this Dominator 2 minibot is the only one I got left. I'll update this if I find more...

[cephalopod]

Retitled the thread Tibsy, hope you don't mind. Would be a useful thread to have around - might move it to Real Robotics Discussions at some point also.

The only Minibots I didn't have were Gemini, Tornado and Firestorm, still got the rest in fair condition, as well as all the pullbacks plus RC Matilda/Sir K/Bash/Tornado and all 3 Pitstop kits. Also had some BB stuff, mainly Grip 'n' Grapplers. Frenzy was my favourite.

[Tibsy]

Retitled the thread Tibsy, hope you don't mind. Would be a useful thread to have around - might move it to Real Robotics Discussions at some point also.

The only Minibots I didn't have were Gemini, Tornado and Firestorm, still got the rest in fair condition, as well as all the pullbacks plus RC Matilda/Sir K/Bash/Tornado and all 3 Pitstop kits. Also had some BB stuff, mainly Grip 'n' Grapplers. Frenzy was my favourite.

You read my mind dude xD

There were so many bots they could've RC'd, especially Dominator 2.

[Natef]

christian carlberg has two (i think) of the rc battlebots toys and lets his kids play with them. i think thats awesome.

[helloface]

I have the McDonald's Overkill and Ankle Biter 

[Scrap Daddy]

christian carlberg has two (i think) of the rc battlebots toys and lets his kids play with them. i think thats awesome.

I still have a mint Biohazard giant rc that hasnt had a working battery in years. The same one that Headbanger's D12 was made from. The Disector one was even cooler.

[RedAce]

As I was growing up watching Battlebots, I used to get the McDonald's bot toys. I think I got all of them except for the Tentomushi one.

[Philippa]

All Robot Wars pullbacks, minibots, and pitstops, two minibot arenas, the Gauntlet arena, and a mini Ronin.

[Tibsy]

After looking at the RC battlebots toys, I feel envious.
Robot Wars had RC toys sure, but a lot were just the house bots... It would have been nice to have the competitors who deserved to have RC toys of their bots... (Besides Tornado, can't think of any more)

[090901]

ayyyy lmao

[yugitom]

I had a lot of Robot Wars related stuff when I was a kid but I used to love this:

A lunch box which I never put lunch in:

I put these in instead:

I played with these along with a mini arena I had a bit too much as a kid.

I remember having Stinger one Christmas and bloody loving it. It was my favourite present that year and my parents gave it to me last because they knew I wouldn't open any others after it.

[Tibsy]

I think I have a whole crate of robot wars stuff in the attic... Hmm, I'll go look over the weekend.

[Natef]

Jerome Miles also has some of the RC toys. He lets his kids play with them while he works on his bots!

I think it's cool that they're doing that, exposing a new generation to the sport.

[Tibsy]

Unfortunately my RC conversion of the X-Terminator II pullback toy has seen better days :/

[Lemonism]

A lunch box which I never put lunch in:

Wow, I completely forgot that existed! That was my lunchbox for ages.

[playzooki]

i made my own lol. they were awful, except maybe my cassius replica.

[Jaydee99]

I collected all my minibots but I've lost my Pussycat pullback . However, I'm still searching on ebay. I have loads of merchandise.

[Tibsy]

A lunch box which I never put lunch in:

Wow, I completely forgot that existed! That was my lunchbox for ages.

I had a pencil case where I stored my minibots.