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4881
« on: June 10, 2009, 11:25:36 PM »
Lightweight-- Ziggo and Backlash
Middleweight-- Hazard
Heavyweight-- Vlad the Impaler, Vlad the Impaler II, Biohazard, Nightmare, Tazbot
Super Heavyweight-- Diesector, Son of Whyachi, and Vladiator There was a Vlad the Impaler II? Or is that just the one that had the self-righting mechanism?
4882
« on: June 10, 2009, 11:19:26 PM »
Most of the Custom Series looked nothing like the real ones. Some exceptions would be Dr. Inferno Jr., Son of Whyachi, and El Diablo. As a big Vlad the Impaler fan, I was a bit disappointed by the red forklift and weird aesthetic changes. What I mean is that the others were pretty close to looking like the real thing. It's like they made it as an afterthought or something and just threw it together. I can just imagine somebody at the company saying "Oh, crap, we need one more. Quick! Throw me together something that looks like Minion."
4883
« on: June 10, 2009, 06:55:29 PM »
I made a mistake...
Run Amok was the winner of Robotica that year.
And it really should be, sorry about that.
4884
« on: June 10, 2009, 06:46:06 PM »
What were everyone's favorite real robots? Was it on BattleBots, Robot Wars, Robotica, or something else? What weight class (if applicable)?
My favorites were:
Ziggo - BattleBots - Lightweight
El Diablo - BattleBots - Middleweight
Biohazard - BattleBots - Heavyweight
And there was one on Robot Wars that I liked. It didn't do very well, but I liked it. It had wood for armor, and I can't remember the name of it.
Then there were a couple from Robotica, too. Spring Breaker was one of them. It had an awesome paint job, but it got knocked out in the quarterfinals. And the there was one named "Run Amok", it used a steering system from a junk lawn mower. It seems like it was fairly competitive, but I think got knocked out in the semi-finals.
So what were your favorite ones?
4885
« on: June 10, 2009, 06:32:03 PM »
I was never able to get Minion. The one time I didn't have enough money for it, I found it. The RC Minion looked nothing like the real Minion anyway.
4886
« on: June 10, 2009, 05:19:26 PM »
I have my collection out right now. I'm pretty disappointed that they aren't in very good shape like I thought they were.
Anyway, I have the following:
"Push and explodes"
Biohazard
Vlad the Impaler
El Diablo
Minion
Atomic Wedgie
Ronin
Backlash
Alpha Raptor
Gamma Raptor (?) (Turns out it's actually Bad Attitude, thanks to RFS for jogging my memory)
Grip n' Grapplers (triggers)
Grendel
Ziggo
Disector
Mauler 5150
Deadblow
Toro
FrenZy
Tazbot
and the Battlebox to go with them
Build Kits
Backlash
Deadblow
Overkill
Ronin
Custom Series RCs
Minion
Vlad the Impaler
Killerhurtz
El Diablo
4887
« on: June 10, 2009, 03:15:37 PM »
The only reason I used the square extenders was so i could see how far I had rotated them, but yeah it's a waste of weight.
Also, is there a way to shrink the chassis without losing all your components? If there is I'll gladly do it.
4888
« on: June 10, 2009, 03:02:04 PM »
I made another new one already, not too sure about this one though.  Name: "Hang Tough" Weight Class: Heavyweight @ 724.0 kg Armor: DSA Weaponry: 2-Tri-Bars attached to Z-Tek HP motors, with 2-Maces and a 30 cm Pole Spike on each attachment point, 2-"Chicken Drills" composed of Red Bird motors and Razor Tips, 4-Razor Tips, and 2-Spike Strips Powertrain: 2-Z-Tek HP Motors attached to Slipperbottom wheels Power: 2-SuperVolt 12 Volt Batteries Stats: None Fastest Kill: Unknown   
4889
« on: June 10, 2009, 02:45:31 PM »
Nice bot!
I've been playing the game a lot over the last few days.
So much so that I was like "WTF?" when my right mouse
button didn't let me rotate your pic! :-D Yeah, I seem to have the urge to rotate the bots in the pictures, too. lol
4890
« on: June 10, 2009, 02:41:43 PM »
@Joeblo: BBC sold RW after series six. Here in the UK series seven was shown on Channel Five. Then wasn't it sold again? It was on TNN here in the states for a while. Mick Foley was the host at that point. And actually toward the end, it was on Nickelodeon (a cartoon channel) for some reason. I remember because they call Sir Killalot, Sir K.
4891
« on: June 10, 2009, 02:35:05 PM »
JoeBlo: Have you ever watched BattleBots? I think there is some on Youtube.
Everyone else:
I'm pretty sure I had all the push and explode ones. I even had the Battlebox for the trigger ones. :) But I got it out last night, and I had modified it to say "Robot Wars" instead of "BattleBots". I can't imagine why I did that... seeing as I didn't really like Robot Wars. Young and dumb I guess...
Wow, I thought i had most of the RC bots, but Jeffery listed abunch more than I had. I wsh I had known there was a Mauler 5150 build kit, that sounds pretty awesome.
4892
« on: June 10, 2009, 04:43:14 AM »
Yeah, those are some of them, but there were also little replicas, and radio controlled toy robots. I'll go dig them out and see what all there was.
4893
« on: June 10, 2009, 04:30:42 AM »
Does anyone else still have the little toy BattleBots that they came out with?
Strangely enough, I still have mine, most are still in tact even! That's not typical of my old toys.
4894
« on: June 10, 2009, 04:27:41 AM »
Does anyone else remember the show "Robotica" that was on TLC for a while? I believe it was on the air about the same time that BattleBots was so popular. Seems like it came on right after "Junkyard Wars" on Wednesday nights on TLC.
4895
« on: June 10, 2009, 04:12:05 AM »
exept flamethrowers. Sgt. Bash, a house bot, had a flamethrower. they should be in a game. I know this was from a while back, but I just have to say something. Am I the only one that thought the flamethrower on Sgt. Bash was totally useless? Another thing, of the all the robotic combat shows I used to watch this is how they rank. #1: BattleBots - No flashy pyrotechnics trying to fool you into thinking a bot exploded. And most of all, no rigged matches. It was simple, destroy the other robot. No bulls---. #2: Robotica - The 3 different stages of the competition made it interesting to me. Your robot had to have speed and agility, good manueverability, the ability to get through obstacles, (and be watertight one season). But when it came down to it, it had to fight well. #3: Robot Wars - I thought Robot Wars sucked because: Most all of the robots were shotty, half-a--ed, pieces of junk. Then there was the house bots that in my opinion, couldnt harm a fly. And don't even get me started on "The Pit" that everyone always yelled for because of the fake explosion it produced. Sorry for the rant, but I had to get that out.
4896
« on: June 10, 2009, 03:17:45 AM »
Looking at your logo, you use a 1px yellow Stroke with the default Drop Shadow on your title. (It looks like a font I'd know but I can't put my finger on it)
And you use a dark blue Outer Glow with increased Spread (Or maybe just a 3 or 4px Stroke) and a Reflected or Linear Gradient Overlay consisting of Blue Yellow Blue Yellow (Blue?) on the subtitle.
Classy. Thanks, and good eye! Are you a graphic designer yourself Redline? Or do you just like to tinker with Photoshop?
4897
« on: June 10, 2009, 01:48:48 AM »
How do you effe parts? I have seen you guys talking about it and I don't know what it means. And I'd also like to know about stacking batteries, if you don't mind filling me in.
4898
« on: June 10, 2009, 01:42:16 AM »
So pretty much, scrap the redbird with the sawblades completely, and put in burst motors on the wedges. Then put something different on the tri-bar. Sound right?
4899
« on: June 10, 2009, 01:24:17 AM »
What do you suggest instead of fire axe?
And would a chew blade be effective at all?
4900
« on: June 10, 2009, 01:13:53 AM »
Well if you have been disappointed in my abilities thus far, you may not want to give up on me yet. Here is my latest robot. I think you guys will like it.  Name: "CoW4RD" (Container of Weapons 4 Robotic Destruction) Weight Class: Heavyweight @ 617.7 kg Armor: DSA Weaponry: 3 spinning Axe on a Z-tek HP Motor, 2-60 cm Sawblades attached to Red Bird Motors and multiple Small Wedges Powertrain: 2-Z-Tek HP Motors attached to SlipperBottom wheels Power: SuperVolt 12 Volt Battery Stats: None Fastest Kill: Unknown   
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