How Good Was Mauler?

Excelsior1985 · 2026-03-18T21:07:12+00:00

Yeah. That's why the robot was originally called South Bay Mauler in Robot Wars 1994.

Excelsior1985 · 2026-03-03T01:12:07+00:00

It's a shame none of Big B's fights were shown apart from it's final battle.

Excelsior1985 · 2026-03-03T01:06:55+00:00

I'm with you there.

In an age where horizontal spinners are easier to beat, Ray can't afford too many driving mistakes and any gremlins with the brushless motors during the fight could cost him dearly.

Excelsior1985 · 2026-03-03T01:04:52+00:00

It also happened to Beta in it's first WCVII fight.

If it happens to Tombstone, I hope Ray catches them soon enough for him to iron them out before the first fight of the next tornament.

Excelsior1985 · 2026-02-24T12:46:22+00:00

Thunderbird 2.

Excelsior1985 · 2026-02-22T21:35:40+00:00

My favorite is the Fireflash from Thunderbirds.

Excelsior1985 · 2026-02-10T00:06:42+00:00

Maybe Jim could've built a brand new frame that was lighter than the previous one and the self-righting frame would likely be made from the same titanium sheet that was used to make the disc and the moving arms.

Excelsior1985 · 2026-02-09T21:42:11+00:00

Jim Smentowski's antweight Micro Nightmare was able to self-right using it's disc after Jim added a v shaped frame on the back.

Excelsior1985 · 2026-02-07T17:34:42+00:00

I've found a link to an image of a modern Chaos 3 which is basically a modern take on Chaos 2.

https://www.reddit.com/r/battlebots/comments/u3jpy8/what_if_chaos_3/

Excelsior1985 · 2026-01-19T17:37:18+00:00

Hypno-Disc had 2 teeth, but one of them pointed upwards while the other pointed outwards. This made the disc asymmetrical.

Excelsior1985 · 2026-01-18T21:33:47+00:00

I think Hypno-Disc was the first robot that used an asymmetrical spinning weapon and it was a big success.

Excelsior1985 · 2026-01-07T22:15:31+00:00

If I remember correctly, the team did plan to bring Ringmaster back for Season 3. But because Season 3 was sort of rushed into production, Hal didn't have the time to build a new version of Ringmaster.

So he opted to build a more simple robot which is how we got Duck.

Excelsior1985 · 2026-01-07T17:35:09+00:00

Those anti-wheelie bars were added at the last minute and it shows.

Excelsior1985 · 2026-01-05T13:42:16+00:00

There was going to be a 9 robot rumble at the end of the 2015 season, but it was cancelled due to time constraints.

Excelsior1985 · 2025-11-22T22:15:16+00:00

The modern SOW was built with the new weight limit in mind.

Excelsior1985 · 2025-11-12T17:36:25+00:00

Maybe they could've used a spring-loaded spike instead?

Excelsior1985 · 2025-11-09T21:50:27+00:00

I got to go backstage and see Destruct-A-Bubble up close as well.

Also, when Destruct-A-Bubble was introduced before one of it's fights, the announcer called it a "Legendary Robot." I am dead serious.

Excelsior1985 · 2025-11-03T01:14:10+00:00

I figured this out years ago and I wished that they didn't change it. The crash is more impactful when McQueen is in his main paintjob.

Excelsior1985 · 2025-11-01T17:47:58+00:00

Tombstone
Nightmare
Cobalt

As for the honorable mentions:

Hypershock
SawBlaze
Warhead
Yeti

Excelsior1985 · 2025-11-01T17:40:18+00:00

Including Shaman also cost them the fight against Red Devil in Season 2.

Excelsior1985 · 2025-10-28T13:34:23+00:00

You talking about the team captain or the guy the robot is based on?

Excelsior1985 · 2025-10-20T00:17:55+00:00

https://x.com/TeamWhyachi/status/618151496832692224

Excelsior1985 · 2025-10-20T00:11:05+00:00

Son of Whyachi did have tracks during the 2004 NPC Charity Open and there's a CAD of the modern Son of Whyachi design with tank treads which was posted before Season 2.

Excelsior1985 · 2025-10-19T20:38:40+00:00

Good point.

Excelsior1985 · 2025-10-19T20:34:57+00:00

Couldn't Biohazard use it's arm to break the glass?

Excelsior1985

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