The Robot Wars Iceberg

[@Warpenguin55]

I don't blame Ant at all for storming off the set. Behemoth trolled that fight so hard by using the grabber. His team threw the fight and he was justified for being mad.

[@dspencer8827]

I feel sorry for ant and the behemoth team ,they worked so hard every year on behemoth ,and have tried everything to win a series .luck hasnt been on their side .id of never used that weapon untested for a crucial fight but there we are

[@evanhanley6437]

This was absolutely incredible. This was very entertaining, extremely well researched, loved the music and I learned tons about Robot Wars that I never even knew about. Fantastic work!

[@Shima33BB]

52:01 is an image I have haunted my friends with for many years. Legit, any time I went on their computers, I would take a USB with me and sneakily put that picture somewhere on there computer. No explanation, no apologies.

[@Trek001]

Where did it come from? Is this how human form Cylons were created?

[@freemansteinslab]

I remember being told about Clarksons brush with death, by our classmates, Team Roadblock, when we went up to watch the S1 final filming. Clarkson also told the story to the audience, explaining that it's why they needed to subsequently install the substantial Polycarbonate safety shields to protect the audience, contestants, presenters and crew from any further flying debris.

[@wazkangz955]

More than anything that I wished to be sold as merchandise is the shirts with the Robot Wars logo the competitors wore.

[@thebotbuilder]

OMG guys, I can't believe Tornado cheated after all... I used to be a Pro-PitDevicer but now I don't know what to think, I am both shaking and crying 😢

[@menkomonty]

Great video. I maybe a huge fan of the show, but some of this information I was not aware of, especially the Steel Avenger one. Wow

[@AquaMarina369]

Don't know if this got buried at the last minute of the live chat so I just want to say again this was a really great video and I'm really happy to have gotten to view it live, you all did an amazing job ^^ Great mix of information and the knowledge and research that go into stuff like this is always impressive ^^ Also that ending was godly lol. :p Amazing work to everyone involved ^^ Thank you Luke for making this happen, I know this is a video I'm going to come back to a lot ^^

[@adamh2900]

Thanks for this Nick. Aside from the Internet Investigator's recent video about Robot Wars, I've not watched much robot combat related content in a long time. These Iceberg style videos are great precisely because they start with the well known stuff and move on to the obscure, creepy and disturbing stuff the further into the video you go. I understand that due to the whole global pandemic thing the robot combat scene has not been greatly active until fairly recently. Does anyone know if Bugglebots will ever be returning again? Thanks

[@pianoman1396]

I know it probably sounds like a small point, but I really appreciated the use of the Emergency Broadcast System sound effects at the end of the video - that was a good feature!

[@Zaku_Meister]

There's actually a secret tier at the bottom, featuring the Japanese TRPG franchise Super Robot Wars.

[@CJC_RW]

Really interesting stuff! I'm working on a Robot Wars history video at the moment so this will come in handy! But seriously. Great video!

[@thebotbuilder]

God dammit Nick! I was literally gonna make one, I even made my very own Iceberg and everything and posted it on Reddit 😭 Oh well, looking forward to seeing what stuff you put on yours

[@katerinapeklenk2016]

Oh dear

[@Chenotcheese]

Ok this is deep. Water deep

[@Combaticon]

Well 101 did kinda curse Dominator 2 by having it breakdown during the Northern Annihilator and allowing underdog Spikeasaurus to win.

[@RC99_Productions]

I'd love to see you do a Battlebots iceberg. As a massive robot combat fan, thank you for doing this iceberg on Robot Wars.

[@MPal24]

I can believe the BBC didn't want the reboot to succeed. They never really cared about the original series or properly promoted it - despite it being the highest-rated BBC Two show.

[@artermistellesromer3921]

Now that's interesting!

[@digitaldeathsquid3448]

1:38 Huh. Somehow I always remembered it being Simpsons, Robot Wars, Fresh Prince (and then Buffy The Vampire Slayer after I was supposed to be in bed)

[@rexidus2169]

I loved this and found it really interesting, I’m curious to know, is a part 2 be possible or no? As long as you have enough information

[@njgw1465]

Luke went through a lot of effort to make this happen, so it'd probably be a while before he'd be up for something similar again 😅

[@rexidus2169]

@@njgw1465 no worries, that's completely fine. and it's really done well. so thank you

[@iliketrains1859]

27:17 They finished fourth after withdrawing from the playoff

[@NineEyeRon]

Now I’ve seen everything

[@thomasjohnston9795]

Lovely video guys, nothing hits better than a well edited entertaining info video but especially about Robot Wars. I remember with the coverage over the trump assaination attempt the mirror I think had a picture of the guy with steel avenger and of course being the geek I am I was Outraged when they wrongly called it X Terminator how dare they!... Granted not that important in scheme of things but still

[@SirHRDking]

I was wondering if one of the video games was going to be in the iceberg and kinda expected to see what they were... But that.... That one was very disturbing and questionable... And the fact the game is also from the BBC makes it even worse... Besides that, it was amazing to learn about the iceberg and I still wonder if there is more to the list

[@Cramhead43]

39:12 HOLY SHIT!!! How does noone mention this ever?!?

[@pneumaticpotato118]

epic cannot wait

[@smithyblue]

For me I remember watching The Simpsons before Series 3, 4 and Extreme 1, and the Fresh Prince before episodes of Series 6. But didn’t watch all three when they were broadcasting.

[@Votesaxon07Reviews]

Yeah, for me it was double Simpsons then Robot Wars on a Friday.

[@dspencer8827]

I remember looking foward to friday evenings and it was looking foward to robotwars ,and hoping hypnodisc of a uk win

[@trainfreak]

52:01 I need a lot more context

[@UNIX32]

38:44 - That poor Cyberlight!

[@Crustle1]

I remember Simpsons followed by Robot Wars in the UK but dont recall the other program you mention. Watched it starting in series 2 and loved it, got one of those collection DVDs back in the day

[@TaleOfTheToaster]

All iceberg videos should now open with the iconic luke Hullo

[@benrous8430]

Great vid guys!

[@V0Rtexty]

third wars controversy better be there

[@rlinders9972]

Android Love sounds like a track from the Shadow the Hedgehog soundtrack.

[@BrenTenkage]

when it comes to razor's gentlemen code and people saying what he did with the milannbug, it actually was a thing talked about behind the scenes with the teams talking and razor agreeing to just go for the cheap wheels, not only would it be entertaining but again, won't completely destroy the bot and lose their money also I feel tornado didn't cheat...but certainly cheated the spirit of the competion, though I do feel he should have lost the moment he went over the pit, even if he didn't "fall in"

[@petefcferris]

Surprised you didn't mention Technogames. Anyone remember that?

[@t0mbst0neyt]

I still have the first great war on VHS in its original box

[@DTChapman1]

I'm surprised you didn't mention the Chinese rip-off of Apollo.

[@dspencer8827]

If the truth be told ,a rambot being tornado won series 6 and the producers didnt want anouther rambot winning series 7 being storm 2

[@irishwristwatch2487]

Since Tornado couldnt fit in the pit I always thought Razor shouldve got the win since all 4 of Tornado's wheels were in the pit Edit: I also had the Shunt RC toy! Used to make famous bots out of Knex too and fight them. The hypnodisc clone almost always won

[@JasonCliftJones]

Apart from the fact Razor was still holding it. If Razor had let go, sure...

[@111111hakar]

There is no should have in the equation the rules were clear and explained in the show itself, as the two robots were still connected it was judged that Tornado was not in the pit but being suspended above it. had Razer been able to seperate itself and back off they would have been granted the win. Whether or not Tornado could actually fit in the pit was always irrelevant.

[@lewisb85]

Actually razer never fought in a series of battlebots it was on the PPV's yes it lost to Tazbot but also to Rhino (built by inertia labs the guys who built toro, T minus and bronco) when rhino went straight through the armour with it's pneumatic punch and turned razer off. The only series they competed in was series 5 and the reboot with warhead. The other crossover was son of whyachi was taken to robot wars to compete but wasn't run because the producers were worried it could kill a house robot! The legal dispute had some interesting consequences one being that Marc Pauline (founder of Survival research Labs) and the rest of the san francisco robotic art community wanted nothing to do with robot combat, the only person involved in both is Zander Rose from Inertia Labs, who's got some cool photos of his volunteer work with SRL on his facebook page.

[@monomakes]

Wicked!

[@dspencer8827]

So if shunt was over 200 kg ,chaos2 flipped 200kg easily then

[@connectionlost1063]

I think you can pretty much blame toys ‘r’ us single handedly for all the obscure wars merch I definitely used to own the killalot cup and can only imagine that’s where my parents found it

[@deadeye_john]

17:19 What TV show is this from?

[@shawnfoogle920]

Wish i could find a list of every robot show. I should have actually took notes here but im lazy to re watch

[@alansharpe5523]

The ones I could find when researching for Rise of the Robots (A Robot Combat Rewatch podcast) includes Robot Wars (7 Classic Series 3 Reboot Series) Robot Wars Extreme (2 Series) Battlebots (5 Classic Series 6 Reboot Series) Battlebots Bounty Hunters (1 Series) Technogames (4 Series) Robotica (3 Series) Robot Wars Extreme Warriors (2 Series) Dutch Robot Wars (2 Series) German Robot Wars (1 Series) Nickelodeon Robot Wars (1 Series) Mechanoids (A BBC Three TV Series though there is currently no episodes available to watch) Metal Munching Maniacs (4 DVD Specials) Robot Rivals (2 Series, though there is only 4 episodes in total available last time I checked) Airmageddon (1 Series) Robot Combat League (2 Series) King of Bots (2 Series) This Is Fighting Robots (1 Series) Clashbots (1 Series) Antweight Anarchy (2 Series plus Specials) Bugglebots (2 Series) There is also KZbin streams of live events such as Bristol Bot Builders and KZbin highlights shows by companies like Extreme Robots and Robot Live.

[@KimFareseed]

I do not miss the swedish dub of Robot Wars, it may have been what got me interested in robot combat (as a spectator), but I do prefer the english airing a lot more.

[@davidkerr7350]

52:27 Was that intentional or not?

[@NeverLucky1765]

Just thought Ida add this although I’m not sure if I’m correct but I was under the impression spitfire and dantomkia were 2 different robots?

[@alexcasares7401]

The only match that should've happened in Extreme 2 would be Thermidor 2 vs Stinger

[@Drewster6]

I do believe Razer was robbed of the win.

[@fireball_robotics]

you missed carbide also going into battlebots

[@KeithWWatson]

Well unfortunately they dod not releas all the new episodes, the admited the last two episodes specials

[@fellowinternetstranger8700]

As an italian i can confirm cause i actualy found some footage of it

[@Loresette]

Non avevo mai visto un italiano che conosce robot wars.

[@fellowinternetstranger8700]

@@Loresette anche io

[@tazzmaniandevilboy42]

Me talking about Robot Wars Revealed has not aged well! 😂

[@gsrywebley4617]

How can I get the video game of knew robot wars

[@TheknightofGod-KOG]

Love to see AI wars

[@thisbambibites]

Channel 5 treated Robot Wars like shite, moving it around so much so the viewership would fall. If I had C5 at the time (I live in Ireland) I would have watched the show anyway, because I was a huge RW fan growing up, but S7 not rating in C5's top 30 shows is just shocking.

[@zinderax9827]

I have an unpopular opinion that the reboot was far better than the og series more attachment and better fights for me

[@watsmyu989]

Bingot

[@paullaing5921]

Just over a minute in an I have to post a comment and its not going to be popular. I'm glad Tornado beat Razer. I like most was really impressed when Razer first showed up by the time the 6th series had arrived, their matches were really boring to watch. Same thing every time, plough into an opponent, bite down and not let go. Boring. At least that final match with Tornado was interesting to watch, if nothing else.

[@Jo-rz6bs]

It can be proven by the fact that i dont like them >:(

[@lewisb85]

I thought the whole point of the pit was lame, a no go area of the arena where a fight can be lost because you happened to go into it? OOTA I understand but pit never liked, when it was a hazard with the gauntlet that made sense but in respect of ending general fights, nah.

[@viking_2112]

I found the pit to be a good addition. Yeah the rules around it were inconsistent and highly controversial but it gave robots like panic attack a real chance and offered a new layer of strategy so I think it was a good idea and inclusion. Just wasn't executed the best