LET THE WARS BEGIN
Robo Savage Vs Kadeena Machina
Robo Savage is the robot operated by Welsh footballing legend Robbie Savage and some of his non-descript friends. No prizes for guessing how he came up with the name of his machine. Robbie Savage was mentored by Jason Marston from the Thor team.
Robo Savage is very much a machine embodiment of the Welsh flag completed with dragon wings and the red, green and white paint job. Robo Savage's weapon was a flipping arm capable of lifting three tons.
Their opponent was paralympian Kadeena Cox who was mentored by Ellis Ware of the Pulsar team, who were grand finalists in the last series.
Kadeena's machine was unimaginatively called Kadeena Machina, but her robot was sleek and stylish. It looked quite similar to the machine S3 from the days of old, with a small and squat bodyshape with a 15kg spinning disc that spins at 2000 rpm. Although Angela did point out that Kadeena's wheels are exposed, Ellis makes the good point that the less weight they have in armour, the more they can put into the weapon.
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The battle began quietly with Robo Savage getting some tentative flips in and Kadeena Machina's spinning disc being deflected by Robo Savage's armour. After some more dancing around each other, Robo Savage tries to get another flip in, resulting in its flipping arm becoming bent and buckled by Kadeena Machina's vicious spinning disc. Robo Savage then begins running away, but it can't get away from Kadeena's flywheel, as it shreds Robo Savage's wheel, tears up the dragon wings, thus immobilising the Welsh machine. A good win by Kadeena Machina.
Dee Vs The Soldier Ant
Dee was operated by Rizzle Kicks member Jordan Stephens who was a great sportsman and very entertaining, if a little obnoxious. Mentoring Jordan was John Reid from the Terrorhurtz team. Dee is a simple pink thwackabot. This basically means that their robot is essentially a big mace/spike to thwack other machines into submission.
The Soldier Ant was operated by TV historian Neil Oliver and his two sons. I liked Neil, as it was obvious he was a family man and he was doing the show for his kids, which was great to see. The Soldier Ant is something out of Desert Storm, armed with a 3 tonne hydraulic crush. Neil Oliver was assisted by Will Thomas from the Shockwave team.
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Dee's biggest weakness was its huge pneumatic tyres, which were a juicy red target for the Soldier Ant's hydraulic claw. The Soldier Ant tried to take advantage of this weakness by repeatedly grabbing hold and pinning Dee, but their weapon wasn't strong enough to penetrate Dee's armour. Whilst Dee wasn't being pinned down was spinning around the arena, showing that it was a robot that difficult to control. Thwackbots like Dee are notorious for being difficult to control, due to the nature of their weapons. The general idea is that the robot would charge into its opponent with its own momentum sending its hammer crashing down onto the enemy machine. This was the theory, yet rarely did it work. The only exception is the S4 grand finalist Stinger. This time round, The Soldier Ant was able to take full advantage of Dee's unpredictability by grabbing hold of its and piercing its wheel. The decision went to the judges who unsurprisingly awarded it to The Soldier Ant.
The Soldier Ant Vs Robo Savage
This was a good fight between two good robots. The Soldier Ant gets the first blow in by lowering its crusher into Robo Savage's sweet insides, but doing no real damage. Robo Savage didn't take kindly to his by then flipping over The Soldier Ant, which suffered a weakness common amongst crushers-no or an ineffective self-righting mechanism. The Soldier Ant was down for the count. Matilda flipped them back over after they had been immobilised and the two had a tousle, which The Solider Ant eventually lost.
The Kadeena Machina Vs Dee
This battle was over before it even begun. Dee went on a kamikaze run over to be sent flying across the arena by the sheer force of The Kadeena Machina's spinning disc. Dee lost a wheel which went in one direction, whilst the rest of the robot went in a completely different direction. The Kadeena Machina were the obvious winners.
Robo Savage vs Dee
This fight was the most controversial and closest fight we've had so far. Dee started as per usual by spinning wildly and in fairness, they did get some good hits in. The sparks flew as the two robots connected. And as Dee is an invertible machine, Robo Savage's flipping arm wasn't that effective at flipping it. However, what it was good at was puncturing Dee's tyre, but Dee also managed to buckle Robo Savage's flipping arm. There wasn't any clear winner by the end of the fight and the decision went to Dee, which Robbie Savage was not happy by. There was bickering galore, which I imagine was played up to the cameras. Dee was still out either way, but that didn't stop Robbie Savage from kicking off.
The Soldier Ant Vs The Kadeena Machina
The final fight saw the group winners The Kadeena Machina against the hydraulic crusher The Soldier Ant.
The Soldier Ant started strongly by staying away from The Kadeena Machina, but they failed to inflict any damage themselves. The Kadeena Machina punished The Soldier Ant for this by first shredding their wheel, then their crushing ant, before finally tearing out The Soldier Ant's removable link (kill-switch) immobilising it.
The Kadeena Machina were through to the final, but The Soldier Ant was a worthy opponent.
The Kadeena Machina Vs Robo Savage
Robo Savage began this battle tentatively, spinning around, wondering how they would take on the fearsome The Kadeena Machina. However, Kadeena had no such reservations. She went in for the kill, buckling Robo Savage's wheelguard and tearing up the wheel itself. With one hit, The Kadeena Machina had won the battle and the contest.
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