robo challenge mini bot

its out now for pre order!!!!

whats ur views???

http://www.robochallenge.co.uk/Events_a ... ibot1.html

Typo alert if you reading James or Grant;

only the bast materials and parts. *Best

I think there's definitely a place for them in getting new people into the sport, saw a lot of people enjoying the one that was at the Gadget Show.

I think the major problem with most if not all of the kits being sold at the moment is that they don't fit into a weight class and so people cant turn up to competitions and get competing, something which would hopefully encourage them to build a unique machine once they feel more confident with it all. I don't think battling in a competition that is entirely comprised of clones of your own robot is the answer either.

Saying that, can understand why they are the weight they are though.

i personally think that kits should be in weight limits but its a good kit overall :)

My only concern is people turning up to antweight events with them assuming that they'll be allowed because they're kits, which isn't the case...other than that, anything that gets new roboteers into the sport is good.

i am not a fan of this new kit, for starters it doesn't fit into a weight class which doesn't make sense to me. a slightly more expensive beetleweight lifter kit could could be produced for just slightly more. alternatively an antweight kit could be produced for cheaper. both of these options would allow kit owners to fight other robots that aren't kits.

the second thing i do not like about these kits is the fact they are made from acrylic. i've seen several battle ants crack after falling from the arena onto a hard floor, we'll just have to wait and see if this kit has the same problem. having not tried out one of these kits i cannot comment on there performance.

the combat penguin antweight kits comply with all the antweight rules, and cost less than battle antz and perform better. this is due to us having lots of experience of antweight robots. as i said, i have not driven these new ones so can't comment too much about them.

I personally wouldn't want to put a kit like that in the arena with some of the beetleweights that have been created.

jonny, i wouldn't say lots of expericance, just about enough to find cheap stuff

have u got a link to the combat penguin kit????

its called email or pm me :lol: