29th December 2007 - Robo Challenge at Thinktank

The main thing with replicas is that 1 as dave said, needs to look very similar and onlyy minor differences. and 2, they need reflect the things that made their copies famous. A mini hypno would be no good with a rubbish disc, a mini Thz would be no good with a rubbish axe, And a mini chaos 2 would be no good without an awesome flipper. Thats only if your going for the full on replica may i add!! Otherwise i think its pointless, you would get more praise using that design for you own individual robot.

Hmmm
Cylon2 (pic in profile) with a nice paint job could pass as mini firestorm !!!front flipper weapon ... body not quite the same but its wot i had in workshop and its stainless as opposed to aluminium....name FIREFLY !!!

Cheers Tony

i think litte johns right... tom go and persuade your dad to make a mini kan opener.... it would be one of the most feared feather weights for sure !!! Nastier than the spinners id think !!

Mind you, i could see it costing more than the big one !!! youve got until may !!

who making mini house robots then so it looks like robots wars 8

Dad is building 2 new big ones. so you better watch out for them instead!

He said a little one would cost to much.

lol

For our may event whos up for a replicas battle then.

Il get Venom in there for sure. need rip, 360, DTK, Kitty, Venom, Little Typhoon, anybody think of any others?

mini terrorhurtz i think someones built 1

Matt
I did yonks ago....mini-hurts and a mini kan-opener.....tin opener....but they are long gone
Niether worked properly !!!!

Cheers Tony

The thought of making a mini replica for a replicas battle in May is appealing but a) I cant decide who to make it of and b) could I get it done in time *wonders*

Any suggestions for replicas (preferably simpler ones) welcome :)

(Message edited by K_C_R on January 06, 2008)

are we covered by the FRA if we get sued for copyrighting?

whilst making a replica would be a nice side project I dont have the time to do it properly so there wont be a mini typhoon in may. Would rather get hornet 2 sorted.

Looks like it suffered more damage than i though originally. Its going to be interesting to keep it running for 3 days.

The picture on my profile shows the 4 bolts (along with a new one) that were holding my mag on.

Think I need to go to drill and tap my mag to take M6s instead of M4s!

Jamie- road block easy enough for ya?

I thought about Roadblock as it would probably be remembered quite well but Id have to include a srimech to make it worth competing (dont wanna be beaten too easily by getting flipped) and Id be inclined to make the saw at the back into a heavy disc powered off a car fan motor or similar, so Id feel that would be changing Roadblock too much from the orginal design.

Something like Thermidor has always appealed to me, and Ive dreamed of making a featherweight Growler but thats still limited to being in my dreams for the time being :)

im make a feather killalot or psycho, that would be a right challenge

my first feather was ment to be like thermidor.. but it was a pile of dog tod. lol

i will join the fun and finish envious in the form of firestorm :) if thats ok :)

:sad: i was going to do that after i saw what your forward flipper turned out like :sad:

i have sent a mail to graham asking him if he minds me building a feather firestorm. will be in the shed all day wednesday building it. see if i can get it out at swindon :)

should be good

make sure you take photos

dont think were going swindon

Shane I have been trying to get in touch with Graham, can you pass on my details or bring his to Swindon for me, thanks
Clive

had no reply as yet clive i am wondering if the email addy i have is still in use. but yes i will pass on or bring to swindon if i get in touch.

Does Mini Mighty Mouse count as a replica? seeing as its big daddy was on the telly?

Trev

ye that sounds good trev

Absolutely Trev. It might very well be the first one of the replicas along with Venom and Kitty.

Just got Surens ok to do a feather copy of Supanova.:mrgreen:

This motor should do for the disk Perm Motor PMG 080

Dont forget about Basher. Ok, its not an actual replica of terrorhurtz but its close (its got two wheels and an axe lol)

This is a bit of a very long shot, but did anyone get any film or pics of my robot Basher! at the EURO CHAMPS when it slammed through the microwave and then chucked it out of the arena?

no wayne, nobody remembers that? i do recall it throwing a cuddly toy out of the arena though, maybe it was that you are thinking of lol :P only kidding

Theres a vid on Youtube of my robot pushing Basher in the pit :proud:

But no sorry, dont have any vids or pics of the microwave/Basher demo

How could i forget, that fight still haunts me. lol. Youve made some good improvements since then as well.

have you still got your pit magntic from trilibium wayne. it was a very reliable piece of kit!

dont think youve got one in basher especially after that super jump over DB5... nice move!

wayne, didnt see you at think tank, from what i remember you axe was great

you going to be at many events this year?

Hey, lil john. Im the arena marshall for Robo Challenge and odd job man. So i was there but just didnt bring Basher! with me. Hopefully i will be going to as many events as i can make this year.
Just been developing a stronger tail as my ti one broke off. oh and straighten the axe lol

pic of the first mini replicas fighting on my profile :)

hehe :P

Finally, weve managed to upload our first bit of footage onto YouTube. Some best bits from the event, more to follow. (NB quality not brilliant as only taken with an analogue camcorder!)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=X_cWLjNa8wUhttp://youtube.com/watch?v=X_cWLjNa8wU

brill quality and filming looks like the 1st 6 fights or so

ps whens the rest up ;)

yeah we wanna see it when beauty gets flipped out of the arena! lol, i have it on dvd but i have slow motioned it so many times that the dvd is buggered lol.