Vic, the Robot Wars crew became VERY worried during the qualifiers and the filming because the arena got a lot of damage from the start that was worse than they have ever seen before. We are talking about I-beams of (Im guessing here) 100 milimeter think getting bent like straws, Im talking about polycarbonate panels getting smashed like thin ice, Im talking about using crowbars to dislodge panels wrecked into the supporting beams and for removing removable links (pun intended), I talking about cameras getting hit by flying robots, featherweights going into orbit and roof lamps having to be replaced. A lot of money was spent there.
It was fun though.