Karoline, youre right.

The first time we went to visit an English live event (Croydon 2001) we had Project Ones axe in the trunk of our car. Oh you should have seen the face of the English Customs Officer when we opened the trunk and took out that 1 meter long steel axe with a blade of 20 cm wide !!! I doubt American Customs Officers will be as broadminded as this English one -whose face brightened with sudden enthousiasm on the mention of Robot Wars- was.
I also wonder if American roboteers would be able to ship their robots to the UK and back to the USA without having to answer some very pertinent questions ? Besides, dont all roboteers have screwdrivers, spanners and cutters in their pockets ? I know I would get into trouble in no time... I always carry an almost complete set of tools in my purse.