Welcome to the first of 8 special battles in this season of Robot SMASH!! , the first of which will feature 7 robots weighing no more than 13.6kg in the FEATHERWEIGHT MELEE!

Featherweight Melee

Created and entered by Steven McGregor, seeded #1, T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L!
This is a tracked robot with a front electric lifting scoop and a top mounted axe to allow it two methods of attack plus the ability to clamp opponents between the two weapons and dump them where Steven wishes. With a 6kg weight advantage due to the tracks Steven should have no difficulty in pushing opponents around.

In RS!!1: Lifted and pitted the Robot Wars Extreme 2 Featherweight Champion Arrgh in the first round, then was drawn up against Micro-Gore in round 2. Kody grabbed hold of the scoop though and was held aloft by the powerful T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L before being dumped in the pit. In the final then it was up against the realie Skink, who was also pushed into the pit and out of the contest.

Created and entered by Daniel Stickler, Deadly Lampshade!
Replacing the realie Katnip as Daniel€™s featherweight entry this season is this powerful full body spinner which should have no problems ripping up the opposition. However the lack of a srimech could prove telling with all those nasty flippers out there today.

In RS!!1: Didn€™t enter

Created and entered by Kody Kunz, seeded #3, Micro-Gore!
This axlebot with a claw in the centre looked devastatingly powerful last time around, the question is can Kody repeat last season€™s success or even go one better to grab a more colourful medal this time around?

In RS!!1: Looked like a strong contender in the eliminator last time around as dumped its horizontal counter-part Katnip in the pit. Kody was confident heading into round 2, but was lifted and dumped in the pit by the eventual champion T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L. Things got better again though in the play-off for third place when the claw grabbed hold of and crumpled Pillow Torque.

Built by Team Wind Power, entered by Paul Cuomo, seeded #2, Skink!
This bright yellow and blue pneumatic flipping robot threw opponents far and wide last time around, but T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L€™s axe went through the light plastic armour way too often and easily last season and this could be just a repeat.

In RS!!1: Threw Cunning Plan over the fence in round 1, but then had a hard fight with Pillow Torque in round 2 due to its opponent€™s ability to run inverted. However Martijn eventually tossed it out of the competition to move onto the final, where it was knocked around by T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L. Skink got some flips in, but just wasn€™t enough...

Built by Team Kat, entered by Christopher Mason, Kitty!
This mini-version of the heavyweight fighting robot Pussycat has a powerful spinning blade on the front and like its big brother will always land on its feet. However the older sibling didn€™t get far in the main competition and it is very similar.

In RS!!1: Didn€™t enter

Created and entered by Alex Holt, Sith!
This wedge shaped 12kg machine won the featherweight class competition in Crash and Burn Tournament: Other Weights. It has a pneumatically powered flipper and decent stats in every other aspect, so could do well.

In RS!!1: Didn€™t enter

Built by a team of people, entered by Joey McConnell, Krayzee Tokyo!
Basically a remote controlled car in a shell, this ancient RW1 competitor has no weapons, rubbish armour and a huge turning circle. It doesn€™t have a srimech, nor has it got anything going for it at all. Why did Joey enter it? Who knows...? At least he picked the heat winner last season.

In RS!!1: Didn€™t enter

Roboteers, standby!

Booth 1: Steven McGregor, Paul Cuomo, Kody Kunz
Booth 2: Daniel Stickler, Joey McConnell, Christopher Mason, Alex Holt

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SMASH!!

All seven machines move off the mark as SMASH is called, with the potent-looking Deadly Lampshade quickly becoming a spinning blur as it emits a terrifying whir in mere seconds. Krayzee Tokyo meanwhile has driven onto the killsaws and has quite simply had the electronics sawn right through, not to mention being flipped over. Deadly Lampshade moves in just for fun and nudges it, with Daniel enjoying the impact this has on Krayzee Tokyo as it flies off across the arena in tiny pieces. Meanwhile Sith has made a sneaky move on Skink, creeping up on Paul from the side and turning him over. The 2nd seed is quick to self-right, but now in comes Deadly Lampshade from the side and rips a huge gash in the side armour! Skink really is already looking the worse for wear, but meanwhile another realie is in massive trouble as Micro-Gore has pressed the pit release button and now has Kitty in what can only be described as a headlock, with the claw around the neck of the Pussycat-replica as Kody pulls around to drop Christopher€™s realie entry into the pit with a puff of smoke, but he holds on too long and gives T.R.ED.T.H.A.L the perfect chance to attack, which Steven does, scooping it up and bringing the axe over to hold the Stinger-with-a-claw featherweight in place! He lifts it up into the air and holds it over the pit for a few seconds before letting go with the axe and dropping last season€™s bronze medallist into the abyss after Kitty! Already three robots have bitten the dust and we€™re not even a minute into the action! Meanwhile Deadly Lampshade has struck Skink again, ripping out a drive motor! With the featherweight gold motor now on the arena floor Skink isn€™t out, but certainly as good as dead. But Paul hasn€™t given up yet as he pulls around to get underneath Deadly Lampshade and throws it into the air! Daniel€™s machine is thrown high into the air, but spins up while airborne so when it hits the ground on its side it€™s lucky enough to bounce back down the right way up! Sith moves in on Skink for the second time and flips it over, allowing Skink to self-right before reversing into the rear and pushing Paul across the arena towards the killsaws, which raise and lower in anticipation! The saws are designed to cut through heavyweights, and although they don€™t often do that Skink€™s plastic armour is no match for them and the second featherweight in this match is sawn through and flipped away! Skink self-rights, surprising the crowd that the pneumatics are still intact, but it lands on the arena wall with the flipper in the air! In a position as vulnerable as this there€™s nothing Paul can do and Alex just fits the flipper in underneath the rear of Skink before firing the weaponry in order to send it up and over the arena side wall! Now he turns to face the other two fighters, who are fighting a deadly battle. Deadly Lampshade has scored some hits, but received some from the axe of T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L, and now Sith returns to the fray, jamming the flipper arm underneath the momentarily static Deadly Lampshade (which just struck T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L) and throws it up and over with the flipping arm! And as Daniel wasn€™t spinning when flipped this time Deadly Lampshade just lands on its back, unable to do much at all! With it defeated Sith just gives it another nudge to put in the pit on top of Micro-Gore and Kitty before turning to meet the attacking champion, who gets underneath the front wedge of Sith on this attempt and brings the axe down on Sith, holding it in position so that the lifter can hoist it into the air! However Sith topples over backwards, and quickly self-rights so that it is under T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L! Alex hits the flipper button and turns the champion onto its back, but Steven uses the axe to self-right, only to find Sith rushing in beneath him and flipping T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L sideways this time! Once again Steven self-rights, but the tracks do not provide enough speed and Sith is quickly underneath again, only Alex only slightly gets underneath this time, and when the flipper comes up we see that the blade of the flipper is stuck in the track of T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L, so when it is flipped up into the air the track is pulled right off! T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L still seems to be OK though, if a little less manoeuvrable, though it needs that track now as Sith gets underneath the side again and pushes the champion towards the pit and quickly reaching it before firing the flipper to send last season€™s winner plunging down into the chasm and out of the contest!

CEASE!

Krayzee Tokyo is sent back to Tokyo, Kitty is packed off to the dog-house, Micro-Gore (3) is locked outside, Skink (2) is on the camera tracks, Deadly Lampshade has a power cut and T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L (1) is tracked down and pitted; Sith is the featherweight champion of Robot SMASH!! Series 2: Recharged!

7th Krayzee Tokyo
6th Kitty
5th Micro-Gore (3)
4th Skink (2)
3rd Deadly Lampshade
2nd T.R.E.D.T.H.A.L (1)
+2>1st Sith

Coming Next- The Lightweight Melee!
Ringo Scarr vs. Anti-Virus 2.1 vs. Radioactive vs. Little Big Bot vs. Claw vs. Backlash