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    A New and exciting product from Roaming Robots

    €œBattle Ratz €œ

    Over the last 5 years we€™ve had a range of robots which we€™ve used as a our fleet of pay to drive robots. Literally thousands of people have enjoyed driving and battling the robots during birthday parties, corporate events, school fetes, etc€¦. which we€™ve been involved in.

    Earlier in 2009 we took the plunge to make an investment into a new fleet of robots, which are now called €œ Battle Ratz €œ It has been a joint effort between myself and Trevor Wright, and finally it is ready to be launched.

    Every week I am asked many times €œ how to build a robot ? €œ so thought it was about time we did something about it.

    What we have now, is a flexible, affordable Robot Kit, which not only gives people the chance to buy a simple working chassis, but also a fully built robot to take part in events all over the UK. You can either have a €œrambot€ wedge with no weapon, or an electric lifter, or a spring powered flipper. Either way you buy the parts, and with a simple set of tools you can build your very own robot, or even upgrade it using some of our upgrade packages.

    We have invented the entry class as an easy way for people to get involved and take part in our events, the Feather Weight class is now so advanced that it is just as hard to get into and be competitive as the Heavy Weight class.

    If people do want to compete, we plan to run the Battle Ratz we sell, along side our pay to drive robots in the same arena. The introduction of the new robots with weapons has now transformed our Pay to Drive setup, with an upgrade arena including arena effects, and a token operated control system.

    Over the summer, we successfully trialled the operation which has set us in good stead for the future. We are already in talks with attractions around the UK about hosting Battle Rat competitions throughout the year. Wicksteed Park during the October Half term could be our next event, and we will be inviting feather weight teams to join us over the period we are there to act as house robots.

    They are now available to be purchased via the RR shop, have a look and see what you think, we welcome any feedback about what we are trying to do.

    Regards
    John
    Roaming Robots.
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    Would anything like this come on the market again?

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    There are some roboteers that do machines on commission. Antaz with his Antweigths for example. Ellis with Ranglebox did have a run too.

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    the issue you have with kit robots is simply the time element that has to go into them. A very basic featherweight could easily take 20 to 30 hours to put together properly. Now if you go by minimum wage plus materials then it really starts to add up.

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