I have won around £1000 over the last 3 years - If it was still on TV I would have prob won 20 times that and the toy deal which would be nice but it's not coming back.
Just a small point on the toy deal - exactly £0 was made from that - plus the pride of seeing your creation reproduced in the shops. In that respect absolutely nothing has changed - except nowadays we make or commission our own merchandise and our shop windows are the event organisers. What money is made actually goes back into keeping the robot running instead of straight into the pockets of the toy makers and tv companies.

[edit] Well said Gary