User:StalwartUK/Robot Wars Logo

The Robot Wars logo was a prominent part of the show, featuring in every episode and was used on all merchandise tying into the series. Additionaly it was also incorporated into the Robot Wars Arena itself.

The design essentialy consisted of a cog with five teeth on the right hand side adorned by a weapon. On the left hand side wrapped around the logo from bottom to top was the name "ROBOT WARS" spelt out in block capitals in the Bank Gothic font, a font which was also widely used throughout the series for text that showed up on screen.

The logo would eventually be modified a few times throughout the course of the series. Starting with The Second Wars the logo would often be defaced for special episodes, such as grand finals and special one-off competitions. More extensive modifications would eventually be made for the spinoff series Robot Wars Extreme and American versions of the series.

=Television=

Logo 1 (Series 1) (1998)
The first iteration of the logo would be short lived, as it was not used after the first series. Compared to later designs it was much darker and had a more 3D appearence.

Logo 2 (Series 2-4) (1998-2001)
The second version of the logo was used from Series 2 through to Series 4, lasting three series in total. The logo lost its 3D appearence for the most part and was made much brighter. The "ROBOT WARS" text in particular was now flat and had a drop shadow underneath.

Series 2
Series 2 would become the first time that the logo was defaced for certain episodes, the first such example being the first semi-final.

Series 3
Series 3 continued the trend set by Series 2. The semi-finals this time round did not have a special variation of the logo.

Series 4
The pattern held for the fourth series, with the grand final and special competition episodes having a special logo. The typeface used for the event subtitle was changed.

American Series
For the first time an international series was created, dubbed Robot Wars: Grand Champions using footage filmed for The Fourth Wars. The same basic design as was being used at the time was kept but the "GRAND CHAMPIONS" subtitle was added in the same typeface as was used for Robot Wars Extreme and Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors. Also worthy of mention is the The New TNN (The National Network) logo was directly incorporated into the design in the top part of the weapon. The New TNN logo had many different colour schemes in use. In this instance it had red text on a yellow background. A similar design modification would later be made for the Extreme Warriors logo.

Logo 3 (Extreme Series 1-2, Series 5-7) (2001-2004)
In 2001, commencing with the first series of Robot Wars Extreme the logo recieved a substanial facelift, coinciding with the debut of a new intro sequence. The logo now included more detail presumably to give a more metallic appearence.

The Extreme version of the logo was largely the same as the one used in the regular series execept defacing it with the "EXTREME" subtitle in a block capital typeface. The American series Extreme Warriors would make a similar alteration.

Extreme Series 1
Due to having numerous special events, championships and specials this series had by far the most variations of the Robot Wars logo. Due to the structure of the series incorporating multiple events into a single episode instead these logos appeared before each event took place. The main Extreme logo was used to open and close each episode.

The Second World Championship logo marked the first time the logo was used as part of a bigger design instead of the event name being a subtile on top of the main logo.

Extreme Series 2
The main Extreme logo was not used at the start of each episode, instead the event logo took its place each episode. As with the Second World Championship logo from Series 1 of Robot Wars Extreme the logo was incorporated as part of a larger design, often taking the place of a letter "O". One noteworthy variant was the European Championship logo, in which the Robot Wars logo was surrounded by the 12 stars from the European Union flag.

Series 7
In addition to appearing in the show's opening and closing titles it was now also used as a break bumper before and after each commercial break, which were new to Series 7 as it was now broadcast on a commercial channel, Five. These breaks remained intact even on the promotional DVD releases of the series.

American Series
While the Dutch and German series used the same logo as the UK series the American series all modifed the logo in some way. TNN's Extreme Warriors included the TNN logo in its design and the Nickelodeon series incorporated their famous "splat" logo.

=Merchandise= While the TV show would modify the logo a few times throughout it's run merchandise related to the show used a different variant altogether that remained the same throughout the lifespan of the show. It most closely resembles the second logo but has different gradients and detailing.