User blog:CaliforniaKingsnake/Top 10 Most Shocking Robots

As stated in a previous Top 10, many robots are overhyped and so let us down when they fail. However, the opposite can also happen. There can be robots that we expect to lose, yet they manage to pull the rug out from under us to surprise us all, no matter how short-lived. Which brings us to this list. Now the same rules as the Disappointing Robots list apply here: robots must have fought in at least 2 fights and have appeared in the UK series.

Number 10
Cast your minds back to the first episode of Series 8. This was a very tough lineup, with Razer, Behemoth, Terrorhurtz, and new machines from Cold Fusion Team and Team Mute. Not only that, but there's this evil newcomer Carbide brooding. So out of all of those, who on Earth expected Nuts to survive? Seriously, even Dara admitted even from the start that Nuts had no chance, kept going "They've made an effort", which we all know is the way of saying "You're dead" without saying it. Even after the battle, he still admits that nobody expected it to do so well. Now yes, Nuts got 0 points at the end of Round 2, but even in those fights it still did unbelievably well. Against Carbide it wasn't so good, but against two of the most experienced roboteers in all of Robot Wars, they still hold them to judges' decisions. Heck, even the minibots survived despite being flung in the air and crashing down on the metal floor. And Nuts managed to hold Terrorhurtz off to a judges' decision even with wonky wheels, no flail and a barely solid robot. Nuts is nigh unkillable, it took nasty spinners to destroy it, and even then they managed to repair themselves despite their flail being ripped off, the wheels being shredded and one of said wheels, WITH MOTOR ATTACHED, flung out of the arena and ripped from the robot.

Nuts have established themselves as the new "do it for the fun of it" team, and I really do love it. There's not a single moment I haven't laughed it when it comes to this team. They're bonkers, they're insane, they're hilarious. And most of all, they were shockingly through.