User blog comment:NJGW/Robot Wars Missions - Entry 1: Finding machines that are genuinely overrated/@comment-32908357-20180429220522/@comment-32908357-20180429232435

Then my nomination is Ironside 3 from Series 8 because many people enthusiastically praise it as one of the most impressive robots in it's heat. But for me, I think Ironside 3 from Series 8 is an okay machine by Series 8 standards. Now yes, I do think the robot has a cool body design, but the srimech is literally as slow as a snail which led to Ironside 3's defeat against Pulsar, plus it's weapon was HUGELY under powered and took a very long time to get up to speed which led to the robot not inflicting damage that severe and Ironside 3 got lucky that it hit it's opponent's weak spots. (Like Pulsar's wheels which aren't protected at the back, Thermador 2's wheels which had no protection whatsoever and Beast's skeleton frame with exposed wheels like Pulsar) Now, you might say the same thing about Nuts 2 as it hit it's opponent's small weak spots, except with Nuts 2 this worked because of it's weapon design and the team decided to take full advantage of it. Ironside 3 is supposed to do damage like Tombstone or Carbide, but it can't due to the weapon being too weak. I will admit that the Series 9 version is a huge improvement with it's faster spin-up time, quicker motors and improved srimech, but I still think the Series 8 version gets too much credit If you include this on the list, then I would be interested to hear what your thoughts are on this version of Ironside 3.