User blog comment:Hogwild94/Original Series Rusty Spanners/@comment-24393094-20180205085740

Heat C:
 * 3: Plunderbird's sad demise. Yeah, I know that Plunderbird 5 winning a battle was a stretch, but seeing it lose to S3 in that fashion and never return was a massive shame. Plus, this meant it could not compete in the Mayhem.


 * 2: Mousetrap's seeding. To be honest, Mousetrap was probably the weakest of all of the Series 4 semi-finalists. Nonetheless, it was a semi-finalist, so it should have been placed above Mini Morg and Gemini, to become the 18th seed. Come to think of it, Mousetrap would have enjoyed more success as the 19th seed than as the 18th...


 * 1: Post-battle interview of Stinger vs Hippobotomus: I still refuse to watch this, because in my opinion, this represents the worst of Robot Wars. The battle itself was one-sided, although Hippobotomus should be given some credit for surviving five minutes. However, what followed was a couple of minutes of the most embarrassing footage in a Robot Wars episode ever. Ellen crying was acceptable - she was a child after all. The show making Stinger's team look like villains, the crowd booing the team and Ellen being told to prod the team (and acctually doing it), was not.

Heat D:
 * 3: Firestorm 3 vs Sir Chromalot: Unlike with Toast, I do not find this moment as bad, since Firestorm 3 had just suffered damage to its flipper and for all we know, the team were acting cautiously for this reason. However... I still think Firestorm 3 would have won, flipper or no flipper, so maybe righting Sir Chromalot might have made the battle more entertaining.


 * 2: Rohog: It started well against Sir Chromalot, then it just sort of... died. Plus, to be honest, apart from the weight gain Rohog looked almost exactly the same as the Series 4 version that failed to qualify.


 * 1: Gemini's poor performance: From taking significantly more punishment than what the editing of the battle between it and Ruf Ruf Dougal suggests, to having its wheelie bars cost it the battle against Reactor 2, Gemini struggled throughout this episode. A disappointing end to Team Mace in my opinion, although kudos for them trying to make Gemini legal for Series 6.