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Top 10 most unique weapons
Now, over the many years Robot Wars aired, we've seen all sorts of wierd, wonderful, interesting and unique robots...and often the same can be said for their weapons as well. Having had a think about this, I decided to have a look at the top 10 most interesting and/or unique weapons ever to be bought into the fray.

Weapon - Interchangable weapon pod. Seems an odd choice, because it certainly wasn't the only robot with interchangable weapons. But don't forget, this was the very first. Way back in Series 1, when no one else would probably even think of creating two completely different weapons, the Plunderbird boys bought in two. I'm not going to say it's a shame that Dreadnaut got fixed, but I AM going to say it's a shame WYSIWYG deliberately went further. One wonders what Plunderbird 1 might have achieved.
 * 10 - Plunderbird 1

Weapon - Knife Blade. My favourite machine out of all the New Blood competitors, to be honest. It was a pity it didn't do any better, it was, without doubt, a very interesting and solid machine. Of course, the knife blade weapon had really been bought into fame by the Battlebot competitor Overkill, but I never expected to see an alternative version of it. And it was hardly a replica of the famous robot either, it was a box with the weapon as an axe.
 * 9 - Piranha

Weapon - Trebuchet Now, I may have an advantage over most people here, without meaning to brag. I actually saw Dome at a live event, and having heard about it in the Robot Wars Magazine, I was interested to see how the weapon worked. It surprised me, certainly. The "ammunition" (the disc like thing on the end of the arm) isn't actually directly attached to the arm, but instead to a chain, so it acts like a flail. And boy, was it quick. After seeing the fight it put up against Storm (which it still lost), I was expecting a good fight against Diotoir....I got three seconds.
 * 8 - Dome

Weapon - Axe/Flipper in one. Now, this was an interesting feat. Creating a weapon which doubled as an axe and a flipper. In theory, that shouldn't work. Bash Gordon COULD have made it work, but Hammer & Tong did the impossible and put it ALL on the front, thanks to that retractable spike. Pity it never really progressed....I would have given it a Best Design nomination if I could.
 * 7 - Hammer & Tong

Weapon - Rotating Turrent. Another robot mentioned in the Robot Wars Magazine, and another robot I really wanted to see in action. It was actually quite a novel idea, and it did actually work. I mean, it was never going to be quite as effective as it could have been, but it still disabled Sabre-Tooth, who I thought could have won that battle. If only it wasn't so flimsy (no offence).
 * 6 - Evolution

Weapon - Spinning Triangle. I wish I could have seen Twister fighting in its home wars. From what I heard, it really gave both the Dutch series Champion and Runner-Up a run for their money. It's different as well...when most spinners are circular, they just decided to make a square one instead. A novel idea, to be honest. Its a shame it lost early in the UK series.
 * 5 - Twister (the Dutch robot)

Weapon - Articulating Mouth. Well, you already know how I used to feel about Chompie, as I do so fondly like to call it. But, although it never really looked as threatening as Jawbreaker, it DID work really well at the end of the day. I must admit, I was most impressed, especially after it managed to clamp hold of Stinger....I would have liked to have seen Razer try that. For Season 2, it went for a proper clamp, but I'll still remember the original better...it had more style.
 * 4 - General Chompsalot

Weapon - Bi-Rotational Axe. Oh, come on, just look at the title. An axe that spins and goes both ways, and even the team named it specifically. But the important thing was that it did damage. Frightening damage. I reckon it could have won that heat, were it not for Dantomkia.
 * 3 - IG-88

Weapon - Spring-Loaded Cutting Blade Now, come on, lets be honest here. How many of you people DIDN'T like Toe-Cutter's weapon? Not only was it different, but we even got a chance to see it in action. OK, true, not every robot is made of melons, but it still ripped the fur of Purple Predator. Not only that, I think it did some damage to Panic Attack as well. Toe-Cutter was certainly something special, as far as weapons go. But not quite special enough. Certainly, these machines have quite unique weapons and all. They showed of their strengths and they looked good. But they never really performed to their best. None of them made it past their heats on their own merits (Twister was wild-carded, and even then didn't win). So, therefore, the number 1 most interesting/unique weapon has to go to....
 * 2 - Toe-Cutter

Weapon - Do I HAVE to say it? Why this wasn't nominated for Series 4's Most Original Entry, I don't know. This machine was just brutal. It was a novel idea, really - let's make a wedge shaped replica of a spring-mousetrap. It looked good, certainly. But I wasn't expecting it to be as effective as it was. I bet, if you put your arm in there, it'd break, to be honest. And it was a semi-finalist as well, so that gives it even more merit. It was a great idea, and it was a shame it was never seen again after Series 5. I think it might have handled Series 7 better than Black & Blue did....albeit it would have probably lost to Firestorm anyway. But it had a great success in its time....and that's why I consider it to be the number one most interesting/unique weapon ever seen on Robot Wars.
 * 1 - Mousetrap