User blog comment:RA2/Robot Wars Rankdown: Extreme 1 & Series 5/@comment-2118191-20180704170244

Have you got a srimech? Course we 'ave....it just doesn't work: Kan-Opener. I think that pretty much speaks for itself. We have no idea how capable the claws really are because the team built a srimech which they seemingly didn't test properly. I know that seems harsh, but the fact is, Kan-Opener had a fatal flaw that proved to be easily exploitable.

No Beast of Bodmin: 8645T. At this stage, I think most of the genuinely rubbish robots have gone. Even the robots left that didn't win a battle and have yet to be nominated looked to have some promise, the main reason why I have yet to renominate Philipper. I did consider putting Spirit of Knightmare back into the pool since it is very middle-of-the-road, this would be a suitable place to let it go and most of the robots left could beat it, but thinking back over, 8645T was cumbersome, largely ineffective, top-heavy and, were it not for the name gimmick, it would be largely forgettable. Not really the sorta thing you want at this stage of the rankdown.

Pool: 101, 8645T, Corkscrew, Kronic 2, Ming 3, Mousetrap, The Revolutionist, Thermidor 2, Wolverine