Robot Wars Magazine/Issue 11

"Welcome to the best ever issue of Robot Wars Magazine! I know all the other house robots will say I'm only saying that because I am editing this issue, but it's true."

- Opening message from Sergeant Bash, Page 3

Issue 11 of Robot Wars Magazine, cover dated February 2001, was released on the 21st February 2001.

Features

 * Team Sheet: Really, Really, Wild! - The regular feature listing the statistics of competitors from Series 4. In this issue, only one robot was included: Wild Thing.
 * Superbots: Shuntasaurus! - A drawing of an improved version of Shunt, with suggestions from fans and cartoonist Tom Carsey, who drew the original concept pictures for the House Robots.
 * Heat Report: Stingers 'N' Flingers Another Heat Report from Series 4, covering Heat J.
 * How To Draw: Stinger - The regular feature showing an easy way to draw Robot Wars competitors, the robot in this issue being Stinger.
 * Robot Wars Club News - News for club members, with two competitions. Also included the usual information on how to join with form.
 * Subscribe Today! - The usual deal was offered to readers who subscribed - 12 issues for the price of 11.
 * Heat Report: Well Snap Attack! - Another Heat Report from Series 4, covering Heat K.
 * Controlled Puzzle Zone - A new feature, containing puzzles such as a wordsearch and anagrams.
 * Letters - Letters from fans, also featuring Dr Zulu's Robot Hospital and a preview of the next issue.

Comics
From this issue onwards, there were two comics in each issue, and the comics were five pages long, rather than the three pages the previous "Grudge Match" and "Fantasy Fight" comics had been.

Fantasy Fight: Panic Attack vs Suicidal Tendencies - The two robots charged straight into each other, and Panic Attack got underneath Suicidal Tendencies, pushing it into Sergeant Bash's CPZ. Bash attacked Suicidal Tendencies with the flamethrower, but then pinched into Panic Attack's lifitng forks, giving Suicidal Tendencies a chance to escape. Suicidal Tendencies came back, and flipped Panic Attack with its forks, sending Panic Attack flying straight into the pit.

Fantasy Fight: Behemoth vs Wild Thing vs Gemini - Wild Thing charged at Gemini, but Gemini split, so both halves dodged Wild Thing. Instead, Wild Thing charged into Behemoth, which flipped it. The two halves of Gemini got behind Behemoth and flipped it. Wild Thing came back into the battle, and both halves of Gemini charged in on it. However, Wild Thing was able to flip one of the Gemini halves out of the arena, before Behemoth charged in on the other two robots, leaving them broken and immobilised.

Competitions

 * Know Your Robots! - 50 copies of Robot Wars: The Official Robot Guide were avaliable to win. The question was "Which Contestant Robot Splits Into Two Parts", to which the answer is Gemini.
 * Wheely Good Fun! - 2 XT-4000 Scooters with safety gear were avaliable to win. 2 runners-up would receive a safety gear. The question was "Which Two-Wheeled Robot Can You Learn To Draw In This Issue?".
 * Catch The Buzz! - 10 copies of the Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins film were avaliable to win, along with Buzz T-Shirts and Little Green Men Beanbag Toys. The question was "What Is Buzz Lightyear's Catchphrase", to which the answer was "To Infinity And Beyond!".
 * Motorcycle Mayhem - 1 winner would receive a PS1 with a copy of Ducati World, a T-Shirt and Motorbike Model. 4 runners-up would receive copies of the game, T-Shirts and Motorbike Models. The question was "Which Blue Robot Has A Spinning Blade", to which the answer was Pussycat.

Two competitions were also included in the Robot Wars Club section.
 * Steg Needs A New Name - A competition for suggestions of a robot name, including a "Steg" theme, for Jurassic Park team, who were building a new robot and didn't want to call it Steg 3".
 * Win Signed Razer Prints! - Team Razer were giving away 10 special Razer illustrations, each one of which was signed. The question was "What is Razer's top speed? 8 kph 18 kph 39 kph".

Posters

 * Pussycat (2 pages)
 * Cease! (1 page)

Free Gifts
A free sticker album and stickers were included with this issue.

Adverts

 * Pokémon - Poké Ball Game (Page 15)
 * FBX Magazine (Page 29)

Credits

 * Editor, Boys' Magazines: Jason Loborik
 * Deputy Editor: David Hayles
 * Art Editor: Simon Oliver
 * Designer: Ben Ireland
 * Picture Editor: Sharron Price
 * Editorial Assistant: Kelly Austin
 * Advertising: Theresa Davies
 * Marketing Executive: Siobhan Galvin
 * Marketing Manager: Helen Northard
 * Marketing Assistant: Ruth Rowntree
 * Production Controller: Sarah Hovell
 * Senior Production Controller: Joanne Beattie
 * Circulation Manager: Heather Mcilfatrick
 * Publisher: Toni Round
 * Editorial Director, Family Group: Nicky Smith
 * Director, Family Group [UK Region]: Gillian Lasker
 * Managing Director, BBC Worldwide [UK Region]: Peter Teague
 * Contributors: John Ross, Alan Craddock, David Benham, Davey Moore, Dr Zulu
 * Photography: Chris Capstick, John Green
 * Thanks: Nasty Nige, Maxi Priest, Trisha, "The Trolley"

Errors and Omissions

 * In the comic, it is stated that CPZ stands for "Controlled Patrol Zone", when it actually stands for Corner Patrol Zone.
 * In the Heat Report for Heat I, Weld-Dor 2 is incorrectly spelt "Wel-Dor" again.