User blog comment:Rammingspeed/Robot Wars Series 9 Heat C - Rammingspeed's Punditry/@comment-29558956-20170316130602

I for one am looking forward to seeing how well Heavy Metal works, and the full range of interchangeable weapon configurations it has to offer.

Concussion also looks solid and potent, while the specifications for its drum make me feel optimistic that it is going to be much more durable than Sabretooth's.

As for Thor, I'm expecting great things from it based on footage of the latest version competing at live events, but I do worry that its ground clearance from the sides and back is going to make it very susceptible to getting lifted or flipped from those positions in the later stages.

Also, if they both escape the first round, Foxic Mk3 and Speed Squared Slim had better not repeat that dreadful Head-to-Head from last series if they do face each other again.

Chimera 2 looks like a major improvement over the original, but I'm not expecting much out of it other than taking a leaf out of Gabriel's book when it comes to spinner-resistant wheels. Likewise, it's great to see the return of school-based teams in the form of Expulsion, but the side-stranding issue is too obvious for me to ignore at this point.

Finally, Tauron looks imposing and has a spinner that sounds ominous at full revolutions, but I do have concerns that the pivoting mechanism might not work as intended. Should be interesting to see how damaging it and Concussion are, though.