User blog comment:Toon Ganondorf/Heat Finalists that were capable of winning other heats/@comment-4700688-20160807184216

I find myself disagreeing with your Series 7 choices. If IG-88 exited Heat C, wouldn't it have become one of the weak walkover-for-the-seed heats you've been describing? IG-88 was a worthy heat finalist, not everyone has to go beyond. Heat L was plenty strong enough; Behemoth which was overdue a win, past heat finalists Crushtacean and Corkscrew, veteran Judge Shred, and the wonderful runner-up of the New Blood, Mute, which deserved a shot more than the double-entry Team Vader. M2's heat is allowed a strong selection as it was chosen to be the first episode, even if Heat B needed some pedigree. Another heat lacking in hood machines was actually Atomic's. Anarchy would struggle with Tornado, but they were still placed in the heat with the lowest seed. Statistically, that's generous. The 12th seed would've been Stinger if WBC could afford to return, it was just a case of wrong robot in the right place.