User blog comment:Nweston8/Series 9, Heat A, afterthoughts/@comment-29558956-20170306094633

Aftershock was unstoppable, Jellyfish was adorable, and Sabretooth got utterly trashed. Still, kudos to Sabretooth for finally winning not one, but TWO battles, and to Terrorhurtz for lasting as long as it did against it and Aftershock.

As for Episode 1 itself, I found it just as engaging as ever, although I do have some reservations about how many robots are going to be fit enough to carry on in the 'Head-to-Heads' with so many spinners out there. I'm glad that they carried over the on-screen graphics from Battle of the Stars, and overall I feel that Series 9 is starting to become a massive step forward in terms of presentation and destructiveness.