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Wild Thing was the name given to a series of robots produced by the roboteering team, the Adams Family. It competed in Series 3-6. One of the most successful individual robots, it made four semi-finals out of four attempts, and lost to the reigning champion on three occasions. Despite these losses, it proved itself an incredibly resilient robot, only breaking down once. It almost defeated Chaos 2 in Series 5, and managed to take Tornado and Hypno-Disc to judges' decisions, unlike most robots that lost to those two.

The original machine was named Thing 2 and entered into Series 3. It featured a steep wedge shape, but its weaponry (a lifting arm fitted with a spike) was on the back of the robot instead of the front. This weapon was rarely used as it preferred to use its wedge shape to tip its opponents over, much like Roadblock. However, its flat wedge front left it helpless when tipped over by Panic Attack in the semi-finals. Thing 2 had a Latin message on its front, reading "Aut Vincere Aut Mori", which translates as "To conquer or to die".

In the Fourth Wars, Wild Thing kept the same wedge shape, but added a lance mounted on a self-righting arm. This version of Wild Thing was the most successful, reaching the second round of the semi-finals. For Series 5, the lance was shortened so that it would only serve as a self-righter, and a large spinning disc was added on the wedge.

In Series 6, the robot was completely redesigned into an arrow shaped invertible machine with a vertical cutter. This version was known as Wild Thing 2, but the name was rarely ever used. (more...)