User blog comment:ToastUltimatum/ToastUltimatum's Robot Wars: The Eighth Wars/@comment-3048006-20120304133921/@comment-4700688-20120304135648

It takes place in 2012. Some robots have retired from Roaming Robots, yes, but they could easily come back for Robot Wars. For example, the captain of Team Lightning only uses his robot for static displays, but says he would "strongly consider returning for Series 8". Robot Wars is a big thing, and I'm sure it would inspire the teams that still have their robots to make a comeback.