Robot Wars Magazine/Issue 7

"Greetings, robot fans, and welcome to the new-look Robot Wars Magazine. When I showed the old mag to the other House Robots, we decided to trash it, and smash it, and start again - with more posters [of us], more pictures [of us] and stories [about us], comic strips even some robot jokes [written by humans so they're not very funny]. By the way, there's a brilliant feature starting on page 6. What's it about? The house robots of course! Take care of you cpz until next month, Sir Killalot"

- Message from "editor" Sir Killalot, Page 3

Issue 7 of Robot Wars Magazine, cover dated October 2000, was released on the 25th October 2000. It saw a major revamp for the magazine, with new features such as heat reports from Series 4, a new comic strip, and a "How to Draw Section".

Features

 * Heat Report: Blast Off The first of the Heat Reports from Series 4, covering Heat A.
 * House Robots: Attack! - A feature looking at the six House Robots, focusing on each one's weaponry.
 * Here's Craig! - An interview with host Craig Charles.
 * How to kill Killalot - Potential ways to defeat Sir Killalot, suggested by users of the Robot Wars Website.
 * Robot Wars Club News - News for club members, including the newly-released Pullbacks, and information on the improved Robot Wars Website. Also included the A to Z of Contestant Robots, and information on how to join with form.
 * Classic Clash: The First Ever War - A summary of the first ever episode of Robot Wars, Heat A of The First Wars, with photo highlights.
 * Team Sheet: Top Cat - The first of a new feature listing the statistics of competitors from Series 4. In this issue, the robots were Pussycat, Mazakari and The Morgue.
 * Heat Report: Tooth & Claw The second of the Heat Reports from Series 4, covering Heat B.
 * How To Draw: Hypno-Disc - The first of a series showing an easy way to draw Robot Wars competitors, starting with Hypno-Disc.
 * I Was A Roboteer! - Christian Bridge, who won the competition to join the Panic Attack team, recounts his experiences.
 * Letters - Letters from fans,also featuring Dr Zulu's Robot Hospital, System Check and a preview of the next issue.

Comic
Grudge Match: Chaos 2 vs Cassius - Cassius started by charging straight into Chaos 2, who flipped it over. Cassius came straight back, self-righting and pushing Chaos 2 towards the pit. Chaos 2 nearly fell in, but managed to push back in the nick of time and flip Cassius into Dead Metal's CPZ, where the House Robot took Cassius out.

Competitions

 * Awesome Autotech! - A competition for the Autotech toys, with 20 Autotech Mega Vans and 20 Autotech Super Bot packs being available to win. The question was "What colour are Sir Killalot's eyes?"
 * Loadsa Lego! - 8 Lego Mybots were available, the question being "How Many Things Can You Change a Mybot into?"
 * Roboriders! - 70 Lego Roboriders were available, the question being "Who Does The Commentary on Robot Wars"

Posters

 * Hypno-Disc (2 pages)
 * Julia Reed (1 page)
 * Cease! (1 page)

Free Gifts
Three badges were included, each featuring.

Adverts

 * Free trading card when you buy Digimon video at Woolworths (Page 13)
 * Pullbacks (Page 16)
 * FBX Magazine (Page 22)
 * The Flintstones sticker and activity books (Page 23)

Credits

 * Editor: Sir Killalot
 * Art Editor: Simon Oliver
 * Sub-Editor/Writer - David Hayles
 * Designers: Ben Ireland, Sam Bennett
 * Picture Researcher: Emma Peel
 * Editorial Assistant: Kelly Austin
 * Advertising: Theresa Davies
 * Marketing Executive: Siobhan Galvin
 * Marketing Manager: Helen Northard
 * Marketing Assistant: Ruth Rowntree
 * Production: Morag Gillet, Jo Beattie, Sarah Hovell
 * Circulation Manager: Simon Young
 * Publisher: Toni Round
 * Editor, Boys' Magazines: Jason Loborik
 * Editorial Director, Family Group: Nicky Smith
 * Director, Family Group [UK Region]: Gillian Lasker
 * Managing Director, BBC Worldwide [UK Region]: Peter Teague
 * Contributors: John Ross, David Benham, Davey Moore, Dr Zulu, Sir Barnalot
 * Photography: Chris Capstick, John Green
 * Thanks: The Transformed Man

Errors and Omissions

 * In the Grudge Match comic, the Union Jack on Cassius is drawn without the Red Cross for Ireland.
 * In the same comic, Chaos 2 is drawn as having one pneumatic ram for its flipper, when the robot actually has two.

Trivia

 * This issue was the first issue of Robot Wars Magazine to be "edited" by one of the House Robots. The person who actually edited the magazine was not credited.