User blog comment:CrashBash/Top 10 Mistakes Robot Wars made that made the UK Championships less enjoyable/@comment-9751413-20171206173626/@comment-9751413-20171206174435

OK. I'd say the main problem with Series 8 was that the old teams were asked to bring the robots looking as much like they did in 2003 as possible. The main problem was that they kept their weaknesses and were clearly outclassed. Behemoth, Storm 2, Terrorhurtz and Dantomkia were really the only robots out of 20 returners that had been upgraded, and the others suffered badly. Look at Thermidor 2 and Razer. Both All-Stars bumbling out with a whimper. That was the main issue really. They were there for marketing purposes rather than as competitors.