User blog:CaliforniaKingsnake/CK's Top 10 Favourite Robots From the Reboot Series

With Series 9 finished and Series 10 around the corner (I got my tickets! :D) I think it's best to get this list done before I see even more awesome robots and put this back further. It's about time I looked at this. But first the rules:


 * Robots qualify for this list if they have ONLY appeared in the rebooted series 8 and 9. As such, robots like Crushtacean and Draven will not be on this list
 * Performance of the robots will not be a factor in the judging of the robots. Design and entertainment value are my main criteria for this.
 * If TEAMS from the classic series entered a completely new robot for this series, they will be considered. However, completely different-looking iterations of previously seen robots will not.

Number 10
I'm like many people in that I love jokebots. Things like Jellyfish and Ms Nightshade will always crack a smile from me. However it takes a special kind of jokebot that makes me instantly want to recreate it for my Robot Wars game, and I found this kind of jokebot in Trolley Rage. All I should say to describe why I love Trolley Rage is "It's a trolley" followed by stifled fits of laughter. Now I'm fully aware that this is not the intended purpose of Trolley Rage; it's designed to inspire young kids into the world of robot combat, and to be honest I doubt that Trolley Rage has done that too well (kids are often not inspired by a robot that loses), but it was just so hilarious to see that I made it for my Robot Wars game. Granted it doesn't win anything there either, but it's hilarious to watch. And that's what Trolley Rage is, a robot that's just so much fun to watch, even if it's for the wrong reasons. I hope it returns with some other shopping-related robot as a minibot, because I love seeing this thing "fight".

Number 9
When the roster for Series 9 was revealed and Ironside3 was announced to return, I was of course mixed with that response. But when I read that they were still boasting the biggest bar in the competition I just looked at the lineup and said "Uh, have you guys seen Apex?" Seriously, I wouldn't be surprised if at full pelt Apex doesn't just take off like a helicopter, I mean LOOK at that thing. It's huge! It's huger than huge. It's got spikes all over its body and it's this awesome dark red and gold colour, this robot is f'ing AWESOME. Heck, in a melee where Jonathan Pearce could talk about Pulsar, Ironside3, Crushtacean and this, he doesn't harp on about the Grand Finalist or the veterans, he talks about the importance of Apex's huge bar in this fight. And had there not been a sneaky bit of sneaky that I'd honestly think was cheating from the producers then I honestly think Apex could have actually won that fight with Pulsar. Could it have reached the Grand Final like Ironside did? I would actually say yes, if Pulsar's as unreliable as it was in that episode then Apex might have had it in the bag. Just think, if the whole rivalry thing wasn't there (and Apex was in Pulsar's booth), we might have had this awesome red and gold spinner as the third place finisher... (although I do like the coincidence that Ironside3 placed third)

*to be continued*