IG-88

"Constructed by Team Vader, very much from the dark side."

- Jonathan Pearce

IG-88 was a large, green pyramid-wedge robot that competed in Series 7.

Its main weapon was what the team claimed to call a "bi-rotational axe", which acted a lot like a spinning blade. This axe could spin either way, and was able to cause some significant damage to several of its opponents in its heat, making it to the Heat Final. It was thrown out of the arena by Dantomkia after only 8 seconds.

IG-88 was built by Team Vader and was entered alongside the team's original entry, Vader. Its name originated from the Star Wars bounty hunter droid IG-88, just as Vader's had originated from Darth Vader. "It lacks self-righting, has thin armour and slow weaponry - and thats what they say about it, for goodness sake!"

- Jonathan Pearce

IG-88 is currently retired. It briefly came out of retirement to fight in the Roaming Robots 2006 UK Championships, but went out in the group stages.



Series 7
IG-88 had a good draw with the experienced Scorpion, but relatively new robots The Stag and Tomahawk. It managed to immobilise Tomahawk with two strong blows, leaving it immobile. IG-88 then rammed The Stag, buckling one of its pincers, before chasing after it and flipping it clean over. As IG-88 dealt more punishment to both opponents, The Stag fled and drove into the pit. IG-88 then ripped a panel clean off Scorpion, who was already through to the next round. IG-88 then threw the armour panel out of the arena and met the much more experienced King B Powerworks. However, IG-88's weaponry was more potent than King B Powerworks, and managed to land a powerful blow that hurled King B Powerworks into the side wall. "And the sparks flew! This is no love match here!"

- Jonathan Pearce as King B is slammed

IG-88 closed in and hammered King B Powerworks into immobilisation in the CPZ. "...worthy opponents for the seeded Dantomkia in the final"

- Jonathan Pearce

IG-88 was taken through to fight 5th seed Dantomkia. Here, Dantomkia slid beneath IG-88 and pushed it towards the side wall. Dantomkia's wedge was too low for the bi-rotational axe to hit, and Dantomkia launched IG-88 onto the side wall. The bi-rotational axe caught the side wall and pulled IG-88 over and out of the arena. "Dantomkia, trying to dodge the flailing axe of IG-88 - oh, it's all over!"

- The entirety of Jonathan Pearce's Heat Final commentary

The whole battle lasted 8 seconds, which broke the quickest battle record from Series 3.

Results

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Wins/Losses

 * Wins: 2
 * Losses: 1

Series Record

 * Series 1-4: Did not enter
 * Series 5: Failed to qualify with Vader
 * Series 6: Entered with Vader
 * Series 7: Heat Final and Entered with Vader