Bigfish was a robot which failed to qualify for Robot Wars: The Sixth Wars, entered by Tyrone Ellis, who would later compete with Hodaf the Bad and Crazy Coupe 88.
Design[]
Bigfish with Tyrone Ellis at Roaming Robots Northampton 2004
Bigfish was built to resemble a fish, featuring a rear axe as its tail, which allowed the robot to use sit-and-spin tactics. The robot was wedge-shaped and invertible, and was also armed with a drum spinner at the front, though the drum was not able to be used in Bigfish's only combat appearances. The robot ran on two-wheel drive, with its wheels very far forward in its profile.
Qualification[]
Bigfish attended the qualifiers for Series 6, but was unable to win its battle and was not selected to participate. Although Bigfish remained active for the duration of Series 7 and afterwards, Bigfish is not known to have made a qualification attempt, with Tyrone Ellis instead joining forces with the Bee-Capitator team to compete with Hodaf the Bad.
Series Record[]
| Series | Bigfish Series Record |
|---|---|
| The First Wars | Did not enter |
| The Second Wars | Did not enter |
| The Third Wars | Did not enter |
| The Fourth Wars | Failed to qualify with ISM |
| The Fifth Wars | Failed to qualify with X box |
| The Sixth Wars | Failed to qualify |
| The Seventh Wars | Entered with Hodaf the Bad |
| Series 8 | Entered with Crazy Coupe 88 |
| Series 9 | Not selected with Iron Heart 88 |
| Series 10 | Did not enter |
Outside Robot Wars[]
Bigfish is flipped by Iron-Awe 3 at Roaming Robots Northampton 2004
Bigfish in battle with Revolution 3 at Roaming Robots Northampton 2004
After Robot Wars was not renewed for an eighth season in 2004, Bigfish was registered to compete in the FRA World Championship in Northampton, where it was drawn to fight Twister in its first battle.[1] Ultimately however, the event was cancelled, with Bigfish instead attending a Roaming Robots event in Northampton over the same dates, battling against Iron-Awe 3, and in a melee with Tanto and Revolution 3. At this event and other Roaming Robots appearances, Bigfish was required to replace its drum spinner with a hinged wedge to meet live event safety requirements.
