- "Craig Charles is back with a new series of the huge hit Robot Wars! Don't miss the gladiatorial fight to the death between six contestants' home made robots — and don't forget the deadly house robots! There'll be spilt engine oil and tears galore!"
- — From the back cover of both Fox Kids DVDs
Fox Kids released two full episodes of Robot Wars: The Seventh Wars on DVD in 2004 in the UK with the Daily Express and The Sun newspapers to promote the channel's screenings of the series. Fox Kids had acquired the rights to the series after it had ended on Five.
These were followed by in 2005 with the release of two further episodes of Seventh Wars episodes on DVD, included with issues of Jetix Magazine, Fox Kids having been rebranded to Jetix at the beginning of the year.
Daily Express[]
- Main article: Robot Wars: The Seventh Wars/Heat P
The Daily Express DVD included Heat P.[1]
Originally released as part of an 18-disc DVD Collection featuring series from Fox Kids among which was Robot Wars. Three DVDs were available for immediate redemption each day across a six-day period at any Woolworths store with a voucher taken from copies of the Daily Express newspaper. The DVD featuring Robot Wars was available on Wednesday 12 May 2004.[2]
A trailer for Fox Kids' broadcast of Robot Wars: The Seventh Wars is shown after the end of the episode with a voiceover by Craig Charles. This is followed by a Fox Kids trailer featuring clips of programmes they were showing at the time (including a brief clip of Robot Wars).
The Sun[]
- Main article: Robot Wars: The Seventh Wars/Heat B
The Sun DVD included Heat B.
As with the Daily Express offer, this DVD could be obtained by cutting a voucher out of copies of The Sun newspaper and handing them in at any Blockbuster or Gamestation store.
A short trailer for Fox Kids/Jetix is shown after the end of the episode.
Jetix Magazine[]
Issue 6[]
- Main article: Robot Wars: The Seventh Wars/Heat D
The DVD that came with the sixth issue of Jetix Magazine featured Heat D of the Seventh Wars as well as other Jetix programme content (including a full episode of Sonic X).[3] There was also a Robot Wars gallery included on the disc.[4]
Issue 18[]
- Main article: The Third World Championship
The DVD that came with issue 18 of Jetix Magazine included the Third World Championship, along with episodes of two other shows being aired by Jetix at the time (Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! and Transformers: Robots in Disguise).[5] The DVD also contained various bonus features including a Robot Wars gallery.[6]
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Both of the Jetix magazine DVDs featured Robot Wars galleries, however the gallery on the Issue 18 DVD was only available on the disc's 'secret area' which could be only be accessed by a code found on the Jetix Club's website's online newsletter. The code to access the secret area, and subsequently the Robot Wars gallery, was 2912.[7]
- The Daily Express and The Sun DVDs incorrectly stated on the back covers that six contestant robots battle it out, when Series 7 actually featured eight contestant robots per heat.
References[]
- ↑ ROBOT WARS fox kids
- ↑ Daily Express Fox Kids DVD UK 2004 Advert
- ↑ Jetix Magazine Issue 6 DVD Rip on Internet Archive
- ↑ Jetix Magazine Issue 6, Parkproductions.co.uk
- ↑ Robot Wars The Third World Championship Jetix DVD Rip
- ↑ Jetix Magazine Issue 18, Parkproductions.co.uk
- ↑ Jetix DVD Members Only Codes, Parkproductions.co.uk
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