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== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
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* [[File:Stanoscloir Loaner.png|thumb|220x220px]]'''Stanoscloir''' was a robot entered by [[Team Nemesis]] in Robot Wars' sister show, Techno Games. Stanoscloir was, itself, a loanerbot, with an extremely similar shape, and design to [[Rigby]]. Stanoscloir however was lacking a weapon, and instead had a Wooden Pole used for battering.
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* '''Stanoscloir''' was a robot entered by [[Team Nemesis]] in Robot Wars' sister show, Techno Games. Stanoscloir was, itself, a loanerbot, with an extremely similar shape, and design to [[Rigby]]. Stanoscloir however was lacking a weapon, and instead had a Wooden Pole used for battering.
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* [[File:Boom Bot Pits.jpg|thumb|220x220px]]As there were many loanerbots built, many of them may not be known, as many never got chosen to actually replace another robot. One example was a robot which resembled a rusty version of [[The Green House]], minus the plexiglass, and with the addition of a scoop similar to [[Dynamite]].
 
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Revision as of 07:19, 10 December 2017

Loanerbots were competitor robots which were built by the Robot Wars technical crew and loaned to teams in order to make up the numbers in a certain series. In most cases, this was because the team had experienced a shipping mishap or technical malfunction with their original robot and needed a replacement. Loanerbots were mainly used in Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors and Nickelodeon Robot Wars, but were also seen in Series 2 of Dutch Robot Wars and the UK vs Germany Special; the latter broadcast as part of German Robot Wars and Robot Wars: The Sixth Wars.

In the US and Nickelodeon series, loanerbots were only used to make up the numbers in side events and were usually not allowed to compete in the main US Championship. However, Tiger Cat was brought in as a reserve for Conquering Clown in the Season 1 US Championship, after the latter withdrew due to technical problems, while similarly, Coffin-Bot would be loaned to Team Terminator to replace Skullmania, who also faced technical difficulties. In Dutch Series 2, they were used in the main competition due to a lack of competitors or, in the case of Hard, to replace an identically-named competitor which the team withdrew before the series began.

The loanerbots were, for the most part, below the standards of regular competitor robots, and rarely enjoyed success when fighting against them. Due to their ineffective weapons, fragile armour and basic drive systems, they often became targets for the House Robots to deal extra damage where possible, and generally did not hold much sentimental value among roboteers. The sole exception was the undefeated Tut Tut, which was reworked by Team Raptor's Chris Harriman to feature a more powerful pneumatics system for its axe, and won two events across Extreme Warriors and the Nickelodeon series with these revisions.

List of Loanerbots

Between both seasons of Extreme Warriors, the loanerbots were altered and renamed - in cases where that is evident, the two loanerbots share a page. However, it is important to note that all loanerbots were built by the same crew; the chassis were similar to one another and components could be easily exchanged between them. Because of this, it is impossible to know for certain if two similar-looking loanerbots were the same robot with cosmetic changes or two completely different machines being used alongside each other.

General Description Series First Identity Second Identity Notes
A brown box shaped robot with a horizontal flywheel US Season 1 Coffin-Bot
(Team Terminator)
A box robot with a lifting device. UK Series 6, German Series Dynamite
(Team Dynamite)
A round shell robot with the ability to add weapons. Dutch Series 2 Hard
(Team Compactory)
Also utilised the Tut Tut axe and flipper from The Green House.
A round robot with flails. Dutch Series 2, Nickelodeon Hoot
(Robotics Club Kinderdijk, Dutch Series 2)
Hoot
Team Piecemaker, Nickelodeon)
A flat cylinder with a full body spinner. US Season 1, Nickelodeon Joker
(Sylvan Lake Robot Warriors, US Season 1)
Humdrum
(Team Robot Dojo, Nickelodeon)
A box robot with an axe. Nickelodeon Rigby
(Team Chippermonkey)
A wooden box robot with an axe. US Season 1-2 Rot Box
(Team Boltz, US Season 1)
Bang
(Team Boltz, US Season 2)
A silver box robot with a cutting disc. US Season 1, Nickelodeon Silver Box
(Team Vicious US Season 1)
Zanzara
(Team Creative Steel, Nickelodeon)
Covered in purple fur in the Zanzara guise.
A robot featuring porcupine spikes US Season 1 Spike
(Sinclair Robotics)
A box wedge robot with clear polycarbonate armour. US Season 1, Nickelodeon The Green House
(Team Bot-Head, US Season 1)
Vert-I-Go
(Team In-Theory, Nickelodeon)
A mouse-designed robot. US Season 1, Nickelodeon The Green Mouse
(Team Katana, US Season 1)
Squirmin Vermin
Team Chippermonkey, Nickelodeon)
Changed fur colours.
A box wedge with an axe, covered in fur. US Season 1 Tiger Cat (Dynamic Duo)
A pyramid shaped robot. US Season 1, Nickelodeon Tut Tut, (Team Raptor, US Season 1) Tut Tut, (Team Juggerbot, Nickelodeon) King Tut (Working name)

Trivia

Stanoscloir Loaner
  • Stanoscloir was a robot entered by Team Nemesis in Robot Wars' sister show, Techno Games. Stanoscloir was, itself, a loanerbot, with an extremely similar shape, and design to Rigby. Stanoscloir however was lacking a weapon, and instead had a Wooden Pole used for battering.
  • Boom Bot Pits
    As there were many loanerbots built, many of them may not be known, as many never got chosen to actually replace another robot. One example was a robot which resembled a rusty version of The Green House, minus the plexiglass, and with the addition of a scoop similar to Dynamite.