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Twinkle-Twinkle was a competitor robot which attempted to enter Series 6 of Robot Wars. It failed to qualify for its only series and was succeeded by ThundeRing.

Design[]

"In 2002, Team Dark Star entered its first robot, called Twinkle-Twinkle, for Robot Wars Series 6. The robot’s design was conventional, basically comprising a low, rectangular, box-shaped body housing a horizontal spinning weapon. During our qualifying bout we were eliminated by opponents sporting spinning weapons, flippers and axes."
— Team Dark Star website on Twinkle-Twinkle[1]

Twinkle-Twinkle was a conventional box-shaped robot, low in stature, armed with a horizontal spinning weapon.

Etymology[]

Twinkle-Twinkle is named after the nursery rhyme. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.

Qualification[]

Twinkle-Twinkle fought against three unknown opponents armed with a spinning weapon, an axe and a flipper. It is unknown who won the qualifier, but Twinkle-Twinkle was quoted as to have been "trashed" and lost the fight, despite this the battle proved helpful for the team when making their next machine ThundeRing.

"Following this thrashing the Team was faced with a dilemma; admit defeat and retire from robot building or design a new robot that would laugh-in-the-face of its opponent, irrespective of their design and weapon system, before dispatching them to robot Valhalla. Naturally, we chose the latter."
— The Team Dark Star Website on retiring Twinkle-Twinkle for ThundeRing

Series Record[]

Series Twinkle-Twinkle Series Record
The First Wars Did not enter
The Second Wars Did not enter
The Third Wars Did not enter
The Fourth Wars Did not enter
The Fifth Wars Did not enter
The Sixth Wars Failed to qualify
The Seventh Wars Failed to qualify with ThundeRing
Series 8 Did not enter
Series 9 Did not enter
Series 10 Did not enter

Outside Robot Wars[]

Twinkle-Twinkle was retired after its qualification attempt, although the team did briefly compete on the live circuit with successor ThundeRing.

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