Robot Workshop Parts 3&4 - Junior and Robofighters

[tweedermeister]

This should be on tv with some featherweight and heavyweight fights :(

[Calvertfilm]

@tweedermeister We did try....

[darollercoasterfan97]

@Calvertfilm what happened to this series??? It goes up to "whats next episode 7" and then it just stops...

[Calvertfilm]

@darollercoasterfan97 This was a pilot episode we made to show to cable channels, but the rest never got made. Sorry.

[Garfie489]

do you still have that robot

[Calvertfilm]

Junior is Mike & Brians. But yes I have both the yellow and blue Robofighter robots and they are still 100% working order, although a little battered as they have fought for hours and hours. They are getting a bit slower now and would not be competitive against modern 29kg machines. But they are great against each other for a bit of fun.

[Garfie489]

thing with the yellow and blue robots anything goes wrong with them (mabe other than armor) it seems a quick, simple, cheap dix as they are very basic but very good robot non the less

[Calvertfilm]

They are very basic indeed. Made by a guy called Glenn, and he made eight. They were designed to run for two hours and be as reliable as possible. So a different remit to normal RW machines. Glenn used to run a RW style place in Southend called 'Area 51'. When it shut I bought six of them. Three I sold (sometimes they appear on eBay again), two I kept, and one was destroyed in battle against Lightning at a show. My engineer was driving Lightning, and he owned the one that got totalled.

[Garfie489]

can imagine the ad on ebay

buy your combat robots very simple and effective avalible in 8 designer colours

[Calvertfilm]

:-)

[tufty1990]

Shame you never got a series it would have gone great alongside Robot Wars but even as a stand alone show it would be really good

[Calvertfilm]

Thanks for saying that. We'll keep trying.

[leokimvideo]

great series, its ashame as I would love to give it some stars.....

[Calvertfilm]

I've switched it on now, as the ratings are on with all the RW clips. I don't always but have decided to on these so we can judge its appeal. Mike is still trying to get this show off the ground.

[leokimvideo]

well its got all the right ingredients, just remember two things, 1st...know your audience, and 2nd content is king..i am actually in the film game so i see plenty of good ideas get washed up real fast

[Headbanger14]

Great video by the Plunderbird boys!

I remember the Lightning team were selling those Middleweights. I wish I had gotten one :(

[BulletDrummer]

Brilliant. Have you got any more?

[Calvertfilm]

Thanks for your kind comment. I'll pass it on to Mike Onslow - I'm seeing him in two weeks time.

We do have some more from Wheely Big Cheese, adn Bigger Brother team, plus some other snippets but I'd have to check with Mike to see if we have permission to show them. Total pilot was 22 mins but it was never made into a series.