Lightning v Tornado (Robot Wars machines)

Manic live event between my robot and the 2003 champion. This was shot in 2004 at Lakeside shopping centre, event organised by Steve Merrill. Tornado won a first fight on an audience vote but now I (Laurie Calvert) had the measure of them....IAC member 14136, MCPS 5965, BPI 6271, PPL 6271. www.calvertfilm.fsnet.co.uk for more on Lightning.

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• Wars
• Lightning
• Tornado
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[thekingofcoolness1]

should've used your spikes when tornado was vulnerable at 0:28

[Calvertfilm]

@thekingofcoolness1 Neither of us wanted to inflict any real damage, so this demonstration was just to see how many times we could immobilise each other. It was 3-2 to Lightning, and an exciting match.

[aussiumo]

@Calvertfilm When you battled it out in the arena,could you hearJonathan Pearce's hilarious comedy or the battle music being played?

[Calvertfilm]

@aussiumo Thankfully not :-) 

[MichaelBackhander]

@CalvertFilm Strange then, that Gravity had to be beaten by Tornado.

[Calvertfilm]

@MichaelBackhander True - nice little triangle going on there :-) 

[PurpleMudkip]

R.I.P Steve Merrill....

[thekingofcoolness1]

@Calvertfilm

oh...coooool

[Calvertfilm]

@MichaelBackhander Yeah, Gravity was a powerful machine. Pity too we had a flat tyre - the robot just wouldn't respond properly. At the time I thought I had an intermittent receiver. I wonder how long we could have gone on for, getting under them and flipping them instead. Who knows?

[MichaelBackhander]

@CalvertFilm I think you were very unlucky to get put up against Gravity in the Heat Final. Maybe if the 7th seed 13 Black was against you, you could have made the Semis.