Funny to think that the reigning champions were nearly eliminated without even having a fight. As much as I like the variety of the gauntlet and trials, removing them from the main competition was definitely a good idea. Imagine what could have happened in later years: Hypno-Disc, the most destructive robot in Robot Wars! (Gets blindsided by the Sentinel and shoved into the pit). Dominator 2, the toughest axe in the competition! (Gets stuck on the ramp). Pussycat with its deadly blade! (Bombs in the Sumo).

I've never watched series 1 and 2 in my childhood, but after seeing Roadblock at work i'd say it's one of my favorite battle robots now. That design, the siren and the ability to flip opponents without even having a flipper or insane speed are pretty cool.

"In the words of the supreme being, 'Big badda boom!'" Dude... 5th Element quote for the win! lmao

Oh the irony... Onslaught defeated Nemesis after it was immobilised almost randomly - and loses to Roadblock because it was immoblised seemingly randomly

Killerhurtz is already in the pit at 3:46

Even in Series 2, Killerhurts has that amazing speed. o-o What a formidible robot it really is!

I like liked Killer Hurtz and Onslaught, both design and power. They had potential!

How many of you wanted to see a Road Block & Nemesis rematch?

To think that John Denny from the Limpet team would go on to create 13 Black, what an awesome machine that was.

I love Road Block's sirens, I would of loved other robots to have that in later series, I guess it was easier to fit them in earlier series when the weight limit was less strict.

Unlucky Limpet, How worrying it must've been for champions Roadblock suffering a shock early exit! Killerhurtz did fantastic in the trial but got too excited in the arena, I remember being upset Nemesis lost against Onslaught who'd be inactive in the heat final. If only they had to withdraw and Nemesis would be back possibly getting revenge on Roadblock but there was no stopping the Cornish heroes!

Onslaught caught Nemesis Fever, and set on fire!

last series of robot wars, robots were lucky to get like 15 barrels, now look at this series... 30+ barrels went down lol

It's amazing just how easily these robots are knocking down the barrels. The bots on Series 1 were honestly a bit pants, weren't they?

one thing i miss about Robotwars is Nemesis/Diortior's fur, humor and Flammability

The irony when the last placed finisher in the Skittles still scores higher than the winner in the other Skittles heat in the series :P (Heat 1, 20 barrels)

Anybody notice that they changed the design of the PPZ for this heat.

@jhibbitt1 Yep. The Roadblock team got to go up against the Onslaught team properly. The Roadblock team had their new robot Beast of Bodmin and they toppled Onslaught over.

i thought roadblock did amazing until i realized that the barrels were about a quarter of the former weight

'i dont think theyre moving' well they are surrounded by all four house robots, which way would they move?

You have to say that the reigning champions did it the hard way.

@kanenkitten wrong robot. That honor Belongs to Dantomkia, who fliped Chaos two out of the arena in heat c final of series 6

Well, they smashed the front armour on the flipper as well.

i think road block and onslaught fight again properly in series 3, at least i think beast of bodmin was the reincarnation of road block

Not entirely true - Psycho wrecked the chassis with the Hammer. 13 black didn't help, mind, but from what I found out, all they did was jam a wheel...

Man, I thought Roadblock were a no-brainer to go through the Trial when they went first, considering their score was almost double the top score of the event winner the last time they did Skittles, but I underestimated how well the other robots were going to do. Clearly they'd replaced the barrels with lighter ones after last time's debacle where the losing contestant was too weak to even topple a single one. They still got it, though, but it was a surprisingly close thing. Killerhurtz- as always, fast, powerful, devastating weapon, but unreliable. Onslaught were a good machine, but really would have had no chance against Roadblock just based on their design, even if they hadn't burned themselves out before they started.

The red robot called Nemesis is usually caught fire easily....

if Limpet had had more power, Roadblock would've gone out 0.o

@kanenkitten Ugh, that. I still despise 13 Black for it.

Yeah it looks like they made them lighter.

nooo! nemesis :'(