Agreed. The reintroduction of melees, new house robots and there wasn't any massively overpowered flippers/spinners. Just had to remove the stupid intros cos of spoilers (they could have just used a "previously on Robot Wars" of what happened in last wars /episode if they wanted to fill time at the start)
Great upload as per. Apart from the horrid spoilers littered throughout each episode, this may well be my favourite series of the show! Pity the ratings were slipping badly by this point.
Dead Metal, Matilda, and Killalot will always be my favorites. I wish they would have given Killalot a hammer saw for an arm in the reboot. You know, like a Sawblaze arm on Killalot instead of the drill, and made with the same amazing style that inspired all the housebots.
This series, despite the spoilers and the final, is definitely my favourite. Good balance of weapons on competitors, 4 way melee’s are the best format, and plenty of seeded machines get through so the semi finals aren’t boring (like series 7)
Right, you don't know me, I dont know you but I feel in the mood to write up a somewhat live review of Series 6 as I watch it. More for my own pleasure than anyone elses but feel free to comment and tear me to pieces, I'd expect nothing less from the comments section of youtube. Christ I wish they wouldn't spoil the entire episode in the very first highlight reel. Why did they even need to show that? So stupid! Round 1 Melee 1: Wow, someone couldn't be bothered with the Robot stats. Razers weapon... a spike? What kind of description is that. At least write 'Crusher' or 'Hydraulic Claw'. Also I feel like three robots with very thin armour facing Razer in the first round was...well... intentional. Pretty sure Wasp was made of tin foil. Brutus Maximus... well no comment required. Raging Reality was a good step up from the Knightmare machines but was still a somewhat primitive flipper. Still an OOtA, not bad. Round 1 Melee 2: Cyrax's crew are adorable! So dosile and nervous. 'Very Strong Weaponary' though... who wrote that? Come on now guys. Oh look Ruf Ruf has the same weapon as Razer apparently . No idea why the Tetanus guys gave this design up, never going to be a world beater but its very sturdy. Haha the Wel-Dor guys at this point literally give no fucks, good job really as their bot is pretty much trash. Dougal did very well to survive that pummelling. Easy decision though, regardless of Jonathans usual annoying 'will they, wont they' bullshit. Round 2 Semi 1: Psycho and Growler get their 2nd identical introduction... amazing. Ouch...Cyrax armour putting up not a great deal of resistance to Razers...err... spike... sigh. Ahh poor driving really to let Cyrax retaliate, still again an easy win. Round 2 Semi 2: Tetanus 2 vs Raging Reality... should have been a great fight, was still alright but damn they got stuck in that corner and it just sorta slowed down to nothing. There goes my 'its very sturdy' observation, just broke down. On a side note another OOtA for Raging Reality, good stuff. And Refbot.. give us back that whiskey mate. Obviously not his drink. Round 3 Heat FInal: Raging Reality vs Razer.... now, did we expect anything else? YES they could have thrown them out and YES anything can happen but Raging Realitys driving has been sluggish at best whilst Razer...well its main weapon is its control. Whilst it wasnt a great fight I do enjoy watching the inevitable puncture of the beak through weak armour. Its just satisfying. Still, kinda hoped Razer would let them go for a proper fight. That said they were under no obligation to do so, so you can't really bemoan them. Summary: Razer through in what was, lets be honest, a weak heat.
Good summary. Re the last fight, I'm not a fan of Razer, I think it's a hideous weapon, but their tactics in that fight were perfectly OK, as you say they were under no obligation to risk letting RR get a lucky flip on them. (Any more than Hypnodisc were obliged to risk getting hit by Dominator's axe after they damaged its wheels in Season 5, or Tornado was obliged to not mount their anti-Razer frame in the S6 final - you use your best tactics to win within the rules).
Well here we go, the start of Series 6 and the start of my reviews. Let’s be honest, as soon as we saw the lineup we knew that Razer had won the heat automatically. Razer vs Brutus Maximus vs WASP vs Raging Reality: I’m going to rant for this whole thing about Razer’s Weapon being a “spike.” Anyway, Brutus Maximus‘ tires being shredded make me happy. Raging Reality actually looks like quite a good machine, and it’s definitely an upgrade from Knightmare and Spirit of Knightmare. WASP’s armour was... erm. Do I need to explain? It was even worse than Brutus Maximus’s armour, and that was wood! I wood make a joke out of that, but I’d be barking mad. I’m sorry. Seeing Brutus Maximus’s wheel going into the pit makes me happy that it came so perfectly. Nice OOTA by Raging Reality also, the first of the series. Cyrax vs Weld-Dor 3 vs Ruf Ruf Dougal vs Tetanus 2: Ruf Ruf Dougal apparently now has the exact same weapon as Razer, a “spike.” I’d love to see an annihilator between Hippobotamus, Ruf Ruf Dougal, Diotoir, Granny’s Revenge, Sir Chromalot and Plunderbird. Could you imagine? Anyway. Back to the battle. Cyrax, PURPLE, are you blind Jonathan? Also, very powerful weaponry? Not so sure. Oh god, Ruf Ruf Dougal’s removable link. First impressions, what the hell is Tetanus 2? Reminds me a bit of Wowot from Series 5, anyone else? It has a lot of weaponry mind you. Weld-Dor 3. Still as bad as all the others, it basically tells you a lot about the robot when the team captain is just like, “we know nothing about it and we spent very little time on it.” Now the actual fight, Tetanus 2 actually looks quite good. Why is Jonathan saying that if it goes to a judges decision? We’re 30 seconds into the battle. Seeing Ruf Ruf Dougal catch fire was just brilliant, from Pink to Black in around 30 seconds. Yes! Oh yes, let’s focus on Dougal on fire for the whole fight and not see anything else, why not? Show us the fight man! Tetanus here does actually look really impressive. Oh look, Weld-Dor is out again, I’m starting to notice a theme here. Jonathan is acting like Dougal night have a chance of going through. Come on JP, it’s a bit obvious mate. Razer vs Cyrax: Reminds me a bit of Razer’s battle against Aggrobot in Series 3, similarly shaped design, a bit difficult for Razer to clamp on to and crush, but it’s Razer so of course he will. Mr Psycho and Growler’s entrance was actually quite cool in my opinion. Oh look, another Razer fight for 80% of this. Crush, Clamp, just normal Razer I guess. Growler opening his jaws is just about the most annoying sound that one can ever hear. There’s nothing really to comment on for the rest of this, until Razer gets flipped. Correct me if I’m wrong but that hasn’t happened since it faced Behemoth in Extreme. Cyrax did well to flip Razer and keep it down for a bit, but of course it’s Razer. Not the best fight overall, but not every fight is really. Raging Reality vs Tetanus 2: Both robots looked pretty impressive in their group battles so was hoping for a good battle here and we did. Tetanus immediately clamps Raging Reality and carries it to the pit release button. Raging Reality looks in major trouble for the fight. Hahahaha! Refbot in the bit, he’s clearly had too many drinks. Great comeback from Raging Reality and second OOTA in a row. That was a good OOTA too. Razer vs Raging Reality: I believe that in most other heats, Raging Reality would get through to the semi’s as it is by no means a bad bot, two OOTA’s. CCC, Crushability creates carnage. Anyone else notice a few holes in Shunt’s scoop there? And Razer has automatically won as soon as they got underneath Raging Reality. Razer is a very good bot and deserves all of its success, but some of its fights get boring after a while. Chaos 2 and Hypno-Disc has fun fights, especially Hypno-Disc vs Splinter and Robogeddon and just about any bot it faced except for 101. Back to the fight, I love that Razer just Parks Raging Reality on the pit. A heat win for the #1 seed, unsurprising result. Overall, 6/10. Some decent robots, with Raging Reality, Tetanus 2 and of course Razer but lacked any great battles. Not a bad way to start of this war. Let me know what you guys think about my review also. Am I waffling I’m too much? Am I going off topic at times? Let me know below.
I know I’m late, but I liked your review, I’m a huge hypnodisc fan, but it had more stinker fights that 101, the Beserk fight and D2 fight come to mind, although that was due to the producers wanting more damage and not counting D2 out
6:40 - "you're confident to face razer are you?" "uhm, a little bit." Razer right behind him - really? whatcha gonna do? glare menacingly? try to prod me with your pokey stick?
Series 6 is probably my favourite series too....well, aside from the decision to reveal practically everything that happens in the first five minutes. >< Y'see, at least with Series 10, you don't actually know WHEN robots are fighting.
Well top marks to Syrax for still having the capability and wit to flip Razer, after all the damage Syrax suffered. And Razer almost didn't right itself in time - that would have been the upset of the series. Well, well, well - Refbot in the pit, and Tetanus which was firmly in control, tossed out by Raging Reality. But Raging Reality wasn't so lucky against Razer, no surprise.
Man I'm so glad that they don't have these stupid spoiler previews now the show's back, my advice would be after you click on the vid pause it and skip to at least a minute or so, but still the producers back then when it was the BBC ruined it like Channel 5, which it then went too and they made it even worse as we all know.
I so monstrosity agreed with Philippa with The armory work on Brutus Maximus, but 33:35 that reminded me of When I got my first hearted comment from Momo Ronson that never ever in my entire life that there’s a a couple of Matt and Mimi fan art when they’re FRICKIN having sex I mean are they mad?, but it doesn’t matter they’re my second all-time favorite Digimon couple.
Jeesus how bat it was... 4 bots in one field, total chaos u can't notice anything, crap series as fkc, not sure if i want to watch next episodes :S Please bring back format of series 3-5
I really think the reboot would have been better with Craig Charles, his energy and excitement adds a lot to the show
Yes, his commentary on Takeshi's Castle also proves how his energy can add to a show
@count-abra4864 dunk Craig Charles Dave Benson Phillips for his awful puns please!. From Joe. X
Series 6 is my favorite series too. So many great battles throughout. But yeah to hell with the producers spoiling everything at the beginning.
For me, season 5 was peak robot wars, but this one is still enjoyable
Then Tornado buggers it up
Craig's like "what are you lookin' at" in the thumbnail
"Oh really? There's another series of Robot Wars without me in it, about to air? Well, at least I've still got Red Dwarf....."
1:27 I just love it when Craig spins
32:23 JP sounds so genuinely distressed watching Refbot go down the pit.
32:18 The poor Ref bot ends up in the Pit in this episode haha
The Damage Cam was such a good idea that I'm surprised that they didn't come up with the idea earlier
And so begins my favourite series.
Agreed. The reintroduction of melees, new house robots and there wasn't any massively overpowered flippers/spinners. Just had to remove the stupid intros cos of spoilers (they could have just used a "previously on Robot Wars" of what happened in last wars /episode if they wanted to fill time at the start)
I really like that the Tetanus team were genuinely disappointed to miss out on fighting Razer.
For those unfamiliar/forgetful - the first five minutes contain massive spoilers for the episode itself.
NJGW I've never understood why they decided to do this.
NJGW could you cut it out of the episodes
Ref bot committing die in the pit was the funniest shit ever
1:01 Let the badass intro begin!
Great upload as per.
Apart from the horrid spoilers littered throughout each episode, this may well be my favourite series of the show! Pity the ratings were slipping badly by this point.
Mr Phsyco and Growler are very impressive but for me nothing beats Matildas flywheel, it's brilliant
Dead Metal, Matilda, and Killalot will always be my favorites. I wish they would have given Killalot a hammer saw for an arm in the reboot.
You know, like a Sawblaze arm on Killalot instead of the drill, and made with the same amazing style that inspired all the housebots.
But yeah, nothing beats those vertical discs
The floor looks so clean and nice. Can't wait to see it in ruins at the end of the series
32:25 Refbot you silly sausage, you drove yourself into the Pit 🤣🤣
This series, despite the spoilers and the final, is definitely my favourite. Good balance of weapons on competitors, 4 way melee’s are the best format, and plenty of seeded machines get through so the semi finals aren’t boring (like series 7)
i love the look on that pit release button
Right, you don't know me, I dont know you but I feel in the mood to write up a somewhat live review of Series 6 as I watch it. More for my own pleasure than anyone elses but feel free to comment and tear me to pieces, I'd expect nothing less from the comments section of youtube.
Christ I wish they wouldn't spoil the entire episode in the very first highlight reel. Why did they even need to show that? So stupid!
Round 1 Melee 1:
Wow, someone couldn't be bothered with the Robot stats. Razers weapon... a spike? What kind of description is that. At least write 'Crusher' or 'Hydraulic Claw'. Also I feel like three robots with very thin armour facing Razer in the first round was...well... intentional. Pretty sure Wasp was made of tin foil. Brutus Maximus... well no comment required. Raging Reality was a good step up from the Knightmare machines but was still a somewhat primitive flipper. Still an OOtA, not bad.
Round 1 Melee 2:
Cyrax's crew are adorable! So dosile and nervous. 'Very Strong Weaponary' though... who wrote that? Come on now guys. Oh look Ruf Ruf has the same weapon as Razer apparently . No idea why the Tetanus guys gave this design up, never going to be a world beater but its very sturdy. Haha the Wel-Dor guys at this point literally give no fucks, good job really as their bot is pretty much trash.
Dougal did very well to survive that pummelling. Easy decision though, regardless of Jonathans usual annoying 'will they, wont they' bullshit.
Round 2 Semi 1:
Psycho and Growler get their 2nd identical introduction... amazing. Ouch...Cyrax armour putting up not a great deal of resistance to Razers...err... spike... sigh. Ahh poor driving really to let Cyrax retaliate, still again an easy win.
Round 2 Semi 2:
Tetanus 2 vs Raging Reality... should have been a great fight, was still alright but damn they got stuck in that corner and it just sorta slowed down to nothing. There goes my 'its very sturdy' observation, just broke down. On a side note another OOtA for Raging Reality, good stuff. And Refbot.. give us back that whiskey mate. Obviously not his drink.
Round 3 Heat FInal:
Raging Reality vs Razer.... now, did we expect anything else? YES they could have thrown them out and YES anything can happen but Raging Realitys driving has been sluggish at best whilst Razer...well its main weapon is its control. Whilst it wasnt a great fight I do enjoy watching the inevitable puncture of the beak through weak armour. Its just satisfying. Still, kinda hoped Razer would let them go for a proper fight. That said they were under no obligation to do so, so you can't really bemoan them.
Summary:
Razer through in what was, lets be honest, a weak heat.
Michael Cort liking it, now there’s 4 of us. Welcome to the club man
Michael Cort it was a good review, Razer’s “spike” annoys me to this day. It’s a hydraulic claw guys!
I always liked watching these waiting for one of the mass review guys to comment on it, so when there isn't one it's so odd
do we get to meet tasha denny in extreme 2
Good summary. Re the last fight, I'm not a fan of Razer, I think it's a hideous weapon, but their tactics in that fight were perfectly OK, as you say they were under no obligation to risk letting RR get a lucky flip on them. (Any more than Hypnodisc were obliged to risk getting hit by Dominator's axe after they damaged its wheels in Season 5, or Tornado was obliged to not mount their anti-Razer frame in the S6 final - you use your best tactics to win within the rules).
41:35 such an odd cut where you can see Ian Lewis already clapping then you see him a second later and he isn't then starts again
The first episode where Craig wears an F1-like overall with the Robot Wars logo on it
Tetanus is like a steam punk mosquito
Well here we go, the start of Series 6 and the start of my reviews.
Let’s be honest, as soon as we saw the lineup we knew that Razer had won the heat automatically.
Razer vs Brutus Maximus vs WASP vs Raging Reality:
I’m going to rant for this whole thing about Razer’s Weapon being a “spike.”
Anyway, Brutus Maximus‘ tires being shredded make me happy. Raging Reality actually looks like quite a good machine, and it’s definitely an upgrade from Knightmare and Spirit of Knightmare. WASP’s armour was... erm. Do I need to explain? It was even worse than Brutus Maximus’s armour, and that was wood! I wood make a joke out of that, but I’d be barking mad. I’m sorry. Seeing Brutus Maximus’s wheel going into the pit makes me happy that it came so perfectly. Nice OOTA by Raging Reality also, the first of the series.
Cyrax vs Weld-Dor 3 vs Ruf Ruf Dougal vs Tetanus 2:
Ruf Ruf Dougal apparently now has the exact same weapon as Razer, a “spike.” I’d love to see an annihilator between Hippobotamus, Ruf Ruf Dougal, Diotoir, Granny’s Revenge, Sir Chromalot and Plunderbird. Could you imagine? Anyway. Back to the battle. Cyrax, PURPLE, are you blind Jonathan? Also, very powerful weaponry? Not so sure. Oh god, Ruf Ruf Dougal’s removable link. First impressions, what the hell is Tetanus 2? Reminds me a bit of Wowot from Series 5, anyone else? It has a lot of weaponry mind you. Weld-Dor 3. Still as bad as all the others, it basically tells you a lot about the robot when the team captain is just like, “we know nothing about it and we spent very little time on it.” Now the actual fight, Tetanus 2 actually looks quite good. Why is Jonathan saying that if it goes to a judges decision? We’re 30 seconds into the battle. Seeing Ruf Ruf Dougal catch fire was just brilliant, from Pink to Black in around 30 seconds. Yes! Oh yes, let’s focus on Dougal on fire for the whole fight and not see anything else, why not? Show us the fight man! Tetanus here does actually look really impressive. Oh look, Weld-Dor is out again, I’m starting to notice a theme here. Jonathan is acting like Dougal night have a chance of going through. Come on JP, it’s a bit obvious mate.
Razer vs Cyrax:
Reminds me a bit of Razer’s battle against Aggrobot in Series 3, similarly shaped design, a bit difficult for Razer to clamp on to and crush, but it’s Razer so of course he will. Mr Psycho and Growler’s entrance was actually quite cool in my opinion. Oh look, another Razer fight for 80% of this. Crush, Clamp, just normal Razer I guess. Growler opening his jaws is just about the most annoying sound that one can ever hear. There’s nothing really to comment on for the rest of this, until Razer gets flipped. Correct me if I’m wrong but that hasn’t happened since it faced Behemoth in Extreme. Cyrax did well to flip Razer and keep it down for a bit, but of course it’s Razer. Not the best fight overall, but not every fight is really.
Raging Reality vs Tetanus 2:
Both robots looked pretty impressive in their group battles so was hoping for a good battle here and we did. Tetanus immediately clamps Raging Reality and carries it to the pit release button. Raging Reality looks in major trouble for the fight. Hahahaha! Refbot in the bit, he’s clearly had too many drinks. Great comeback from Raging Reality and second OOTA in a row. That was a good OOTA too.
Razer vs Raging Reality:
I believe that in most other heats, Raging Reality would get through to the semi’s as it is by no means a bad bot, two OOTA’s. CCC, Crushability creates carnage. Anyone else notice a few holes in Shunt’s scoop there? And Razer has automatically won as soon as they got underneath Raging Reality. Razer is a very good bot and deserves all of its success, but some of its fights get boring after a while. Chaos 2 and Hypno-Disc has fun fights, especially Hypno-Disc vs Splinter and Robogeddon and just about any bot it faced except for 101. Back to the fight, I love that Razer just Parks Raging Reality on the pit. A heat win for the #1 seed, unsurprising result.
Overall, 6/10. Some decent robots, with Raging Reality, Tetanus 2 and of course Razer but lacked any great battles. Not a bad way to start of this war.
Let me know what you guys think about my review also. Am I waffling I’m too much? Am I going off topic at times? Let me know below.
I know I’m late, but I liked your review, I’m a huge hypnodisc fan, but it had more stinker fights that 101, the Beserk fight and D2 fight come to mind, although that was due to the producers wanting more damage and not counting D2 out
This is a very interesting way to think about it. I like it.
Norman shouldn't have feared Razer in the heat final, he should have feared Matilda's Big Pink Flywheel Bottom wrecking Raging Reality.
Thank you NJGW for uploading....
6:40 - "you're confident to face razer are you?"
"uhm, a little bit."
Razer right behind him - really? whatcha gonna do? glare menacingly? try to prod me with your pokey stick?
XDDDD
I always liked this version of Tetanus. I thought it looked like a steampunk monster lol
19:16 judge judge judge
19:18 the three wise men of the RW battlezone
32:16
Refbot go home... you're drunk
😂😂😂
He lost his will to live
I miss this so much
YEEEEEEEEE BOOOOOIIIIIIIII
Cyrax just sitting there while Razer was toppled was ridiculous.
8:00 Well said, JP. Make that a great way too considering the fight's outcome.
16:53 And what have we here? Mmmmm, hot dog!
i like the growler, its cute
Raging reality hitting their flipper while they were in Tetanus' mouth is what disabled them.. hm.
Will add my reviews tomorrow morning/night.
For the new series, they need to add Mr. Psycho and Growler to the group!!
10:41 Quite a shallow pit. 🤔
13:17: Oh, not THAT Cyrax
Looks like Wel-Dor's gas line was a bust. All went at the start of the fight.
I thought Growler was bad ass - I wouldn't want him crashing into me.
22:48 bring in the two new house robots
thank you based nick
2:49 Snookums from Extreme Warriors appears
Series 6 is probably my favourite series too....well, aside from the decision to reveal practically everything that happens in the first five minutes. ><
Y'see, at least with Series 10, you don't actually know WHEN robots are fighting.
Like 2 komodo dragons hehe 24:34
32:25 THE REF BOT IS IN THE PIT
Well top marks to Syrax for still having the capability and wit to flip Razer, after all the damage Syrax suffered. And Razer almost didn't right itself in time - that would have been the upset of the series.
Well, well, well - Refbot in the pit, and Tetanus which was firmly in control, tossed out by Raging Reality.
But Raging Reality wasn't so lucky against Razer, no surprise.
Man I'm so glad that they don't have these stupid spoiler previews now the show's back, my advice would be after you click on the vid pause it and skip to at least a minute or so, but still the producers back then when it was the BBC ruined it like Channel 5, which it then went too and they made it even worse as we all know.
Cyrax were lucky to filp Razer but was not enough.
It's hammer time! Obvious song pun is obvious.._
ok, series 6, hope this is where it really steps it up
ok, mr. psycho, already way better
I so monstrosity agreed with Philippa with The armory work on Brutus Maximus, but 33:35 that reminded me of When I got my first hearted comment from Momo Ronson that never ever in my entire life that there’s a a couple of Matt and Mimi fan art when they’re FRICKIN having sex I mean are they mad?, but it doesn’t matter they’re my second all-time favorite Digimon couple.
In the words of Rick james "cocaine is a hell of a drug " and Craig Charles will back that up!
Mike Franklin actually drove Refbot into the pit. Not very smart.
I wonder if Refbot red carded The Pit for this 32:16
Definitely my favorite episode. Because it introduces Mr. Psycho and Growler.
12:42 GLORY!! LOOK AT THE DAMAGE!!! THE DAMAGE THE HOUSE ROBOTS CAN INFLICT!!! WELL, STRAP MY FACE TO THE SIDE OF A PIG AND ROLL ME IN THE MUD!!!
terrible placement of ads. I get the fact the ads being in the video but where they are in the video is a bit annoying.
Jeesus how bat it was... 4 bots in one field, total chaos u can't notice anything, crap series as fkc, not sure if i want to watch next episodes :S Please bring back format of series 3-5
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spoilers, can you not?
32:16
Crackhead Craig was the best presenter, love the bloke !
It kind of saddens me that Raging Reality did pretty good overall and yet was overlooked because everyone was drooling over Razer as always..... :/
You have to remember that Razer was able to damage Matilda
series 6 was great until the grand final battle tornado cheated and razer should've won season 6
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