Thermidor 2: A- The Lobster is back - both this machine and X-Terminator clearly had a phobia of Phillipa Forrester, since the only series it did well in was when she was away on maternity leave. 15 flips really doesn’t seem like a lot, and it shows - Thermidor gets weaker towards the end of its’ fights. But here, experience and power was enough to get it through - perhaps with a dose of having an opponent completely incapable of winning S7 judges and producers over, despite how good it was. Mighty Mouse: B+ Trevor Wright is definitely one of the better drivers on Robot Wars, overshadowed by guys like Graham Bone and Ian Watts who had better combat success. But kind of like David Gribble, I respect having driving skill for a non-standard robot without two wheels. But Mighty Mouse was never going to get far in such an anti-ram bot series - a heat final is a fitting reward after so little success with Velocirippa. That said, just wait for Ironside 3… Kronic the Wedgehog: B+ I could have sworn Kronic fought Thermidor but maybe the producers figured it would be a better heat final, kind of like what they do with Spawn Again’s heat later (REALLY not looking forward to that one). Unfortunately, despite beginning to show the root that would eventually become the awesome Apollo, electric problems ensue. A very worthy competitor though, that was happy to put on a good show much like Beast was. The Kraken: D+ This machine could have been so, so lucky. People mention that Michael Oates (Eruption) finishes fights quickly, but Tsunami proved how toying with your enemy can be fatal, and Thermidor had a number of times it could have had a fight completely in the bag go wrong. But it didn’t, and the match that the Kraken gave to them on a silver platter was taken, if dangerously. I mean seriously. Even before I’d seen the pneumatic claw bend in half like a paraplegic limbo dancer, questions had to be asked how weight saving was put in place to have both an effective crusher and a pneumatic ram - apparently it was to make the ‘clutcher’ arm out of tin foil. At least it kept running all the way through the fight, which is why it gets a D+. 8645T 2: B See this is why the Floor Flipper should be active more often, rather than just to throw robots for a good replay opportunity. It’s fun, powerful and utterly hilarious. Beast isn’t showing close to the design philosophy that would lead it to it’s current form, and the amazing success of its’ Featherweight counterpart Beauty, but that axe looks suspiciously similar to how Beast runs as Harpy at the live events. The more things change and all that. Mobot: D A bizarre design, but full points for effort. An invertible spinner that changes orientation when flipped - a strange precursor to PP3D. It barely had time to get going though, and I have my doubts about the effectiveness of the weaponry. Amusing to note though that this is the only machine from this fight that didn’t end up in S8 Heat E. Pinser: C+ I mentioned during the Crusher Crunch-Up that without Tiberius this is probably the best ‘me too’ Razer clone in Series 7. It did the most damage, but I think it forgot the one thing that arguably Razer was good at, getting back out and doing something else. Both in this and in the CCU, one serious blow was all it took to completely hobble the machine. Well designed to do the main job, Must Try Harder for part 2. Cobra: D- Not going to give this a full F because that would imply this had absolutely no work or effort put into it, and it looked interesting enough. Titanium armour, golf stud wheels… you can tell they made an effort. But my god, only 5 blows with a pneumatic spike, which has never worked in combat robots aside from the ridiculously lucky 101? Just… so many things are bad decisions on this machine, it’s kind of a good thing we have a very honest competitor in Cobra (BE) nowadays to remove this thing from the memory. Hard: A- Speaking of Belgian machines! Hard has a difficult place for me because like Topbot, it’s replacing a regular hero for its’ country - Diotior might be the more iconic machine but Deppopasaurus Rex, Philliper and Philliper 2 are ‘the Belgian machines’ to me going back to the old series. This one is excellently engineered though, and driven very well. That flipper’s not bad compared to some we see in this series - short swing but maximum force is one I personally like. Riptillion: C-I was so ready to give this one a terrible mark but… I don’t know. There’s something about this robot I like. That spinner isn’t that much of a joke, considering the mark it made in Hard’s armour. It simply wouldn’t be flipped over, at all, and it might have kept fighting if it wasn’t for the crush that Growler’s jaws inflicted upon it. Judging by the driver’s face, wiping his brow… he was just happy it got into the arena and did something. I have to respect that.
Trevor isnt a good driver, this robot just seems to be easy to control. Remind yourself what he has done in previous wars... he has made some retarded as hell driving
If it wasn't for the bad luck, Thermidor would've gave Razer a challenge in series 5, but Thermidor was caught in the Heat of Death with Stinger and 13 Black in Series 6
I always rather liked Thermidor 2, but finding out a few years ago that Ian Harvey's cousin is RUclips legend Stuart Ashen only makes them cooler in retrospect.
What timing on that flip to the beast. Cookies for the floor flipper operator
And it only took 2 series to finally flip the Beast
@@selectivepontification8766 He was flipped by Thermidor 2.
15:30 Pincer, neither are you, GET OUT OF THE WAY!!!!
This episode had me laughing way too hard 🤣🤣
What are you?! Fools?! Or beaten fools?! *snores* Uh, sorry. Just drifted off there for a minute.
Yeah, you and me both. That moment never gets old.
@@xtheamazingaxthank you for bringing back here, I almost forgot about this 🤣🤣
Jammed itself onto Cobra.
Thermidor 2: A-
The Lobster is back - both this machine and X-Terminator clearly had a phobia of Phillipa Forrester, since the only series it did well in was when she was away on maternity leave. 15 flips really doesn’t seem like a lot, and it shows - Thermidor gets weaker towards the end of its’ fights. But here, experience and power was enough to get it through - perhaps with a dose of having an opponent completely incapable of winning S7 judges and producers over, despite how good it was.
Mighty Mouse: B+
Trevor Wright is definitely one of the better drivers on Robot Wars, overshadowed by guys like Graham Bone and Ian Watts who had better combat success. But kind of like David Gribble, I respect having driving skill for a non-standard robot without two wheels. But Mighty Mouse was never going to get far in such an anti-ram bot series - a heat final is a fitting reward after so little success with Velocirippa. That said, just wait for Ironside 3…
Kronic the Wedgehog: B+
I could have sworn Kronic fought Thermidor but maybe the producers figured it would be a better heat final, kind of like what they do with Spawn Again’s heat later (REALLY not looking forward to that one). Unfortunately, despite beginning to show the root that would eventually become the awesome Apollo, electric problems ensue. A very worthy competitor though, that was happy to put on a good show much like Beast was.
The Kraken: D+
This machine could have been so, so lucky. People mention that Michael Oates (Eruption) finishes fights quickly, but Tsunami proved how toying with your enemy can be fatal, and Thermidor had a number of times it could have had a fight completely in the bag go wrong. But it didn’t, and the match that the Kraken gave to them on a silver platter was taken, if dangerously. I mean seriously. Even before I’d seen the pneumatic claw bend in half like a paraplegic limbo dancer, questions had to be asked how weight saving was put in place to have both an effective crusher and a pneumatic ram - apparently it was to make the ‘clutcher’ arm out of tin foil. At least it kept running all the way through the fight, which is why it gets a D+.
8645T 2: B
See this is why the Floor Flipper should be active more often, rather than just to throw robots for a good replay opportunity. It’s fun, powerful and utterly hilarious. Beast isn’t showing close to the design philosophy that would lead it to it’s current form, and the amazing success of its’ Featherweight counterpart Beauty, but that axe looks suspiciously similar to how Beast runs as Harpy at the live events. The more things change and all that.
Mobot: D
A bizarre design, but full points for effort. An invertible spinner that changes orientation when flipped - a strange precursor to PP3D. It barely had time to get going though, and I have my doubts about the effectiveness of the weaponry. Amusing to note though that this is the only machine from this fight that didn’t end up in S8 Heat E.
Pinser: C+
I mentioned during the Crusher Crunch-Up that without Tiberius this is probably the best ‘me too’ Razer clone in Series 7. It did the most damage, but I think it forgot the one thing that arguably Razer was good at, getting back out and doing something else. Both in this and in the CCU, one serious blow was all it took to completely hobble the machine. Well designed to do the main job, Must Try Harder for part 2.
Cobra: D-
Not going to give this a full F because that would imply this had absolutely no work or effort put into it, and it looked interesting enough. Titanium armour, golf stud wheels… you can tell they made an effort. But my god, only 5 blows with a pneumatic spike, which has never worked in combat robots aside from the ridiculously lucky 101? Just… so many things are bad decisions on this machine, it’s kind of a good thing we have a very honest competitor in Cobra (BE) nowadays to remove this thing from the memory.
Hard: A-
Speaking of Belgian machines! Hard has a difficult place for me because like Topbot, it’s replacing a regular hero for its’ country - Diotior might be the more iconic machine but Deppopasaurus Rex, Philliper and Philliper 2 are ‘the Belgian machines’ to me going back to the old series. This one is excellently engineered though, and driven very well. That flipper’s not bad compared to some we see in this series - short swing but maximum force is one I personally like.
Riptillion: C-I was so ready to give this one a terrible mark but… I don’t know. There’s something about this robot I like. That spinner isn’t that much of a joke, considering the mark it made in Hard’s armour. It simply wouldn’t be flipped over, at all, and it might have kept fighting if it wasn’t for the crush that Growler’s jaws inflicted upon it. Judging by the driver’s face, wiping his brow… he was just happy it got into the arena and did something. I have to respect that.
Trevor isnt a good driver, this robot just seems to be easy to control. Remind yourself what he has done in previous wars... he has made some retarded as hell driving
Thermidor has the same issue with Chaos 2's limited gas supply
@@alexcasares7401 Semi finalist twice.
I loved watching all of these Robot Wars and now I'm watching them again! Thanks for uploading.
Reconstructing. From Joe. X
Shame Thermidor 2 always got unlucky in series 5 and 6, but it's still my absolute favourite flipper in the original series, heck yeah my dude.
Thermidor 2 is one of my favorites as well, I love the design.
If it wasn't for the bad luck, Thermidor would've gave Razer a challenge in series 5, but Thermidor was caught in the Heat of Death with Stinger and 13 Black in Series 6
He had mechanical blips at the time. From Joe. X
the thing about thermador is when it worked it did rather well. But it just kept dying. It died in series 5 and series 6. but they did well in extreme
I was actually in the audience for the final of this heat.
Jack Monaghan really? Cool! :D
@@xtremegaming1837 Thermidor 2 just won it.
pincer looked like such a good bot. Shame that the motors failed. I think the electronics burnt up when it was on the flame pit.
Probably because putting too much pressure on the hydraulic the battery ran out
@@orphanmeat4sale24 Got jammed onto Cobra.
Krakken team used to have a robot called Victor 2 which took part in series 3
Beaten by Trident in round 2 in series 3. From Joe. X
Mighty Mouse didn't win the heat final but full marks for making the time limit against Thermidor 2
Mighty mouse was from Nottingham. From Joe. X
It's a shame Pincer went out when it did, it looked like a well built machine.
He died in the arena. From Joe. X
this is great stuff, some day i would like to build my Robot Arena Forever Spider, right now it is only in the computer world.
A good weapon plus the correct module in robot wars needed.
We were robbed of a thermidor kronic matchup. That would’ve been something awesome
Kronic 2 died in the cpz. From Joe. X
Man why couldn't thermador be this strong in series 5 and 6 t's one of my favorite robots from the original series.
Was sad was that they were never invited to the All Stars
In Series 6, Thermidor was caught in the Heat of Death along with Stinger and 13 Black
Mechanical blips to blame.
And Kronic would eventually go on to become Apollo.
Team MAD acquired Kronic and well inspired Apollo off it.
@@Roscoso Kronic certainly had a very powerful flipper. From the first Kronic to Apollo is, I guess, an interesting study in robot evolution.
Different module.
I love Mighty Mouse.
Tristan Savage me too. It was made by Team Outlaw who also made Ironside 3 and Megga Mouse
@@samuelgiles7571 Nottingham team.
Mr Psycho was tea Bagging Kronic the wedgehog at the end of that match.
Oh that was nothing compared to what Sir Killalot did to Might Mouse in the final match
Mr Psycho was 750kg in weight.
Flattened him.
42:36 Sir Killalots Mighty Mouse
43:44 Sir Killalots Thermador Type 2 crabs
2nd wars newest sentient.
Erm.. is it me or is cobra suspiciously similar to series 1 finalist T.R.A.C.I.E?
That's what my first thought was. "That's not a cobra, that's T.R.A.C.I.E. with a green sock sticking out of it."
Looks familiar but dare I say T.R.A.C.I.E was a thinner looking robot
Similar sizes.
Different module.
For a moment I thought this version of Cobra was the Belgian team from the modern series.
Wrong.
@joeandrews7329 I know! I know!
I always rather liked Thermidor 2, but finding out a few years ago that Ian Harvey's cousin is RUclips legend Stuart Ashen only makes them cooler in retrospect.
Never knew!. From Joe. X
Flippers were the original 4 wheel drive vertical spinner
Strimechs.
Im surprised how nobody could copy Razer's team idea for a robot. All crushers are weak as hell
The engineering experience on the razor team was insane. I'm not that surprised that no one managed to get it to work as well.
@@netkat7486 and presumably money.
Razer won series 5.
Robot Wars: doing the Mobot before it was cool.
Thermidor 2 threw him out of the arena!. From Joe. X
The girl in the Mighty Mouse team never got a chance to speak, poor thing
Emily Wright.
Mighty Mouse 😂😂.. it was interesting watching it run around avoiding.
He was from Nottingham. From Joe. X
Mighty Mouse most crappy heat finalist ever next to Napalm xD
Nottingham team Mighty mouse.
6:01-6:03 The old Thermidor is back
Twice semi-finalist. From Joe. X
There are so many inappropriate jokes that I could make right now 42:34
Thermidor 2 won the heat.
Props to Mighty Mouse for surviving all the way until the end vs Thermidor 2
But lost on the judges vote. From joe. X
2:56 What was the point of building Mobot then?
To get on TV I guess!
@@PelemusMcSoy Thermidor 2 threw him over the fence and out of the arena!. From Joe. X
If you looking for a Dodgem Car. This is what you looking at here 4:02
Mobot.
Eventually Thermidor 2 fell foul of Typhoon 2 in the series semis. From Joe. X
By a slap from Typhoon 2.
It should have been 8645T S.
Lost in round 1.
Thermidor
They were second in the extreme 2 annihilator. From Joe. X
KRONIC MEETS SONIC!
Lost in round 2.
Nice
Good show.
Thermidor’s flipper was definitely weaker than in Series 6.
Not bad robot however. From joe. X
Team eyebrow 🤣
Hard lost to Neater in round 1 in the 2nd Dutch robot wars. From Joe. X
18:15
Round 1.
That idea of a tall thing on top of 8645T is just rubbish.
Techno-junk!.
18:15
Shame for Mobot and 8645T in round 1..
Round 1.