Follow upSeries 10 reflectionsWhimsyFormatRyan and Sam make each other sound like dysfunctional hermitsEditingTen robot rumble: extended cutRatingsNo, not those ratings…International specialsCOMPETITOR SPOILERS! Skip to 12 mins to avoid!The last set of ‘specials’ and why they suckedLEGO Robot WarsAn episode. There are many. Watch them. All of themRemote controlled LEGO used rightAlmost every weapon typeHomemade arenaHigher production values than Robot Wars: Grand ChampionsRyan & Sam’s childhood robot building safariSam wins…with parental helpLEGO MindstormsProgramming a sentry gunEditorial note: that’s not proper LEGO and you know itLearning to code?LEGO Mindstorms’ programming interfaceScratchFor context, Sam is a software developer. WHO KNEW?Creating mechanismsRack and Pinion steeringDifferentials - they’re magic‘Walkers’Ryan is a LEGO hipster10 years of building and destroying Robot Wars robotsElasticate ALL OF THE MECHANISMSDeadly seige weaponryMangonelSeries 1 Dead MetalMeccanoSam’s Meccano finger amputator bar spinnerPlastic, for safetyBuilding LEGO from kitsSaturn V kit1m of phallic, American pride to “display and role-play”Why not just buy bricks?Big brand crossovers, because LEGO isn’t famous or anythingLEGO models, or models made of LEGO?Millennium Falcon kit comparisonThe crane that ’looks like LEGO’K’NexRubbish, but goodSimple and effective, but fiddlyFunction over form“You’d have a hard time building a good-looking house out of K’Nex”An 8 minute argument about whether aesthetics are an engineer’s concernWelcome to TangentsvilleMinorest Star Wars spoilers everThe Spinnerproof origins storyStar Wars ‘Machette’ viewing order‘Correct’ Robot Wars viewing order?Mis-remembering TornadoTornado did nothing wrongInquisitor - vanquisher of the mighty RazerRyan tries to remember who won the First World Championships having only started talking about the World Championships as part of a conversation about RazerObsolete audio format.PCXThe morals of taking LEGO back from a childSam is literally James BondCrushed childhood dreams of entering Robot WarsRyan considers ‘post the year 2000’ to be near the end of Robot WarsScrapheap ChallengeDick Strawbridge
