RoboCast #97 — Robot Wars Extreme: Series 2 - Challenge Belt Review [w. Andrew Marchant]

In this podcast, I am joined by Steve, the American Killjoy and World of Woodrow as we look at the Classic Robot Wars episode revolving around the Challenge Belt in the Extreme Series 2. You may notice a similar theme to BattleBots: Bounty Hunters! For this podcast, we are joined by Andrew Marchant, captain of Team Tornado, who held the Challenge Belt at the time (and still do to this day!).   Be sure to check us out on iTunes and Spotify too! Simply search “The RoboCast” on either of those platforms, and listen to us on the go!   Let us know what your thoughts on the Challenge Belt episode of Robot Wars in the comments, and some of Andrew’s stories!! How much would we love to see the former champ running around again at a RoboNerd style event?   Time Stamps: 00:00 – Introduction 00:59 – Episode format, and how Tornado ended up the “Bounty” 09:58 – Dantomkia vs Hypno-Disc vs Sir Chromalot vs SMIDSY 17:39 – Barberous 2 vs Iron Awe 2 vs Terrorhurtz vs Vader 28:21 – Dantomkia vs Iron Awe 2 33:58 – SMIDSY vs Terrorhurtz 38:02 – Dantomkia vs Terrorhurtz 41:55 – Terrorhurtz vs Tornado 46:54 – Andrew & Tornado’s Legacy in Robot Wars 48:38 – Fighting with Photon Storm and Robot Combat today 51:51 – Closing Thoughts   Episode link courtesy of NJGW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eQt5DBBR7U Also, a HUGE shoutout to the Seaborg, who designed my fantastic new channel icon and podcast logo! Check him out here, and be sure to approach him for any design work you may want or need, you won’t be disappointed: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ4Ls2iEv_ecyGS7YB_o_qg   Get your Two-Headed Death Flamingo tees here: https://shop.bristolbotbuilders.com/product/mingo/   My Pages: https://twitter.com/SamElliott64 https://www.youtube.com/c/SamElliott64 https://twitter.com/2HDFlamingo https://www.facebook.com/2HDFlamingo/ https://www.instagram.com/2hdflamingo/   Steve’s Pages: https://twitter.com/AKJofficial https://www.youtube.com/user/AmericanKilljoy   Jevan’s Pages: https://www.facebook.com/WorldOfWoodrowYouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/WorldofWoodrow   Don’t forget to check BattleBots themselves out online too! https://battlebots.com/ https://twitter.com/BattleBots https://www.facebook.com/battlebots https://www.youtube.com/battlebots https://www.instagram.com/battlebots