![]() 229 Full color glossy pages with detailed history of the sport, an introduction to the Battlebox, breakdowns of robot types, two page robot profile spreads of over forty of the best bots, hints on how to build your own Battlebot, and comprehensive statistics on over five hundred Battlebots in all weight classes. ![]() " This is a beautiful full color book about the sport of robotic combat, the origins of BattleBots, and the bots and builders behind the madness. Ronin - a heavy, horizontally spinning disc driven by surplus electric treadmill motors, and sporting 3 red Japanese battle flags.Huggy Bear - a menacing capital 'H' with teeth, this crushing ClampBot looks like an escaped prop from the evil version of Sesame Street.BioHazard - an amazingly low-slung bot that's nearly impossible to flip, this 6 wheeled beauty uses it's electric arm to lift opponents off the ground or tip them over.Sunshine Lollibot - a big ass saw blade, powered by a chainsaw motor.Nightmare - a deadly vertical spinner whose giant toothed disc spins 300mph, disassembling other bots, and sending parts richocheting off the ceiling!.So step inside, here's your chance to meet some of the robots that have made names for themselves and their builders in the fearsome sport of BattleBots. Bots built by one guy working weekends in his garage. Bots that spin, hop, punch, hammer, and chop. Bots with turrets and arms and spikes and chainsaws. And the surprises don't stop there - wait until you see the bots! Beetle shaped bots. In BattleBots, an eleven year old girl can kick a grown man's ass. This destructive sport puts athletes and couch potatoes on equal ground. Some of the builders are what you'd expect - mechanical engineers, and computer geeks - but just as many are artists, musicians, high school students, and retirees. From the first official BattleBots competition in 1999 to it's current 5th successful season on Comedy Central, BattleBots has become an obsession for people of all ages and from all walks of life. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the last decade it has become a reality, thanks in large part to BattleBots, the world's most popular robot fighting tournament and one of the highest-rated shows on cable TV. Robotic Combat has arrived to inspire countless movies, novels, computers, and daydreams.
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