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Robot Wars is a competition involving remote controlled miniature vehicles built by mechanics, engineers and inventors, and equipped with weapons, to battle with one another in an arena, gladiator-style, until only the winner is left operational. The first Robot Wars competition was held in August, 1994 at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, California. It was the brainchild of Marc Thorpe with financial backing from Sm:)e communications, a New York record company. The San Francisco based Robot Wars continued through 1997 when the partnership broke up, starting many years for legal wrangling between Thorpe and Profile Records (the former Sm:) e communications). Profile licensed Robot Wars to a UK production company (Mentorn) who derived the Robot Wars television format and series.
The show
Robot Wars has since become a successful British television series, which has attracted a large cult following. The TV series is less anarchic than the original American version and has well-defined rules, classes and a tournament structure. In turn the UK series was remade in the US for television. Reruns are shown on PBS in America, and on the Sci Fi Channel, Jetix and UKTV People in the UK. It formerly aired on TechTV and G4 in the U.S. Versions of the show have been shown in over 45 different countries, including Sweden, Italy, China and Ireland. In some countries that prefer not to use the English commentary, the show is dubbed; in others commentary is provided by native-speaking commentators who attend the recordings in the UK.
There were nine series in the 7-year run of the show.
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@choppedwood YAY, Star Wars Robot Chicken!!
yourenodaisy (Lauren Hite) Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:06:36 -0000
@choppedwood YAY, Star Wars Robot Chicken!!
Not a star wars fan but always loved the robot chicken sketch "they blew up the fuckin deathstar.. who is they.. aluminium falcon" LMAO
Truizm (Matt) Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:05:45 -0000
Not a star wars fan but always loved the robot chicken sketch "they blew up the fuckin deathstar.. who is they.. aluminium falcon" LMAO
New Movie Added: Watch Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II http://bit.ly/4Bww14/
watch_movies_tv (Watch-Movies-Online) Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:23:28 -0000
New Movie Added: Watch Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II http://bit.ly/4Bww14/
Omg, my dad just bought Robot Chicken: Star Wars at Bestbuy and thinks he is soooo cool hahahahahahah
katedangerous (Kate Cabebe) Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:03:37 -0000
Omg, my dad just bought Robot Chicken: Star Wars at Bestbuy and thinks he is soooo cool hahahahahahah
@Vivan: Did she lose her real eyes in the robot wars...?
Vanderdecken (Greg Ebdon) Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:59:13 -0000
@Vivan: Did she lose her real eyes in the robot wars...?
@onerdchato Ah, esse eu quero ver! RT @onerdchato Robot Chicken Especial Star Wars? Porque não!
adr_w (Adriano ) Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:36:56 -0000
@onerdchato Ah, esse eu quero ver! RT @onerdchato Robot Chicken Especial Star Wars? Porque não!
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