Mark Thorpe was the brainchild of Robots Wars and came up with the idea whilst trying to make a remote controlled vacuum cleaner! It was hugely successful and future series were confirmed for the next 3 years. In 2004 the series was axed, but returned to TV in 2016 with a new arena, house robots and presenters. History Robot Wars TV series started in UK first broadcast on BBC in 1998. I took a look at the toy with my two kids aged 8 and 6.ĭisclaimer: Hexbug sent us a BattleBots Arena to review. We hope kids using this toy, however, will be inspired to build their own robots in future. The Hexbug BattleBots Arena lets kids bring that experience into their own homes without needing to build their own robots. There seems to be something really appealing to watch robots battle it out for survival and marveling at the engineering ingenuity of the roboteers. Both TV series have experienced a revival in the last couple years and growing in popularity. Blacksmith and the Arena MAX set.Hexbug developed a set of battling robots inspired by the popular TV series BattleBots (USA), a spin-off of Robot Wars (UK). Witch Doctor Rivals pack was released in the United Kingdom for the first time, as well as Bite Force vs. Bronco underwent two prototypes in its 2015 season appearance before its final toy was released.Bronco and Witch Doctor were the first HEXBUG releases not to feature pieces held in place by magnets.Bronco's wedges either side of the flipping arm as well as its rear plow are removable. Like every other HEXBUG remote control BattleBots release to date, Bronco also features removable parts which can come off during play to represent damage. Bronco was redesigned to match its World Championship III look and an updated Witch Doctor was designed to accompany it. Bronco's own toy was relatively underpowered too, with its flipping mechanism reworked in the meantime to fire with more power and retract faster. However, Bronco's release was postponed due to HyperShock's radical redesign between the 20 competitions, and the latter would not receive a released toy until 2022. Bronco was originally planned to be released alongside HyperShock, both of which in their World Championship I appearances.

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