Due to Flippa's lack of mobility, Spartacus 2 simply seized the Oregon machine, shoved it around the arena, before eventually pressing the pit release button and dumping Flippa down into the pit, putting Spartacus through to the Third World Championship. In the battle, after entering the arena, Flippa did not move from its spot, only making a few slight twitches as Spartacus tried to grapple it with its claw weapon. Spartacus closes in on the struggling Flippa Spartacus 2 had to fight fellow American robot Flippa in a qualifier battle, for a right to fight for the USA in the Third World Championship. Although Spartacus survived until the end of the battle, Panzer Mk 2 was declared the winner. Drillzilla, Panzer Mk 2 and General Chompsalot teamed up on Spartacus, nearly being flipped out of the arena by Panzer Mk 2's scoop. It was pushed by Drillzilla into the wall, and into Matilda's CPZ, before damaging its armour with repeated pushing. Panzer Mk 2 lifts Spartacus against the wall Spartacus faced General Chompsalot, Drillzilla, Cyclone, Run Away and Panzer Mk 2 in the first round battle. Rebecca Grant: " Is it gonna be thumbs up or thumbs down for Spartacus?" Jim Rowland: " Thumbs up for Spartacus!" - The brief pre-battle interview with Rebecca Grant
Sinclair Robotics also entered the Civil War with Spike later into the filming of US Season 1.
#Spartacus show series#
In Extreme Warriors, Jim Rowland was joined by his children Jimmy and Jessie Rowland, while his only teammate in the British series was friend Dom Neeley. Jim Rowland was the team captain, and the lead builder of the Spartacus machines, also driving the robot in battle. Spartacus was built by Sinclair Robotics, an American team from Germantown in Ohio. Each pincer operated with a tonne of force, but the robot still could not self-right, and was fairly slow. Its new weapon was a pincer, with one half piercing out of the helmet, while the other half pushed out of the wedge, allowing the robot to bite from above and below. It featured a new, larger helmet, and the robot was larger as a whole. The second version of Spartacus was known as Spartacus 2 on its statistics board (styled as Spartacus II), but otherwise simply used the name 'Spartacus' on the show. It was small compared to its successor and other robots, and could not self-right. It was armed with an undercutting blade powered by a 36 volt motor, designed to grip robots and allow Spartacus to push opponents around the arena. Spartacus was decorated with a thick gladiator helmet to act as top armour.