Vladiator on eBay

[MikeJ675]

Gage is selling Vladiator, his SHW.

http://cgi.ebay.com/VLADIATOR-Battle...QQcmdZViewItem

Not sure if this is the right spot to post it, but hey, someone here might have some cash to spare and feel like a 340lb 20mph robot

[Elgin Clock]

Hmmm.. I could always buy this & give my family members some IOU's for Christmas this year.

I would have more fun playing (re: taking it apart and putting it back together to get some ideas how it works) with this than a Wii that's for sure.

[EddieMcD]

If it was Vlad the Impaler, I might. While Vladiator was cool in and of itself, it has nothing on good old Vlad.

[Dan Petrovic]

Originally Posted by EddieMcD

If it was Vlad the Impaler, I might. While Vladiator was cool in and of itself, it has nothing on good old Vlad.

I was actually going to say that!

But you beat me to it

Vlad the Impaler was so great. That robot was the Heavy Weight Champion twice, right?

[Bill_Hancoc]

My do i miss that show. Does anybody know if and when there are any reruns of it? but how cool would it be to take one of those and chase some little RC car down the street with it then just rip it to shreads.

o man i was just checking out the Heavy weight section of Battlebots.com and i remember so many of these. My personal favorite was always Biohazard.

[Gabe]

Ah, Battlebots... that site is my inspiration for robot construction ideas. If a robot can survive a battle against saws, hammers, and spikes, then it can survive in a FIRST competition.
Wouldn't it be cool if FIRST had a competition by weight divisions, with a different challenge for each weight class? Teams could build little VEX lightweights or 230 pound super-heavyweight robots. Then depending on how much funding the team has, they enter in a different weight class. Okay, I'm getting off topic...

[EddieMcD]

Originally Posted by Gabe

If a robot can survive a battle against saws, hammers, and spikes, then it can survive in a FIRST competition.

See, that's what turned me off of the fighting robot shows. It used to be more about strategy, maneuvering, etc (anyone remember Deadblow; it wasn't designed to kill the other robot, it was designed to maneuver in and out and get points with all the hits it landed). But they all devolved into two robots driving up to each other, and the one with a bigger weapon won. Vlad the Impaler couldn't destroy a robot (for that matter, neither could Vladiator), but it often won by being better driven and using that dual-forklift (for lack of a better description) to great effect.