Around seven years ago, I was bored. I didn't have much to do with my time, considering I was around eleven years old, so I'd just sit at a laptop and browse the vast collection of entertainment resources known as 'Youtube'. It happened one fateful day, where I was watching old videos of my favourite show, Robot Wars. Razer had just dispatched it's third victim for the day, and I was looking for the fourth, when there was a curious sight in the suggestions;
Someone had made working, radio-controlled robots out of lego. I was astonished. Every other 'Lego Robot Wars' video was just generic MOCs made to slam into eachother in imaginary battles controlled by mysterious forces known as 'hands', however here I'd found the gold mine of actual, motorised lego robots.
I was instantly hooked. I immediately ordered power functions, built frames, and seven years later I have 25 unique creations made to fall apart and look cool doing so.
Presenting: Lego Robot Wars; The Light Weights.
All weighing in at under 500g with electrics installed, and running on one li-poly, 1-2 IR recievers and 2-4 M motors each, these were some of the most fun I'd ever had. I ordered a camera, I found a tripod, I gave each one a unique or inspired name, and I was ready to film an entire series. However, I couldn't find a second driver to pilot an oponent, and so a series was never made.
And so, for the last two years, every single one of these frames has been sat gathering dust. I can't bring myself to dismantle them. Maybe I could, if I were to build again, but circumstances have killed any and all motivation I ever had.
So, with that said, I hope you enjoy these as much as I enjoyed playing with them, years ago.
If you want pictures or demos of individual robots, let me know and I'll provide them. Also, depending on the response I get, I may just have a last try at getting this done.
Well okay this got relatively ignored It's fine though because I can provide some video as well as some general advice to people wanting to build one of these: Anyway with that out of the way, have a couple 2-year-old videos of my past builds in action: