ThermidorTwo

Old name Rage. Huge thanks to RoverDover and PrincessMossy for this boyo :D I have the last of the 5 challenger robots I wanted! This one was little Sky’s top most favourite most bestest robot. I ADORED this weird little lobster bot and it’s volatile record in the arena cx I always wanted to go watch the show so I could meet the team and pet it, but it never happened. I’ve based this fandragon on the Pre-Gen 8, Post-Gen 3 versions because that’s the Thermidor 2 I knew growing up :3 That thing could YEET :^

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Participation Information UK Series: 3-8, Extreme 1-2 Other Names: Thermador (Series 3) Team Information Team: Team Lobster Team Members: David Harding, Ian Harvey (Series 3-8, Extreme 1) Eli Kirkpatrick (Series 3-4) Sarah Snowling (Series 6) Nigel Blackenberry (Extreme 2) From: Costessey, Norwich, Norfolk Robot Statistics (As of Most Recent Appearance) Weight: 95kg (110kg: Series 8) Top Speed: 15mph Power: Lithium polymer batteries (25.9v) Drive: 2x 750w Electric Motors Weapon: CO2 Flipper w/ 1 tonne lift & Grabbing Claws (Claws not used much) Armour: Aluminium Armour Strengths: Quick and Strong, Compact, Powerful Weapons Weaknesses: Limited Gas supply, Easy to flip Modifications: 5mm polycarbonate armour, Pneumatic Flipper (Series 8) EXTRA INFO: Thermidor 2 had one of the most erratic records in the show. It reached the semi-finals of Series 4 and 7, came second in the Extreme 2 Annihilator and amassed fifteen combat victories across its career. However, it was also no stranger to first round defeats, suffering such defeats in three of its six attempts at the UK Championship title in Series 5, 6 and 8, as well as the Extreme 1 Annihilator. Thermidor 2 is well-remembered for its ability to flip opponents out of the arena. It was the first robot to defeat two opponents in a single battle in this way (Behemoth and Stinger) and would go on to tally a total of four in its career. Team Lobster competed in Series 3 with Thermador, the team's original creation. The robot used a two-wheel drive, with distinctive large wheels taken from a Mini Metro, allowing it to run inverted. It was designed to look like a cooked red lobster, and as such, its main weapons were horizontal grabbing claws. It was made from 3mm aluminium alloy and had a small lobster's head made from a cycling helmet where its successor's flipper would be. As well as the lobster claws, it was equipped with a spike at the front and a small cutting disc in the tail. Building of the robot started in March 1999, and was finished midway through May, only days before the Series 3 auditions. Thermador competed in Heat M of its first televised Robot Wars appearance. Thermador easily defeated its first opponent Plunderstorm in the first round of the heat, as the previous semi-finalists never truly started moving, Plunderstorm turned to face the arena side wall, as only one track was working, before the machine stopped completely, the Judges subsequently declared it immobilised. Thermador then closed in and gently slammed Plunderstorm into the arena side wall, before quickly retreating, so that the House Robots could close in themselves to do some damage to Plunderstorm. Sir Killalot hoisted up Plunderstorm with its lance, getting into the track, and carried it over to the pit of oblivion, before dumping it down. Thermidor 2, styled by the team as Thermidor II, was equipped with a full CO2 powered flipper that could lift a ton and throw other robots over with ease. The flipper was depicted with an angry face, which would become synonymous with the robot. However, it retained Thermador's long tail section, though the rear cutting disc was removed, and spring-loaded lobster claws to help grab hold of its opponents, although the claws were now rarely used. Several holes were drilled into the claws to keep the robot within the weight limit. In Series 5 and Extreme, the claws were redesigned to be wedge-shaped, preventing them from getting in the way of the flipper, and no longer featured holes which previously were needed to reduce the robot's weight. Despite still being attached to a pneumatic mechanism, making them technically operable, they were almost never used as a weapon since, mainly serving as a decorative addition. The robot's back end was shortened and altered to be a curved shape instead of the conical back end of the previous Thermidor 2, which allowed it to self-right easier. Even so, it was proven to be capable of running inverted, as seen in its first-round battle that series. For Series 5, a new PCM radio was installed. For Series 6 the radio was changed back, and the antennae on top of the robot were removed. Otherwise, the robot was largely unchanged, a matter which embarrassed Team Lobster when Philippa Forrester asked them about the robot's improvements on TV. For Series 7, a wheelie bar was added to the rear and the flipper's power was improved. Thermidor 2 could drive at speeds of up to 15mph, but was easily flipped, had a limited CO2 supply, and from Extreme 1 onwards its aluminium armour was comparatively weak. At the time, it weighed 95kg. For Series 8, Thermidor 2 was brought out of retirement and reworked. Now armoured in 5mm polycarbonate, the robot weighed 110kg, and featured modern-day internals including 25.9v lithium polymer batteries, also sporting a greater gas supply. In its official photographs, Thermidor 2 appeared to use a brighter orange colour-scheme, although in televised combat, the robot used its more well-known red colours, with the addition of a new face on the flipper. Thermidor 2's lobster design was a high and fun point of the robot. Jonathan Pearce particularly made numerous jokes throughout its appearances about Thermidor 2 being "broiled" (since lobsters do not turn red until they are cooked), often when it was defeated. TRIVIA: - Thermador and Thermidor 2 were named after the French lobster dish. In Series 3, Thermador was mistakenly spelled with an a. It was not until filming that the team were informed that they had spelt it wrong. - The original Thermador was one of sixteen competitors from The Third Wars to appear in Robot Wars: Metal Mayhem, but was mistakenly called "Thermidor 2". - Thermidor 2’s final win in its career, against Mighty Mouse in Series 7, was its sole victory via judges’ decision, ending a 14-fight streak that had begun in Series 3. - When the Series 4 version was tested in captain David Harding's kitchen, it made a huge dent in the radiator. - Thermidor 2 and Plunderbird are the only robots to have reached a semi-final of at least one series and yet lose in the first round of three other series. Coincidentally, the two fought each other in Thermador's first appearance. - Thermidor 2 is the only robot with more than one semi-finals appearance to bear this unfortunate statistic. - Thermidor 2 is one of three robots to have made the semi-finals on more than one occasion and not advance past the first round. The other two are Spawn Again and Wheely Big Cheese. - Thermidor 2 was the third of six robots to win a heat by defeating two seeded robots in a single episode. It shares this with fellow Series 4 semi-finalists Dominator 2, Tornado and Splinter, as well as S3 and Bigger Brother from The Fifth Wars. - Thermidor 2 is one of eleven robots to have fought in five or more series of Robot Wars' initial run, having fought in Series 3 through 7. It shares this pattern with S.M.I.D.S.Y., Bulldog Breed, Team KaterKiller, Team Big Brother, Team Ming, Team Scutterbots, and X-Terminator. (Robot Wars Wiki. Template base by Snapdragon)

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