Hypno-Disc
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A contestant entry in Robot Wars, Hypno-Disc was one of the first robots to use the flywheel weapon - a highly damaging weapon that succeeded in heavily damaging and destroying a great many robots. Hypno-Disc's design, however, was somewhat basic, and its high ground clearance made it an easy target for robots armed with flipping weapons, such as Chaos 2.
Hypno-Disc was the creation of the Rose family — twin brothers Derek and David, and their father Ken.
Hypno-Disc was the first competitor robot recreated in toy form when the Robot Wars pullback toys were released.
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[edit] Battle Summary
[edit] Series 3
UK Championship
Round 1 vs. Robogeddon - Won
Round 2 vs. Stealth - Won
Round 3 vs. Berserk 2 - Won
Round 4 vs Evil Weevil - Won
Round 5 vs. 101 - Won
Round 6 vs. Steg-o-saw-us - Won
Grand Final vs. Chaos 2 - Lost
[edit] Series 4
UK Championship
Round 1 vs. Raizer Blade vs. The Predator - Qualified
Round 2 vs. V-Max - Won
Round 3 vs. Raizer Blade - Won
Round 4 vs. Splinter - Won
Round 5 vs. Wild Thing - Won
Round 6 vs. Pussycat - Lost
[edit] Robot Wars Extreme - Series 1
Mayhem vs. Wheely Big Cheese vs. Ming 3 - Won
UK vs. Germany Battle vs. Nasty Warrior (Germany) - Lost
All Stars Championship
Round 1 vs. Behemoth - Lost
The First Annihilator
Round 1 vs. Thermidor 2 vs. X-Terminator vs. Splinter vs. Pussycat vs. Arnold, Arnold Terminegger - Survived
Round 2 vs. X-Terminator vs. Splinter vs. Pussycat vs. Arnold, Arnold Terminegger - Survived
Round 3 vs. Splinter vs. Pussycat vs. Arnold, Arnold Terminegger - Eliminated
[edit] Series 5
UK Championship
Round 1 vs. Black Widow - Won
Round 2 vs. Atomic 2 - Won
Round 3 vs. Bulldog Breed - Won
Round 4 vs. Firestorm 3 - Won
Round 5 vs. Dominator 2 - Won
Round 6 vs. Bigger Brother - Lost
3rd and 4th Place Playoff vs. Firestorm 3 - Lost
[edit] Series 6
UK Championship
Round 1 vs. Granny's Revenge 2 vs. 4X4 vs. Barber-ous 2 - Qualified
Round 2 vs. Bulldog Breed - Won
Round 3 vs. Barber-ous 2 - Won
Round 4 vs. Tornado - Lost
Losers' Melee vs. Bigger Brother vs. Spawn Again - Lost
[edit] Robot Wars Extreme - Series 2
All Stars Championship
Round 1 vs. Spawn Again vs. Dominator 2 - Eliminated
Challenge Belt
Round 1 vs. Dantomkia vs. Sir Chromalot vs. S.M.I.D.S.Y. - Eliminated
[edit] Noteworthy Battles
This is a list of battles that have been considered some of Hypno-Disc's most impressive and-or most interesting.
[edit] vs. Robogeddon.
Hypno-Disc's first battle. Robogeddon's armor weapon was disabled by Hypno-Disc's first hit, and its armor was then shredded and blown away.
[edit] vs. Stealth
Hypno-Disc's weapon blew the armor off the back, tore out the innards, and then destroyed the arm that lifted its flipper weapon. The fact that Stealth cost £20,000 to build was noted with irony as it was destroyed.
[edit] vs. 101
One of the closest battles Hypno-Disc ever fought, the judges needed to come out into the arena to examine the damage for themselves, a first in Robot Wars history at the time, before awarding victory to Hypno-Disc.
[edit] vs. Chaos 2
A quick battle which at one stage seemed like Chaos 2's weapon was immobile but ended in defeat for Hypno-Disc, who got flipped over, exhusted from its battle with Steg-O-Saw-Us.
[edit] vs. vs. Raizer Blade vs. The Predator
Hypno-Disc literally blew the batteries out of The Predator, a lookalike of House Robot Sir Killalot, and caused damage to Razier Blade that they never recovered from.
[edit] vs. V-Max
Hypno-Disc blew the CO2 for the flipper out in its first heat, then collided with it again and destroyed the side panels and tore the batteries out. The House Robots pushed him onto the flipper and he was flipped.
[edit] vs. Raizer Blade
Raizer Blade was already half destroyed by Hypno-Disc in the first round. He circled around feebly until Hypno-Disc ripped off its side armour and Sir Killalot and the house robots pushed him over to the flipper and he was flipped, giving the last spot in the finals to Hypno-Disc.
[edit] vs. Splinter
Said by the Robot Wars Ultimite Guide (which went up to Series 5) to be the most violent battle ever, Splinter attempted to deflect the lethal flywheel weapon of Hypno-Disc with its scoop located on its front. Unfortunately, the flywheel simply tore it off and then proceeded to tear into the robot to destroy the inside of it.
[edit] vs. Dominator 2
Hypno-Disc hit Dominator 2 a few times to disable one of its wheels, and then backed off to avoid further damage. This was voted by the judges to be the single most boring fight ever to grace the series.
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