Dutch's Bug Forum

Brick colors and properties

Lego bricks come in many colors. Often, the properties of the brick materiel varies with color.


Brown/reddish brown
Brown and reddish-brown legos are usually significantly more brittle than pieces of other colors. This is due to an issue with the mixtures, which Lego says it has corrected.^[1] For this reason, brown is almost never used in impactors or exposed armor.

Dark gray
Dark gray seems to be marginally softer than the average lego, but does not crack easily. This does not impact its performance in a significant way.

Light gray
Light gray is harder than dark gray but more brittle. This does not impact its performance in a significant way.


[1]: https://brickshow.com/2018/12/problem-brittle-lego-reddish-brown-bricks-solved

Free Ripping
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Free Ripping is a superheavyweight top spinner built by Ethan, which stores over 80 joules when at full speed. It won Patterson-Seibert Tournament 33 as a rookie. It was heavily upgraded for greater power and strength afterwards, and won #34 next.

Stats
Diameter: 16.378 inches
Weight: 460 grams
Class: Superheavyweight
Fighting average: 0.857 (12 wins out of 14 fights)
Weapons: Blades/impactors
Max tip speed: ~14 mph
Max rpms: ~200
Max KE: ~80 J
Max weapon bite: ~42.6 mm
Minibots: None
Titles: 1 Patterson-Seibert Tournament (33)
Status: Active

History
Free Ripping vs RadioWave
Free Ripping's debut came in a qualifier match against the durable horizontal spinner RadioWave.
     Free Ripping first landed a hit on RadioWave that damaged the horizontal's front armor but sheared a chunk out of one of its own impactor plates. The second hit spilled more pieces out of RW. The third hit blew RW's armor apart, took out all its contact points, knocked its handle off the back, and put a nick in one of the frame members deep in the chassis. RadioWave was dead in the water and Free Ripping won its first ever match by a shockingly impressive KO. However, it would next be tested against the reigning champion, fellow FBS Chopper.
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Damage inflicted on RadioWave by Free Ripping. Much of the front armor was damaged, the entire bottom of the chassis was gone, and the handle was knocked off the back. However, the frame was largely undamaged despite taking a direct hit.

Free Ripping vs Chopper
Free Ripping blew Chopper to pieces in two hits and moved on for a match with another top—this one last tournament's runner-up and rookie sensation Unnamed II.

Free Ripping vs Unnamed II (winners' bracket semifinals)
Free Ripping KO'd Unnamed II as well, moving on to the finals to face the winner of the elimination bracket—this turned out to be Unnamed II.

Free Ripping vs Unnamed II (final)
Free Ripping scored another quick KO and won the title, being the first rookie to do so since Tearnado III in tournament #18.

Free Ripping vs Spinster
The champ's first opponent of the tourney was Spinster, a rookie top spinner. The first hit was impressive and lightly damaged both robots. This was followed by two misses. On the next collision Free Ripping sent Spinster flying with a sheared-off tooth. This left Spinster unbalanced and it was counted out, giving Free Ripping the win by KO.
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Free Ripping vs Manticore
Next up for Free Ripping was the flipper Manticore, which had just beaten MicroWave by knockout.
     Free Ripping tore into Manticore's chassis and blew the entire bot apart in four hits, even shearing off a technic piece.

Free Ripping vs Chopper (winners' bracket semifinal)
Free Ripping smashed Chopper to bits in only three impacts, winning yet another victory by KO. However, since Chopper won the losers' bracket semifinal against MicroWave, Free Ripping had to fight it again.

Free Ripping vs Chopper (final)
Free Ripping broke Chopper in two again and David tapped out. Free Ripping won its second consecutive Legobots championship.

Free Ripping vs RadioWave
Free Ripping immediately got to work slamming its blades into RW, and on the second hit the horizontal spinner's 90-gram Disk shot off and flew through the air, flying into a nearby couch and bouncing off to narrowly miss Ethan's head. On the third hit RW was flipped and counted out, giving Free Ripping its ninth win straight by KO.

Free Ripping vs Not That Cute
Not That Cute was Trent's most successful entry, a large top spinner. Free Ripping battered NTC into pieces but was unable to fully KO it and the fight went to a decision. Free Ripping won it and advanced to face Chopper once again.

Free Ripping vs Chopper (winners' bracket semifinal)
Free Ripping KO'd Chopper in six hits and advanced to the finals to face Not That Cute for the second time.

Free Ripping vs Not That Cute (final)
Free Ripping did far worse this time, taking heavy damage and losing by KO in only two hits, its first loss. However, since it was the leading finalist, a second final was held.

Free Ripping vs Not That Cute (final)
Free Ripping was back in form, battering Not That Cute and splitting it into several pieces, but since NTC was designed with contact points under the impactors, it was able to keep fighting. On the eighth hit, Not That Cute's remaining section was flipped and counted out. Free Ripping was declared champion... until about one minute later when a smaller (but still substantial) chunk of NTC with a remaining contact point was spotted. On the tenth hit Free Ripping took a hit which left it stranded and counted out. Free Ripping was, to everyone's shock, eliminated.


Trivia

• No opponent lasted more than five or six hits against Free Ripping in its first nine matches.
• All Free Ripping's opponents up until Manticore (and since) were/are some sort of horizontal spinners.

Chopper
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Chopper is a lightweight top spinner built by David. It has won four Patterson-Seibert Tournaments.

Stats
Diameter: 8.819 inches
Weight: 120 grams
Class: Lightweight
Fighting average: 0.601 (47 wins out of 78 fights)
Weapons: Blades/impactors
Max tip speed: ~10 mph
Max rpms: ~350-400
Max KE: ~20 J (at 400 rpms)
Max weapon bite: ~31.0 mm
Minibots: None
Titles: 5 Patterson-Seibert Tournaments (21, 23, 30, 31, 32)
Status: Active

History
Chopper vs Haymaker
Chopper's debut was against the flipper Haymaker. Chopper was unable to get a good hit and lost in a match that included the first ever successful flip by a flipper.

Chopper vs Reaper
Next up for Chopper was the rubber-band-powered offset horizontal spinner Reaper. Chopper won, probably by KO, and advanced to the next round to face vertical spinner Jackspinner.

Chopper vs Jackspinner
Chopper won and advanced to face Haymaker again.

Chopper vs Haymaker
Chopper lost again and was eliminated from the tournament.

Chopper vs Lobster
Chopper tore Lobster to pieces and won, advancing to the next round for a match against the legendary Left Hook Jr.

Chopper vs Left Hook Jr.
Chopper lost and joined the elimination bracket again.

Chopper vs Cyclone
Chopper defeated the other full body spinner and advanced to the finals to fight LHJ again.

Chopper vs Left Hook Jr.
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Chopper landed the first hit on LHJ's wedge, and then an instant later was sent flying almost out of the arena by LHJ's spinner. Chopper spun back in and was then OOTA'd again. It got back one more time before being OOTA'd again and breaking apart. Chopper was counted out and LHJ won the title.

Chopper vs Haymaker
Chopper won and moved on the second round to fight Ethan's axebot Axe.

Chopper vs Axe
Chopper defeated Axe and moved on to the third round to fight fellow top Tearnado III.

Chopper vs Tearnado III
Chopper lost and joined the elimination bracket where it faced overhead horizontal Fallen Windmill for the first time.

Chopper vs Fallen Windmill
There were several big hits early on, and then David raised Chopper on one side so that the two impacted at an odd angle—the massive hit sent Chopper out of the arena and into a low bookshelf. David was able to get back in, but Windmill continued to control the fight. The fight went to a judge's decision which Chopper lost, eliminating it.

Chopper vs Skeleton
Chopper was seeded against rookie vertical spinner Skeleton. It won and advanced to the second round, where it faced Tearnado III for the second time.

Chopper vs Tearnado III
Chopper lost again and joined the elimination bracket.

Chopper vs Thick
Chopper defeated David's other bot and entered the finals to face Tearnado III yet again.

Chopper vs Tearnado III
Chopper lost and Tearnado won the title for the second time.

Chopper vs Fallen Windmill (exhibition match)
Chopper participated in an exhibition match, which was a rematch with Fallen Windmill. After being rammed around initially, Chopper won by KO.

Chopper vs Tearnado III
Chopper was seeded against Tearnado III in their fourth match against each other and lost, joining the elimination bracket.

Chopper vs Byte
Chopper defeated the shell spinner and advanced to fight drum spinner Death Rattle.

Chopper vs Death Rattle

Chopper carved the middleweight apart in a dominant performance and won by KO.

Chopper vs Tearnado III
The tops faced each other for the fifth time in three seasons, and Chopper finally managed take the win.

Chopper vs Fallen Windmill
Chopper won by KO and advanced to the finals to fight Skeleton again.

Chopper vs Skeleton
Chopper lost and Skeleton won its first Legobots championship.

Chopper vs Icewave
Chopper was seeded against the rookie horizontal spinner Icewave. Chopper was the aggressor throughout the fight, knocking Icewave around and causing damage to its wedge. Chopper won by JD and advanced to the second round to face Fallen Windmill again.

Chopper vs Fallen Windmill

Neither bot was able to get a big advantage at first, with both getting sent flying by the impacts. Then Chopper landed a huge shot that sent itself into an adjacent wall and flipped FW over. FW was counted out and Chopper won by KO.

Chopper vs Skeleton
Chopper tore into Skeleton's front armor early on, as the latter's forks were not suited for this matchup. On the tenth hit, Chopper hit Skeleton hard enough to flip the superheavyweight over. Chopper won by KO and advanced to the finals to fight the rookie flipper Floppy.

Chopper vs Floppy
Chopper won and took its first Legobots title (also David's first).

Chopper received a bye and first faced rookie lifter Whiplash, which had gotten a huge upset against Skeleton in the first round.

Chopper vs Whiplash
Chopper won and advanced to the third round for a rematch with Floppy.

Chopper vs Floppy
Chopper was unable to get a good grab into Floppy's armor and lost, joining the losers' bracket to face offset horizontal spinner Tank.

Chopper vs Tank
Chopper damaged Tank's weapon but was unable to get through its back armor and lost, eliminating it from the tournament.

Chopper vs WarWave
Seeded #3, Chopper first fought rookie overhead horizontal WarWave. Chopper won by KO and advanced.

Chopper vs Stingray
Chopper defeated Stingray.

Chopper vs Tank
Chopper again failed to beat Tank and joined the losers' bracket final against Hydra.

Chopper vs Hydra
Chopper inflicted massive damage to Hydra's chassis and won a JD, putting it in the finals against Tank.

Chopper vs Tank
Chopper won and was crowned Legobots champion for the second time.

Chopper was seeded #1 and first faced another rookie, this one the overhead horizontal spinner MicroWave.

Chopper vs MicroWave
Chopper's first hit ripped a brick off MicroWave's wedge. Its second did more damage and split MicroWave's heavy plate frame from one side to another, partially disabling the rookie's weapon. MicroWave tapped out and Chopper won by technical KO.

Chopper vs Tank
Chopper won again and advanced to fight Hydra again.

Chopper vs Hydra
Chopper ripped off Hydra's lifter and damaged its front, but broke apart soon after and lost by KO.

Chopper vs Floppy
Chopper lost and was eliminated from the tournament.

Chopper vs Thumper

Chopper won easily and advanced to the second round to face Floppy once again.

Chopper vs Floppy
Chopper lost and joined the elimination bracket.

Chopper vs Skeleton
Chopper lost and was eliminated from the tournament.

Chopper vs MicroWave
Chopper faced MicroWave for the second time. It managed to inflict damage to MicroWave's armor and weapon, but broke apart and lost by KO. David joined the elimination bracket.

Chopper vs A Bone To Pick
Chopper lost and was eliminated from the tournament.


Chopper vs Divider
Chopper was seeded against the rookie Divider, a massively powerful vertical spinner. Chopper lost and joined the elimination bracket.

Chopper vs MicroWave
Chopper faced MicroWave for the third time. It landed several huge shots that split MicroWave's chassis open, disabling its weapon, but soon broke apart and lost by KO, being eliminated again.

Chopper returned with thicker weapon teeth.

Chopper vs Retroactive
Chopper was seeded against David's rookie eggbeater spinner Retroactive and won its first victory in two tournaments.

Chopper vs MicroWave (winners' bracket final)
Dutch went with the new weapon option "Disco", a small, light disc for easy driving. Chopper landed several good hits, knocking MicroWave into the air twice and taking a small plate out of its front armor before a titanic hit that sent MicroWave flying, landing on its back with a shattered frame. MicroWave's weapon was disabled and it was counted out, giving Chopper the win by KO.

Chopper vs Skeleton (finals)
Chopper landed strong hits on Skeleton before eventually breaking up and being KO'd.

Chopper vs Skeleton (finals)
Chopper hit Skeleton's wedge and broke in two immediately, eliminating it from the tournament after a very deep run.

Chopper vs Undertaker
Chopper first fought against incredibly powerful vertical spinner Undertaker. Chopper met its opponent weapon-to-weapon and the hit blasted Undertaker's entire weapon mounting off the body. This unbalanced Undertaker's body, leaving the front contact points off the ground. Undertaker was KO'd and Chopper moved on with a statement win under its belt.

Chopper vs Skeleton
Chopper landed solid hits on Skeleton until breaking apart and tapping out.

Chopper vs Undertaker
Chopper hit the side of Undertaker's chassis and split the entire frame in half. Chopper won by KO in one hit again and advanced to face Floppy.

Chopper vs Floppy
The fight was fairly even throughout, with Chopper chipping away at Floppy's wedge and the latter getting a single flip. Late in the match Chopper landed a massive shot on Floppy's wedge that ripped plates off but broke Chopper apart again. Chopper was eliminated.

Chopper returned heavily upgraded and was given the #2 seed against MicroWave.

Chopper vs MicroWave
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Chopper ripped MicroWave's new side armor off in one hit and then pressed on, damaging the other bot's wedge. On the tenth charge Chopper ripped the left side wheel off, KO'ing MicroWave and sending to the elimination bracket. Chopper won by KO and advanced to face Skeleton once again.

Chopper vs Skeleton (winners' bracket final)
Chopper was aggressive, landing hit after hit. The rubber band powering Skeleton's spinner snapped, leaving Chopper free to attack the front armor. Chopper heavily damaged Skeleton's chassis for the remainder of the hits. Chopper won a judge's decision and advanced to the finals to face Undertaker again.

Chopper vs Undertaker (final)
Chopper cut into Undertaker's ablative armor and survived the weapon-on-weapon impacts before ripping Undertaker in half again, taking its third Legobots title.

Chopper was given the #1 seed and first faced off against rookie flipper Pancake, also a David build.

Chopper vs Pancake
Chopper disabled Pancake's flipper and won by tapout.

Chopper vs Skeleton
Next up for Chopper was a rematch with the redesigned Skeleton. The first few hits sent Chopper tumbling over its opponent, but the tide turned as Chopper inflicted massive damage to the vert's weapon tower, collapsing it and bending it over the rear of the bot. Chopper continued to damage Skeleton's wedge and won a JD.

Chopper vs Launch Break II (winners' bracket final)
Chopper's next match was against another rookie flipper in Dutch's Launch Break II. Chopper failed to get enough engagement on LBII's wedge in the first hit. On the second David outmaneuvered Dutch and ripped off one of LBII's wheel guards. As the guard was the only thing keeping the wheels from sliding off the axle, Dutch was forced to drive much more cautiously. Chopper landed another hit which knocked both left-side wheels off entirely and won by KO.

Chopper vs MicroWave (finals)

Chopper's first hit was straight to the front armor and knocked MicroWave into the air. After this MicroWave was able to engage with its weapon and the hits sent both bots flying. The bots then went weapon-to-weapon in a massive hit that knocked MicroWave's weapon shaft out of the mounting in a similar fashion to what had happened to RadioWave twice earlier. With no weapon MicroWave was reduced to a wedgebot which Chopper quickly flipped. Chopper won by KO and took the championship for the fourth time.

Chopper again received the #1 seed. Its first match was against fellow top spinner Unnamed II.

Chopper vs Unnamed II
Chopper and Unnamed II went weapon-to-weapon repeatedly. Neither bot was able to disable the other (though Chopper dealt heavy damage to Unnamed's impactors) and Chopper won a judges' decision. Next up was a rematch with Undertaker.

Chopper vs Undertaker

Chopper first landed a hit on Undertaker's front armor which dented a plate and split the frame slightly. The next hit landed lower down and split Undertaker's entire chassis in two from top to bottom. Undertaker was counted out and Chopper won a KO.

Chopper vs Pancake (winners' bracket semifinal)
Chopper next fought David's flipper Pancake. Chopper inflicted heavy damage and Pancake dropped out and Chopper advanced to the finals once more to face Unnamed II again.

Chopper vs Unnamed II (finals)
The first hit from Unnamed II took a chunk out of Chopper's base plate. Chopper was able to control the fight fairly well but took more damage until on the tenth hit Unnamed II lost a contact point. Chopper took the championship for the fifth time.

Chopper vs Free Ripping
Chopper's first fight was verses Ethan's superheavyweight top spinner Free Ripping, a rookie that had just destroyed RadioWave in three hits. The first hit sent the tops flying in opposite directions. On the second impact, Chopper exploded, blasted into at least a dozen pieces. Chopper was counted out, taking its first loss in eleven fights, and joined the elimination bracket. David conducted extensive repairs after this match because of how destroyed Chopper was.

Chopper vs RadioWave
Chopper and RW attacked, fully spun up. RW tried to do MicroWave's signature anti-top "weapon dive", but its entire weapon blade flew off on the second hit and it was flipped over. Chopper won by KO and advanced to the next round to face fellow David build Pancake Mix.

Chopper vs Pancake Mix
Chopper won by tapout and advanced to fight MicroWave once again.

Chopper vs MicroWave
Chopper absolutely wrecked MicroWave in one hit, splitting the frame, dislodging the drive axle, and ripping all the plates off the bottom of the body. MicroWave's weapon slowly spun down with its wheel, and it was rendered immobile. MicroWave was counted out and Chopper won via an incredibly destructive KO.

Chopper vs Unnamed II (elimination bracket semifinal)
With a rematch from last tournament's final, Chopper had to fight Unnamed II in order to enter the finals. David made sure Chopper was in peak condition for this fight. However, the first hit blew it to pieces once more. The base still had a contact point and could technically still fight, but David tapped out and Chopper was eliminated.

Chopper vs Ender

First up for Chopper was the rookie vertical disk spinner Ender, built by Dutch specifically to counter hard-hitting tops. Ender lacked significant weapon power and reach, but boasted an extremely durable frame and thick front plow.
     On the first engagement, Chopper outmaneuvered Ender and landed a hit on the left side of its front, ripping the entire plow off. The shock of the impact also disabled the gearing for Ender's spinner. David celebrated and on the next series of hits Chopper landed huge shots to the front of Ender, spinning it almost entirely around in the air once and taking off its front self-righter. Ender's spinner came in and out of operation before stopping for good. Then David hopped Chopper up for an "aerial attack" which further damaged Ender's weapon system. On the sixth charge a huge hit split Chopper's body in half and flipped Ender onto its front, leaving it stranded. Chopper's lower body still spun and Ender was counted out, giving Chopper the win by KO.
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Damage to Ender's chassis after the match. Ender's frame remained solid but armor pealed away from it and the plate where the contact points were mounted was dented in multiple places.

Chopper vs Manta
Chopper's next opponent was a rookie eggbeater in Manta. In the first charge, the spinners went weapon-to-weapon and Chopper whacked Manta sideways hard enough to pull its drive wheel along its axle, partially disabling the eggbeater spinner. In the same hit Chopper shot under Manta and hit its contact point mounting, knocking it off and winning by KO in one hit.

Chopper vs Free Ripping (winners' bracket semifinal)
Chopper was blasted apart in three hits, losing by KO again.

Chopper vs MicroWave (elimination bracket semifinal)
Chopper hit MicroWave very hard again and again, eventually blasting the chassis apart, winning in a dominant KO and advancing to the finals.

Chopper vs Free Ripping (final)
Chopper broke in half in two hits and tapped out, finally being eliminated.

Chopper vs Cutie
Chopper faced another rookie eggbeater, this one the small but sturdy Cutie. Chopper landed repeated hits but was unable to disable the other 'bot until engagement number five, where it won by KO.

Chopper vs MicroWave
Chopper faced yet another rematch with MicroWave. As the fight went on, Chopper was able to hit MW's left wheel again and again, nearly ripping the tire off its rim. The gear holding MicroWave's spinning Disc on worked its way off and launched on the fifth hit, but this did not impact the rest of the match.
     On the ninth hit, Chopper hit MW hard enough to flip the horizontal spinner. MicroWave attempted to self-right but failed to and was counted out, giving Chopper another win by KO.

Chopper vs Free Ripping (winners' bracket semifinal)
Chopper took heavy damage and was knocked out in the sixth engagement. It joined the elimination bracket.

Chopper vs Not That Cute (elimination bracket semifinal)
Chopper's next opponent was Not That Cute, a large top spinner from Trent. Chopper lost by KO in the fourth hit and was eliminated.


Trivia

• Chopper has fought more matches than any other Legobot in history (78) and has more wins than any other bot (47).
• Chopper has more title wins than any other top spinner in history (5).
• Chopper has had the longest hiatus between championship wins (7 tournaments) and the longest loss streak of a former champion (5 consecutive losses).
• Chopper has a 26-8 (.765) record against rookies.
• Chopper once went 11 fights without being KO'd, tying Floppy for fourth place in this category.

MicroWave
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MicroWave is an overhead horizontal bar spinner, basically a smaller version of GyroWave. It has done decently in Legobots, eliminating Skeleton in its rookie year and going a total of 2-3 against three-time champ Floppy.

Stats
Length: N/A
Weight: 284 grams with "Bar Of Holy Wrath" in Tournament #25—now over 300g
Class: Middleweight (heavyweight with Handle, superheavyweight with Handle and Turtle weapon)
Fighting average: 0.590 (23 wins out of 39 fights)                         not counting forfeits, 0.600 (18 wins out of 34 fights)
Weapons: Spinning bar, wedge
Max weapon KE: 6.0 J with "Disc", 18 J with "Turtle".
Max weapon bite: 31.9 mm
Weapon tip speed: ~6.76 mph (Disc), ~9.75 mph (Key Toe Diet)
Minibots: None
Titles: None
Status: Active

Design
MicroWave Versions 1-2 Design Overview
MicroWave Version 3 Design Overview
MicroWave Version 4 Design Overview
MicroWave Version 5 Design Overview
MicroWave Version 6 Design Overview

History
MicroWave vs Thumper
MicroWave lost its weapon but rammed Thumper's eggbeater apart, winning a judges' decision.

MicroWave vs Chopper
MicroWave and Chopper spun up and charged. The first hit bent MicroWave's wedge and knocked a brick off. The second took another piece off the wedge and separated layers throughout the chassis, making the gears slip. Dutch tapped out and MicroWave lost by technical KO.

MicroWave vs Sweeper
Dutch pulled Sweeper out so he could focus on MicroWave. MicroWave next faced the massive and feared vertical spinner Skeleton.

MicroWave vs Skeleton
MicroWave quickly chopped Skeleton's bar in half and knocked the mounting loose and MicroWave's Coffin bar lost a tooth and started to peal apart. MicroWave also flipped itself several times, but righted itself each time. MicroWave won a close judge's decision.

MicroWave vs Tank
Dutch went with the I-Beam this time. The entire weapon housing flew off on the first big hit, and the fight was reduced to ramming. MicroWave was overturned, but Dutch shocked everybody by driving into the leg of a couch with his inverted wedge, self-righting. However, MicroWave was soon flipped again and this time lost a contact point. It was counted out and eliminated from the tournament.

MicroWave vs Scrambler
MicroWave's new bar, the Bar Of Holy Wrath, initially worked and took pieces off David's weapon, but then was completely destroyed on one end after David aggressively rammed into its arc. MicroWave was eventually flipped, and, as it'd lost its weapon but not all of the mounting, was stuck. MicroWave was counted out and lost by KO.

MicroWave vs MilliByte 2
Dutch went with the Disc and won easily, going up against rookie and fellow horizontal spinner A Bone To Pick, which had handily beaten Skeleton.

MicroWave vs A Bone To Pick
MicroWave used its Disc weapon to tear Bone's bar apart to both driver's surprise. MicroWave continued to land good shots and won a judge's decision.

MicroWave vs Skeleton
MicroWave went with The Coffin again for this rematch. It was able to damage Skeleton's spinner, and Ethan stopped using it. Unfortunately, MicroWave's bar lost a tooth hitting the stationary bar of Skeleton, and then the weapon housing broke off again. MicroWave was flipped and was unable to self-right, being counted out and eliminated.

MicroWave vs Chopper
MicroWave's first round fight was a rematch with Chopper. While it took damage to its weapon, armor and frame, it was able to win by KO, moving on to face former champion flipper Floppy.

MicroWave vs Floppy
MicroWave used the Disc. The very even fight went to JD with neither able to land a crippling hit. MicroWave won 6-5 and advanced to the final of the undefeated bracket to face Skeleton a third time.

MicroWave vs Skeleton
For this rematch Dutch had crafted the Cutout bar, based on the real BattleBot Bloodsport's THICC bar. However, it split apart in the weapon-to-weapon hits, and MicroWave lost by KO when it was flipped onto its back side. It joined the losers' bracket for a rematch with Floppy.

MicroWave vs Floppy
MicroWave was unable to do much damage and lost.

MicroWave vs Scrambler (exhibition match)
MicroWave used its new Quadbar for this match, but though it did some damage to the top of Scrambler, its frame was rammed apart and MicroWave lost by KO.

MicroWave vs A Bone To Pick
MicroWave lost and joined the losers' bracket.

MicroWave vs Chopper
MicroWave took a few massive hits to the front that split its armor and disabled its weapon drive, but Chopper broke apart soon. MicroWave won by KO.

MicroWave vs Floppy
MicroWave lost again and was eliminated from the tournament.

MicroWave vs Skeleton
MicroWave ran the Disc for this match, but because of this weapon's shorter reach took ramming damage to its front early on. Powerful hits sent in onto its back once, but also disabled Skeleton's spinner. MicroWave won a JD, getting revenge for its previous losses.

MicroWave vs Chopper
Dutch went with the new weapon option "Disco", a small, light disc for easy driving. Massive shots from Chopper knocked MicroWave into the air twice, taking a small plate out of its front armor before a titanic hit sent MicroWave flying, landing on its back with a shattered frame. MicroWave's weapon was disabled and it was counted out, moving Dutch to the losers' bracket, where it would face Skeleton for the fifth time.

MicroWave vs Skeleton
Instead of the Disc, Dutch opted this time for a new Long bar, which required a specialized handle for pushing due to MicroWave's small size. MicroWave did very well in the opening hits, damaging Skeleton's own bar and showing control. Then a huge hit from its spinner sent MicroWave flying, and blew Skeleton's bar in two. However, the front contact point on MicroWave had been knocked off, which spelled an instant KO since the handle for the Long bar prevented the back two from making contact with the floor. MicroWave was counted out and eliminated from the tournament.

MicroWave vs Floppy (exhibition match)
MicroWave won a JD.

MicroWave vs Skeleton (exhibition match)
MicroWave lost a JD.

MicroWave vs Wounder
MicroWave started its bracket by facing off against another of Dutch's bots, this one the superheavyweight vertical disc spinner Wounder. MicroWave used the Disc to knock both weapon towers off Wounder, doing more damage to the frame before Wounder tapped out. MicroWave started its season with an impressive victory.

MicroWave vs Floppy

MicroWave ran the Disc again and, while it struggled to land a solid hit, it did get a couple. However, it was also sent flying repeatedly by Floppy's ramming attacks. The fight went to JD and MicroWave won another even more impressive victory.

MicroWave vs Skeleton
MicroWave ran the Quadbar and knocked Skeleton's weapon out of its mountings, shocking Ethan. However, as the fight continued, its own bar took heavy damage before its weapon mounting was knocked out of the chassis. Dutch tapped out and MicroWave joined the elimination bracket.

MicroWave vs Floppy (losers' bracket final)
MicroWave ran the Long bar and Handle for superior reach, but struggled to land a shot. Eventually its entire frame was rammed in half and it lost by tapout in a discouraging end to a bright-looking season.
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MicroWave's destroyed chassis after the match.

MicroWave vs Chopper
MicroWave fielded its latest armor setup, with a side plate added with SNOT (Studs Not On Top). This plate was soon ripped off by the top spinner, and MicroWave began to take damage to its wedge. MicroWave was still able to control the fight decently well, and by the ninth hit had at least a shot at the win. However, on the tenth charge Chopper ripped the left side wheel off, KO'ing MicroWave and sending to the elimination bracket.

MicroWave vs RadioWave
RadioWave was a nearly identical MicroWave alternate design created by Dutch. David drove it in this fight, and it ran the Disc. MicroWave ran the massive Turtle disc, a hugely destructive weapon storing a similar energy level to Circle of Death's bar. As the fight began both bots were sent flying by the impacts, with MicroWave looking to be in control, but the Turtle soon started to come apart and ended up breaking to such an extent that it was heavily imbalanced and Dutch decided to tap out. MicroWave was eliminated from the tournament.

MicroWave vs Launch Break II
MicroWave was seeded #4 and first fought Launch Break II, a rookie flipper also built by Dutch.
     MicroWave opened the fight with several hits with its new "Graveyard" bar, lightly damaging LBII, but failed to get a good grab into its front armor and ended up losing its weapon mount on a big hit. MicroWave tapped out and joined the elimination bracket.

MicroWave vs Bobcat

MicroWave faced off against another of Dutch's rookies, this one a powerful eggbeater named Bobcat. MicroWave used another new weapon for this match, this one dubbed the Thick bar. The first hit took a chunk out of a plate on the counterweight of Bobcat's eggbeater, and Microwave continued to do damage until its weapon mount fell out again, leaving it without its spinner. However, Dutch was able to control the fight against the barely functional Bobcat, and MicroWave won a JD.

MicroWave vs Rob
Rob, a rookie hammerbot, forfeited due to all the damage (the loss of basically the front quarter of the bot) it had suffered at the hands of Undertaker in its previous fight. This put MicroWave in the third round of the elimination bracket for a rematch with Skeleton.

MicroWave vs Skeleton

Again running the anti-vert Thick bar, MicroWave entered this fight with a reinforced weapon mount. The first hit was directly weapon-on-weapon, sending MicroWave soaring and landing upside down, and leaving Skeleton with a split tooth. Dutch managed to self-right with only a few seconds left on the count and the bots lined up for another hit. This one was again weapon-on-weapon, and MicroWave inflicted minor damage on Skeleton's spinner. The third hit was a huge impact that sent MicroWave flying and heavily damaged Skeleton's spinner. MicroWave continued to inflict damage, eventually taking the entire weapon system off Skeleton, though on of the hits ripped a contact point off its own Handle. On the tenth hit MicroWave split Skeleton's chassis in half. Skeleton was counted out and MicroWave moved on.

MicroWave vs Undertaker
Undertaker forfeited.

MicroWave vs Launch Break II (elimination bracket final)
LBII forfeited. This put MicroWave in the finals for the first time.

MicroWave vs Chopper (finals)

MicroWave ran the Disc. The first hit was straight to the front armor and knocked MicroWave into the air. After this MicroWave was able to engage with its weapon and the hits sent both bots flying. MicroWave's Disc took a bit of tooth damage but worked fine until a massive collision knocked the weapon shaft out of the mounting in a similar fashion to what had happened to RadioWave twice earlier. With no weapon MicroWave was reduced to a wedgebot and the next hit sent it tumbling, landing upside down. MicroWave lost by KO and was eliminated.

MicroWave vs Pancake
MicroWave was given the #2 seed and first fought the hand-powered flipper Pancake. MicroWave ran a new asymmetrical "key" blade for this fight, dubbed the Key Toe Diet.
     MicroWave started the fight with repeated big hits, some of the largest it had ever dished out, ripping apart Pancake's chassis and sending itself flying. However, its blade hopped up on the weapon shaft again, leaving the body vulnerable to ramming attacks. What was left of Pancake managed to ram MicroWave hard enough to smash the frame in two, much like what had happened with Floppy previously. MicroWave tapped out and joined the elimination bracket.

MicroWave vs RadioWave
RadioWave forfeited due to MicroWave's better chances at a deep run.

MicroWave vs Undertaker
Ditto.

MicroWave vs Unnamed II
MicroWave's next opponent was rookie top spinner Unnamed II. The two horizontals fired up but MicroWave was unable to bring its Disc into play and took heavy frontal damage before losing its right wheel to a shot from the FBS. As this wheel drove the weapon system, MicroWave has left weaponless and on one wheel. The fight went to JD and MicroWave lost, eliminating it.

MicroWave vs Pancake Mix
MicroWave's first fight of the tournament was against Pancake's successor, the much larger Pancake Mix. MicroWave ran the Key Toe Diet and the accompanying handle. However, the blade struggled to engage against PM's sloped armor. On the third exchange MicroWave's weapon shaft once again ripped out and the bot ended up weaponless and upside down. Losing by KO, MicroWave fell to 0-1 and joined the elimination bracket.

MicroWave vs Undertaker
MicroWave ran the Thick Bar 2.0 and won by tapout when it ripped a chunk off Undertaker's weapon tooth.

MicroWave vs Chopper
MicroWave ran the Disc and no handle once again. MicroWave spun backwards to go weapon-to-weapon but took the first hit to its chassis. The massive collision split MicroWave's frame, gouged out an internal axle, and ripped all the plates off the underside. With a jammed gearbox and no contact points other than its wheels, MicroWave was counted out and eliminated.

MicroWave vs Slippy Wheel
MicroWave was seeded against Ethan's new eggbeater spinner, Slippy Wheel. For this match Dutch selected the Thick Bar 2.0.
     On the first hit MicroWave's bar took a blow from below. However, all that happened was that one end lost a tiny tooth insert and the blade itself hopped up on the axle, dropping back down immediately. In the second hit MicroWave disabled Slippery Wheel's weapon. In the third engagement MicroWave took the whole weapon off. Slippery Wheels tapped out and MicroWave won by technical KO. Up next was the rookie flipper Manticore, also built by Dutch.

MicroWave vs Manticore
MicroWave was unable to land a hit and lost by KO when it was flipped. It joined the losers' bracket for a fight with another rookie, this one the incredibly durable vert Ender.

MicroWave vs Ender
MicroWave quickly split Ender's disk in half and knocked it out of the weapon housing. On the next hit MicroWave's Thick bar hit Ender's plow, ripping it nearly entirely off, but broke at one end and flew off the shaft. MicroWave continued to ram Ender, knocking its plow the rest of the way off, and eventually ramming its contact points off. MicroWave defeated Ender by KO, the first robot to do so by pure damage, and advanced to face the eggbeater Manta.

MicroWave vs Manta
MicroWave first disabled Manta's weapon in the first engagement. The next hit further damaged Manta and it tapped out, giving MicroWave the win by technical KO and a place in the elimination bracket semifinal against Chopper.

MicroWave vs Chopper (elimination bracket semifinal)
MicroWave ran the Thick Bar 2.0 (with the Can't Handle It) for the fourth time this tournament. However, it lose by KO as Chopper exploded its chassis. MicroWave was counted out and eliminated.
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MicroWave was essentially completely destroyed by Chopper.

MicroWave vs Slippy Wheel
MicroWave first got a rematch with the eggbeater.
     MicroWave ran the Disc, spun up, and instantly exploded Slippy Wheel into three separate chunks, kicking itself back into the air with its own recoil and almost striking Dutch in the face. Slippy Wheel was utterly destroyed, with a large piece of its armor found over 15 feet away, and MicroWave won a memorable KO.

MicroWave vs Chopper
MicroWave took repeated hits to its left wheel, nearly ripping the tire off its rim. The gear holding MicroWave's spinning Disc on worked its way off and launched on the fifth hit, but this did not impact the rest of the match.
     On the ninth hit, Chopper hit MW hard enough to flip it. MicroWave attempted to self-right but failed to and was counted out, sent to the elimination bracket.

MicroWave vs Undertaker
Dutch, due to limited pit time, decided not to repair Undertaker in any significant way from its previous fight against MicroWave's twin RadioWave. Thus, Undertaker entered this match already heavily damaged.
     MicroWave cut directly through one of the supporting struts for Undertaker's weapon, snapping the technic bar in half. On the fourth hit Undertaker was declared knocked out, allowing MicroWave to advance.

MicroWave vs Not That Cute
MicroWave in turn was knocked out in four hits and eliminated.


Trivia

• MicroWave is essentially a more advanced remake of the older Fallen Windmill.
• Despite never yet winning a championship, MicroWave has seven wins against bots that have won a championship.

Offset horizontal spinners


Offset horizontal spinners are horizontal spinners that are not centered on the bot. So far in Lego BattleBots they have always been bar spinners placed at the front of the bot. The most successful offset was runner-up Tank, but others include Mad Dog, Reaper, and Tombstone.

Advantages

• Like other horizontals, offsets can be quite destructive.
• Offsets are generally more stable than overheads.
• Offsets are usually lower to the ground than overheads, meaning that they can be more likely to land big hits.
• Offsets can be very maneuverable, and be used for swinging attacks to the sides of opponents.
• Offsets can also be made invertible, though no bot has done this yet.

Disadvantages

• Due to the large distance from the wheels to the weapon axle, offsets are difficult to gear.
• Offsets, due to their design usually not being optimized for the ground game, are very vulnerable to flippers.
• Like all horizontals offsets normally do very poorly against wedges.
• Offsets are more limited size-wise than offsets, because their blades are at medium height and thus must be shorter to avoid hitting the chassis while still maintaining a reasonable spin-up time.