Thor itself was painted red with its name and lightning bolt motifs in yellow both of its weapons were finished in gold. Thor's hammer was mounted in a position where it would strike opponents directly ahead of the pincers it was also capable of self-righting, as well as puncturing 15mm polycarbonate and striking at a speed of 70mph. The hammer head extended to the bottom of the robot, resting along the ground, with the robot also featuring several pieces of cloth on the hammer and fur around its base in keeping in with its theme. The original version of Thor was a large, roughly teardrop-shaped robot armed with a pneumatic spiked hammer and a pair of front horizontal pincers. Versions of Thor Thor (Series 6 and Extreme 2)
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During Series 10, Thor also represented the United Kingdom in Robot Wars: World Series, defeating Tough as Nails in contribution to the overall victory of Team UK. It received the wildcard in Series 8, which ultimately allowed it to finish fourth in the series overall.
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Thor reached the second round in Series 6 and 7, falling to Tornado and Lightning in each respective series, and most notably finished third in the New Blood Championship during the second series of Extreme, having won a full heat to reach the Grand Final stage, where it lost to Storm 2 but won the play-off over Cedric Slammer.īuilding upon a competitive lifespan on the UK live circuit Thor had a substantially better performance in the reboot, reaching the heat finals of Series 8-10, which in all three instances gave it the opportunity for a wildcard.
Lee Cornish did not return after the end of Series 7. Jason Marston and Lee Cornish dressed in Viking costumes during Series 6 and Extreme 2. In its first iterations, it wielded a powerful hammer (as a nod to the weapon of the Norse god from which it took its name), though this was exchanged for a pneumatic axe in Series 8-10. Thor was a robot which competed in Series 6-10 of Robot Wars, as well as the second series of Robot Wars Extreme. " How would I best describe Thor? Relentless, savage, and powerful." - Jason Marston
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