2 in the final to claim the European title. Retirement After five years of appearing on BBC channels, the seventh regular series of Robot Wars was broadcast by Five. Razer did not participate and, following the cancellation of the series, was retired from combat. The team then started to hire apprentices to help them in independent robotics demonstrations. Razer now appears in non-combat demonstrations at displays and events organised by Robo Challenge, a robotics demonstration company. Razer returned to action for the 2016 revival of Robot Wars, but was knocked out in the first round after being dragged into the pit by Kill-E Crank-E while attempting to push it in, immobilising both. Impact Team Razer was acknowledged for having devised and popularised the crushing and piercing arm weapon. Razer's success spawned a number of imitations: Suicidal Tendencies, Ming 3 and Tiberius are amongst the other heavyweight robots to have adopted such a weapon, whilst the featherweight robot Venom is a scaled-down replica of Razer. In 2001, Razer appeared in cartoon form on the front cover of the seventeenth issue of Robot Wars Magazine. It was also included in the Robot Wars video games. The version of Razer which competed in the fourth series of Robot Wars was used as the model for a pull-back toy powered by friction motors. This was sold alongside a model stunt ramp and barrels. A small metal toy based on Razer was available as part of the Robot Wars minibots range and, alongside Chaos 2 and Hypno-Disc, Razer was one of three competitor robots chosen to appear on a personalised DVD as part of the Robot Wars Ultimate Warrior Collection series. References Note Footnotes External links of Razer and Warhead. Robo Challenge, a provider of Robot Wars'' style events hosted by Ian Lewis and featuring Razer. Robot Wars (TV series) competitors Robots of the United Kingdom 1998 robots Four-wheeled robots BattleBots competitors