Maker Faire 08: Pleo vs. ComBot (Graphic Robot Destruction)
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Monday, 5 of May , 2008 at 5:05 am
Maker Faire was this weekend, and I’ve got tons (TONS) of robot footage, including some wicked awesome video of ComBot battles. It’s kinda 3am, though, so I’ll be posting some of that tomorrow, but I wanted to make sure and put up this little gem from the very end of the ComBots tournament, when Ugobe decided that it might be fun to bring a Pleo along to watch the action. Just a warning: if you have a soft spot for cute and cuddly robots, you may not want to read this entire article.
This is Pleo. You remember Pleo, right?
Pleo is sweet and cuddly.
Pleo likes to snuggle.
Hey, what are you doing…?
Wait, what’s Pleo doing in the middle of the Combots arena? Oh. Oh no. Please don’t, not Pleo!
Video after the jump. It’s pretty graphic.
We were all rooting for him, but (who were we kidding) Pleo just didn’t stand much of a chance against Vicious Verdict, a middleweight ComBot.
Not much of a chance at all.
This lonely little circuit board was practically all that was left of what once was a happy little robot life-form.
Ugobe did manage to find Pleo’s nametag amidst the wreckage, and took it home with them.
Poor little Pleo. But somehow, this makes me want one more than ever, if for no other reason than at least I’ll know that my particular Pleo would never have this happen to it.
[ Ugobe Pleo ]
[ ComBots ]
Category: Toys, Competitive
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Comment by David Calkins
Made Monday, 5 of May , 2008 at 11:52 am
OH, the humanity!
Comment by Anonymous
Made Thursday, 8 of May , 2008 at 12:44 pm
Where is our god now???
Comment by josh
Made Thursday, 8 of May , 2008 at 6:26 pm
Now we know how dinosaurs went extinct!
Comment by roboto
Made Friday, 9 of May , 2008 at 12:58 pm
the horror…the horror
Comment by Dane
Made Friday, 9 of May , 2008 at 1:09 pm
Oh, this is sad. The Pleo really does make you feel emotion toward it, and it’s a bummer to see him “killed”.