Absolute pleasure meeting you at Open Sauce! Everyone I met from all the Battlebots teams was super friendly and generous with their time, even though I was massively star-struck the whole time (both by the builders AND the bots) 😅
As far as the badges I haven't assembled mine yet, but Colorado PCB Assembly were giving away the bags of components at their stall for free, and I saw Lisa Winter soldering her badge over at one of the other stalls (it was the Tool Camper Van). Maybe I'll put mine together this weekend! Also if anyone hasn't seen it, it's definitely worth checking out the video from Makers Muse (about 2 months ago) where he turned his 2023 Open Sauce badge into a combat robot 😁
Yeah it would be a fun little build, and I'll probably have to lean on some of my fellow builders for basic parts guidelines for something so small. I just don't usually build anything that tiny!
The interesting part of that is, Last Rites and Brutality fought right before that. So the winner was going to face Biohazard, and Paul managed to beat me :) So I almost got my chance to be that guy!
At the Open Sauce event, they had a merchandise stand selling lots of cool merch, including the t-shirt I am wearing in this vid. If you bought over a certain amount, they gave you the little hat as a bonus. Tiny cowboy hat at the Cow Palace :) Anyway, it got set on Tombstone as his tiny party hat! I do still have his Tombrero in the garage too!
@@BotvacProductions469 Nobody puts a combat robot on display with the batteries still in it! In fact the only time batteries are in the robot ever are in line at the event to go into the arena, and the fight itself.
@@ray9368 I should've known that! Imagine you and tombstone walking (or driving) down the street, the control in your hand, and as you walk, tombstone slowly drives along beside you like a dog. The neighbors would be so confused 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@ray9368 can't wait to see what you have in store for us. The opera box is gonna go nuts when they hear your return for season 8 after missing out for season 7 due to your hand injury
it would be so cool to see tiny tombstone at NHRL, at some point
I saw Tombstone on display in Vegas and went total fangirl.
Absolute pleasure meeting you at Open Sauce! Everyone I met from all the Battlebots teams was super friendly and generous with their time, even though I was massively star-struck the whole time (both by the builders AND the bots) 😅
As far as the badges I haven't assembled mine yet, but Colorado PCB Assembly were giving away the bags of components at their stall for free, and I saw Lisa Winter soldering her badge over at one of the other stalls (it was the Tool Camper Van). Maybe I'll put mine together this weekend!
Also if anyone hasn't seen it, it's definitely worth checking out the video from Makers Muse (about 2 months ago) where he turned his 2023 Open Sauce badge into a combat robot 😁
7:14 wait, WHAT!? i would love to see that!
it was so cool seeing Tombstone in person, glad you could make it.
a fairyweight tombstone would be so cute, there's a lot of hubmotor builds you could reference like Micro Malice!
Yeah it would be a fun little build, and I'll probably have to lean on some of my fellow builders for basic parts guidelines for something so small. I just don't usually build anything that tiny!
@@ray9368 lmk if you want some small bot part suggestions :)
@@ray9368 you said that building fairyweigts isn't your thing, but still, I would like to see a tiny tombstone
5:46 Carlos standing next to Paul who basically retired Biohazard with Brutality (after it got rekt by Megabyte and repaired)
The interesting part of that is, Last Rites and Brutality fought right before that. So the winner was going to face Biohazard, and Paul managed to beat me :) So I almost got my chance to be that guy!
Ray - "We talk about what it is we do"...
I can just see him now. "We destroy bots for your entertainment"! 😆
Good to see he's doing ok.
Now the tone looks great, not yellowish any more😉 Have a nice day Mr. Billings :)
It’s like 3 in the morning here.
Then why are you up watching youtube??? :)
BRO SAMEEEE
@@ray9368 🤣
Have the Battlebots folks given any hints as to when the next season of filming starts?
What was your favorite fight that you did in battlebots?
Tombstone in the hat!
How many hats does he have? I remember the pic with sombrero.
At the Open Sauce event, they had a merchandise stand selling lots of cool merch, including the t-shirt I am wearing in this vid. If you bought over a certain amount, they gave you the little hat as a bonus. Tiny cowboy hat at the Cow Palace :) Anyway, it got set on Tombstone as his tiny party hat!
I do still have his Tombrero in the garage too!
@@ray9368 I'm gonna buy a hardcore classic t-shirt so I can show it off when the school year begins again! 😁✌️
You won Battle Bots twice? 5:50
2004 Battlebots NPC Charity Open (superheavyweight Tombstone) and 2016 Battlebots World Championship 2 (heavyweight Tombstone)
@@bami2 ah ok cool. Thanks.
didnt you put tombstone on display at the norcal robotics expo too a few months ago?
Yes I did. I do occasional displays when I can.
@@ray9368 so, when you do put it up on display, do you remove the batteries, or remove all of the electronics?
@@BotvacProductions469 Nobody puts a combat robot on display with the batteries still in it! In fact the only time batteries are in the robot ever are in line at the event to go into the arena, and the fight itself.
@@ray9368 I should've known that! Imagine you and tombstone walking (or driving) down the street, the control in your hand, and as you walk, tombstone slowly drives along beside you like a dog. The neighbors would be so confused 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Any word on the new season of battle bots
Nothing specific so far. I know they are still working on it, so hopefully we hear something soon!
@@ray9368 can't wait to see what you have in store for us. The opera box is gonna go nuts when they hear your return for season 8 after missing out for season 7 due to your hand injury
What would you call a tiny tombstone besides tiny tombstone ?
Literally that works as well as anything :)
How about the minute reaper?
I see the thumbnails got a revamp
My video editor/choreographer/favorite sister has been playing with thumbnails, and coming up with some to polish the look of the channel!
Nice!