History Toys / Rumblerobots

* DropTheHammer: Explicitly possible with some of the armor upgrades available, which add hammers and other blunt instruments to the hands of the bots.

** Clamster's armor turns him into {{Film/Robocop}}

* AlluringAnglerFish: Lobjaw's design aesthetic combined with GiantEnemyCrab with his claws

* CastOfSnowflakes: Overlaps with ColorCodedForYourConvenience. Every bot has a unique color scheme, as well a unique design aesthetic. [[note]] Lugnut: red and blocky, Boltman: Black and Yellow on rounded cubes, [=MeFisto=]: Yellow and Green with flared arms like he's wearing a boxer's robe, Clamster: Blue and pink with thin arms that end in large round hands, Bitor: Purple and Green and TheSpiny, Lobjaw: Green and silver AlluringAnglerfish, Slugnut: Black and red and wearing Olympic boxing gear, El Smasho: Green, Purple, and Yellow with [[{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}} Bender's face]][[/note]]

* CastOfSnowflakes: Overlaps with ColorCodedForYourConvenience. Every bot has a unique color scheme, as well a unique design aesthetic. [[note]] Lugnut: red and blocky, Boltman: Black and Yellow on rounded cubes, [=MeFisto=]: Yellow and Green with flared arms like he's wearing a boxer's robe, Clamster: Blue and pink with thin arms that end in large round hands, Bitor: Purple and Green and TheSpiny, Lobjaw: Green and silver AlluringAnglerfish, Slugnut: Black and red and wearing Olympic boxing gear, El Smasho: Green, Purple, and Yellow with [[WesternAnimation/Futurama Bender's face]][[/note]]

* EpicFlail: El Smasho's replacement upgraded right arm.

** Lugnut's armor gives him [[{{Franchise/Gundam}} V fins]] and the color scheme of [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers Optimus Prime]]
** Clamster's armor turns him into Film/Robocop

--->'''[=MeFisto=]''': You got a face even a motha' could slug!

* ArtisticLicense-Engineering: Several of the bots lines veer into this.

* CastOfSnowflakes: Overlaps with ColorCodedForYourConvenience. Every bot has a unique color scheme, as well a unique design aesthetic. [[note:]] Lugnut: red and blocky, Boltman: Black and Yellow on rounded cubes, [=MeFisto=]: Yellow and Green with flared arms like he's wearing a boxer's robe, Clamster: Blue and pink with thin arms that end in large round hands, Bitor: Purple and Green and TheSpiny, Lobjaw: Green and silver AlluringAnglerfish, Slugnut: Black and red and wearing Olympic boxing gear, El Smasho: Green, Purple, and Yellow with [[WesternAnimation/Futurama Bender's face]][[/note]]

8 FighterMageThief: The three primary concentrations a bot can have. Because you have an extremely limited amount of upgrade slots for your bots (a mere three max level upgrades) you'll need to focus on making your bot good at one thing to win. Laser focused builds become the Mage, unable to shrug off much punishment and unlikely to be very fast or punch very often, Tanking focused builds become the Fighter, able to absorb laser shots while they close the distance to try and go for knockovers or hitting the opponent's [[CriticalExistenceFailure weak spot]], and speed and punch focused builds become the thief, able to move quickly and unleash RapidFireFisticuffs but not able to take much damage from lasers and still just as vulnerable to an overturn or getting hit in their weak spot.

** Lugnut's armor gives him [[Franchise/Gundam V fins]] and the color scheme of [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers Optimus Prime]]

[[caption-width-right:350:The Original Six [[note:]] From Left to Right: Clamster, Bitor, Lobjaw, Boltman, MeFisto, and Lugnut [[/note]]]]

The series is famous for combining elements of BattleBots, [[CollectibleCardGame Trading cards]], and ={RPGs}=. Players begin by selecting their individual robot to battle with, then swiping a series of "upgrade" cards to alter the behaviors of the bots, improving their performance in certain areas while reducing it in others. Infrared Lasers mounted to the front every bot's chassis allowed them to blast one another at range, while each bot had one of three basic mechanisms for punching to deal physical damage by either overturning its competitor or hitting their [[CriticalExistanceFailure weak point antenna]] mounted to the back. On top of damage dealing, bots could use cards to upgrade their movement speeds, laser resistance, or overall health

In late 2001 Armor and Traps were released for the line, adding to the BattleBots parallels. In mid-2002, shortly before the bankruptcy of Trendmasters, two new main bots were released. [[ChessMotifs King]] [[HuskyRusskie Slugnut]] and [[ElSpanishO El Smasho]], who were in turn accompanied by an array of "lesser" bots. Knights were smaller but could be controlled like "true" bots but lacked the upgrade features, or they could be tuned into the same Infrared frequencies as the King bots and controlled simultaneously with them from a single remote. [[CannonFodder Pawns]] meanwhile could only drive autonomously and periodically fire lasers with no input from the player.

* CastOfSnowflakes: Overlaps with ColorCodedForYourConvenience. Every bot has a unique color scheme, as well a unique design aesthetic. [[note:]] Lugnut: red and blocky, Boltman: Black and Yellow on rounded cubes, MeFisto: Yellow and Green with flared arms like he's wearing a boxer's robe, Clamster: Blue and pink with thin arms that end in large round hands, Bitor: Purple and Green and TheSpiny, Lobjaw: Green and silver AlluringAnglerfish, Slugnut: Black and red and wearing Olympic boxing gear, El Smasho: Green, Purple, and Yellow with [[WesternAnimation/Futurama Bender's face]][[/note]]

* GoodOlFisticuffs: One of the two primary attack methods for bots. Notably there are three primary variations for flavor. MeFisto, Bitor, and Slugnut's left arm use Hooking punches, Lugnut, El Smasho, and Boltman use Extending straight punches, and Calmster, Lobjaw, and Slugnut's right arm use Hammer punches.

** Lugnut's armor gives him [[Franchise/Gundam V fins]] and the color scheme of [[WesternAnimation/Transformers Optimus Prime]]

--->'''MeFisto''': You got a face even a motha' could slug!