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Bambino was a lightweight robot built by Team Home Run which competed in three seasons of Comedy Central BattleBots, debuting in Season 3.0.

It was a pentagonal, invertible robot shaped like a baseball base. Bambino was armed with two swinging bats in keeping with its theme, which were used as bludgeoning hammers. After Season 4.0, Bambino was rebuilt from the ground up as the robot was lost in transit following the team's exit from the competition.[1] However, Bambino failed to make a televised appearance as it won just two battles across three seasons.

The team behind Bambino also built another middleweight, Whambulance, which competed in BattleBots IQ 2002 with greater success.

Outside BattleBots[]

Bambino was rebuilt after Season 5.0 and renamed Street Thug.

Robot History[]

Season 3.0[]

Bambino vs. Mr. Snoogglepuss

Bambino's first ever opponent was Mr. Snoogglepuss. In this fight neither robots' weapons did much damage to the other. Bambino was the aggressor however, keeping on Mr. Snoogglepuss, and preventing it from spinning up, as well as getting a few hits at the end.[2] Bambino won on a 28-17 judges' decision and advanced to the next round.

Bambino vs. Sparky

Bambino after its battle with Sparky.

Bambino after its battle with Sparky.

Here, it faced Sparky. This fight started with Sparky spinning up to full speed, and driving to the middle of the BattleBox where its blade impacted Bambino. Sparky then backed up, and got up to speed again before attempting to attack Bambino once more, however Bambino backed up, and Sparky only managed to nick it with its blade. Sparky then spun back up and slammed into Bambino, ripping off one of its baseball bat weapons. Sparky then attempted to spin up again, however that last hit had caused Sparky's blade to stop working. Both bots then shoved each other around, before Sparky got under Bambino, and slammed it into the spikestrips.[3] This knocked something in Sparky back in place, and its blade started working again. Sparky then slammed into Bambino once more, ripping the other baseball bat off, however the blade broke down once more, and both bots shoved each other around for the last 10 seconds of the match. Bambino lost on a 39-6 judges' decision, and exited the tournament.[3][4]

Season 4.0[]

Bambino vs. Rambite

Bambino's only fight this season was against Rambite. This fight started with Rambite slamming into it, bending one of its baseball bat weapons. However, the full body spinner's rim touched the ground and it began shaking uncontrollably. Bambino then showed off the noise level of its bat weapons on the floor, but never actually used them on Rambite, who, after recovering from its near mauler, smacked it around even more and broke one bat apart. Rambite then proceeded to send various parts flying for the remainder of the match and ultimately won took the 27-18 decision, eliminating Bambino from the competition.

Season 5.0[]

Bambino vs. Poink

Its first ever fight was against rookie bar spinner, Poink. It won on a 31-14 judges' decision, and advanced to the next round.

Bambino vs. Whirl Wep

Next up for Bambino was Whirl Wep. It lost this match on a close 22-23 judges' decision, and was eliminated again.

Wins/Losses[]

  • Wins: 2
  • Losses: 3
Competition Wins Losses
Season 3.0 Mr. Snoogglepuss Sparky
Season 4.0 None Rambite
Season 5.0 Poink Whirl Wep

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