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MISS MERIZE IS ON A MISSION TO FIND THE LIFE-BOT THAT BETRAYED HER, AND SHE DOESN’T MIND WHO SHE HURTS ALONG THE WAY.
ISSUE FIVE
FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS IN THE NEXT, AMAZING CHAPTER OF THE ADVENTURES OF ROBOB ON PAGE 27.
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FOR LOOK OUT
NEWS IN EAKING BUZZ’ MORE BR E OF ‘THE U T S S I S THI LIFE-BO ING NEW T I C X E E 4 TH GE ER, ON PA NEWSPAP
D DEC IS TRAPPE IN DR CREEK’S LAB. HOW WILL THE E-BOTS GET HIM OUT? FIND OUT ON PAGE 10
HE’S BIG, STRO NG, FAST AND SCAR Y! LUCKILY, HE’S AL SO ONE OF RUSTY’S BEST FRIENDS. CHAO S IS ON PAGE 21
MEGA HOT GIRLBAND , ‘STOOSHE’ TAKE A BREA K FROM RECORDING AWESOME TUNES TO CHAT WITH RUSTY AND DESIGN THEIR OWN LIFE-BOT.
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Nando celebrates his late equaliser, against the Tornados
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Reports have been sent to us of strange lights, seen on several different occasions, inside the disused Life-Bot factory on Domeville road, Tupwood. There have been at least 5 reportings that we are aware of, made by individual E-Bots, but so far we have not been lucky enough to witness the phenomenon for ourselves. Watchdog, who has a perfect view of the factory most days, say’s that he has seen nothing. “I think someone is pulling your leg” he told our reporter “I definitely have the best view of the whole village and I’ve never seen anything going on at the factory apart
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The Tupwood Tornado’s were held to 1-1 draw on Saturday, despite having most of the play. The Bonehill Bashers started the match fast and furious, and for a while, Tupwood stuggled as the Bashers created some great chances, with plenty of shots on goal. Only the vigilance of keeper, Czekup, stopped them from going behind within the first ten minutes. But, with an amazing pass from deep within his own half, Pecks turned the game on its head. The pass picked out ROBOB, who
the game, until he let his temper get the better of him. After a furious row with his own team mate, Wayne,who he called ‘a big-eared potato head’, Brick was shown the head’ red card. It looked like game over for the Bashers, until Brent, who really shouldn’t have been wearing his dancing shoes, slipped, leaving Nando with a clear run through on goal.The skillfill Spanish-Bot kept his cool and slotted the ball into the bottom corner, earning the Bashers an unexpected point.
ROBOB today, asked all E-Bots living in and around the Wonford lane area of Tupwood to be extra vigilant. Several E-Bots have been injured in what appears to be an increase of petty attacks by Resistorbots as Miss Merize turns the heat up in her campain against the E-Bots . “We must keep our eye’s and ears open” ROBOB told our
reporter earlier, “Miss Merize and her Resistorbots are getting more and more angry that they can’t get their hands on the Buzz Ball and they are now targeting some of our most vulnerable E-Bots. These attacks have been spiteful and childish, but they have caused real distress, and in some cases, injury. If you see anything suspicious report it at once to Officer Jaxon. We must
all work together to keep these Evil Resistorbots at bay!” Some of the E-Bots we spoke to are so afraid, they will no longer leave their homes by themselves. There are even rumours of E-Bots considering switching to the Resistorbots, thinking it will be ‘safer’ for them. Resistorbot leader, Miss Merize, declined to comment.
RESISTORBOTS ON THE ATTACK
chipped the ball to the back post for J1M to head into the net. 1-0 to Tupwood. At this point the game was held up for a few minutes as Nut-E-Bot (a life long fan of J1M) celebrated by streaking across the field, it took 7 Life-Bots to catch her, but eventually, she was shown off the pitch. The second half was dominated by Tupwood, they showed great passing skills and had many chances on goal. Bashers keeper, Brick, did well to keep his team in
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from the usual kids playing around, and sometimes Dr Creek hangs around up there, but I have never seen any lights”. So we can’t say for sure that anything is happening, but we will definitely be keeping an eye on the situation!
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BY PUMPING NITROUS OXIDE THROUGH THE SYSTEM, THE N-KICK GIVES A GREAT BOOST OF SPEED.)
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s l e n n u t r o r ter part 2 starring DEC
PREVIOUSLY... DR CREEK HAD KIDNAPPED CHAOS, SO HE COULD TEST A DANGEROUS NEW POWER DEVICE ON HIM. DEC AND IRON ANGEL CAME TO CHAOS’ RESCUE, BUT WERE MET BY NIGHTBLADE, THE MOST TERRIFYING OF ALL THE RESISTORBOTS. A FIGHT BROKE OUT, RESULTING IN NIGHTBLADE AND DR CREEK BEING LOCKED IN A STORAGE CAGE IN DR CREEKS LAB... BUT DEC WAS TRAPPED WITH THEM.
DEC HAD RUN AS FAST AS HE COULD, BUT STILL DIDN’T GET OUT BEFORE THE BIG, IRON GATE SLAMMED SHUT. HE WAS NOW TRAPPED, AND WORST OF ALL, DR CREEK AND NIGHTBLADE WERE TRAPPED WITH HIM! DEC MADE HIMSELF AS SMALL AS POSSIBLE AND CREPT INTO A DARK CORNER. CREEK AND NIGHTBLADE HADN’T NOTICED HIM, AS THEY WERE TOO BUSY TRYING TO BREAK OPEN THE DOOR.
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AS DEC LOOKED AROUND THE SPOOKY ROOM, HE SHUDDERED AT THE GRUESOME SIGHT THAT GREETED HIM.
THERE MUST HAVE BEEN OVER A HUNDRED MANGLED, OLD LIFE-BOTS DUMPED IN BOXES AND CRATES. SOME HAD OBVIOUSLY BEEN BURNT, OTHERS CRUSHED. MOST OF THEM HAD MISSING LIMBS, WHILE A FEW WERE NOTHING MORE THAN PILES OF JUNK. AS THE HORROR OF WHAT HE SAW SANK IN, DEC NOTICED MOVEMENT IN ONE OF THE CRATES... ONE OF THE POOR LIFEBOTS WAS STILL ALIVE!
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TAKING CARE NOT TO BE SPOTTED, DEC CLAMBERED OVER THE CRATES TOWARDS THE UNFORTUNATE STRANGER. THE BROKEN LIFE-BOT COULD BARELY MOVE, BUT MANAGED TO MUTTER... ‘ON... DESK... MUST... DESTROY...’ AS HE POINTED TO THE STRANGE POWER UNIT ON DR CREEK’S DESK, HIS ENERGY LEVEL DRAINED COMPLETELY. DEC NUDGED HIM, ‘STAY AWAKE! STAY AWAKE! I CAN GET YOU OUT OF HERE!’ BUT IT WAS NO USE, THE LIFE-BOT HAD EXPIRED.
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FUELLED BY ANGER, DEC DECIDED IT WAS TIME FOR DR CREEK TO PAY FOR WHAT HE HAD DONE, EVEN IF IT MEANT RISKING HIS OWN LIFE.
BACK IN THE LAB
SILENTLY, HE CREPT OVER TO THE POWER DEVICE ON THE DESK, DRAGGING AN N-KICK BOTTLE WITH HIM. CAREFULLY, HE ATTACHED THE NOZZLE OF THE N-KICK TO ONE OF THE VALVES ON THE POWER DEVICE. BY RELEASING THE N-KICK INTO THE DEVICE, DEC KNEW IT WOULD CAUSE A HUGE EXPLOSION, DESTROYING THE DEVICE, DR CREEK AND, PROBABLY, HIMSELF. BUT, IT WAS A PRICE HE WAS WILLING TO PAY TO MAKE SURE DR CREEK NEVER HARMED ANOTHER LIFE-BOT
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JUST AS DEC WAS ABOUT TO ACTIVATE THE N-KICK, CREEK AND NIGHTBLADE SPOTTED HIM. ‘NOOOOO!’ SCREAMED CREEK, AS HE HURLED HIMSELF TOWARDS DEC.
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most THE NITROUS REACTED IMMEDIATELY, FIRING THE POWER DEVICE STRAIGHT AT NIGHTBLADE’S HEAD. THE IMPACT WAS SO GREAT THAT IT THREW NIGHTBLADE CRASHING THROUGH THE IRON GATE, LEAVING HIM IMMOBILISED ON THE GROUND. DR CREEK LAY, HELPLESSLY TRAPPED UNDER THE WEIGHT OF NIGHTBLADE, AS ANGEL AND CHAOS FINALLY ARRIVED AT THE SCENE. AS THE DUST SETTLED, A WEARY, EXHAUSTED DEC LIMPED OUT OF THE ROOM. HE WAS INJURED, BUT VERY LUCKY TO HAVE SURVIVED THE BLAST. WITH DR CREEK TRAPPED, DEC SAW A CHANCE TO END HIM... FOR GOOD! HE GRABBED A DRILL FROM THE LAB AND SLOWLY HOBBLED TOWARDS THE EVIL DOCTOR. ‘NO DEC!’ CRIED CHAOS, ‘DON’T DO IT’. ‘YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND, CHAOS. YOU HAVEN’T SEEN WHAT HE’S DONE!’ DEC REPLIED. ‘BUT IF YOU KILL HIM, THEN YOU ARE NO BETTER THAN HE IS. YOU’RE AN E-BOT, AND E-BOTS DON’T KILL’. PLEADED CHAOS.
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THERE WAS A BRIEF MOMENT OF SILENCE, BEFORE DEC DROPPED THE DRILL TO THE GROUND. ‘COME ON MY FRIEND, LET’S GET YOU HOME’. SAID CHAOS, AS HE LIFTED DEC IN HIS ARMS AND CARRIED HIM TO SAFETY.
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CHAPTER FIVE
PREVIOUSLY IN THE ADVENTURES O F ROBOB... Whilst in a fury, Miss Merize remembers the awful night she wreaked havoc on her human companions, with horrific consequences. She recalls her first meeting with Dr Creek and how the y joined forces to form the evil band of Life -Bots that we now know as the Resistorbots! No w read on...
“Well maybe, but you’re not the only person that he’s afraid of now, are you? He’s pretty scared of ROBOB too. Maybe ROBOB put some pressure on him and he buckled, like the coward that we know he is”. “If I find out it was him, he will wish he was never created!” Miss Merize was working herself up into a frenzy again. “Go and find him Drark” she said to the flying Resistorbot, who was trying to make himself invisible. “Bring him to me and don’t take no for an answer. Bring him here by force if necessary, he and I need to have a little chat”. Drark obeyed immediately, and, with a lot of whirring and flapping of wings, he thankfully made his way out of the building.
“It seems we have a traitor in our midst” sneered Miss Merize, in a dangerous voice, “somehow, our plans to get the Buzz Ball were discovered, and when I find out who it was……” she trailed off threateningly. Dr Creek and Dr Gon started to look uncomfortable and began to back away. Drark, who was circling around overhead, flew off to a distant corner of the building. No one wanted to get in the way of Miss Merize when she was in a temper, someone was going to get seriously hurt! “Lets all calm down and try to work this out” said Dr Creek, who was always the only person who could get through to Miss Merize when she was in this sort of mood. “Who, but us, knew about where we were going last night?” “I’ve already thought about that“ she snapped, “no one but you, me and General Choob. And, you and I both know, he is too stupid and too much of a coward to betray me”.
BACK AT ROBOB‘S HOUSE... “Thank goodness you were in the right place to hear Miss Merize plotting with Creek, Luni. Good work, the more I see the power of this Buzz Ball the more convinced I am that it would be a disaster if the Resistorbots ever got hold of it. I just need to find a really secure hiding place, one that no one would ever dream of. But, it also has to be somewhere where its hunger for anger and hatred can not be fed, otherwise it would be discovered straight away!” “I think I’ll have to leave that for you to figure out ROBOB, it all sounds far to complicated to me” said Luni. ROBOB smiled to himself, unfortunately it was true, Luni wasn’t the most intelligent of E-Bots, but he was great at hiding himself in small spaces, and picking up good bits of information. “Well you’ve been very helpful tonight, Luni. You should be really proud of yourself”. The little E-Bot pulled himself up to his full 12 inches with pride, and made his way home. He felt a bit guilty about all the praise ROBOB was giving him because, if the truth was told, he had been following Miss Merize around for a long time now, and not just to get information to pass on to ROBOB.
He just couldn’t keep away from her! Her flaming red hair, the way her eye seemed to follow you around the room, the way she took control of the Resistorbots. She was amazing and Luni was completely smitten by her. Not that he could ever admit this to anyone else. ROBOB, for instance, would be horrified. Luni was completely aware that she was a bad robot, and she could be
extremely cruel, and she would have laughed in his face and enjoyed his humiliation if she ever found out how he felt. But, he was unable to stop this fascination that he felt for her so, for now, it was his own guilty secret. As with every evening, he made a detour on his way home to his hiding place in Miss Merize’s
house. Well, it wasn’t so much a house as a crumbling old shed which she sometimes shared with Dr Creek. Luni had found a brilliant place to hide, inside some old pipes that no one ever bothered to move or check. He made himself as small as possible and rolled silently along the pipe, until he got just close enough to the end to have a good view, and to hear everything. Not that he needed to be close to hear tonight, the most awful screams were coming from somewhere in the shed.
“Please believe me, I haven’t even seen ROBOB today”. It was General Choob, pleading for his life. “Even if I had seen him, you must know I would never betray you… Nooooo, please!” His voice ended on a gruesome scream, Luni rolled nearer the edge of the pipe, and what he saw in the room made him shiver with fear. General Choob was being restrained by Drark, who had looped two ropes around either side of him and had him suspended off the floor.
Meanwhile, Dr Creek was attacking Choob with what looked like a large blow torch. Luni could see areas on Choob’s armour that had already been slightly melted. Miss Merize had a look of insanity in her great eye, while she watched the awful proceedings. Every now and then, she would fire questions at poor, pitiful General Choob. Luni was wracked with guilt, he knew that Choob was innocent. How could he get him out of this
terrible situation? He may be a bully, but he didn’t deserve this! Luni wasn’t a particularly quick thinker, so unfortunately, he didn’t come up with a solution terribly fast, meaning General Choob had to suffer for a while longer. But, eventually, Luni had a brain wave. He started pushing the pipes backwards and forwards with all his strength until, finally, he could feel them slipping. Sure enough, they all started tumbling down, causing such a racket that all the Resistorbots stopped what they were doing and ran for cover. Drark let go of the ropes that were holding General Choob, sending him crashing to the floor and, finding himself free, Choob made a dash for the door. Luni, meanwhile, had reversed back along his pipe and out into the night. He could see Choob running for his life in the distance, and smiled to himself. He could hear Miss Merize shrieking inside, furious once again. Luni sighed ‘Wow, what a woman’ he thought to himself, and rolled off home. That was enough adventure for one day. Things calmed down and Miss Merize had finished shouting. Dr Creek couldn’t hide his disappointment that he couldn’t continue torturing General Choob, and Drark was buzzing around frantically, knowing that it was his fault that Choob had escaped.
“Shall I go after him?” he asked Miss Merize, nervously. “Don’t bother, you idiot, you’ve done enough” she said angrily. “Anyway, I think it’s safe to say he didn’t have anything to do with it. He would have cracked under that sort of pain, anyone would. No, we’ll have to think again about who it was that betrayed me”. She turned her back on them both, and left the room. Drark and Dr Creek let out a sigh of relief. The danger, for now, was over. MEANWHILE... ROBOB had been quietly trying to sort out the Buzz Ball problem. There was no easy solution, he could think of plenty of good hiding places, but the problem was the ball itself. He took it out of the box and examined it. It still had a glow, but didn’t shine like it had before, almost as if, without a dose of anger it lost its power completely . That was the answer, ROBOB suddenly thought, he just needed to hide it with an E-Bot that could be relied on to always be good natured and sweet tempered. A idea began to form in his head.
ROBOB quietly made his way upstairs and into the bedroom that Pearl shared with Millie, her human companion. As usual, Pearl was snuggled up with Millie and her beloved wand was in her hand. Pearl never went anywhere without her wand, she was convinced that she was magic, although this has never been proven. As gently as possible, ROBOB eased the wand out of her hand, stopping a couple of times as Pearl wriggled and tightened her grip. Eventually, he got it and crept silently out of the room. As carefully as he could, he loosened the crystal ball at the centre of the wand until, finally, it
fell out. Then, he replaced it with the Buzz Ball. ‘Great, it’s a perfect fit’ he thought, ‘I just need to try it out’. He started waving it about as vigorously as he could to make sure it wouldn’t fall out, then he crept back into the girls room and silently replaced the wand into Pearl’s eager grasp.
Resistorbots didn’t find it.
Back in his own room, ROBOB felt more at ease than he had ever since he discovered the mysterious ball a few days before. It was safe for the moment, but the sooner he could get Professor Munch to have a look at it, the better. ROBOB was convinced that he could harness the power for good, but until he found a way to do it, it was vital that Miss Merize and her band of
While ROBOB felt pleased with himself, Miss Merize was wracking her brains for a way to get her hands the Buzz Ball.
ROBOB smiled to himself, he had found the perfect hiding place, there was no one sweeter, kinder and more even tempered than Pearl. The Buzz Ball was quite safe in her hands.
“You may have won this time ROBOB“ she said to herself, “but the battle has just begun, and it’s only a matter of time before you slip up, and I will be waiting!“
don’t miss The Adventures of ROBOB - CHAPTER 6 in next month’s issue.
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What do you ca ll James Bond in the bath? bubble 0 7
WHAT DID THE DOG SAY WHEN HE SAT ON SANDPAPER? ruff! WHO MAKES CLOTHE S FOR DINOSAURS? a dino-sower.
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WHAT DO YOU CALL A ROBOT WITH ONE LEG? eileen.
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T F HIS E-BO O W E F , A S LACE. BUT P S ROBOB HA I H T A UT . HANGING O EAKED IN N S E V A H FRIENDS S ISTORBOT OF THEM? 5 A FEW RES L L A D N I CAN YOU F
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Gallery We’ve realised that you guys are not just great at designing Life-Bots, but you also come up with some of the most amazing names. CLANK, Mad2Bash, Nor-T, they are all FAB! Keep up the good work. This page shows just a few of the Life-Bots that made it onto our shortlist. There are plenty more on the website and, if yours isn’t here, you can always try again for the next issue. Good luck.
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e g d i m o t destruc by Che Robert Mitchell BISH BASH BOSH! Destructo-Midge is a super-small but megamighty Resistorbot, capable of destroying Life-Bots 10-times his size! See those balls at the end of his arms? Well, they are made from solid rock. You don’t want to get in the way when Destructo-Midge starts swinging those bashers around. Great job!
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zoomer
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Catch me if you can! Made using racing technology, Zoomer is smooth, slick and FAAAAASSSTTTT! Oh, he has a trick up his sleeve too. Just when you think you may have caught up with him, Zoomer can flick his ‘BOOST’ switch which doubles his speed. He has to be careful how he uses it though, as it runs his power down very quickly.
All winning designs will be made into real collector cards and become part of The Adventures of ROBOB trading card game. Winning artists will each receive an exclusive goody pack from the TAOR team.
Download an official card template at:
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Download and print your card template. Draw your robot and fill in all of its abilities. Remember to add your name, age and email address. Scan your drawing and email it to: life-bots@theadventuresofrobob.com OR Post it to: ROBOB, 3 Ockleys Mead, Godstone, Surrey RH9 8AX
By sending in your pictures and stories, you agree that Is It Just Media? Ltd may publish them both in print and electronically, without restriction.
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this is the porsche 918 and it is AWESOME!!!!! not only will it do 202mph, but this is actu ally an eco-friendly car. thanks to its low weight and two electric motors to help the engine, the 918 can go further on a gallon of petrol than a normal family car. that’s what i call eco-tastic!
porsche aren’t the only ones making mega eco-machines.
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I LOVE CARS, AND I WAS PRETTY SURE I KNEW MOST MAKES AND MODELS, UNTIL I STUMBLED ACROSS THIS LITTLE LOT!
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MEET THE ‘WIENERMOBILE’ NO, YOU ARE NOT IMAGINING THINGS, THIS REALLY IS A GIANT HOTDOG CAR! BIG PAUL HAS ALREADY ORDERED ONE!
THIS MUST BE THE BEST CAR TO TAKE TO A DRIVE IN MOVIE. ALTHOUGH I WOULDN’T WANT TO BE THE ONE PARKED BEHIND IT!
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WE CAN’T WAIT TO HEAR YOUR NEW ALBUM ‘STOOSHE’, WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE TRACK ON IT? WE LOVE SINGING ‘BLACK HEART’. THOUGH THERE’S A NEW SONG CALLED ‘JIMMY’ WHICH IS OUR NEW FAVOURITE. ACTUALLY EVERY TIME WE DO A NEW SONG IT BECOMES OUR FAVOURITE.
SINCE BECOMING FAMOUS, WHAT IS THE MOST EMBARRASSING THING THAT’S HAPPENED TO YOU IN PUBLIC?
THE CHART POSITION OF STOOSHE’S SECOND SINGLE ‘BLACK HEART’
400,000 THE NUMBER OF COPIES OF ‘BLACK HEART’ SOLD
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13,304,712 THE NUMBER OF VIEWS OF STOOSHE TV!
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SIMON COWELL WANTED TO SIGN STOOSHE FOR HIS RECORD LABEL, BUT THE GIRLS SAID
HOW DO YOU FANCY OWNING THE ORIGINAL LIFE-BOT DRAWING, BY KARIS FROM STOOSHE?
THIS AMAZING, FRAMED SKETCH WILL BE AUCTIONED TO RAISE MONEY FOR KIDSCAPE. CHECKOUT THE WEBSITE FOR DETAILS.
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F F U T S HOT SUPAH NINJAS THE CROODS NICHOLAS CAGE IS THE VOICE OF GRUG THE CAVEMAN. FORCED OUT OF HIS HOME BY AN EARTHQUAKE, GRUG TAKES HIS FAMILY ON AN ADVENTURE FILLED JOURNEY TO FIND A SAFER PLACE TO LIVE. ALONG THE WAY HE ENCOUNTERS NOMAD(RYAN RENOLDS)WHO HAS SOME VERY STRANGE IDEAS AND A TERRIBLE INFLUENCE OVER HIS DAUGHTER(PLAYED BY EMMA STONE), WHO IS IMEDIATELY INTERESTED IN THE DASHING STRANGER,GRUG HAS TO COME TO TERMS WITH A NEW WAY OF LIVING, WITH HILAREOUS CONSEQUENCES. FROM THE MAKERS OF “HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON” AND “SPACE CHIMPS” THIS IS SURE TO BE ANOTHER HIT st l’s be S. FROM DREAMWORK big pau
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THE ADVENTURE STARTS WHEN MIKE DISCOVERS AN UNDERGROUND ‘DOJO’ AND MORE IMPORTANTLY A HOLOGRAM OF HIS GRANDFATHER, WHO TELLS HIM THAT HE IS DESCENDED FROM ALONG LINE IF NINJA WARRIORS, AND BEGINS TO TEACH HIM ALL THE SKILLS HE NEEDS TO BECOME A NINJA WARRIOR HIMSELF.HE IS SOON JOINED BY HIS BEST FRIEND OWEN, WHO MAY SEEM LIKE A CLOWN, BUT IS SERIOUSLY USEFUL IN A FIGHT AND AMANDA WHO HAS AN AWSOME KICK DESPITE LOOKING LIKE A CHEER LEADER. OUR LITTLE BAND OF SUPAH NINJAS ARE ALL KEPT IN LINE BY HOLOGRAMPS, AND WEEK BY WEEK THE TEAM TAKE ON SOME NASTY BAD GUYS, IN AN ATEMPT TO KEEP THEIR TOWN SAFE!
brent’s best boog ie... O.M.G this one has everything, action,ni nja stuff and the outfits...oh yes mama !
Each month, our life-bots ch eck out the latest FIlms, tunes, books and gam es and let us know their favourites by giving them a ‘hex’ rating. they’ve got another wicked selection this month.
CAPTAIN AWESOME IMAGINITIVE 8 YEAR OLD EUGENE M’GILLICINDY LOVES COMIC BOOK HEROS SO MUCH THAT HE DECIDES TO BECOME ONE AND “CAPTAIN AWESOME” IS BORN. ALONG WITH HIS BEST FRIEND CHARLIE ALIAS “NACHO CHEESE MAN” AND TURBO THE HAMPSTER, CAPTAIN AWESOME AND HIS SUPERPOWERED SQUAD PROTECT THE TOWN OF SUNNY-VIEW AS WELL AS THE UNIVERSE (OBVIOUSLY) FROM THE BAD GUYS SUCH AS “QUEEN STINKYPANTS”,DR SPINACH, MR DROOL AND BARON AND BARONESS BOOGA. A FAB READ!
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ROBOT AND FRANK SET IN THE FUTURE, FRANK IS A RETIRED JEWEL THIEF WHO LIVES QUIETLY BY HIMSELF WITH JUST A FEW OCASIONAL VISITS FRON HIS SON AND DAUGHTER, HE IS BEGINING TO FEEL LONELY. UNTIL THAT IS, HIS SON GIVES HIM A STATE OF THE ART ROBOT TO BE A COMPANION. AT FIRST FRANK WANTS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT, BUT SOON A FRIENDSHIP BEGINS TO DEVELOPE BETWEEN THEM AND FRANK STARTS TO ENJOY HIS LIFE AGAIN. HE ALSO STARTS TO BECOME INTERESTED IN A RATHER ATTRACTIVE NEW LIBRARIAN JENNIFER, AND DECIDES THAT THE BEST WAY TO IMPRESS HER IS WITH EXPENSIVE JEWELRY, SO HE DEVISES A WAY TO USE HIS ROBOT n... TO BREAK INTO AN EXCLUSIVE le’s opinio g g o JEWELERS TO GET HER SOME. IO I LOVE MAR WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?! F1. SO,
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use this cool template to design your own life-bot. our favourites will be made into real cards!
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check out www.theadventuresofrobob.com/rules for more ways to play
The Adventures of ROBOB trading card game has been designed to work for all ages and abilities. There are many different ways to play, from simple ‘Trumps’ and ‘Who’s who?’ games, to a more strategic battle where you may need to sacrifice certain robots for the good of your team.
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Below you will find basic details and instructions for some of the games you can play.
e-bots v resistorbots Download and print the Battle Board from
www.theadventuresofrobob.com
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Lay your Battle Board on a flat surface. Split the cards into two piles, one for the E-Bots and one for the Resistorbots. Now choose your army and shuffle the cards. Place your army face down and, without looking, take the top 15 cards from that pile. These are the cards you will battle with. You can now look at your cards but don’t show your opponent. Now lay the 7 ‘Action Cards’ face down in the spaces in the centre of the battle board. Player one should now select one of the ‘Action Cards’ and turn it over for all to see. Both players should now look through their cards and select three characters that have a high score for that action. Place these cards, face down on the 3 play areas on your side of the board. Now battle the 3 cards, 1 at a time, based on the action that has been chosen. The higher number wins. The winner of each battle captures their opponents card and places it in jail until the end of the game.
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The winning cards can be placed back in your pack and can be played again. In the event of a draw, each player keeps their card. Repeat steps 5 to 7 until all the action cards have been played or a player runs out of cards. The player with the most prisoners is the winner.
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RESISTORBOT HEIGHT: 3.3 SPEED: 505 ATTACK: 41 DEFENCE: 73 STRENGTH: 72 INTEL: 68 ENERGY: 78%
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