Meanwhile, filming begins on Mentorn's second series of Robot Wars UK TV show. August 1998 -Robotica invitations are filled to capacity. A day later, and quite unexpectendly, Gary Cline is forced to cancel the Robotica event after being served a court order against him by Robot Wars' Profile Records. A few builders bring their robots just to show off. January 1999 -Legal battles continue.
Profile refuses to budge from their position, much to the anger of the competitors.
No end is in sight. The lawyers are continuing to try to hammer things out. Profile has won the rights to Robot Wars. Gary Pini's letter mentions that Marc Thorpe will still be involved in Robot Wars in some ways, but does not elaborate. The Robot Wars website comes back online after many months of inactivity, featuring some streaming video from previous events, and it's own forum section.