Hydraulic Press makes no sense

I know, it's an 'iconic' scene, very cool and all, but there are a few problems that show that the scene makes no sense.

First, as a smaller note, there seems to be a powerful light coming from outside the screen, off-camera, pointed at the robot remains when the press starts working to flatten the damn thing. The lightning bolts never seem to generate light for some reason.

Second, and much bigger thing - WHY does the robot look like it's made out of clay, silly-putty or some other VERY SOFT material?

It's supposed to be 'fully armored, very tough', which indicates STRONG metal, futuristically strong!

Any HARD substance would not just flatten like that, think about even something as easy to break as ice cubes. If you replace the robot with a few large ice cubes that together are about the same size (or just one large icecube), do you think it would just FLATTEN like that?

No, it would BREAK and basically EXPLODE to smaller pieces, in any case, it would _CRACK_!

This 'tough metal' robot doesn't crack, it just flattens like it's made out of the softest material possible. Even a balloon would pop, even a boiled egg would at least crack to pieces, but not this touch metal, it won't crack at all, it just becomes flat, like it's made out of modeling clay or something.

This makes NO sense whatsoever.