01-21-2009 10:36 PM

lenny8

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im so jealouso

i want 33 orbit balls

01-21-2009 10:36 PM

fordchrist675

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Holy Crap! If only I could get to Kentucky.

Lol that is quite a few to have

01-21-2009 10:42 PM

Tom I

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Road trip to kentucky! Lets go, who's comming?

01-21-2009 10:45 PM

Thermal

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Hahah and I thought the forsyth alliance got all the balls in the south east! :-p

01-21-2009 10:50 PM

smurfgirl

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...and to think I have yet to lay my hands on even a SINGLE orbit ball!

01-21-2009 11:06 PM

Greg Needel

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I must say that having a team in the south east is a nice treat. We were able to buy ~30 balls without much hassle at all. And even decided to leave a bunch in the stores a bit further away so if teams wanted to road trip to use they could.

Hopefully in the future we will have the same problems as everyone else in the country when there are loads of teams in this area. I would be more then willing to trade not having so many game balls for having a few more teams in the area.

01-21-2009 11:23 PM

DonRotolo

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What? No Blue Grass?

01-21-2009 11:28 PM

Ryan Dognaux

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Haha I love it when everyone is taking pictures and I don't know who to look at.

Also, our Caterpillar sponsor is basically awesome for finding all of these balls.

01-21-2009 11:52 PM

JaneYoung

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Don Rotolo What? No Blue Grass?

01-22-2009 09:03 AM

Enigma's puzzle

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Kentucky, the land of plenty

01-22-2009 09:51 AM

JDeCola

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom I Road trip to kentucky! Lets go, who's comming?

01-22-2009 10:59 AM

sirmichael

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So much Kentucky...yet so few FRC teams! There has only been 1 KY team for the past several years, this year 3 rookies will emerge. It's been awesome to see so much support coming from teams in surrounding states

There does seem to be quite a few orbit balls at every Wal-Mart we go to.

- Mike

01-22-2009 12:03 PM

Ryan Dognaux

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Quote:

Originally Posted by sirmichael So much Kentucky...yet so few FRC teams! There has only been 1 KY team for the past several years, this year 3 rookies will emerge. It's been awesome to see so much support coming from teams in surrounding states There does seem to be quite a few orbit balls at every Wal-Mart we go to. - Mike

01-22-2009 12:04 PM

JoeArnold

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Man, we have like 6 balls

01-22-2009 01:10 PM

guakam0li1089

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Quote:

Originally Posted by JoeArnold Man, we have like 6 balls

01-22-2009 01:14 PM

IKE

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I got 16 by calling up a Walmart off of the list on Bill's Blog in an area where I knew there were not many nearby teams.

We made 18 out of polycarb for packaging and human player practice. These are much more durable than the real ones.

My recommendation would be to call up Walmarts in Arkansas. There are very few FRC teams and a whole bunch of Walmarts. Or contact Baxter Bomb Squad and make it worth there while.

01-22-2009 01:28 PM

Black Claw

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We have 12, but are trying to help other teams in the Tulsa district find them and aquire them

01-22-2009 01:32 PM

WhiteShadow1474

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*Fumbles around trying to make orbit balls* That's it! I'm moving my highschool to Kentucky

01-22-2009 02:10 PM

EricH

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I know that the Rapid City, SD Walmart was listed as having 2. Previously, they had 3. I think they've got zero, because I got two there last week. Those are heading for L.A.

I'd have also raided the one in Spearfish, SD, but it's out of my range.

01-22-2009 02:57 PM

drueb12

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we have 15 but we sent someone from oklahoma to missouri to get them
yes they ae that important

01-22-2009 03:23 PM

Rachel2177

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My team, the Robettes, were lucky enough to have a similar situation happen to us. The parents of one of our mentors were driving back from Texas up to Minnesota, so they stopped at all the Walmarts on the way back for us We received 25 from that road trip; without that we probably wouldn't have any since all the Walmarts in Minnesota were sold out two days after the kickoff

01-22-2009 05:03 PM

Nica F.

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While i was back home in LA with the team i graduated from, i called up many many walmart and toys r us stores asking if they had them as well as visiting them. I found ZERO orbit balls.
And theeen coming back to Purdue and ripping walmart bags open full of orbit balls definitely made my list of most satisfying experiences in FIRST. Haha.

P.S. Kyle, there were definitely more attractive pictures you could've posted instead of this one, with both Ryan and Diaz actually looking.

01-22-2009 05:05 PM

amariealbrecht

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wow very nice...leave it to the crazy roadtrippers to find the orbit balls!

01-22-2009 09:59 PM

DJCJX

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I live in the south but my team is from the north. I have only done about a 50 mile radius from my home but i have sent back 9 orbit balls to them. Alabama is the place to find them.