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twiggzee
11-10-2012, 09:35
Does anyone have any spare basketballs from Rebound Rumble that they are willing to part with? We had 4 at one point and 3 of them fell out of the back of the pickup truck on the way to Regionals last year. Our last one is pretty beat up, there's hardly and orange coating left and the foam has many holes in it. =(

We are putting on a few fundraising events and would like to have some more for demonstrations. I've been checking in on AndyMark but they're website says they have been out of stock for awhile. Thanks a bunch!

MrForbes
11-10-2012, 10:05
In case you don't find any right away....after Lunacy, we needed some more "moon rocks" to demonstrate the robot, they were unobtanium. We discovered that $1 inflatable plastic balls available at Walmart worked great, when inflated to the correct pressure.

so, I suggest you go shopping

JohnSchneider
11-10-2012, 12:49
It's been a while but I do recall us having balls of a simar size and makeup when I worked for toys r us. You might try there.

tsaksa
11-10-2012, 12:58
In case you don't find any right away....after Lunacy, we needed some more "moon rocks" to demonstrate the robot, they were unobtanium. We discovered that $1 inflatable plastic balls available at Walmart worked great, when inflated to the correct pressure.

so, I suggest you go shopping

There are also some others online that look like they might be a close match although not quite as cheap. Do a search for Voit tuff coated foam basketball or Poof foam junior basketball. Both look similar to what we were using although I have no personal experience with either.

http://shop.ssgecom.com/esports(cz1TSUQlM2FBTk9OJTNhU1NHUFJEX1BSRF8wMyUzYW Y3U0NlR3cxdE1qTm9KREJSODRMY09XclBwSF9WVVd5Z2hhZUhz ZDQtQVRU)/esports/~flNUQVRFPTE5OTk4LjAwMy4wMi4wMg==?g_sel_sitemid_90 23[1]=3166XXXX&~okcode[1]=PRHRXS&~target[1]=

Possible better deal.

http://www.wolverinesports.com/categories/productDetails.cfm?product_ID=BA268P&category&bc3

Rob3653
10-04-2013, 17:56
Hey Chief Delphi,
Is there a place that sells the 2012 game pieces? Andymark has stopped selling them. They don't have to have the first logo or anything. We use them for demonstrations and they get chewed up fast so we need to buy a few more, but we are having no luck at finding them.
Thanks :)

MrForbes
10-04-2013, 18:06
I wonder how standardized the number 4 size is?

http://www.amazon.com/POOF-Slinky-850BL-Basketball-Assorted-Colors/dp/B0084YNEUM

mrmummert
10-04-2013, 18:20
http://www.amazon.com/POOF-Slinky-850BL-Basketball-Assorted-Colors/dp/B0084YNEUM

Those are too small....thats the game piece that was used in 2006.
While i haven't found any from 2012 i have found those (2006) at a
"Ollies" outlet a few miles from us. I would guess there is some of the
2012 game pieces or and equivalent out there somewhere.

MrForbes
10-04-2013, 18:22
Gopher quit selling the non-official version of the 2012 game piece soon after the start of the build season that year, I got one of the last boxes they shipped.

Back in 2009, we needed some game pieces for our Lunacy robot, and discovered that we could buy inflated plastic balls at Walmart for a dollar apiece, that could be adjusted in size (via inflation pressure) to work great with our robot that year.

You might see if this works for you?

sanddrag
10-04-2013, 18:24
I wonder if their size 4 soccer ball would work:
http://www.gophersport.com/products/item_detail.cfm?item_id=8081

MrForbes
10-04-2013, 18:25
I hope we get to use those footballs one year soon....I've been waiting patiently for a long time....

brrian27
01-05-2013, 16:15
Hey everyone! I'm looking for some basketballs for the Rebound Rumble game! Ours are pretty beat up and we'd like to buy some new ones. Is there anywhere online I can find these? Or is there any replacement that is similar (like a NERF basketball or something)? Thanks!

Patrick Flynn
01-05-2013, 16:26
I assume you were looking for a thread like this?
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=115951&highlight=game+pieces
or this.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=109093&highlight=game+pieces

Mark McLeod
01-05-2013, 17:31
I assume you were looking for a thread like this?
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=115951&highlight=game+pieces
or this.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=109093&highlight=game+pieces
Circular logic?

PayneTrain
01-05-2013, 18:00
Glad to see the latest Chief Delphi Echo Test passed again.o

Patrick Flynn
01-05-2013, 18:10
Circular logic?

They got merged after I posted

Gregor
02-05-2013, 00:52
I assume you were looking for a thread like this?
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=115951&highlight=game+pieces
or this.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=109093&highlight=game+pieces

Trying to follow that made my head hurt.:rolleyes:

R.C.
02-05-2013, 00:55
We have some.

Send me a P.M.

-RC

Chris Fultz
02-05-2013, 08:56
we have some, send me a PM.