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i think that one team in atlanta was giving out tetra-earrings. Those were rreally cool! Buttons are good too, i saw many peopl;e wearing buttons all over their shirts. But make sure that you have enough for all four days. We ran out on the second day! :p

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lol maybe you should find a clicker with your mascot on it.. or maybe you guys should give out PANDAS. pandas are awesome

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Team 670 gave out Wrench sets to all of the team leaders and smaller sets to the people who can by our pit.

team 670 :ahh:

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Team 1421 at the Lone Star regionals gave out ring binders with "Team Chaos" scouting reports to every team that competed at the regional.(40 total) Each binder had a color picture of every one of the teams robots above a scoring form. A very lot of work and very helpful.

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Our team gave out Dog tags at the Colorado Regionals, they were a complete hit. We decided dog tags this yar cause we got a new laser and I suggested let's make key chains cause I was thing off lasering out plastic but then our teacher got the idea of dog tags since our mascot is the bulldog.

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Wow, this thread is like almost an entire year old.

Anyway, I missed out on those dog tags. I was going to get a pair but then I think I had to run out with either a battery or a laptop to our robot in the queing line; thus making me forget about anything else.

Our team gave out thunderstick things with the top shaped like a cougar paw (a cougar being the school mascot).

If you were at the colorado regionals there's no way you could have missed these, everyone hitting everyone else with them. (In hindsight, perhaps not such a bright idea).

I think that a carabiner is a really cool team giveaway. I got 3 from ACHS robotics last year but couldn't find whoever was handing them out this year.

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http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=45397

is a thread from this year

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The coolest things for me are team and sponsor stickers. I am trying to cover my drill case with every robtics related sticker I can get my hands on.
Our team gives out safety shields (side guards to make regular glasses compliant with FIRST rules) so that people don't have to double up their glasses by also wearing goggles. We run out of them really fast, because once we hand out a pair, the word gets around very fast.
(Hey, don't be stealing our handout ideas!) :p

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Tshirts are always cool to get from other teams.But there is a downside to giveing away your team shirt if that person whom they gave it to acts out in any obscene way i tcould reflect back on that team even though they are not apart of that team.

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Well, I'm a girl, so I like jewelry...not necessarily "girly" stuff. For example, at the NJ Regionals I got a dog tag and at thye Philly Regionals I got one of those funky rubber bracelets from Dawgma. :D

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in past years we (177) have given out customized sharpies. i think that is really cool idea :D

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Go Team 610 Livestrong-esque Silicone Bracelets!

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I actually like videos of Teams and what they are doing in FIRST!

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Well my team, 247, gives out bears each year and it seems to be a big hit for all our regionals.

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I am not sure if team 34 let people borrow or actually gave them some of their legendary light up curcit boards that display there logo the rockets. They are so cool and if I got one I would go beserk! I hope that will start giving them out because they are really cool.

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I think the coolest thing i got is the 781 metal pin, i wear it on the end of my belt now, i replaced my quicksilver logo with it :D :p

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the absolute best:
free hugs-one size fits all

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Just an FYI:

Handing out candy or bevarages or other edible foods is against the rules this year......

(if this was already mentioned, oops, i didnt feel like reading every post.)

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Try like 4+ ;)

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Northeastern university College of Engineering is going to be giving out mini shapries with "northeastern university college of engineering printed on them", i have a few they are pretty sweet and perfect for any robotics comp!

coolest give away i hvae ever been part of

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hacky sacks

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1740 gave little screwdriver sets
195 had little tool keychains
i got a little robot made of nuts and bolts and the like last yr at nats
and at nats last yr some team was giving out handmade blue and red tetra earrings that looked very professional, and though im not a girl-- I got my sister a pair (shes also on the team, and i handed them to her in the pits)

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Hands down, shop rags.

I got one from.... well can't remember which team. They were in the back corner of the pit area at the Boilermaker regional. The shop rags were stamped with their team name and logo.

-Q

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Second that. I got a nice shop rag from 85 a couple seasons back -- good logo on it, and it has been useful.

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hmm.. buttons are classic and always nice. A team gave out a band-aid despenser at atlanta this year, i thought that was pretty awesome. I think getting a scouting cd would be awesome to get, our soap team passes them out. Other then that, i think practical things you could use, are always the best things to get, like rags, or pens.

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We gave out Buttons/Stickers/flyers.

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We gave out buttons that were like no other. We got so many awesome comments from everyone. Too bad we only had them for the Nationals.

My favorite has to be the maze pen. Two balls in a maze in a pen!
I spent countless hours staring at it looking for the best way out in class.

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Got a sweet deck of cards from the Thunderchickens, complete with their logo on the cards. Definitely the best handout.

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THE COCONUTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DUHHHHHHHHH jeese come on from the knights who said NE I think advertise their just becuase of those at every event we go to even if they are not their

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Did anyone like our Mini Frisbees we handed out?

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i think the best thing i got from nats. in atlanta was the swords. there were soo... fun. me and my comrads were fighting eachother wen we went in the front for lunch. altho food is a good idea. :yikes: :]

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The 1746 shirts were pretty cool. I lliked the pins with the mini tools on them and the swords were pretty awesome.

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Chumms definitly chumms :cool: gotta keep ur safty glasses :cool:

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frisbees are pretty sweet, especially when a team gives them out every year so u build a color coded archive.

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i dont know if these were given away but i saw some girls walking around with them on , there were FIRST dangly earrings. i thought they were at the gift shop or something but they werent.

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How about 'Got FIRST?' t-shirts? We were giving those out on Firday and Saturday in Archimedes.

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On the list i have to say DVD. but personaly I think the lanyards that 16 had (only our flight got one) were the coolest because those they can use to hold their Nasa badges for years on end even when they profesionally work somewhere..

also i think 45's kwel saftey gogles owned all :) i loved them and wish they could pm me with where they got them.. (Please say HomeDepot + ShrinkWrap Lol)

Pavan

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has anybody mentioned MOE's miracle towel? actually they normally don't give those out, but it's soooo cool. i love when teams give away beads...though most to all of mine that i got in atlanta were given to a member dancing. i've gotten a whistle at pittsburgh..that was cool and was useful for saving my voice. a team gave me a wristband..like the one for the wrap party in atlanta..that was cool.

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i liked team 93's stress apples

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I think the best thing my team could give out is scouting data. We have a great scouting system and are looking at going public next year. Letting teams know that you are prepared going into a match doesnt just let them know who you are, but showes them what you can bring to an alliance

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I was thinking about taking Tulip paint to some unworn bandanas and pass them out. Or just give out the bandanas themselves. Help control some sweating in the pits. (No pun intended...)

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Definitely anything novelty to play with that has the team name that stuff is the best.

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I got a pair of FIRST earrings made from FIMO clay at the Chesapeake Regional...one of the mentors from 1449 made them, I believe, and they are awesome. A mentor for Robot Chicks Union (thanks Pat :) ) made bracelets which we handed out at our meeting. I think jewelry that is wearable every day, not just appropriate at FIRST events, is a great idea.

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The coolist thing a team can give out is key chains:D . After competitions the best thing to do is load up your backpack with other teams keychains. I haven't been to a competition yet(I'm going to two in march), but last year all my friends came back after a trip with all kinds of stuff on their backpacks. I also want a slinky

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I really like it when teams give out scented oils, bubble bath, and moisturizing lotion.

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I got a pen with a built-in highlighter from one team... that was my favorite, because it was really useful. I could highlight match times and take notes about alliance partners/opposing alliances at the same time!

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I'm a huge fan of Stickers. I had a team 830 sticker on my laptop for the longest time (before I replaced it with a "WWGFD?" sticker).

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Once I got a Cucumber... :yikes:

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I really like the rubber bracelets because people will wear those almost all year if they look cool (someone else probably suggested this but i don't feel like reading all the pages):o .

Another thing i just thought of is shoes laces in your colors (like one blue and one green) and have your team name on it, now that would be awesome.

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What about free injuries?

Or is that just a given with the job?

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We plan on giving out shell leis, macadamia nut chocolates, and pineapples again this year at all our events except our own Hawaii regional.

Chesapeake, VCU, and championships in our division!:D

Alooooohaaaaa!

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Hey they sound awesome (what about a candy button?:rolleyes: ;) )

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Teams going to Finger Lakes Regional and Buckeye Regional should be on the lookout for 2228's Robotic pens again. They are pretty sweet:

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i think thats the best idea ive ever had!!!!

how about small robots like HexBugs, you'd have to have a pretty decent amount of $$$$$$

fun to assemble though!!!

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Great idea but... isn't there a rule against giving out/selling, or bringing in food from outside vendors?

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If a couple people on your team were in a band...a CD would be really cool. Great publicity for them as well.

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Last year I got a foam cell phone at nationals, that was a fun little toy I still goof around with.

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The coolest thing a team could give out was a button with a bunch of lights on it so that by pressing a button it would say different things.

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One time I got a yoyo...COOLEST toy ever...my whole team was playing with the yoyo that whole day!! So, yeah, I go for yoyosss!! they;re the besttttttttt

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MONEYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!111!!!!1!!!!1!@

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hmmmm... really cool sunglasses would be sick.

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:yikes:

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Our team this year is considering passing out yo-yos. They come in the standard circle shape but also a triangle and square. FIRST shapes!!. I am sick nasty with a yo-yo.

The best thing I have ever seen handed out where plastic veiner calipers at the Finger Lakes regionals. don't know from who. Also anything with blinking lights is popular. SO SHINY!!!

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I also like it when teams give out acne wash, shampoo, and pocket protectors.

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Come on guys, what does FIRST emphasize more than safety? And shouldn't that apply to all of your life's endeavors, and not just FIRST?

With that in mind, what could be cooler than printing your team's logo on latex prophylactic devices and handing them out at competitions?

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The most awesome thing that our team has ever given away were some little pens that you have to click out (fold out) to open and use. The problem was they are expensive (a bit over a dollar each) and the following quotes as people snapped themselves opening the pens:D:

Student 1: Ow!
Student 2: What? Ow! Oh...
Student 3: Huh? Ow! Ah...
Student 4: Ow!
...And so forth.

They were so much fun, though, and we used them for scouting purposes.

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don't know if someone posted this already but our mini sticks we gave out last year were pretty popular

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A couple of years ago the ThunderChickens handed out tattoos. I still have one or two.

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Teams should totally give out safety glasses with their logo on it. Hate my team's glasses and I would wear anything even if it had someone elses logo on it. Or you could just make some for your team.

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Best thing to give out...

thats easy...

HUGS!!!

:D

Now to be serious...buttons are AWESOME. I stuck them all over my backpack after the season was over. It was pretty cool :)

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Hah! I did the same thing. This year I'm going for a whole shirt. (I just need 96 buttons!)

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MOney would be the best thing u could give out lol

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Weighted companion cubes.

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the Rubix cube key chains we gave out last year were a hit, we ran out in five min!

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USB flashdrive keychains
(Thank you 2016!)

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that would be awsome!

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OH MY GOD IT'S...

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i thought we were not allowed to pass out food.

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Autonomous dongles.

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Now if you were a little richer you could give away mini models of your robot that drive around and/or herd little soccer balls. Now that would be cool!:yikes:

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um... no thanks.

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Our team, 2024, gave out hand painted kukui nuts at the Silicon Valley Regional. I thought they looked really cool. Stringing and writing 2024 on all 150 of them was pretty tedious though. I'm not sure if we are doing it for nationals cause I really dont feel like making over 500 in two weeks. But if a lot of you guys want them I'll try to get started.

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PWM Cables, what team doesn't need those!? you can even print your team name/number on the pwm cable wires

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spoons anyone? thats what we give out.

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AAHHHHH!!!!!!

i was gonna say that

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There should be an "other" category. We're giving out hand-puppets :)

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O man lol, I never thought Id actually run into anything that's funny on this site. But this is great haha. Safety FIRST lol without a doubt

But in all seriousness....Ice cream and bubbles. If any team gave out ice cream AND bubbles...I don't even know what to say that I would do for them, yea thats how sweet it is.

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Personal favorite is the seizure inducing blinking lights oo aa :yikes:

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Who gave the 1gig usb flash drives at NJ in 07? I usually dont pay attention as an adult mentor to little gadgets, but when I saw that, I had to move quickly in line!
NJ, anyone?? :D

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ARE YOU SERIOUS!??!?!
i must admit that is pretty niffty youd get big points in my book for something like that

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Actually, Team 100 (I only saw them at SVR this year) printed Robotics versions of a 100-dollar bill, with "In Dean We Trust" and the signature of their team captain. They also had a picture of their robot the BallFrog in the place where normally Ben Franklin would sit. It was pretty awesome. :cool:

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how bout keychain flashlights?

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Any team who hands out PWMs would become my absolute hero. It seems that ours break every time we as much as look at them.

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Okay so, this year, my team had three main ideas:

1) laser pointers. Probably not allowed, but c'mon...
2) swag bags. I heard at least twenty people at both regionals saying, "Hey, can you guys go find like a bag or something to put all this stuff in?" BOOM. Instant solution. Swag Bag.
3) Bounceback balls. We eventually decided on these. It was awesome.

I did absolutely LOVE Team Oriole Assault's orange blinky lights. Oh man.

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57 got some multi-color flashing bouncy balls from KBR this year. We had to start rationing them at Lone Star due to the popularity. I only hope we have enough to give out at Champs...