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Yeah, thats a great price for a full field, would be quite usefull too. But I don't have the cash. Also if anyone is interested in an absolutely great price on a robot control system check this out: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll... STRK:MEWA:IT

It's not the FIRST model, rather it's the model that IFI Robotics sells to other robot builders, namely combat. But it has nearly the same functionality, and an outrageous price.

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By looking at the photos it seems to be Wildstangs practice space. They are located in one of Motorola's storage buildings but what i dont get is that the seller is "located" in Hamtramck, Mi. which mapquest says is over 5 hours from 111's home of Wheeling, Il. So i doubt this is 111's field. Hm to bad we dont know whos selling this item yet.

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Hamtramck, MI is the home of Team 123. Whether it's their field or not is subject to debate, because that town is in the Detroit area, and the ebay user might live in Hamtrack but be on another team.

Anyone from 123 that wants to clear this up?



I love when they call it US FIRST.... :D

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I ran a search on their E-Bay username to see if there is anything close to a CD username, but no luck.

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WOW! And it ends in just over 3 and a half hours. Too bad it;s $40 shipping to the US but still. I would buy it in an instant but then there's the issue of what to do with it.

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Nope, it's not ours. There's no aluminum in ours (it's made of wood & steel pipe).

Besides, why would we want to sell our field? :)

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I wasn't until I read Dez250's post that I remembered Wildstang. The photo I remember is this. But like Dave mentioned the Ebay one isn't thiers. The thing to remember is that the field may not be in the same location the seller is although I'm sure they won't be as much as 5 hours apart but they could be storing it in a surrounding town.

Out of curiosity does anyone know what FIRST does with the fields after the season is over with. I don't know how many but I do know there was more than one traveling the country and something has to become of these fields when they're no longer needed.

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Much of the field is reused the next year like the frame if it is the same size, like it has ben for the pst 4 year. the rest of the field can be used for a number of many things that FIRST does.

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I've been extremely curious about the wareabouts of that field too. Who would have one?..could it be an old field from FIRST?...because they do replace them every couple of years.

The info on the field iis oddly un-descriptive though. Not too much information except what it is....and if you weren't in FIRST reading that wouldn't do too much good.

US FIRST Robotics Aluminum Robot Arena (easy to assemble components).

48ft x 24ft (assembled dimensions)

6 8ft x 7ft Player station walls.

4 center supports for player station walls.

6 8ft x 12in player control tables tables attach to player station walls.

8 10ft x 18in guard rails.

2 8ft x 18in guard rails.

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Yeah--I'll bet any basketball hoops FIRST has in their offices have been modified for 13" balls. :D

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No, they use the 30" balls. :D

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Could this be a sign the FIRST is going to be changing fields next year?

I thought FIRST stored some fields in Michigan. But FIRST does store most of the fields at 200 Bedford Street in Manch.

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I have a really big doubt this is an offical first field because first has kept the same size field for the past 4 years, which is this size field border and if you remember the players stations have all the added peices of diamond plate aluminum cause of the changes with delivery systems over the past few years. This field end looks pristine and it doesnt have the delivery system for this year. My guess would be its from an ex-sponsor of a team in Michigan somewheres that cut sponsorship this year or may have had the previous sponsored team go under in the past 2 years and thus the sponsor has been hanging onto since then and is now trying to get rid of it cheap...

But those are just my thoughts.

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This is prob. most likely

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I wouldn't think that FIRST would really change the field, we obviously wouldn't get any smaller, and, at least at some venues, there isn't much more space for a larger field.