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Originally Posted by rtfgnow
Once the GDC lets teams get past the "Where can I get that thing?", they will say "Now that we have an unlimited supply, how many should we buy?"
Has anyone looked at the FTC game piece. It's PVC. No FRC FIRST team has ever had trouble getting PVC.
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We had PVC game pieces in 2005. Except to make them into tetras you needed to buy these plastic joints from IFI, which had a very nasty habit of cracking. You can't win!
I think this year is good in that you still only need one of each game piece, and barring serious damage, a little tape will keep it inflated. It's not like you need 10 or 15 to accurately find out storage dynamics like you did with the Orbit Balls.
I think Dave went into this at some point -- even though the GDC knows early if they need a custom game piece, lead times for the manufacturers are even longer.
[EDIT]Hmm... can't find it. I did find
this where he talks about how FIRST does try to ensure teams have adequate access to gamepieces.[/EDIT]