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Re: Duct Tape 2011

It's been legal since 2009.

There were actually limited opportunities to use it before then. Some years' rules allowed any adhesive tape as an electrical insulator (2000, for example), while others only permitted electrical tape for that purpose (mid-2000s). Adhesive tape was permitted as a non-structural component in 2008, and occasionally as a label in other years.

Of course, some of those earlier games were subject to highly restrictive parts use rules, where Small Parts was the only legal supplier for most items. Small Parts sells duct tape nowadays, but I'm not sure if they did back then.