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Originally Posted by BJC
I actually think that if FIRST switched to sheetmetal trophies they would save money. I don't know what the cost of the current regional trophies are to make but I do know that most of FIRST's sponsors have the resources to blast these out very quickly if they were asked to. Costs would include the source sheet metal plus machining and assembly time. Machining is simply waterjeting or lasercuting. Assembly includes 4 bends in the same plane (very easy) and the two pieces of the trophy go together with 6 rivets. I imagine with donated resources trophies would cost FIRST nothing and the donating company very little.
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You might be right, but it would take some research.
I liked the old trophies because they were unique and cool. The district trophies this year look like something you'd get for winning a knitting contest at the state fair. This design is unique too, and I could totally imagine one of the major sponsors making a donation, but it'd require some work.