[EricH]

Originally Posted by Wayne TenBrink

Not that our team has mastered rollerclaw or anything, but it would be great if the game piece manipulator required/rewarded teams that were able to think outside of the roller box. What was the last game piece that wasn't best handled with some sort of roller/roller claw? Triple Play in 2005?

Yep, 2005. The best handling device for the tetras tended to be a stick of some form with a crossbar, at least if placing them one by one was your goal.

The one before that was 2003's bins, which a roller would work very well for.

Then you have to go back to 1999's floppies... those would be rather tough with a roller.

I'm also leaving out the large exercise balls used in several years before 2005, and the mobile goals that fall into the same category, simply because on the balls you can use a roller, though a claw may be a better option, and on the goals there are too many types to go through good handling options.