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Originally Posted by LeelandS
I don't know if this has been ruled on yet, but I've seen discussion that because the voucher is a KoP item, it doesn't count towards the Bill of Materials, effectively raising those teams' robot budgets to $3950 (or $450 than other teams if the budget isn't $3500 this year).
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That's assuming the kitbot is value-less, which it certainly is not.
It's interesting that the
kitbot kit is $400 (of course that may change for the new kit), so a team could take the voucher, buy the kitbot kit, and still have another $50 to spend however they wish. Unless I'm missing something, it's essentially the same as not taking the voucher, and then getting $50 in AndyMark credit for free.
EDIT: looking more closely, it seems that
this is the true kitbot kit for last year. It's $550. It still leaves the possibility that one could get everything they want from the kitbot for less than the value of the voucher, and still have some spending money. It's difficult to make this judgement call without knowing what the new kit will cost.