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Originally Posted by Nemo
Yep, that is why I am asking what peoples' experience has been. I am not terribly concerned about getting the kit a week late, because we will have materials on hand to build a drive through FIRST Choice and the AM voucher. During that first week we will be trying to design manipulators, so if there's something in the kit we'd use for that, it's unlikely that a short delay will hamper us. If it's multiple weeks, that's different.
Sending one person to pick up the kit means spending somebody's entire day to drive somewhere and back. I ask a lot of my mentors already and would consider paying $100 or $200 to ship the kit of that's what it costs. I think the mentors' efforts are better spent in other ways.
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Keep in mind that the kit always contains game pieces. Sometimes you can go out and purchase them from a store, but they are frequently custom made for FIRST, or not easily found locally. Personally, I wouldn't want to spend a week designing a manipulator without having an official game piece to play with...