[Allison K]

I have most of a tetrix kit that I'm not using this year (It ran me ragged last year trying to run JFLL, FLL, and FTC simultaneously), and we could probably work something out such that you purchase/borrow it. PM me if you're interested.

Also, despite not having a team I spent time looking over the new COTS rules and thinking about what I would do if I did have a team. My conclusion was that I would buy the absolutely required elements (Intelligent brick, Motors, Motor controllers) and then piece together a "kit" using other available components. The options at servocity.com had a lot of items that looked handy, or a system such as 80/20. It's more time consuming but you would probably end up with a better kit for your money.