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Re: FIRST Choice 3D Printer Lottery

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Originally Posted by seg9585 View Post
Can anyone explain how the 3D printer lottery works on FIRST Choice? I was trying to find a thread or more details and didn't see any.

The "lottery" costs 150 Choice points. I assume you have to be in the lottery to collect one of the 600-point printers?
Also, if you don't win the lottery do you get those points back to spend elsewhere?

I'm curious as to your odds of winning the lottery -- basically, what are the odds that you want a 3D printer, don't get it, and now are stuck unable to get anything else because all the good stuff has been taken?

Seems a bit strange we are going through this type of gambling in FRC
This is what we understand:

Teams can select one of three different types of printers: a 3D System Cube, a MakerBot Replicator 2, or a MakerGear kit. I believe there is going to be a total of 400 printers of which about 300 are Cubes, and the rest are MakerGears and MakerBots. The Cube is the closest to a turnkey system, and is the easiest to use. The MakerBot and the MakerGear have more options in terms of the printing capabilities, and therefore are a little bit more difficult to use, but have greater capability.

Teams will be able to select any of these three printers in FIRST Choice. I think the credits are high enough that if you get a printer, you don't get much else. Also, FIRST is providing the ability to use service bureaus for printing. You can use your credits to have these bureaus print parts out for you.
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