[GBK]

I can see the good and the bad in these projects. The real issue is not that they are there, but how each team uses the information in them. If they are used a short cut that is bad. If they are used to help rookie teams and actually gives even one rookie team (or veteran team for that matter) and idea or helps them through an issue that is great. However if the intent is to help rookie teams and teams with limited resources, they would be more helpful to those teams if they were build with a KIT Chassis.
Bottom line if they help inspire they are a success. But if even one team shows up to a competition with a copy of one of these, then they are a failure.