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Originally Posted by Tom Line
I don't remember any particular problems getting soccer balls in '10 or the tubes in '11 or the basketballs in '12.
Perhaps we were just lucky and ordered early.
This year, we purchased 3 of the excercise balls so we have enough to practice with.
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Wasn't part of FIRST for the soccer balls and wasn't in charge of purchasing anything for 2011 tubes.
2012 BBalls had availability issues somewhere in the middle of build season. It took several weeks to get them in stock again, and when they did make more, the variability in mass and "squishyness" was awful. It seems that the manufacturer discontinued the item, so there wasn't even the possibility of getting a generic alternative.
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Originally Posted by Nemo
Agreed. I also don't remember having issues getting frisbees last year. For our team, at least, it was a four year streak of good game piece availability.
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2013 Frisbees were out of stock for a period of time, but that seemed to be not too long of a span.