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I knew personally that particular rule change would start some people turning black & white into pushing some really grey areas..."No work" usually means NO WORK....I would fully expect the proper Q & A answer to be...I hope. As by midnight tonight, it is supposed to be in the bag "not interfaced with" (to me that means even looking into or through the bag to compare, etc. is out of bounds).

They are allowing you to continue fundraising and such w/ it, within very specific limits. Will that be pushed? I'm sure it will it seems already. But...Not in our shop for our team....We did all our shows, etc. in the last few weeks (in the bag it went and into a room that is out of sight, out of mind, & NOT TO BE INTERFACED WITH, like it was already in a crate and shipped tomorrow morning)....It is actually locked away in a maint. closet room where none of the team could possibly interface w/ it....It will be loaded to take to the first regional just as it was bagged & sealed tonight. (Unload...To the pit, inspector present, break seal, unbag, 6 bolts out and back in on the intake, add the bumpers and a fresh battery & head to inspection...Then to the field for a full practice day Thursday! YEAH!) Well, that is the plan anyway!

In all fairness, we did build another practice toy like it (similar, but not an exact duplicate....It has some "wud & plenty of zip ties like that great chsy poofs vid bot" that needs some sanding laquer & staining.....and plenty of stainless steel zip ties it appeared...lol), the first 2 weeks, but both will be slightly different & neither will act just exactly like the other. (We will show that 1 repeatedly, though not nearly as nice a looker as the comp bot...And we have all those pretty pics we can show too, not to mention they can also be invited to see it live and in action in competition we hope at least 3 times in the next couple of months!)