[Jon K.]

Originally Posted by abigailthefox

Has FIRST been able to offer a good reason WHY basic foam balls are priced so highly?

Originally Posted by FRC Blog

Boulders The game pieces for FIRST STRONGHOLD are more expensive than we would have liked. We couldn’t find less expensive alternatives that had all the characteristics we were looking for, like being foam (so we didn’t need to worry about inflation levels or popped pieces), having some level of durability (though spinning shooters will put them to the test), being the right size, and, very importantly, being low bounce (to minimize the chance of boulders bouncing somewhere you really don’t want them to go). Hopefully, you won’t need as many of them as you did for a game like Rebound Rumble, in which you could carry several game pieces without penalty.

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Not so basic. They had a lot of criteria to hold.