[ZACH P.]

I think that that is a great idea. They would be usefull not only as spares, but also as parts for robots for off-season competitions, for totally different comprtitions, or for various independent projects. The variety of stuffs that FIRST supplies are reallly pretty awesome for robot building. The kind of stuff (especially motors) that FIRST supplies are in a lot of ways ideal for robotics, and such motors would be hard to find independently.