We had problems with shipping, too. At the J&J Mid-Atlantic, our robot showed up late(10:30 Thurs.) and then, we opened up the crate to find our batteries all over the place, a joystick craced in half, and tons of damage to our robot (including: smashed light, ruined 25-pin connector, numerous spade connectors broken, and worst of all: part of our frame bent in 1/4"). Then we looked over the crate some more only to find foot-prints going up the SIDE of our box!!!! I find it hard to believe that our robot could make it from PA to AZ and back, but got destroyed from Philly to Rutgers!!!
I can only hope it's in one piece for Nat's this week.