Thread: YMTC: Bluateam Refurbishes Bluabot's Mangled Arm
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Re: YMTC: Bluateam Refurbishes Bluabot's Mangled Arm
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Originally Posted by mathking
I think the rule pretty clearly says this is legal. Remember that a PART can be both a COMPONENT and a MECHANISM. The arm is a MECHANISM. It can be repaired or upgraded. The arm is still going to provide the same functionality, namely picking up and stacking tetras. It does not matter whether it has a new doo-dad at the end. Parts may be upgraded. As long as they have 25 lbs or less of total manufactured parts, they are legal. They don't have to disassemble their arm.
I agree. The key word is UPGRADE. Blueateam has made improvements to their arm and developed an UPGRADE that works better, yet it is still under the 25 lbs.

Let 'em in.

Andy B.
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