Despite the fact that Radioshack MAY be ending their partnership with VEX, it does not mean that Vex will go away. Sure, you may not be able to run down to the local mall and find some metal plates, but you will most certianly be able to buy them from IFI, in a similar fashion to the Robovation/EDURobot kits.
Realistically, things will not change much for most teams. With that, I say buy as much as you can as fast as you can, cause for now its pretty darn cheap

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