[Derek Bessette]

<R29> Teams may bring a maximum of 25 pounds of custom FABRICATED ITEMS (SPARE PARTS, REPLACEMENT PARTS, and/or UPGRADE PARTS) to each competition event to be used to repair and/or upgrade their robot at the competition site. All other FABRICATED ITEMS to be used on the robot during the competition must arrive at the competition venue packed in the shipping crate with the robot.

This rule states that only 25 pounds of fabricated parts may be brought into the competition event. I don't know of any rule that limits purchased parts (other that cost rules).

As for the two configurations of this robot. I agree with others that because there was no intention to put the shooting mechanism back on then both configurations do not need to be included in the total weight. There was a answer in the Q&A last year that explained this very clearly. Although that was last year I would assume the interpretation would be the same. If this wasn't the case then all robots that decided to make a change to a part during the regional would have to include the old and new mechanism in their weight.

This robot was inspected before the elimination rounds and passed.

I can vouch for the fact that the didn't plan on doing this before the regional. The team actually discuss this idea quite a bit before the decided to go with it. It worked great and they were a very valuable defensive partner.