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Re: Wether to buy supershifters?

The CIM will MOST LIKELY be back next year. I say this because it has been a mainstay for many years and is (almost) indestructible.

Still, our mileage may vary.

The encoder should be legal, because it is COTS (it is made by US Digital, and is available separately on their website).

The pneumatics and servos have been legal every year thus far.

As an aside, even if something changes in terms of motors, I'm sure the good folks at AndyMark would have some sort of adapter available (like the existing Fisher Price planetary).

So my recommendation is to go ahead and get them, because they are great gearboxes. And I would bet they will be legal next season (at least they better be, or our whole shelf of AndyMark stuff will become paperweights!).