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Re: I'm confused! (VEX VS. FTC)
Just to clarify on the fees:
FTC:
- $450 kit ($900 without discount or rookie grant)
- $275 Team Fee to FIRST (this is last year's number). This gets paid once to HQ
- ???? Event Fee for every event. This vaires by event, but most are in the $250 range.
Total to budget (without travel, game pieces, or extra parts) for one team going to one FTC event for 2008-09: $975 with the discounted kit, $1425 with full priced kit.
Vex:
$450 minimum for equipment (one starter kit, battery, programming kit)
$75 Vex team fee
??? event fee - decided locally I believe and no word on this range yet.
Total to budget (without travel, game pieces, or extra parts) for one team. Right now, I'd say a total of $725 is more than enough and could be as low as $600 or so, depending on that event fee.
Now, if you already have Vex equipment and have multiple teams, then Vex becomes very economical
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