Vex Machinations, a step-by-step builders' guide with 16 projects is now available at:
http://www.vexrobotics.com/vex-educa...esources.shtml. It's 9 MB and almost 100 pages, so it was too big for a CD white paper. There are 3 sections: Starter Kit Projects, Beginning Programming Projects, and Advanced Mechanical Projects.
There is also an updated version (3.1) of Vex for the Technically Challenged available from the same web page.
Enjoy! Share with your rookie friends.