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Re: Source for Fisher Price Motors
Ask your supplier whether the motors have the number 00968-9015. That's Fisher-Price's internal part number, and if it's printed on the flux yoke, it's the appropriate motor.

Otherwise, you could be getting one of many similar but not identical motors. In a FIRST application, they can vary hugely in performance. The current F-Ps are among the weakest; the old Mabuchis were slightly less powerful, and some of the newer Mabuchis could output over 400 W (they were 6 V motors running at 12 V).

Basically, as far as RS-550 motors are concerned this year, the 00968-9015 part number is the most effective way to demonstrate to an inspector that they're legal.