Thread: Last year's kit frame
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Re: Last year's kit frame
I must have missed it so would someone please explain again why the KITBOT from 2008 is different from the 2005, 2006, or 2007? The KITBOT may have been specifically designed for the 2005 FIRST competition but it has been available as COTS since 2005. Why is the 2008 KITBOT being singling out?

I still cannot find any rule or Q&A specifying that COTS parts have to be purchased after some specific date. If a KITBOT or parts thereof is still new, uncut, not modified, etc. then what makes it a 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, or 2009 KITBOT? There is no difference as far as I can tell.

Kevin's explicit questions should clear things up but somehow I doubt they will. Given the rules we were all given at Kickoff I see no reason not to assume that an IFI KitBot is COTS and thus is legal to use no matter when it was acquired as long as you account for it's current retail price in you cost accounting.