[EricH]

Originally Posted by Tristan Lall

Wait, what? A never-used 2008 kit frame (item 1) is neither of the things listed at the top of <R32>, and therefore points A through C can't apply to it. That part of the response does not follow from the rules.

[...]Veterans will either be moderately inconvenienced (they've got a pile of metal they can't use on the robot anymore), or will just ignore this (out of spite or ignorance); either way, there's effectively no enforceability.

I said there was an explanation. I didn't say I agreed with it. (I also think I may know where <G14> came from, but that's another story.)

Unfortunately, I think you're right. I was surprised too. And I noticed the lack of enforceability right away. It's the FIX-IT Windows all over again.