[smartkid]

Guys, comon... I attempted a 3-point-arm with this new kit. This is something we've done MANY times with Vex.

With Vex we used to be able to build arms that were very slender, but robust, light and fast!

FTC, just no... You cannot build anything smaller than the U pieces that are about 1.5" x 1.5."' With Vex our build scale is .5" x .5." And soon they'll have the even smaller Vex mini parts out that should allow us to really build smaller details.

Vex is up to speed and continuing to accelerate, Lego's new FTC kit went ten feet from the starting line then blew up. The engineers are still attempting to figure out what happened and pick up the mess.

ON THE COST ISSUE: It is not fair to say that "oh our FTC team just paid x amount for FTC kit so we have to keep it." Bull crap, ALL of the established teams before this year had to spend a great deal on Vex parts which they should still have. Furthermore, what you paid (that everyone is complaining about) was discounted. The real kit costs $400 more.

FIRST destroyed FTC and I am very disappointed. But on a lighter note, my team (which has an FRC team, two FTC teams and a VRC team) will be going to Dallas to compete with good old Vex, internationally.

-Cody