[EricH]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

I was pretty sure they were metal, heavy, and very hard to build.

In FIRST's defense, the game piece was supposed to be very easy to obtain. You can't blame FIRST for the company folding.

I'm with Akash--they were conduit PVC, and not terribly hard to build or store flat. The official goals were metal, but practice ones were often the same as the tetras.

And the company didn't fold; the company that was supposed to sell them decided not to sell them anymore at the last minute. The company that made them is still going.