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Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber
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There may be a correlation between these things but it is unlikely the one you came to, AndyMark does not know specific details about 2010 (as far as I know) Now, FIRST may have gone to them and said, "I need 3000 CIM motors" or FIRST could have gone to AM's supplier of CIM motors and bought the 3000 motors.
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More unsubstantiated speculation: It's not ENTIRELY unlikely that AM would not know about the 2010 game or details about the kit early. They obviously knew about the 2009 game and kit early, being the sole supplier of the wheels used in it.
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So, to answer your request, No I don't think that AM is stocking the new motor in the KOP because I doubt they know what it is. Additionally, even if they DID know what it is they would be trying to either offload the remaining CIMS (I don't know what percentage of AM's business is composed of FRC teams but if it was significant this would be a logical move) or they would not be restocking them.
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Perhaps they're not exactly telling the truth here.
That being said, the CIM motor is too awesome to drop out of the kit, but since nearly every offseason drive base, gearbox, etc. is designed around it, I would not be surprised if FIRST removed it from the kit for that reason alone.