Bah. 130 makes it a challenge. If it is raised to 150, it won't be hard to do whatever you want. Remember, this stuff is teaching you how to do it in real life. 130lbs is a great limit. You build what you think you can in that weight limit. If you're over, drill some holes or get rid of something. If you're under, you can add some weight (or just leave it alone). Also, better materials doesn't neccisarily mean better robot 
(As for getting kicked off for doing the white boy dance...haha...maybe they had good reason  )
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