[Vikesrock]

Now that I have had a chance to review the items and groupings I think FIRST generally did a good job setting this up. I was surprised by two things however:

1. The Tetrix kit is far and away the most expensive item being offered. It includes over $350 worth of parts if assembled individually from the LEGO Education site. My guess is that neither the motor nor the battery will be FRC competition legal so this strikes me as a blatent attempt to piggyback on the FTC campaign FIRST has started with the FRC credit for creating new FTC teams.

2. Group 2 items appear to all be worth $75-$125, except for the Clippard tank which is under $30. While I understand that price isn't everything and that the whole point is to get parts in team's hands that they will use, this struck me as a bit odd.