As a mentor of one of those rookie teams who will most likely be using the kit frame unless CADed otherwise, I would recommend designs such as 190's 2004 robot. Or I would really like to try 1276's off-season prototype.
190:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5nnGGRi-94
1276:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/35982