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Re: Question on Rules G42 and about Minibots

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Originally Posted by Djur View Post
The rules never expressly said that the MINIBOT had to climb the tower. I was thinking of having ours grip the pole with wheels, then have it get shot up by a pneumatic/spring-loaded system. Before I read the rules, I wanted it to piggyback on an opponent's, but alas, banhammered by <G21> <G22> and <G24>
Because of the limit on the fitting sizes for the pneumatics shooting it up that way will be very difficult but a spring loaded system is very intriguing.
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