Robot Crates at the CMP

[MooreteP]

I found myself in the Pits on Wednesday morning before the action began.

http://imgur.com/a/v9TcU

Thought of maybe having a contest or poll about which Robot Crates people found most appealing.....but TMW, still recovering from this wonder filled season.

So, if you don't mind perusing the pics (some dupes, some blurry)
Pick your five favorite crates, and your favorite rookie (>4900)
Or just enjoy another creative aspect of all of our fol-de-rol.

[Foster]

The team 1640 crate (blue with the handprints on it) is from 2010. The hand prints are from team members. Had you go to the side, you would have seen the famous "Hope is not an engineering strategy"

And it was easy to pick out Rolling Thunder (1511) camo-crate!

[ThunderousPrime]

Originally Posted by Foster

The team 1640 crate (blue with the handprints on it) is from 2010. The hand prints are from team members. Had you go to the side, you would have seen the famous "Hope is not an engineering strategy"

And it was easy to pick out Rolling Thunder (1511) camo-crate!

Thank you for the compliment. Before Champs we had some team members refinish one side of the crate with our tenth anniversary logo which you can see on the left side of the crate. I can't tell you how many compliments I received for my camo face paint at champs.

My personal favorite is Waffle's Crate. It's just so... delicious.

The rest of my top 5 (in no particular order) is The Children Swamp's Crate, Makeshift's Crate, Exploding Bacon's Crate and D-Bug's Crate. They all embody their team logo in an aesthetically pleasing manner in my opinion.

[cadandcookies]

I find 1714's crate to be humorous due to their lack of metal and heavy use of plastics on their robots.

[AndrewPospeshil]

Behind the obvious superior first crate in the album, 987, 4499, 4476, 3937, 67, 126, 1687, 1592, 1986, 811, 910, and 254 had the best looking crates imo. Maybe just because they look newer/less junky lol, although some were very well designed (4476)

[VioletElizabeth]

My favorites, in no particular order, were:
4488 (I thought the wave was really cool-looking)
987 (Gorgeous lettering)
4499 (Pretty circuits!)
5125 (The lettering was neat)
111 (The rainbow letters and the wood were cool)
1678 (I just really love their logo)
910 (Also their logo too)
25 (Pretty turtle!)
1241 (Cute lettering!)

[Chris Endres]

I don't know why, but the 111 crate looks familiar...

I like the Poof's crate, it stands out, especially with their logo
Winnovation's crate is slick, orange/black tie-die with their logo

[Koko Ed]

The robot crate is a lost art lost in the switch to bagging. Team's used to do some incredible things with their crates back in the day. You can't converI a bag into a pit.
love Waffle's crate.

[waialua359]

Team 2444 used one of our old crates.
We told them to cover up our 359 number so that the shippers wouldnt confuse it with ours.
Looks like they did a nice job and listened.

[MooreteP]

Originally Posted by waialua359

Team 2444 used one of our old crates.
We told them to cover up our 359 number so that the shippers wouldnt confuse it with ours.
Looks like they did a nice job and listened.

Plus, 2444 had an alumni playing for the Cardinals last weekend.
Kolten Wong. One of their students bought his jersey.
Great story.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolten_Wong

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by waialua359

Team 2444 used one of our old crates.
We told them to cover up our 359 number so that the shippers wouldnt confuse it with ours.
Looks like they did a nice job and listened.

We did the same thing after we won Orlando. Thanks, 1293!

[MooreteP]

Originally Posted by ThunderousPrime

Thank you for the compliment. Before Champs we had some team members refinish one side of the crate with our tenth anniversary logo which you can see on the left side of the crate. I can't tell you how many compliments I received for my camo face paint at champs.

My personal favorite is Waffle's Crate. It's just so... delicious.

The rest of my top 5 (in no particular order) is The Children Swamp's Crate, Makeshift's Crate, Exploding Bacon's Crate and D-Bug's Crate. They all embody their team logo in an aesthetically pleasing manner in my opinion.

Thank you for the thoughtful response.
Waffle Crate really affected me too.
I have made my list, but I am waiting to see what other viewers think.

I'll give you one:
http://i.imgur.com/5hvwT2i.jpg
Whoever did this knows something about the visual arts.

[Shrub]

254 and 2175 (the calculator) had really nice crates. Also, the really blurry one with Party Goat as well as team 25.
And of course, the Companion Cube.

[Cynette]

A great collection!

I look more for cool paint and theme rather than a cool crate (aka made of fancy materials).

I have a special biased love of our crate (1511) for the camo and the 10th anniversary logo. And for Rookie Team 4930 who packed their robot in the traveling Finger Lake Regional Rookie All-Star Crate. It was built to be used each year by the new FLR Rookie All-Star and has a list of all of the Regional RAS winners painted on the inside of the door.

My other favorite paint jobs! 4707, 4488 (WAFFLE!), 1592 (Bionic Tigers), 1640 (Sab-BOT-age), 2283 (Panteras), 25 (I love the turtle!) and 1902 (Exploding Bacon).

[Dancin103]

Love the Waffle crate! And I think 179's is cool too - swampthing inside, DO NOT FEED!

Also, how long have some older teams had their crates? Just curious.