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Update on the Orbit Balls
Here is a link to Bill's Blog for those who haven't read it yet.
http://frcdirector.blogspot.com/ Not very encouraging I must say! |
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Re: Update on the Orbit Balls
i have to agree...not very encouraging words
with the amount of these that will be on the field during a game, its very disappointing to know we may only have 5 or less to practice with for the entire season. |
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Re: Update on the Orbit Balls
Nice catch & thanks for posting. You would think that somebody would check with the company that makes these & the company that sells these to ensure that there will be enough to cover the teams. Sounds like a pretty big ooops to me. |
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Re: Update on the Orbit Balls
87.77 balls per store. Hmmmmmmm
We only found 4 at 5 different stores. Is that 28,000 number after FIRST has secured enough for competitions????? |
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Sounds like FIRST contacted Wal-Mart and verified the total # available but failed to ask how many are normally kept on-hand in a store. Also, it's possible they may have a smaller quantity in-store now than they would have in the summertime. |
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http://walmartstores.com/AboutUs/779...FQZqswodMDorDQ I can't find a list of those centers, however. Can anyone find a link I can't find? Is there a nice/sane/proper way of finding out/shaking loose any product that might be in these places? |
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I hope that FIRST makes these available for sale as soon as possible.
I'm not particularly interested in buying anything from WalMart. |
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I know it's still only week one, but this is a little annoying to say the least. I wish FIRST would have had such a crucial part of the game lined up and ready to go. We have our kit ball and another mentor managed to find a super cell at the local Walmart. |
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Re: Update on the Orbit Balls
I hope the balls are available soon as well, with some robots probably able to hold 40+ balls, teams will need a good supply to test. I know our hopper in 06 worked great with only 5 or so balls, but after that, it's performance went downhill fast.
Sidenote, if anyone has read, "The World is Flat", Walmart is an extremely interesting company. |
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![]() And yes, John, I really believe some teams will become ball hogs, & go for the most on the field. It's legal, granted you only start with your 7 at the beginning. |
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yea. our team isnt really hot on that idea either. i mean, if you want to buy 10 more game pieces, thats $100. and we're really hesitant dropping that kind of money on something that a.) is going to break fairly easily and b.) will probably only be needed for roughly 6 weeks. and i highly doubt that, even if u found 80 of those in your walmart, that you'd get a bulk price.
its just an all around case of bad planning... |
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Re: Update on the Orbit Balls
I'd doubt it John. Five Walmarts for our team - we found two balls, but one of them was so broken it wasn't even worth purchasing. I'm still waiting to hear back from a few other Philly area teams, but the report isn't great. We have two balls total and I don't anticipate finding any more before we might get our hands on a few from FIRST.
Last edited by Rich Kressly : 05-01-2009 at 12:46. |
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Re: Update on the Orbit Balls
The Cokeley family, on their drive home from Manchester, stopped at EVERY Walmart between Massachusetts and Connecticut - and found ZERO balls.
We, at our local Walmart, however, found 6. Being gracious, we bought 3, and saved 3 for our neighboring Allentown team. We also made sure to leave the chance of balls at the Hamilton Walmart for the teams out there in Hamilton. I hope teams who come across this will remember to have the same principles! |
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