What does your team give away at regionals?

[Passionflute]

Well, in the past we have given out little screwdrivers or sunglasses printed with our team's logo. We also give out buttons (we have a small button-making machine). I am head of support and this year I found some decent yo-yo's that aren't too expensive and can be printed with our logo, though I don't know if these are what we will go with in the end. As for our own "team spirit" gear, we design a t-shirt each year, and I believe a banner as well. We also have a tradition of wearing yellow bandanas (our school colors are black and gold/yellow).

[militaryrobot]

First team 647 gives away button and last year we gave away glasses. We also made our team numbers and name in wood and hola hoop which we use to make noise and stand out. We find it very effective because no matter how many teams are there we will stand out. When you see us we are always cheering even i n last place.

[nitneylion452]

Originally Posted by Passionflute

Well, in the past we have given out little screwdrivers or sunglasses printed with our team's logo. We also give out buttons (we have a small button-making machine). I am head of support and this year I found some decent yo-yo's that aren't too expensive and can be printed with our logo, though I don't know if these are what we will go with in the end. As for our own "team spirit" gear, we design a t-shirt each year, and I believe a banner as well. We also have a tradition of wearing yellow bandanas (our school colors are black and gold/yellow).

Emphasis mine.

You might want to be careful with yo-yo's. In 2010 at Philadelphia, Drexel University (the host school) gave out some as a recruiting promotion. The FIRST staff weren't too happy and banned them (the yo-yo's) from the pit areas.

[Gray Adams]

I have a little machining project I made, and Im thinking of making about a dozen more.

[Zembas]

Originally Posted by Gray Adams

I have a little machining project I made, and Im thinking of making about a dozen more.

This sounds interesting. Do go on. Or is it secret?

[its da PAT!!!]

Last year we give out a dry erase board of the playing field and markers to every team. And like every team we hand buttons out.

[je2164]

Glad you asked. Being a rookie team we are in the process of getting buttons made and trying to decide what else we should/could give. How do we find out what is banned and not allowed?

Also, do you just set out a big bowl of items and go with the first come, first serve idea, then when you run out that's it?

[aeniug2]

Our team has always struggled with getting enough money for a robot, let along extra stuff to hand out... But this year we have the money, so it'll be our first year handing stuff out.

We're thinking of laser cutting some dog tags or something out of plexi... I suggested monocles... But that got shot down pretty fast.

seeing all these suggestions might help our team get creative, glad someone brought up the topic.

EDIT: (had to add this for clarity... See how awesome monocles would be?)

[wendymom]

Originally Posted by je2164

Glad you asked. Being a rookie team we are in the process of getting buttons made and trying to decide what else we should/could give. How do we find out what is banned and not allowed?

Also, do you just set out a big bowl of items and go with the first come, first serve idea, then when you run out that's it?

The only thing I know for sure that is banned is food items and noise makers.

Only your team can decide how they want to give things out. Most of the time it depends on cost. We NEVER just give our stuff away. Our pins are hand made out of foam core and take a lot of time to make so in order to get one, you have to do something. Some people sing or dance, some tell jokes or recite poems. Its a fun way to get to know people.

Our squeezy pigs cost about 4.50 per pig so we only give out one per team, and one to each judge. Each of our students gets 3 to hand out at each regional. They get to decide who gets them. We encourage them to give at least one to a volunteer. (I think they may use them to start conversations with girls however.) Many of our pigs have ended up on other teams robots. I think a few of them may have even ended up on Einstein.

[Zembas]

Originally Posted by je2164

Also, do you just set out a big bowl of items and go with the first come, first serve idea, then when you run out that's it?

The bowl idea works, some people set up a table with a layout of their buttons. We tend to give them out to people who swing by. It think it's been mentioned, but if you don't know if your supplies will last, just bring a portion each day and tell people that you'll have more the next day. After a couple times, you get better at judging how many you need to bring, and maybe have a bigger budget a couple years in.

[davidthefat]

2 years ago, we gave away "ball-in-a-trident"; last year, we gave away little aluminium "robots?

[1986titans]

Originally Posted by its da PAT!!!

Last year we give out a dry erase board of the playing field and markers to every team. And like every team we hand buttons out.

We've done variations of this for the last couple years.

Last year, we also gave out Gracious Professionalism wristbands.

I've always been a fan of writing utensils, personally.

[Akash Rastogi]

We'll be giving these out: http://www.atomicrobotics.com/2012/0...s-raise-money/

We have them for purchase in black, red, and now blue right on our website.

[Gray Adams]

Originally Posted by Zembas

This sounds interesting. Do go on. Or is it secret?

Not really a secret, but I think it'll be a little more fun at SVR when we show them off if they haven't been posted to CD (we might even bring some to Baltimore depending on how much time I have to make them). A couple members from another local team have seen it already.

I don't think it'll be too hard to guess what it is, and I might end up just posting the final product soon, but here's something to chew on.

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