Out of Stock - Motors/Gear boxes...

[thefro526]

Originally Posted by Taylor

From the vendor side - this season there is an embarassment of riches as far as motor options go. 22 motors on a robot - that's crazy! The vendors have no clue what motors will be used by teams - FP or BaneBots or AM or one taken from an Odyssey in the local junkyard. Our vendors are in a niche market - it would be poor business for them to stockpile tons of inventory in the hopes that it will be sold. Every piece of inventory in a warehouse is lost money.

Wouldn't it be nice if FIRST shared the game in some level of detail including motor allotments and basic robot rules with common vendors about 4-6 months ahead of the season? Should help the vendors develop new products and properly build stock for the coming game... No need to stock a bunch of Arm transmissions if it's a ball game, and no need to stock a bunch of ball transmissions if it's an arm game.

Just a thought.