[FRC Blog] 2017 International Game Piece Option

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Originally Posted by Andrew_L

My favorite game pieces are the kind exclusively sold through AndyMark.

Originally Posted by jaredhk

My favorite part, however, is when their shipping algorithm charges substantially more than the cost of the item.

Hmm... the only time I have seen an AM order cost more for (non-express domestic US) shipping than the cost of the item was when I queried shipping prices for the pool noodles a recentTuesday when they were one of the "deals of the day".

Originally Posted by bobbysq

It must have been really great when in 2012, 2013, and 2014 you could get more game pieces by walking into a sporting goods store.

(Of course, in 2015 most teams already had the game pieces on hand and the cans could be bought at most stores that sold trash cans)

While we could get the cans locally (I bought one to make into a practice Oscar the Grouch can before mutilating a game piece), I never found those lids locally or even on-line except as FRC game pieces.

Originally Posted by Jaci

I, for one, hope the 2017 game piece is an am-0096a hex hub.

Given the age of steam theme, it's more likely to be a brass-plated version of am-2630, the 240 tooth turret gear.

I am encouraged by the fact that the extra game piece option is "only" 20% of the FC points - in 2015 it would have been much higher. Since 2012, the only game piece we have found locally was the Frisbee, and that wasn't as easy as it should have been; most stores just had the knock-offs.