2006 Team Give-a-ways

[chinckley]

Originally Posted by josh s

How about Team 85's shop rags. Those things come in extremely handy.

We love the shop rags. Our robot had one on its front at the GLR competition. Judges asked us why we had it and our students mentioned our mentor team 85 and Steve Yasick. They are a really usable product. We love them. Thanks team 85.

One question we have is:

What products are not too expensive to hand out?

Our team is very limited in money. We do produce buttons and baseball cards. People seemed to like our baseball cards. They were easy to make and not too expensive.

Carolyn Hinckley
Team 1254

Ok sorry i didnt know. Now i Know. With that being said, im not selling them im giving them away. Im getting 7 t-shirts, and right now i have 3 people that are on the list that PMed me or IMed me and theres 4 slots left. Its first come first serve, so whoever wants a 111 shirt PM or IM (yeehawcourty923) and included the size you wear and if you are going to either be at Midwest regional or at Nationals.

-Court-

Originally Posted by Freddy204

From the site information for each regional, Do not sell any products, This includes food, hats, t-shirts or any other promotional products.

Thank you

[mangda]

Originally Posted by Fruity Pebbles

I wasn't to sure if this should be in the "General Forum" thread or the "Chit-Chat" thread so move it if needed.

This being my first year attending a regional, I was quite amazed at what some of the teams were giving away. From talking to my team mates I knew there was going to be a ton of them. But I never expected such "grand" things.

So here is what I pose to you, the FIRST community (wow that sounds too formal). What was your top 5 favorite give-a-ways from a team at your regional from this year? (please include what regional you attended)

There's been so many cool things I got this year, I wouldn't be able to choose just one. So my top 5 give-a-ways are:

Florida Regional
1. 1341's coconuts
2. 1543's hats/beads
3. 79's little duckies
4. 1319's "smarter than monkeys" buttons
5. 21's power ranger buttons.

Most of our buttons we printed ourselves (I don't think our mentors liked them, but I really don't know), so we ran out of the really fun buttons, like the Power Rangers and Chuck Norris. But for SC we are printing a whole bunch.

I think the funnest things I've seen were actually when my sister was on the team (back in '01 and '02 when I was too young). I really liked the Thunder Chickens key chains (I don't know if they still give them out). Also, I think they were called Dragon Slayers, gave out the swords that pulled out.

[Adam Richards]

Originally Posted by Fruity Pebbles

Florida Regional
1. 1341's coconuts

I found it strange how we weren't allowed to clap the coconuts together in the stands, while one team was using a drum during the competition, in the pits and in the stands.

[mangda]

Originally Posted by Adam Richards

I found it strange how we weren't allowed to clap the coconuts together in the stands, while one team was using a drum during the competition, in the pits and in the stands.

I was a little upset about that, because we weren't allowed to bring in instruments, and the team had drums. But I can't really complain because we were clapping the coconuts together the entire time.

[Matt Keller]

Originally Posted by FreedomForce

are those chicks coming to ATL with you guys and giving away more cool stuff?

Yeah, we will all be there. Hopefully there will be more to provide scouting wise.

We'll also be @ the Palmetto Regional.

[Aburame Shino]

Originally Posted by Adam Richards

I found it strange how we weren't allowed to clap the coconuts together in the stands, while one team was using a drum during the competition, in the pits and in the stands.

Maybe it's because they didn't want people bringing horses into the Regionals.

My favorite Give-a-way from the Buckeye Regional was Team 70 and Team 494's Alien plushies.

[Frenchie]

My favorite give away was adams bot little sharpy, kept it around my neck which allowed me to be able to work without having to look for a sharpy in the 469 mess xD

[Peter Matteson]

Originally Posted by BoyWithCape195

I heard the miniature tools 195 had at UTC were a hit. We went through more then 600 in two days!

I was a fan of them.

[Pontchartrain]

At the Great Lakes Regional, there was a lot of cool swag.
One team gave away Gracious Professionalism braclets, and another mini-sharpies. But my team was giving out fortune cookies with a custom fortune on the inside: our logo and information. Plus we had pads of sticky notes, pens, and buttons.

[santosh]

The CircuitRunners are giving away stress balls, tattoos, beads, and our new addition of buttons.
It was kinda funny. Our mentor bought 2000 glowsticks this year for our B.E.S.T. competition and our FIRST competition all together, but we can't use the glowsticks because they glow bright green. But hey, atleast we have them ready for next year.

[Donut]

Originally Posted by santosh

The CircuitRunners are giving away stress balls, tattoos, beads, and our new addition of buttons.
It was kinda funny. Our mentor bought 2000 glowsticks this year for our B.E.S.T. competition and our FIRST competition all together, but we can't use the glowsticks because they glow bright green. But hey, atleast we have them ready for next year.

They're fine for the competition, we gave out glowsticks at ours again this year, some of them green. You just have to make sure drivers do not wear them when operating behind the glass (I accidently did this one match and they told me to remove it at the end; it completely slipped my mind the green glowstick could do anything since we've had them since 2 years ago at Nats.).

[geeknerd99]

Hmm.... What about Team Photos?

I could just bring a computer, a ton of printer paper, some extra ink, and then go around the pits with my camera asking teams if they'd like a team photo made at some point.

Could be done.... if only I wasn't going to be on the field with my camera instead.

[geowasp]

look out for 1552 at denver, we are giving away thundersticks, sry, only one per person, so find some1 else and smack them together. it's a team effort LOL

[jacob07]

Originally Posted by Pontchartrain

At the Great Lakes Regional, there was a lot of cool swag.
One team gave away Gracious Professionalism braclets, and another mini-sharpies. But my team was giving out fortune cookies with a custom fortune on the inside: our logo and information. Plus we had pads of sticky notes, pens, and buttons.

I remember those cookies. Do you have n e more they were good.