HEXBUG Fundraiser for all FIRST teams

[basicxman]

whats all this about a 5K prize?

[EricH]

Originally Posted by basicxman

whats all this about a 5K prize?

6K, actually. See the following thread.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=56960

The basics: Find a gold (not yellow) HexBug and get a picture with it and a team shirt. Tell the right person. Get money. The catch? Only one gold bug and it could be at any RadioShack (or have been sold already).

[Jeff K.]

These are practically selling themselves. We bought one box, and by the end of our meeting, we sold nearly all of them. 300 more are already on their way. Evan and I are selling these (with help from everyone on our team and our ms teams) as part of a Business Economics semester project, capital from team, and all profits going back to the team.

We brought one to show the class and they loved it, definitely makes a good stocking stuffer for Christmas!

[Chief Pride]

okm so what exactly do they DO??

[Brandon Martus]

Originally Posted by zinefer

okm so what exactly do they DO??

There's a video of them in action here: http://www.hexbug.com/products.html
And also here: http://www.robotevents.com/fundraising.php (upper right corner .. click the Play button).

[Chief Pride]

oh alright, thanks brandon!

[team222badbrad]

Originally Posted by zinefer

okm so what exactly do they DO??

I read your post and said to myself, why not make my own HEXBUG video?

So I did and here is Charlie:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rLYwWMk7C8o

I picked him up exactly one week ago at Radio Shack

[aksimhal]

Hi,

Does anyone have a brochure/flyer for selling the HexBugs? Also, what are the most efficient methods of selling HexBugs?

Thanks ,

[gburlison]

So I picked up a HEXBUG at Radio Shack to show off to the team. We are considering this as a fundraiser. I have demoed it for our team and many of my friends. Now the batteries are getting weak and I am having a hard time finding some new ones.
Does anyone now of a good source for coin/watch batteries?
If we sell these we are also considering selling replacement batteries since they seem hard to find locally. My HEXBUG had an L1142 battery which cross references to 386, SR43, G12, and R43W among others.

I finally found some in the jewelry dept at WalMart and paid $3.77 each, hopefully we can find them cheaper somewhere else.

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by gburlison

Does anyone now of a good source for coin/watch batteries?

I get mine at the dollar store. Lots of electronic toys or blinkylights contain them. Recently, I bought a couple of clip-on LED lamps which each included three such batteries. I only used one of the lamps; the batteries from the other have gone into other devices.

[BHS_STopping]

Originally Posted by gburlison

So I picked up a HEXBUG at Radio Shack to show off to the team. We are considering this as a fundraiser. I have demoed it for our team and many of my friends. Now the batteries are getting weak and I am having a hard time finding some new ones.
Does anyone now of a good source for coin/watch batteries?
If we sell these we are also considering selling replacement batteries since they seem hard to find locally. My HEXBUG had an L1142 battery which cross references to 386, SR43, G12, and R43W among others.

I finally found some in the jewelry dept at WalMart and paid $3.77 each, hopefully we can find them cheaper somewhere else.

I'm not sure where you can buy individual batteries for a cheaper price, but I believe that this video may provide some useful (and valuable) information. I haven't tried this myself, so I'm not sure if this is 100% safe. But if it does work, I hope it helps.

[Snaz]

Those are a really cute and cool idea. I saw some at Radioshack and wanted one sooo bad. I might suggest these to my middle school's VEX team (no, not FVC, just a Fusion run division). This is way better than overpriced candles and shirts!

[ikrolm]

Can you get them custom make with team numbers, names, etc?

[Trueliez]

Does anybody know if they will ship these internationally (for New Zealand teams considering using them as a fundraiser =] )?

[aksimhal]

I believe you can get them in New Zealand. However, you would probably have to pay for shipping, which may or may not be a lot.