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Originally Posted by kapolavery
Haha Oh My bad..
I really thought that it was FTC.
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There isn't a lot of difference between the two. VRC uses only VEX materials (I think there may be limited non-VEX items allowed, but am not sure) and is run by IFI. FTC uses a different brand of metal plus LEGOs and is run by FIRST. They target roughly the same age range and budget.
As recently as a couple of years ago (or maybe even last year), they were the same program, FVC, run by both. Then the FIRST/IFI "breakup" happened and IFI decided to go it solo, with some success.
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27-04-2009, 23:34
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