[BB] 2010 Game Hint #1

[Randy Picolet]

I think I've read all the posts so far, and I don't recall anyone pointing out that the reason for the lexan bracket might be for electrical characteristics, rather than transparency.

I also haven't seen anyone suggest that the opposing holes on the ears of the bracket might make good mounts for a roller, which if of an appropriate diameter, could be used to sense (or even less likely, propel) a ball rolling along a track. This sensing could then be used either for scoring or as a trigger to operate some other mechanism.

In any case, I can't conceive of a reason for a structural member to be made of lexan. To me, it suggests a bracket for holding some kind of electronics. The steel pipes would then be plenty strong enough for field use, as in Overdrive, which used the same basic connector pin technique to construct the overpass and lane divider.

My $2/100.