Who has popped their game pieces already?

[sanddrag]

Well, how are they holding up? Ours no longer hold air very long. Not the most durable thing.

[Mr_smith]

Duck tape? I'm sure it's possible to make new one from foam block.

[Thermal]

Actually I fully disagree. These tubes seem to have much more durability than the tubes given in 2007. I don't think we'll have any issue with them as long as we prevent people from sitting on them or waving knives around them (or waving knives in general, actually)

[Karibou]

As compared to yesterday afternoon, have lost a noticeable amount of air. Not enough to make them impossible to manipulate, but it makes me wonder how they'll hold up during a match.

[Hallry]

Originally Posted by Karibou

As compared to yesterday afternoon, have lost a noticeable amount of air. Not enough to make them impossible to manipulate, but it makes me wonder how they'll hold up during a match.

Remember, they're still in play until the end of the match

[Jeff Waegelin]

Haven't popped any yet, but ours definitely lost air overnight, also.

[spacepenguine]

Our blue square actually had a leak in the seam straight out of the box. I think we deflated the rest of the game pieces after our kickoff meeting though.

[Steve-Man]

Hm, I'll be sure to find out at some point today. From the looks of things, it seems like they aren't as durable as I'd have hoped them to be. Not a big deal considering they could explode on the rack and still be in play, but something to keep in mind if anything else.

[Bill_B]

We can already recognize the gold-plate and diamond teams. However, this year may see another class emerge. What shall we call the team whose robot can pick up and hang a deflated game piece?!? Genuflection-worthy, fer sher.






So is re-inflation forbidden?

[Tetraman]

They are better then they were back in Rack n Roll, but they aren't bust proof. I can still see a big issue with tiny holes and leaking air.

Field Reset is going to have a blast!

[vhcook]

We had an out-of-box failure on our circle, but the square and triangle are holding up nicely so far.

[Chris is me]

Ours held air over the weekend with no problem at all, even after tossing them around a bit. I'm impressed.

[Steve-Man]

Well, aside from people tossing the tubes around, they seem durable enough. Not outstanding, but not as fragile as I thought they'd be.

Although after handling them I can safely say that I'm going to pay special attention to making sure the buggers don't pop.

[Bjenks548]

Originally Posted by Tetraman

Field Reset is going to have a blast!

They are gunna have even more of a blast trying to get tubes off the top rack

[Steve-Man]

Originally Posted by Bjenks548

They are gunna have even more of a blast trying to get tubes off the top rack

The ball retriever poles from last year may come in handy for that, come to think of it.