Team Update #1

[Rich Kressly]

Originally Posted by waialua359

Id have to agree with this on the minibot kit as it was my thoughts initially as well.
Why not have it in every KOP?

Well when you choose the FTC mini kit @ FIRSTchoice right now you can see there are 612 left in stock. When I ordered one on Mon there were just under 700 or so I think?

Bottom line - way fewer FTC mini kits on FIRSTchoice than FRC teams. So, if you take into consideration the retail price of the kit - YIKES - and the idea that it may be likely that most FRC teams may eventually find it necessary to obtain the kit ... well then .... unless you have/can find an FTC team to donate the parts to you ... you'll see a significant expense incurred by teams.

As to why this kit wasn't in every KOP, then ... it would certainly seem like the supplier and/or FIRST just thought it was too costly to do so.

Hmmmmm.....

EDIT EDIT EDIT ..... that firstchoice inventory number may not be correct, thus my interpretation that there may not be enough for all teams could be wrong ..... I