08-04-2012 21:50

mjustice66

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I thought that at regional's and(MSC + MAR) that they would be giving out the traditional trophies and not the cheap district ones.

08-04-2012 22:00

BJC

Re: pic: MSC Winner Sheetmetal Trophy (angle)

They are, this specific trophy was just for fun. However, the general concept is that this trophy could be for any event with a different label.

08-04-2012 22:34

mjustice66

Re: pic: MSC Winner Sheetmetal Trophy (angle)

gotcha I really like it maybe give it out as a team award to see what other teams think of it I know that at a couple of our districts we got some team awards that were cooler than the official trophies.

08-04-2012 22:44

jyh947

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Wow I'm impressed by this trophy design. I'd personally trade my $5 trophies for trophies with this design.

09-04-2012 09:51

Andrew Bates

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Why all the holes?

09-04-2012 10:25

nahstobor

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So teams can mount it to their robot

09-04-2012 10:31

Colin P

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bahahaha YES.

This trophy is totally awesome, I'd be proud to put it up in my shop.
This year's trophies are garbage, but it's understandable why.

09-04-2012 11:24

BJC

Re: pic: MSC Winner Sheetmetal Trophy (angle)

I thought it was a clean lightening pattern. There could triangles, squares, really any pattern or none at all. I tried several and liked this one the best.

1/4" holes are great for 1/4-20 bolts or 1/4" rivets

I actually think that if FIRST switched to sheetmetal trophies they would save money. I don't know what the cost of the current regional trophies are to make but I do know that most of FIRST's sponsors have the resources to blast these out very quickly if they were asked to. Costs would include the source sheet metal plus machining and assembly time. Machining is simply waterjeting or lasercuting. Assembly includes 4 bends in the same plane (very easy) and the two pieces of the trophy go together with 6 rivets. I imagine with donated resources trophies would cost FIRST nothing and the donating company very little.

09-04-2012 11:28

Akash Rastogi

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I hope they were like $5 because that's what they look like.

Your design is really elegant, I would definitely have our sheet sponsor make a few of these up for events.

09-04-2012 11:41

Colin P

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You might be right, but it would take some research.

I liked the old trophies because they were unique and cool. The district trophies this year look like something you'd get for winning a knitting contest at the state fair. This design is unique too, and I could totally imagine one of the major sponsors making a donation, but it'd require some work.

09-04-2012 12:25

Teamcodeorange

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I would be Very Very happy to win one of those! It looks awesome!

09-04-2012 15:41

DCA Fan

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I really like the look of this! I think this is definitely more worthy than the tiny trophies handed out this year in the districts.

One note would be if somehow the event name and award name could be moved to a separate plaque, like the VEX trophies and the current FRC trophies; only to make it easier to mass produce the trophy and then add the event information aftewards.

10-04-2012 07:54

Gary Dillard

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Hey, if you punched the holes different shapes and sizes on each side, you could use it as a cheese grater. Who doesn't want a trophy that's both displayable and functional?

10-04-2012 09:32

Ekcrbe

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A. I think the current trophies are actually $8.95.

B. The winners are supposed to get silver, to leave gold for Chairman's.

10-04-2012 20:09

Littleboy

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A. They are $5.95

B. The winners are supposed to get gold, to leave platinum for Chairman's.