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I’m looking at the Innovation FIRST version of the VEX field posted here and I can’t believe my eyes. The BOM states all materials will cost approximately $1300, not including balls. But this does give you a complete field setup for both the regular or autonomous versions of the game.

The original version of the field, found at http://vexgames.com/catalog/i2.html does include the balls (do you get all 100?), but costs nearly $5500!! It seems to me that 100 racquet balls should cost no more than $150, so where did the extra $4000 come from?? It certainly isn’t the colored tiles and some paint…

How did IFI pull this off??

Kev

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Good catch Kevin,

I spoke to Innovation First just prior to the new documents release. A big part of the delay was a MAJOR cost reduction effort … and I would say it was very successful! Thanks TONS to those who pulled this off (you know who you are …).

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Great work here by IFI/Vexlabs for sure. With the cost reduction this will be a major boost for FVC teams who are buying components to practice with AND for those running FVC events. What could have been a $16,000 expense for an event is now under $5K.

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