Posted by Hymnson at 03/06/2001 8:30 PM EST
Student on team #419, The Rambots, from Boston College High School and UMass Boston and Modern Assistance Programs, Inc…
I know everyone is accustomed to trading buttons with other teams and such, but isn’t it starting to get a bit old…isn’t F.I.R.S.T. all about being creative and innovative. Well maybe its too late for this year, but hopefully next year, teams will come up with new and interesting things to trade with teams. Last year, us Rambots came up with the idea of headbands which seemed to catch on with a couple teams this year but I know people can come up with better ideas. Like giant inflatable hats or giant foam fingers, lol I dunno just a thought…whats yours?
Posted by Matt Ryan at 03/06/2001 8:33 PM EST
Student on team #69, HYPER, from Quincy Public Schools and Gillette.
In Reply to: Team Momentos/Souveniers?
Posted by Hymnson on 03/06/2001 8:30 PM EST:
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Safety glasses that bear your team #, name, and logo (remember that guy was telling people to get safety glasses in the pits during the course of the UTC Regional?)
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Pass out free dew that has those little “ring” insulators bearing your team #, name, and logo.
Posted by nick237 at 03/06/2001 8:55 PM EST
Engineer on team #237, sie h2o bots, from Watertown high school ct and sieman co.
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Posted by Hymnson on 03/06/2001 8:30 PM EST:
We like to make our own buttons, not those run of the mill round metal buttons but our own from scratch.
They are made of wood, machine carved and hand decorated by the students. We only make a few and we dont give them out to every one. They are sort after by many teams who are serious collectors and we make them hunt us down and beg for them.
So if you want a special, limited edition button this year see team 237 but theres no guarantee you will get one.
nick 237
: I know everyone is accustomed to trading buttons with other teams and such, but isn’t it starting to get a bit old…isn’t F.I.R.S.T. all about being creative and innovative. Well maybe its too late for this year, but hopefully next year, teams will come up with new and interesting things to trade with teams. Last year, us Rambots came up with the idea of headbands which seemed to catch on with a couple teams this year but I know people can come up with better ideas. Like giant inflatable hats or giant foam fingers, lol I dunno just a thought…whats yours?
Posted by Lora Knepper at 03/06/2001 9:31 PM EST
Other on team #177, Bobcat Robotics - (Adoptee) =), from South Windsor High School and International Fuel Cells.
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Posted by nick237 on 03/06/2001 8:55 PM EST:
Nick! I’m a serious collecter! But I might not be able to make it to nats b/c of a very big lack of a place to stay :o( Save one for me!! ;o)
~ lora
Posted by Kevin Sevcik at 03/07/2001 12:16 AM EST
Other on team #57, Leopards, from BT Washington and the High School for Engineering Professions and Exxon, Kellog Brown & Root, Powell Electrical.
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Posted by Lora Knepper on 03/06/2001 9:31 PM EST:
Remind me to dangle a leopard tail tantalizingly in front of you when I get to nationals. :^) The nerve… inflating prices by restricting supply. Didn’t Teddy Roosevelt take care of that years ago? Don’t make me pull out his big trust busting stick…
Posted by EddieMcD at 03/07/2001 12:32 AM EST
Student on team #121, Islanders, from Middletown High School and NUWC.
In Reply to: Just for that…
Posted by Kevin Sevcik on 03/07/2001 12:16 AM EST:
Loks like I’m going Sie-H2O-Bot hunting this year…
Posted by Jon - T190 at 03/07/2001 1:58 AM EST
Engineer on team #190, Gompei, from Mass Academy of Math and Science and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
In Reply to: Just for that…
Posted by Kevin Sevcik on 03/07/2001 12:16 AM EST:
Don’t forget… Good ol’ supply and demand…
speaking of… i have a couple of these 237 wooden token things…
: Remind me to dangle a leopard tail tantalizingly in front of you when I get to nationals. :^) The nerve… inflating prices by restricting supply. Didn’t Teddy Roosevelt take care of that years ago? Don’t make me pull out his big trust busting stick…
Posted by Jessica Boucher at 03/07/2001 6:37 AM EST
Student on team #237, Sie-H2O-Bots, from Watertown High School and Eastern Awning Systems & The Siemon Company.
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Posted by Lora Knepper on 03/06/2001 9:31 PM EST:
Trust me, Nick is NOT exaggerating here. There is a reason for the short supply.
Our first year we took wood, cut it into an octagonal shape, and then I spent DAYS of my free time sanding each edge. At the same time, someone spent DAYS of their free time cutting out our logo (which was in a circular shape, you could fit about 30 of them to a page). Then the wood was stained, the paper was glued onto the wood, and the whole thing was laquered (I think). And a pin w/ back was glued to the pack of all that hard work.
Last year, we found a catalog that sold pre-cut little pieces of wood, and we chose a sunburst. But we STILL had to cut out a bajillion little circles, paint the wood yellow, and glue the paper to the wood as well as gluing the pin to the back.
This year…we’re making things a little bit easier on us (THANK GOODNESS!), but it will still be quality work…and an interesting shape for a pin.
Lora…I will save one for you, and for everyone else…I’ll have a stash at the media tent, come visit me & I’ll try to get you one!
-Jessica B, #237
Posted by EddieMcD at 03/07/2001 3:30 PM EST
Student on team #121, Islanders, from Middletown High School and NUWC.
In Reply to: Those lovely little pins…
Posted by Jessica Boucher on 03/07/2001 6:37 AM EST:
Yay!
Like I always say: You can never have too many pins.
-Ed “That guy with a lot of pins on his shirt” McDonnell
Posted by Lora Knepper at 03/07/2001 5:49 PM EST
Other on team #177, Bobcat Robotics - (Adoptee) =), from South Windsor High School and International Fuel Cells.
In Reply to: Those lovely little pins…
Posted by Jessica Boucher on 03/07/2001 6:37 AM EST:
Yay Jess! I’m not sure how, but I ended up with 2 wooden ones from last year :o) They are the coolest, and one’s on my bag while the other’s on my hat ;o)
~ lora
Posted by Rob DeCotiis at 03/07/2001 5:46 PM EST
Student on team #504, RoBUCtics, from Red Bank Regional High School and Jesel.
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Posted by nick237 on 03/06/2001 8:55 PM EST:
everyone going to NYC(my team didn’t reserve our nat’s spot early enough[we’re rookies], stop by the team 504 area and hopefully(i have a LOT of work ahead of me), give you a little surprise… hope to see you there!
Posted by Tom at 03/06/2001 9:16 PM EST
Student on team #25, Raider Robotix, from North Brunswick Township High School and Bristol Myers-Squib.
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Posted by Hymnson on 03/06/2001 8:30 PM EST:
Team 25 is giving out some unique things this year.
If I told you what they were I’d ruin the suprize! 
Posted by Patrick Dingle at 03/06/2001 10:24 PM EST
Coach on team #639, Red B^2, from Ithaca High School and Cornell University.
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Posted by Hymnson on 03/06/2001 8:30 PM EST:
Flying monkey boomerangs?
Giant toothbrushes?
Team 190: What did Mrs. Bonneau come up with this year?
Patrick
: I know everyone is accustomed to trading buttons with other teams and such, but isn’t it starting to get a bit old…isn’t F.I.R.S.T. all about being creative and innovative. Well maybe its too late for this year, but hopefully next year, teams will come up with new and interesting things to trade with teams. Last year, us Rambots came up with the idea of headbands which seemed to catch on with a couple teams this year but I know people can come up with better ideas. Like giant inflatable hats or giant foam fingers, lol I dunno just a thought…whats yours?
Posted by Alli at 03/06/2001 10:27 PM EST
Student on team #178, 2nd Law Enforcers, from Farmington High and UTC/Otis.
In Reply to: Team Momentos/Souveniers?
Posted by Hymnson on 03/06/2001 8:30 PM EST:
Team #178 is working on something cool for Fl, it’s a suprise though sorry! You’ll have to look for us at the nationals…
Posted by Andy Baker at 03/06/2001 10:36 PM EST
Engineer on team #45, TechnoKats, from Kokomo High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.
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Posted by Hymnson on 03/06/2001 8:30 PM EST:
Get yer TechnoKats gum!
Get yer TechnoKats gum!
“… and then this robot drove up to me and gave me a chicklet!!”
Andy B.
Posted by Kirsten at 03/06/2001 11:12 PM EST
Other on team #177, Bobcat Robotics, from Boston U./South Windsor HS Alumna and International Fuel Cells/Gerber.
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Posted by Hymnson on 03/06/2001 8:30 PM EST:
Last year in addition to buttons we gave out sparkly bobcat pens, those were fun 
In the past we’ve also had temporary tattoos adn balloons. Last year we even had a limited number of glow in the dark pins that were pretty popoular.
Thanks to P.J. there are also always TONS of Bobcat stickers all over that place, hehe.
It’s always fun to see what everyone else comes up with though… countin down the days 'till nats!!!
Kirsten =)
Posted by Kevin Sevcik at 03/07/2001 12:04 AM EST
Other on team #57, Leopards, from BT Washington and the High School for Engineering Professions and Exxon, Kellog Brown & Root, Powell Electrical.
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Posted by Hymnson on 03/06/2001 8:30 PM EST:
You wouldn’t think so, but those foam fingers are pricey. They’re like 2 bucks a pop atleast. I know, cause I was with our logo guy when we were pricing out our extra handouts. that’d be a thousand dollar if you wanted to have enough to hand out at nationals. Most of the cool stuff is incredibly expensive. Or hard. Hard stuff if bad for throwing out from the stage and whatnot. I still remember the team that tried throwing out jawbreakers… ::shudders::
Anyways, Team 57 is giving out antenna balls, and hacky sacks this year. The antenna balls seemed to be popular last year, so we’re gonna keep with them. Plus, they’re not really that expensive. The hacky sacks are because we had to change something, so we decided to get rid of the light bulb stress balls.
On a completely different note, I think delivery is half of the novelty of a handout. Any buffoon can throw stuff off the stage, but it takes a Grade A moron to design a semi-automatic air powered antenna ball launcher. I couldn’t get enough time together this year to do it, but ya’ll better look out next year.
Posted by Tim Allen at 03/09/2001 8:05 PM EST
Student on team #57, Leopards, from Booker T Washington/HSEP and ExxonMobil, KBR, Powell Electric.
In Reply to: Foam ain’t cheap
Posted by Kevin Sevcik on 03/07/2001 12:04 AM EST:
: You wouldn’t think so, but those foam fingers are pricey. They’re like 2 bucks a pop atleast. I know, cause I was with our logo guy when we were pricing out our extra handouts. that’d be a thousand dollar if you wanted to have enough to hand out at nationals. Most of the cool stuff is incredibly expensive. Or hard. Hard stuff if bad for throwing out from the stage and whatnot. I still remember the team that tried throwing out jawbreakers… ::shudders::
: Anyways, Team 57 is giving out antenna balls, and hacky sacks this year. The antenna balls seemed to be popular last year, so we’re gonna keep with them. Plus, they’re not really that expensive. The hacky sacks are because we had to change something, so we decided to get rid of the light bulb stress balls.
: On a completely different note, I think delivery is half of the novelty of a handout. Any buffoon can throw stuff off the stage, but it takes a Grade A moron to design a semi-automatic air powered antenna ball launcher. I couldn’t get enough time together this year to do it, but ya’ll better look out next year.
You couldn’t, but I did. It isn’t semi-auto, but it should work. So would that make me a Grade B moron?
Posted by Chris Hibner at 03/07/2001 9:24 AM EST
Coach on team #308, Walled Lake Monster, from Walled Lake Schools and TRW Automotive Electronics.
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Posted by Hymnson on 03/06/2001 8:30 PM EST:
I remember all the way back to our first year in FIRST (Torroid Terror - '97) and there was a team sponsored by Kodak. They gave out 24 exposure disposable Kodak cameras with their team name on them. I would say that was the coolest thing any team has ever given out. I still look at a lot of the pictures I took on that camera.
-Chris
Posted by Matt Ryan at 03/07/2001 3:53 PM EST
Student on team #69, HYPER, from Quincy Public Schools and Gillette.
In Reply to: Cameras were the best
Posted by Chris Hibner on 03/07/2001 9:24 AM EST:
That must have been REALLY expensive.
: I remember all the way back to our first year in
FIRST (Torroid Terror - '97) and there was a team sponsored by Kodak. They gave out 24 exposure disposable Kodak cameras with their team name on them. I would say that was the coolest thing any team has ever given out. I still look at a lot of the pictures I took on that camera.
: -Chris