Those are the official “guys” for banners.
If you like, you can have a banner made locally, possibly for less money - just be wary of the FIRST logo and copyright, OK?
We have had ‘fake’ banners made - about 1/4 size and very non-standard text - as a memento for mentors. I have one in my workshop, depicting Team 1676’s awards for 2012. And no logo.
Unless I’m mistaken, don’t division wins, world champions and FIRST Hall of Fame teams get blue banners in addition to the regional wins and chairman’s’?
Yup, banners are awarded for those three awards at the Championship level. The original question was:
Ah, sorry about that. Should’ve read into it better.
This is who makes the banners for the IRI and they are great to work with.
What are banners awarded for and where/how do you get them?
Came close to our first win.
Thanks
Regional Winner and Chairman’s Award Winner are the only officially awarded banners by FIRST.
Other banners can be purchased here: http://www.first4tees.net/FirstBannerSite.htm
Hey,
I think this thread might have the answer you’re looking for!
I never know whether or not for Engineering Inspiration, you are ‘entitled’ to a banner but FIRST never provides you with one and you’re supposed to get it yourself or if you just aren’t supposed to have one at all.
thank you for the link
You can buy a banner for whatever you want. Besides for our official Winner and Chairman banners, our team also bought banners for when we won Rookie All-Star in 2005 and Finalist in 2006. As you can see on the site (link posted above), you can even buy one for just being a competitor at an event.
Not that I plan on doing this, but could you purchase a regional winner banner for a competition you didn’t win? :rolleyes:
Why are they so expensive? Do they really cost ~$200 to make? Or is it just shipping that makes it so much?
That’s kind of like asking why is popcorn so expensive at the movie theater. Or maybe more appropriately why is official MLB licensed apparel for your favorite baseball team more expensive than some knock-off unauthorized product.
No it doesn’t cost about $200 to make, because if it did it would probably cost about $300-400 to buy. This is a For-Profit company so there will be a markup to make a profit.
All said, while probably a little high, I’m not sure it is too far out of whack from other items I’ve had done. Our recent team banner was around $180 for a 3x10 banner, with no shipping involved. While significantly larger I would imagine the material cost difference between the two is miniscule compared to the labor costs involved.
I heard some Mentors talking about a Red Finalist Banner. Is that a thing or urban myth?
Some banners from the very early days were in red, I’ve heard. Perhaps it was one of those?
They give red banners for FTC, no?
I believe those are orange.
Hmm, I suppose that is still in line with their color scheme. They give green for FLL yeah?
I would have to watch the Einstein stream again when hey gave the banner but green sounds right. I did a quick google search for fll green banner and nothing showed up so I’m not sure.