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Looking for Orbitballs for FIRST Robotics Team

CramitCramit
edited January 2009 in Everything Else
I am running my High Schools FIRST Robotics Team. For those not familiar with FIRST, it is a competition where high school students work with engineers to produce a robot to compete in a game. This year the game focuses on dealing with a low friction environment.

The game also uses a specific ball for play. I am trying to find more of them for my team to practice with. Unfortunately all of the stores around me are out of them. If any of you can find some of these balls please send them my way. I can reimburse you out of the teams money. The balls I am looking for are called OrbitBalls.
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They are 9 inches in diameter. They were, until recently, sold by Walmart. Here is a list of remaining Walmart Inventories, i know for a fact that it is out of date as of last weekend, since the Manchester Walmart was out, but this shows a stock of 8.

Comments

  • imptacimptac
    I can try to talk to the FIRST team at my school. If I get any results I will let you know.
  • AprecheApreche
    Seems like everyone is having trouble getting them.
  • AndrewAndrew
    Seems likeeveryone is having troublegetting them.
    I can't tell you how hard it is for me to find someone that "cells" them.
  • CramitCramit
    I'm aware. I was looking at the list of inventories for Walmart. All of the Walmarts near major and minor cities are out. The ones in the middle of no-where seem to have some stock. I was hoping to find some people in the forum that lived near the Walmarts that still had some of the balls.
  • AprecheApreche
    Walmarts that still had some of the balls.
    Wal-Mart has never had balls.
  • OmnutiaOmnutia
    Wal-Mart has never had balls.
    How long did it take you to come up with that one?
  • SailSail
    I find it odd that the organization does not supply you with these.
  • lackofcheeselackofcheese
    How long did it take you to come up with that one?
    13 - 10 = ?
  • OmnutiaOmnutia
    13 - 10 = ?
    If it took him three minutes, I would be worried.
  • lackofcheeselackofcheese
    13 - 10 = ?
    If it took him three minutes, I would be worried.
    Don't worry about Scott, there's nothing you can do.
  • CramitCramit
    I find it odd that the organization does not supply you with these.
    They supply us with one. THey designed this years game assuming that they'd be widely available. It turns out that they were just discontinued.
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