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    Need Balls! —Jack Gregory
   I am coaching a team in the FLL contest. I need a supply of those 5 or 6 nub diameter foam balls -- at least 30. Does anyone have an idea of a source? Is there any similar thing that comes from Nerf? How many balls come with the RoboSports expansion (...) (25 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: Need Balls! —Ben Erwin
     Oh man... I'm coaching a team too. I didn't realize that we were going to have to find our own balls! :) -Ben (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
    
         Re: Need Balls! —Todd Lehman
     (...) Finding your own balls isn't really as difficult as it sounds -- you just have to know where to look. Most Toys backward R Us stores have a large Nerf selection with a variety of sizes and shapes. They're usually larger than the balls that (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
    
         Re: Need Balls! —Nicolas Gauthier
     HI, I was just wondering what this FLL thing was that you guys were talking about? Thanks in advance. Nicolas Gauthier (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
    
         What is FLL? (was: Re: Need Balls!) —Todd Lehman
     (...) It's a double acronym: FLL stands for "FIRST LEGO League" and FIRST stands for "For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology." (2 URLs) if you're attending MindFest™ this coming weekend, FIRST's founder, Dean Kamen, will be part (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events)
   
        Re: Need Balls! —Ian Sinclair
   (...) Didn't the FLL organizers foresee the need for balls? Have you guys considered using ping pong balls instead? Very close in size to the original robo sport balls I would think. Uniform and easily obtainable. Somewhat heavier I think. <ICS> (25 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: Need Balls! —Jack Gregory
   (...) You get 5 balls with the FLL extension set, but the contest uses up to 30 per team, and we are trying to simulate a contest. Of particular interest is whether the bins will get full and start overflowing. The balls are about 1.5 inches in (...) (25 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: Need Balls! —Todd Bertschi
   (...) Don't know if this will help in any way. I happen to have a Pisco-Dacta catalog in front of me (gonna put in an order) and under Tools and Supplies, they have some sponge balls. The ones I see here are 3" lightweight foam balls. Color Vary. (...) (25 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: Need Balls! —Jack Gregory
   Todd Bertschi <Cptgldfsh@aol.com> wrote in message news:FK0Ms3.5pL@lugnet.com... (...) Supplies, (...) many (...) 1-800- (...) Too big, but thanks for the thought. --Jack Gregory (25 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: Need Balls! —Ben Williamson
   I just received the message below from Mary at FLL, apparently you can order directly from them. Hope that helps, - Ben. ---...--- Ben Williamson benw@pobox.com (URL) Forwarded message ---...--- Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 10:11:18 -0500 From: Mary T. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: Need Balls! —J. G. Gregory
   Thank you! This is good news. --Jack Gregory ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Williamson <benw@pobox.com> To: J G Gregory <jgg@ultranet.com> Cc: <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> Sent: Monday, November 01, 1999 11:07 PM Subject: Re: Need Balls! (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
 

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