We had the same experience however I am not totally convinced that parts
were actually missing. Last year there were several pieces that we thought
were missing so I would reexamine the completed models and found the missing
pieces were used in place of other pieces. By the time we were done we had
all the pieces and had a few left over.
With that said, I did look back at the completed models and could not find
the missing pieces so we cannibalized last year's models to get the pieces
we needed. Luckily we had a resource to pull from.
Richard Teel
Robotic Roadrunners (6585)
From: First Lego League in Virginia and DC
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I was surprises this year, not by the extra parts, but the lack of correct
parts! I would have thought it was a fluke of bad bagging, but I have two
teams and both teams were missing vital parts- mainly the grey bars needed
to put things together, but also other parts. We had to pull from our
private stash more than I have ever to replace parts before. I was rather
disappointed!
Regards,
Brandy
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Sent: Saturday, October 1, 2011 11:33 PM
Subject: [VADCFLL-L]
FYI -
LEGO manufacturing groups parts together in bags and weighs them pretty
precisely to make sure they have all the necessary parts. They like to get
things exactly right all the time (and usually do) but if they err, the like
to err on having an extra piece or two (which cost them very little) rather
than to be a piece or two short (which they then have to mail to you which
is very expensive).
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Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2011 10:32 PM
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There are a bunch of tiny pieces that have been left over in the kits
I have assembled. The only ones that surprised me were the 2-3 flat
2x1 red pieces. The other ones made sense, as they are small and it
might be easy to lose one during assembly.
Steve Scherr
On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 7:52 PM, Millie <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I did.
>
> Millie
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> On Oct 1, 2011, at 6:15 PM, "Centner, Mary [USA]" <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> Did anybody else have an alarming number of left over piece-parts after
the
> kids said everything was built?
> Teri :)
> Rookie Coach
> Persevering Minds
> Arlington, VA
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> On Oct 1, 2011, at 5:45 PM, "John Britto" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> This is beautiful! What a community! About 20 painstakingly responded in
> just about a day after my post. Your teams are blessed to have you as
> coaches/mentors/volunteers.
> I gave our parents 3 options (Do it all; Pick-n-choose; Skip tourney) and
we
> decided to work on all aspects of the challenge, do as much as we can and
go
> to the tournament! Thank you all so much for your insights and
> encouragement. Thanks also for the links for resources for team-building,
> etc.
> Anant: We are in the Winchester-Stephens City area of Frederick County,
Va.
> Regards,
> John Britto
> 540.336.1701
> "With malice toward none, with charity for all, ..."
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 7:46 PM, Robin OConnell <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>>
>> Also To John,
>>
>>
>>
>> Kathy is exactly right. This is our third year (but I am a newbie coach)
>> and I can say that if you just try to let this happen it can be amazing.
>> The first year we really had no idea what we were doing, but everything
>> amazingly came together (and I can tell you at this point in the season
we
>> were ALL ready to throw in our hats and call it a day) Then last year we
>> thought we knew what we were doing, we had a seasoned team, great kids,
>> etc... WELL? we BOMBED. But we're back at it and some meetings it
feels
>> hopeless then sometimes meetings are amazing. hang in there- this is
>> organized chaos, but it is a GREAT program and no matter what happens it
is
>> worth your collective effort! good luck and see you at the tournament!
>>
>>
>>
>> Robin (newbie coach)
>>
>> ________________________________
>>
>> From: "Katherine Molina" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 6:18:23 PM
>> Subject: Re: [VADCFLL-L] Skip the Project?
>>
>> To John,
>>
>> I did not read the other replies so please excuse me if I've reiterated
>> something.
>>
>> Sometimes it is not possible to do everything. Some years my kids get it
>> all done, great project, lots of table missions complete (high score),
well
>> engineered robot, terrific team work. Other years the teams have been
lucky
>> to get a few missions completed and a half ___ project. This is one of
those
>> years. Due to computer problems, illness, no coaches (I'm supervising
until
>> we can get a real coach) and other random issues, the table mat is not
yet
>> completed and robot is not yet built. The kids can't agree on a food to
>> research and cannot come up with a team name! But we still plan to get a
>> robot together, program some missions and go to the tournament even if
the
>> project goes wanting this year.
>>
>> In other words John, do what you can and enjoy the competitive
experience.
>> Definitely go to the tournament. You'd be surprised how many missions
your
>> robot can get done by simply knowing how to move straight and to turn
>> without any movable arms or lifts. Aim to get 3 - 4 missions done. If you
do
>> more - yay!
>>
>> As for the project, it truly is sometimes the most fun for some of the
>> kids. Try to have the kids look up foods that spoil easily and settle on
>> one. It's not necessary to get too fancy. One of my groups once came in
>> first in the project with no power point, no back board and a very simple
>> presentation. The judges were frankly very impressed with the depth of
their
>> knowledge. Maybe you have just 1 or 2 kids interested in that and they
can
>> take the lead on that part.
>>
>> Best wishes for fun season,
>> Kathy
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: First Lego League in Virginia and DC [[log in to unmask]]
on
>> behalf of John Britto [[log in to unmask]]
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 5:43 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: [VADCFLL-L] Skip the Project?
>>
>> We are a rookie team just getting started with the 2011 tournament
>> requirements.
>> In the interest of time, we may have to focus on the robot game and not
>> work on the Project/presentation. Is this something that is ok to do?
>> Our team of 7 is barely functioning together and our time may be better
>> spent working on the game!
>> Thanks,
>> John Britto
>
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