Come join the Robot MarketPlace / Hobby Marketplace in our new retail store's Grand Opening weekend! We're celebrating with fighting robots, an R/C swap meet, indoor electric R/C car racing track, airplane and helicopter demos, store discounts and giveaways too! Bring your meanest insect-class fighting robots. This weekend promises to be a SMASH!
Dates: March 7-8, 2009
Location: Bradenton, Florida, at the Hobby MarketPlace/Robot MarketPlace retail store, 5129A 53rd Ave E., Bradenton, FL, 34203
Organizer: Jim Smentowski
Web site: http://www.robotmarketplace.com
call with questions: (941) 749-6030 or email jim@robotmarketplace.com
Registration opens February 17, closes March 7
We can accept credit cards for registration fees over the phone.
Weight classes: 150g fleaweight, 1lb Antweight, and 3lb Beetleweight. (RFL rules)
All active kinetic weapons that are legal in the RFL ruleset are permitted, we have a fully enclosed and safe arena.
Arena is the old SOZbots arena (for those of you who remember it). It has two 12" wide drop zones on each side and is fully enclosed by lexan. Floor is stainless steel.
Check-in begins at 9am. Tournament will start at 11am
Schedule will be: Saturday March 7: Antweight Double elimination tournament.
Sunday March 8: 150g and Beetleweight Double elimination tournaments combined.
Registration fee $10 per robot, enter as many as you like.
Prizes will be awarded to the winners of each weight class*:
150g Fleaweight winner: your choice of $100 cash OR
A new Spektrum DX5e Radio system with a BR6000 receiver
Antweight winner: your choice of $125 cash OR
A new Spektrum DX6i Radio system with a BR6000 receiver
Beetleweight winner: your choice of $150 cash OR
A new Spektrum DX6i Radio system with a BR6000 receiver
*if there are fewer than 3 robot entries per weight class, that tournament will be canceled.
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