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[yamfriend]

I was wondering when and where they work on the new obstacles for upcoming competitions. Do they construct them in between competitions/near or far from the course? Also, how do they then put them into the course (after all, stuff like the Halfpipe Attack MIGHT be hard to move)? How much planning do they have to do for them and how far in advance? Is it something that takes blueprints due to being fairly complex or can everything just be done in a few days or weeks? Finally, is it expensive for them to gather everything they need in order to build all of these obstacles and the things supporting them?

[arsenette]

From what I understand it takes approximately 2 weeks (sometimes less if they are in a rush and they employ overtimers) to get Sasuke up and running. There are blue prints.. there has to be.. and I've seen a schematic of it .. I cannot imagine building something that complex without one... especially since they test out new obstacles on site with testers for the first time around 2-3 days before the competition (some made it into the broadcast of Navi for 23 where they showed some obstacles not used in the final stage 1). Some of the new obstacles are only drawn on paper and they have to test them to see if they are viable. Expensive.. oh yeah.. it's well over a hundred grand USA money.. in fact Nagano has gone on record saying that it pitied him not to be in the final more often since he feels it's a waste of money for them to build it and someone not get to it (that was from an interview after Sasuke 21 I believe). They do store the obstacles in pieces and sometimes build stuff onsite as needed. It's a long process.