Hello people of Instructables! I have a few pro memberships that have been around for a while now, so I have decided to make a piece-guessing contest. All you have to do is guess how many pieces are in my Knex skeeball machine. The six people that guess closest to the number will win!
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The contest has ended, so it's time to announce the winners: The grand total of pieces in the machine is 28,396! Below are the winners and what number they guessed. 

Winners!
1st place: bethekind - 28,001
2nd place: mikeasaurus - 28,000
3rd place: Duplo for Daddies - 27,999
4th place: RCS82 - 27,850
5th place: Mountain Dew dude - 27,593
6th place: technicalrob - 29,666

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Rules:
1. Only one guess per person
2. Don't guess the same number as someone else

Prizes:
1st place: 1-year Pro membership and a patch
2nd place: 1-year Pro membership and a patch
3rd place: 1-year Pro membership and a patch
4th place: Patch
5th place: Patch
6th place: Patch


Below are some deconstruction pictures of the machine, just in case anyone wants to see them (it took a month to take apart/count pieces).