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Junkyard Wars Tour

Posted by michael on from the mallrats dept.

ArtEnvironment writes "Junkyard Wars coming to a... MALL near you!? Here's your chance to experience Junkyard Wars firsthand, or at least a glorified pinewood, er I mean JUNK derby! You can build unique gravity-racers and compete on a 'special effects-filled', mini race track. In addition, you can watch clips from the show and possibly even win prizes, yay!"

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  1. Not-so-junk yard wars by dfn5 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I watched a couple of episodes of junkyard wars and the word that comes to mind is lame. They couldn't build half the stuff they do if they only used junk. They have to seed the junk with things like working hydrolics, rocket motors, etc. Junkyard wars is as fake as the WWF. The A-Team was able to build cool stuff out of junk, but then that was fiction, and reality is boring.

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    1. Re:Not-so-junk yard wars by digidave · · Score: 4, Insightful

      "Seeded" is not the same as "staged". It would be a really crappy show if they had to build boats, but nothing in the JY would float! They seed the JY with many things that can be used to help the teams, but the teams have to put together this junk in a useful fashion.

      For instance, planting a long chain isn't the same as handing over all the parts to build a wrecking ball. The seeded stuff is still usually junk. The few exceptions are stuff like airplane motors, which is more of a safety precaution.

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  2. Seeding the Scrapheap by SimplyCosmic · · Score: 5, Insightful

    One of the teams that competed earlier on in the series, The N.E.R.D.S., have their thoughts on this here.

    The short answer is that yes, there are parts there that one wouldn't find in a normal junkyard due to safety concerns, and that yes, there are a higher number of "good junk" than the average real world junk heap, but honestly it's not like it's still not difficult as hell.

    The "Junkyard" concept is only that, a concept designed to hold the show together, not an absolute reality that must be adheared to or else.

  3. It's an educational show, sheesh. by tuffy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The point of the show is to get the viewer to watch the little animated bits where they tell you how a certain piece of technology works (or might not work, in some cases). The rest is just hooks to get the viewer interested.

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  4. Re:JUNKyard Wars? by Evil+Adrian · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Go to hot topic sometime and look at their prices. Believe me, goths and punks have no qualms about spending their parents' money on overpriced crap to fit in with their friends... er.. I mean, stand out from everybody else.

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  5. Not the same... by Stween · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Junkyard Wars will never be the same as the original Scrapheap Challenge. JW doesn't have Rob Llewellyn (sp?) for one thing.