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RE: robotica on TLC
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 10 Apr 2001 15:37:46 GMT
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My 6 year-old daughter and I belly up to a big ole bowl of popcorn and watch
each and every Monday while Mom is away. I remember hearing somewhere that
Junkyard Wars is moving to LA. Has anyone else heard this?
Steven B. Combs, MS, CIT
Associate Professor - Instructional Technologist
Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana
3501 First Avenue
Evansville, IN 47710
812.429.1476
mailto:scombs@ivy.tec.in.us
http://faculty.ivy.tec.in.us/~scombs
-----Original Message-----
From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway@lugnet.com]On Behalf Of
George Haberberger
Sent: Friday, 06 April 2001 12:08 PM
To: lugnet.robotics@lugnet.com
Subject: Re: robotica on TLC
In lugnet.robotics, Dean Hystad writes:
> > I'm also a HUGE fan of that other British series "Scrapheap" (known as
> > "Junkyard Wars" here in the USA - because...em...well)...a bunch of guys
> > are dumped in the middle of a massive junkyard with the task of building
> > some maniac machine in 8 hours from only the scrap laying around them.
> > Two teams do this - and at the end the contraptions they build compete
> > in some way.
>
> I too am a big fan. Though I would prefer it if they weren't quite so
> obvious about seeding the junkyard with "really good junk". I've never • seen
> so many oil drums in such pristine condition. And the proportion of • working
> automobile engines vs derelicts is a tad high to be believed.
I'm also a big fan of Junkyard Wars, they give my Rock Raiders figs someone
to emulate.
I think most of the seeding is done for safety reasons; I wouldn't want to
be anywhere near someone trying to make their own rocket fuels/motors. Also,
in England the valves used all have to new and certified for safety reasons.
George
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| (...) I think the plan is to continue filming the UK episodes in the UK (under the original title 'Scrapheap Challenge') and film the US episodes in the US, probably near LA. We would then get to see both shows as JW on TLC. I don't know if the (...) (23 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) I'm also a big fan of Junkyard Wars, they give my Rock Raiders figs someone to emulate. I think most of the seeding is done for safety reasons; I wouldn't want to be anywhere near someone trying to make their own rocket fuels/motors. Also, in (...) (23 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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