Operation Junkyard
Operation Junkyard debuted in fall 2002 as part of the Discovery Kids Saturday morning programming schedule. Essentially a spin-off of TLC's popular series Junkyard Wars, OP/JY featured teams of teens that were challenged to build gadgets out of junk in six hours. Teams featured on the show include the Rummaging Robots and Jurassic Junkers, and the teams were tasked to build gadgets like water bailing machines, mud scooters, and remote control battleships. At the beginning of each show the challenge of the day was revealed and teams attempted to collect "bodgits" by completing small challenges. "Bodgits" were helpful advantages that teams could earn, including time with the on-set engineer or special parts for use in their build.
- Created By
- First Aired on
Oct 01, 2002
- Popularity: 0.578
- 1 votes
- Networks
- (US)
- Production
Discovery Kids (US)NBC (US)
- Status: Ended
Show Ended
1 seaons till Feb 15, 2003
Last episode: Battleship
Seasons & episodes
Total 1 seasons, 12 episodes
Season 1
Aired
Episode 1Cannon30 min
A real blast! Kids love to knock things down, which makes this a slammin' game. Teams have to build a cannon powerful enough to knock a junkyard dog from a foam brick wall. No explosives are allowed, so springs, rubber bands and ingenuity must win the game. The teams were The Junkyard Jugglers(Blue Team) and The Renegade Recyclers(Red Team). The winners of this challenge were The Blue Team.
Episode 2Water Bailer30 min
Sink or swim! The junketeers have to build an automatic bailing machine. Each team's boat will have the same amount and size of holes, plugged by rubber stops. At test time, the stops are pulled out and the boat starts filling up with water. Whose boat will stay afloat the longest? The most effective bailing machine, that keeps its boat floating the longest, wins.
Episode 3Water Bike30 min
Why walk on water when you can bike? Teams must build a bike that can travel on water. The test for this challenge is a relay race across a pool. The first team to win the relay, on what must be the fastest bike, wins the challenge and moves on to the next round.
Episode 4Catapult30 min
It's time to make a mess! The teams have to build a device that can shoot mud-filled balloons. Each team gets 10 mud bombs to shoot at a mud pie. They're are allowed to change machine settings, but not move them. The team landing the most mud bombs wins!
Episode 5Baseball Pitcher30 min
This time, the All-Star Game has a winner! Teams have to build machines to pitch to a major league player. Each team will get 15 balls, each of which has to be hurled toward the plate and counted by the umpire as a pitch. If possible, the player must try to hit it. To do this, the ball will have to pass through a square frame that indicates its accuracy and ability to be called a good strike. Extra points come if the team manages to ""throw"" three good pitches that the player is unable to hit (like, as in Major League Baseball, pitching him out).
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