Re: [DL] Mad Scientist Inspiration: Junkyard Wars

[Martha Frey <natasha_corey@yahoo.com>]

Conversely, my favorite: Robot Wars.  It's hosted by
Craig Charles (he plays Lister on Red Dwarf)

www.robotwars.com

Marguerite of EMGB, otherwise known as Maggie Jensen
--- "Derek D. Bass" <wangenstein@mad.scientist.com>
wrote:
> I was flipping about on the TV last night, and came
> across this great show
> from the BBC on The Learning Channel called
> "Junkyard Wars". Two teams of
> four people go into a junkyard and have ten hours to
> build a given device.
> So far, they've covered 'Flying Machines', building
> a machine that will fly
> (glide) with pilot for any amount of time; and
> 'Tug-o-War', in which each
> team builds a vehicle capable of out-pulling the
> opposing side's
> contraption. Apparently there's going to be an
> American version of this
> show, as well.
> 
> This is a great show for Mad Scientist-types, like
> myself. Someone might
> want to cross-post this to the Hell on Earth list,
> because it sounds an
> awful lot like the Junkers from that game.
> 
> TLC's page:
>
http://tlc.discovery.com/tlcpages/junkyard/junkyard.html
> 
> BBC's page: http://channel4.com/scrapheap/
> 
> American Version: http://www.junkyard-wars.com/
> 
> It's coming on Wednesday nights on TLC this month.
> Check it out. It's really
> cool.
> 
> Derek "Junker Boy" D. Bass
> 
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=====

Marguerite


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