when will teens be abel to play. My friends and I watch it junkyard wars all the time and think that we could bild almost aney thing out of junk and we have a a person frome most tech areas wood meatle and design but im ot much for spealing. pleas reply soon

thanks mike

-- Michael R patterson (cyber_claw@funkemail.com), November 24, 2000

Answers

Hey pal my name is Jeremiah. And I feal the same way. And I was told that they are wanting to start a yunger teen version of the show. Moest likely next year so I hope you can wait at least that long

yor pal Jeremiah Leedy

GOD BLESS YOU!!!

-- Jeremiah M Leedy (Jeremiah_14_86@go.com), November 25, 2000.

I agree, it really would be nice if minors could participate in Junk Yard Wars. There has to be a way around the child labor laws, or some sort of an agreement which can be signed. Seems they allow minors on battlebots..

-- Grant Freese (pyro2k@home.com), November 25, 2000.

I THINK I SHOULD PLAY I AM 13 AND I WANT TO PLAY REALY BAD SO ITS A FUN SHOW JUST HAVE A + STANDING BUY YOU NO IT WOULD BE FUN FOR AN AGE GROUP THING LIKE I AM GGD WITH WELDING AND POWER TOOLS I AM REAL IDEAL FOR THE T.V. SHOW

-- brian carl mahl (coco@willard-oh.com), November 25, 2000.

lol i agree with all of u. that show is awesome, me and my friends also want to play - BUT JUST SO U ALL KNOW IVE LOOKED INTO IT AND AGE IS NOT A PROBLEM MINORS ARE ALLOWED!!!!!

-- jim (jim@jim.com), November 25, 2000.

The 13 sounds like for the robot competition. Where you get to build at home or school. No insurance company would allow someone under 18 anywhere near power tools or piled scrap metal. Nor would child labor laws. They can't control what you do at home or school, but in a "workplace" (and the scrap pile qualifies) kids aren't allowed to use power tools. Too many of them hurt themselves.

-- Wet Blanket (B1FF@BIT.NET), November 25, 2000.

from the FAQ http://www.junkyard-wars.com/faq.htm "Every member of your team must be 18 or over. I am afraid we can't bend this rule for Junkyard Wars. (We are hoping to do a children's version of Scrapheap some time in the future). "

Sorry to burst your bubble.

My friends and I have also been toying around with the idea of participating. However school, work, and wanting to get more freelance welding under our belts has delayed our decision to apply for atleast a year. Which also means more time to practice just about anything and everything that we could possibly need on site (I am thinking welding and weilding a dremel are at the top of my list I need to refine). But hey, this means you also get more time to prep for it.

Also for highschool students, look into http://www.usfirst.org/ a similar program, except its 6 weeks instead of 10 hours, and its a robot with new parts that does a task (the task is the part you dont know until you officially start) and also covers accounting for all the parts, making sure its compliant with all the rules, and pretty much giving students a chance to work in a real engineering based environment. (I participated my Sophemore year, and it was a blast, went to orlando florida to compete in disney world).

-- Chris Barker (chrisb@zarquon-industries.com), November 25, 2000.

I thought of a solution if lets say a team of 3 people would go but then the specalist would be an aldult witch could make sure everyone knows who to weld and all that safly

-- devonhynes (devonhynes@hotmail.com), November 25, 2000.

I don't thinks thats fair just because where not 18 does mean where going to kill are slefs with hard durty tools. I haven't bulid much, but i would like to. I have my own designs and every thing. I want to buy my own tools soon,get some wood, wire, srew, nails and all that other good stuff and bulid.

-- Steven walker (Housemail@cs.com), November 26, 2000.

I also can't join in junkyard wars because i am only 15. I work with all sorts of equipment and just last summer i helped rebuild a diesel engine. Why don't we all get together and make our own show junkyard wars for teens, or something like that. We could adapted it so that we could compete. We could either show the adapted version to T.L.C. or try for some other station to host it. It is the only way we are going to be able to be on junkyard wars. So give me your feed back.

-- Nathan Williams (wiln003@newhampton.org), November 27, 2000.

-- Nathan Williams (wiln003@newhampton.org), November 27, 2000.

i would like to see a teen show of junkyard wars but in canada

-- grant mcclemont (grantmcclemont@hotmail.com), December 09, 2000.

yu have to leorn to speel first dunbass

-- (stinkykyle@doggiedoo.mommie), December 15, 2000.

here here to all of us who think we should be able to participate i think its a good idea and im starting a petition for all those teens who wantr a version of junk yard wars in wich people under 18 can participate just send me your emial adress and ill get back with you on more detials

-- nathan r crites (masterofme33454@aol.com), February 04, 2001.

Hey Mike the reason you can't be on the show is they don't allow illiterates on it. You have to be able to put two semi intelligent words together, witch leave you out in the cold.

-- Rick (Blip@bot.com), February 04, 2001.

Hey Rick, Are you talkng about a "Witch" like at Halloween? Or did you mean "Which"??? Wich wun iz iet????

-- John Gap (mindthegap64@hotmail.com), February 04, 2001.

Get "Disney Channel's" email address, and start writing them about it. They are teen oriented, and may contact "RDF" or "Discovery" about buying the rights to do a teen show like "Junkyard Wars" for younger contestants. It is good to see that so many teens are intrested in the show, and hopefully, it will still be going strong when you are all old enough to be on it. Meanwhile, study the shows and learn what you can about getting the necessary skills to compete. A big part of the reason for the show is to educate, and if it is an inspiration for teens to learn how things work, and to learn machine building skills, then it has accomplished that goal. Good luck to all of you.

Waddy, "Wreckspert" for the "Rusty Juveniles" in the "Missile Launcher" episode, Jan 3rd.

-- Waddy Thompson (cthomp3851@aol.com), February 04, 2001.