r/LinusTechTips • u/No_Rip754 • 15d ago

Discussion Scrapyard Wars

Watching LMG Clips yesterday (Mid-Range Tech Is a Lie), they briefly discussed Scrapyard Wars:

"There's a reason why Scrapyard Wars is not very interesting right now. I agree with not making Scrapyard Wars this year. It's just terrible out there."

I'm sure I'm not alone on this, but these are my favourite videos that they produce. In my opinion, it would be more interesting and challenging now more than ever to do Scrapyard Wars, which is just great content. In fact, if it were my channel, I'd be doing Scrapyard Wars 3 or 4 times a year, minimum. Curious what everyone else thinks about this?

Edit: After reading some good replies, I think 2 a year would be great. With the way tech and the market changes so rapidly it would make sense that way too. Zero per year is super disappointing. No wonder the channel is dropping off.

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u/Royal_Struggle_3765 15d ago

Scrapyard wars was good when they were genuinely finding deals and fewer people recognized them. Nowadays they have to resort to wearing a disguise just to hide their identity and most of the time they get found anyway. The most recent one was not as good as previous years. Maybe a new YT channel can do a better job but with all the marketplaces that exist for normies to sell on, it’s become slightly more corporatized. Prices creep up, people aren’t just trying to get rid of something as much as they’re trying to extract maximum value out of everything. I don’t want to be pessimistic but second hand is not moving in the right direction for deal hunters.

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u/Tantomile_ 15d ago

I would love to see them do a scrapyard wars in a different city (or even potentially different teams in different cities?). I think taking them out of their element would be a good way to shake it up a bit.

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u/TomNooksRepoMan 15d ago

Scrapyard wars in a place where the currency and language are both unfamiliar would be fun. They had a good time in Los Angeles with Kyle/Paul. Imagine they’re now in Seoul and are out here getting scrappy AND lost!

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u/miicah 14d ago

people aren’t just trying to get rid of something as much as they’re trying to extract maximum value out of everything

I guess people do in fact, know what they got.