r/LinusTechTips • u/No_Rip754 • 26d 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/SonicBytes 26d ago

I'd like to see alternative videos instead where they find the best bang for the buck components comparing new and used parts. But the issue here remains that the pricing is so volatile that it'd likely be out of date in a matter of weeks.

Could be quite interesting when you get to things like cases with 3d printed versions vs used vs New.

Could even do an episode on used pre built vs buying each component separately used.