Junkyard Mystery Material?

[tdooner]

Hello everyone,

What sort of object could the Junkyard Challenge judges give people to use as a mystery material? I know it could be just about anything, but what, do you all think, may realistically be given?

Just curious. Thanks.

[penclspinner]

Water bottles. O_O

[dudeincolorado]

for tipping the scales bamboo skewers seem interesting

[freeman]

Who cares??

[dudeincolorado]

well.... this is a forum right and someone needs help so we being forum members help or at least try to so in short i do

[andrewwski]

Who cares??

Anyone competing in Junkyard Challenge.

[binary010101]

Probably something that would be useful and be a functional part in the "machine."

[DeltaHat]

The mystery material could also be a paper towel roll, a cloth bandana, a compact disk, a banana, or a 1 foot square of bubble wrap.

There are no limits as to what the judges might give you.

[jazzy009]

For Indiana the mysteries are:

String, 1 meter
1 quarter
Dixie Cup, 3 oz paper
Ping-pong ball
Rubber stopper, #6, no holes

Not such a mystery there. I bet some states will follow this somewhat loosely, so make sure you're prepared for them. They by no means have to stick to this list though.

[Matthew]

No secrets here:

When I ran this event, the single biggest thing that influenced my decisions for which mystery materials to give was whether I could find enough for all the teams. I remember once I wanted to give AOL CDs as the mystery item, but I only had 45, and there were 48 teams. I wanted to do junk mail too, but you have no idea how hard it is to get fifty identical pieces of junk mail!