Foster kids forced to work in a junkyard

Homeless young transsexuals find themselves living in an abandoned factory.

Dex is a twenty-something living in the claustrophobic farm town he was born and raised in. He and his friends have spent the last 5 years getting drunk, talking nonsense and doing mind-numbing, back-breaking labour at the local junkyard. He struggles to find meaning and a sense of fulfillment in his life and work, and fears he may be trapped in it forever.

Two teams compete to fabricate unlikely machines from castoff parts found in a junkyard.

Operation Junkyard debuted in fall 2002 as part of the Discovery Kids Saturday morning programming schedule. Essentially a spin-off of TLC's popular series Junkyard Wars, OP/JY featured teams of teens that were challenged to build gadgets out of junk in six hours. Teams featured on the show include the Rummaging Robots and Jurassic Junkers, and the teams were tasked to build gadgets like water bailing machines, mud scooters, and remote control battleships. At the beginning of each show the challenge of the day was revealed and teams attempted to collect "bodgits" by completing small challenges. "Bodgits" were helpful advantages that teams could earn, including time with the on-set engineer or special parts for use in their build.