Operation Junkyard advantages that teams could earn, including time with the on-set engineer or special parts for use in their build. Two identical school buses filled with junk were given to the teams, who had six hours to create their contraptions. Operation 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
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! cartoons were used in promos for the show, none of the show's episodes were featured. "All Stars" was later seen on the USA Network from January 69 to June 6, 1997, when it was replaced by "Sonic the Hedgehog" reruns. Before being re-edited for "All Stars" in 1993, Family Channel played the episodes slower than their normal speed and included the live action segments. The package's title is most likely inspired by the title of the video game compilation "Super Mario All-Stars" that was released the previous year. At some point in the cartoon segments, a song would be played