'''Intent:''' 
Maximize the accumulation of limited resources while concurrently designing a mechanical device in a time-limited, competitive environment.

'''Problem:''' 
On the television show JunkyardWars, 2 teams, consisting of 4 members each, are asked to build a mechanical device in 10 hours using materials from a junkyard. 

Risk spending too much time on BigDesignUpFront and the materials needed for the design may already be taken by the competition.

Risk accumulating materials up front without a design and you end up "bodging" materials together at the last moment, producing a poor quality device.
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'''Discussion:'''
The "expert" and team captain iteratively sketch out a design at a white board while 2 other members of the team scavenge about the junkyard, receiving instructions on what items to collect over short range radio.

The 2 "scavengers" are given a high level, first attempt vision of the design before starting to scavenge.

'''Example:'''
	* [Announcer] OK teams. Build me a snow mobile!
	*  [Expert] This is gonna be great... reminds me of a trip to Alaska in 1973. Jim Bob's clutch went out in the middle of nowhere and we had to rig up this...
	*  [Team Captain interrupting] Sounds swell. What do we need?
	*  [Expert] Oh.... ummmm. A couple skid rails, an engine, and ...
	*  [Captain to team members 3 and 4] You guys run out and look for anything that looks likes skis, or... something that skids. While you're at it keep an eye out for engines.

	*  [Later... Expert and Captain refine design and broadcast more detailed instructions to the scavengers. With at least 60% of the necessary materials accumulated, building begins.]

'''Opinion / Other Strategies:'''

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This isn't a pattern, it's a description of a ''specific'' and ''unique'' television show. You've given one example, you haven't incorporates other examples, and you have described what the forces are and how you've transformed them into a resulting context. See PatternPattern.

''Ohhh .... quit being so pedantic and get a sense of humor already! OF COURSE it's a pattern. Perhaps a ProcessPattern.  :-)''

A similar (perhaps the same) pattern is found in the IronChef competition.

Not to mention ScrapIronChef.

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