Mark's credit card funds CrunchLabs' hydraulic-press shopping spree
Science Bob oversees the Mega Crunchnator as three teams turn toilets, televisions and watermelons into elaborate crushing experiments.
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Can Anything Survive My Crunchinator?
Video summary
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- 0:00Mark introduces the small Crunchnator and its giant hydraulic-press counterpart.
- 2:26The teams get Mark's credit card and a shopping deadline for finding crushable objects.
- 6:30Workshop construction begins on color-coded pallets, with everything required to fit inside the press.
- 10:48The teams' completed creations begin their crushing tests, starting with Danielle and Jake's toilet setup.
- 15:18The judges reveal the placements and award the Golden Crunchnator trophy.
"Can Anything Survive My Crunchinator?" gives its builders a generous shopping arrangement and one unforgiving constraint: whatever they buy has to fit inside the press. Science Bob announces access to Mark Rober's credit card, and the store trips produce toilets, plush toys, televisions and plenty of things containing liquid.
CrunchLabs posted nothing new this week, but this September challenge remains its most active video. The teams aren't simply testing which objects withstand the Mega Crunchnator's 60-ton force. They're assembling elaborate stacks for young guest judges to assess, making the demolition a matter of presentation, too.
Danielle and Jake Carlini build a toilet-based creation called "Skibidi Sashimi." Danny and Tyler Blanchard bring a television, media stand and blender into the equation; Mark and Bam prepare watermelons, BB-filled vases and Elmo dolls. Before those constructions meet the press, Science Bob runs smaller crushing tests while the teams finish their builds.
The channel collected roughly seven million views over the week and added subscribers. Daily viewing is also running comfortably above its usual level. Among the nearby science-and-experiment channels, CrunchLabs had the largest weekly view gain, while Hank Green also drew a substantial weekly audience.
Elsewhere in CrunchLabs' catalog, "Magic Ring Prank EXPOSED!" and "Animals vs Engineers" remain active. The latter brings Zach King into Camp CrunchLabs, where animal ingenuity shares the agenda with water-powered chain reactions and food videos played backward.
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Which store do the Crunchinator teams visit to find crushable items?
The shopping trips include Target and Home Depot.




