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Woke is like the Blob. Just keeps growing and consuming everything. Love the way they try to make sense of it all too. Can't kill land animals for food but kill all the fish you want. Nothing relating to fossil fuels or gas powered vehicles, but electric vehicles that are powered by fossil fuel burning power plants are ok. And if you are not sure what to do, just be "ambiguous"!

Looking forward to a castle shaped modular building called "Dark Hawk's Mysterious Antiquities" or something like that.

Ya, that was unexpected. I could feel the weight in the room when he delivered that. Remember that one dude asking if "modular castles" were allowed -- his response was, "Uh ya, it's Castle" lol. A lot of good info packed into this one. Excited for his interest in smaller sets too. Also, "the average person likes 50+ submissions", I thought I was the only weirdo who did that ha.

https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/guidelines.page Some of these requirements are just insane and I would think a lot of designers will just give up. Lego themselves doesn’t even follow these guidelines. Look at the minifigure and sticker requirements. Oh, and then there is this: In order to help us project a vision of a sustainable future, we wish for you to adhere to these additional guidelines: Avoid depicting harm to animals (e.g. hunting and trapping; tied-up, caged or dead animals). Fishing is acceptable as well as the usage of any standard element that is used to depict a food element (e.g. part 64648). Avoid depicting wild animals in zoos, circuses, aquariums or other situations that are designed for human entertainment. Please only show wild animals in their natural habitats. Avoid highlighting fossil fuels like coal, oil, and gas (e.g. depicting refineries, fuel storage or gas stations). It’s acceptable to showcase historical methods of transportation that rely on fossil fuels (e.g. steam locomotives). Modern vehicles need to adhere to this guideline, therefore the propulsion method should be ambiguous if it is not a sustainable power source.

Micro GWP went poof, so I believe this one is limited. Not backing down from its Tier 1 GWP status ($60+). Took a recent dip, but this will go back up to $70 in a month given all the free advertisement with the re-release. When the next classic Space GWP drops in Nov, I'll bet it hits $90+ with the completionists. CTA: go deep on the monorail.

That all sounds like BS from someone that didn't try too hard and is now bitter. I started with absolutely nothing in my pocket, spent 11 years in the military learning a trade, got out and worked hard (and not using the trade that I learned) and retired at 50 years old. I'm not rich by a damn shot but I made smart investments, drove VW Bugs and Ford Focus's when my friends were driving BMWs and Lexus. All most people know how to do is spend, spend, spend. Being savvy with your money is a long forgotten skill. If you want to blame anyone, blame Madison Avenue advertisers that tell us that we will be smart and get all the 🐈 if we just use their product. Meanwhile, I will sit here being happy with my small-but-comfortable house and my 2013 Honda Fit, both long paid off. That's how that I can operate a BrickLink store full-time for fun and take 4-6 weeks off each year traveling the world. The "elite" has done nothing to me other than show me how to save and how not to waste money. And I am about as common as they come. ***Updated to add: To get you started on looking for opportunities to improving your finances, let me offer this $100 tidbit. It works because I used it. If you have Rakuten, go to their page. Click on the Western Alliance ad below. Add a $100 towards a CD earning 5.21%. Within 24 hours, Rakuten will add $100 to your account. At the end of three months, either withdraw the $105.15 or roll it over into a different CD. Meanwhile, you made $100 while investing. You are welcome.

WOW, no more Modular designs allowed. I’m surprised they didn’t say no Castle as well but you can no longer use factions like Black Falcon.

The elite make money on the way up and the way down. It’s the common worker that suffers.

But I thought stocks just go up infinitely forever and ever? I personally welcome it. The amount of greed and risk taking in the world is too great.

Latest results announced today Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Italian Riviera Strong Bricklink Venice vibes for obvious reasons. I'm meh on these, could be good though.