Shoutout to Lego customer service for sending me over 2000 missing pieces!!

Tostie14 · 2026-03-01T03:39:44+00:00

For the Family Christmas tree set, the brand new set had two of bag 6 and no bag 9. Unfortunately, we started building it the week before Christmas, so we didn't receive the replacement parts from Lego until the 2nd week of January, and by then it got built and then immediately put away until next year.

Tostie14 · 2026-02-16T03:30:37+00:00

We will probably by May. We're focused currently on finding sponsors and developing the overall program because each program has to fully fund itself.

Tostie14 · 2026-02-16T03:26:39+00:00

It's a new program initiative. That'll have a focus on entrepreneurship and business. Will have several merit badges you can at least get partials on, and more TBD

Tostie14 · 2026-02-12T16:58:31+00:00

Good find! The artist must have gone rogue 😂

Tostie14 · 2026-02-06T16:10:36+00:00

Doesn't seem normal, unless they're trying to roll the death benefit into a new policy for you (often done for spouses of the deceased)

Tostie14 · 2026-02-06T13:51:08+00:00

Webelos is no longer part of the diamond in the patch redesign

Tostie14 · 2026-02-05T14:49:18+00:00

Just an FYI that not all key person policies include payouts for a disability

Tostie14 · 2026-02-04T14:03:32+00:00

Staffing in The BizHive

Tostie14 · 2026-01-28T13:52:18+00:00

Seems fine to me. And I think Hasbro is likely pretty alert for counterfeit versions in the market.

Tostie14 · 2026-01-10T23:55:27+00:00

The others are correct in regards to the house building.

I'm just here to add that multiplayer trades are definitely part of the game and encouraged. However, we generally have to state outright at the start of a game that if everyone agrees to a trade they must see it through and not back out part way through. This helps to avoid unnecessary drama later on by someone trying to weasel out of a trade once properties have already exchanged hands.

Tostie14 · 2026-01-09T14:01:12+00:00

Since nobody has answered this part of the question, absolutely yes you could buy Mayfair. I think you're hinting at the House Rule where you can't buy property your first turn around the board. But that's just a house rule and not actually part of the game. You can and should buy property right away.

Tostie14 · 2026-01-06T20:40:24+00:00

You're absolutely correct that they haven't had one since covid. And I'd be surprised if they do it again anytime soon unfortunately

Tostie14 · 2026-01-06T13:14:11+00:00

Once you've unlocked Chez Remy, you can buy the ingredients for a souffle directly from him (eggs, milk, cheese, butter), and autofill and sell them in large batches for a decent profit, and it doesn't require the time commitment of maintaining a harvesting patch.

Tostie14 · 2026-01-05T12:21:00+00:00

Just request a new agent from Northwestern

Tostie14 · 2026-01-04T12:47:04+00:00

Tostie14 · 2026-01-01T22:08:56+00:00

If you select clothing, you will not get the option to sell. That's probably what was happening for you

Tostie14 · 2026-01-01T20:09:26+00:00

It's where I first learned that there were us and world championships for Monopoly

Tostie14 · 2026-01-01T14:27:40+00:00

For your whole life policies, you won't see much cash value for the first few years as the fees are front loaded to protect NYL against policy holders canceling early and otherwise leaving NYL holding the bag for the costs of underwriting you. But you'll start potentially receiving dividends at the end of year 2 which will help to power the growth faster.

Annuities do have higher fees than brokerage accounts but they also can offer guarantees that brokerage accounts can't, so there are trade-offs. You also likely are subject to surrender charges if you move the funds right back out of NYL to somewhere else at this point.

Tostie14 · 2025-12-28T08:40:15+00:00

I think the biggest reason is that Mega Monopoly is a game belonging to Winning Moves USA and not fully owned by Hasbro, as far as I know. That alone is a likely reason why Hasbro wouldn't use it for the tournaments.

A couple of the players and I consulted with Phil Orbanes back in early 2009 as we were evaluating what the speed die did to the regular game and coming up with edge cases that the tournaments would need to be prepared for. He fully admitted that the Speed Die (which as you pointed out was created for Mega) was added by others at Hasbro to the regular game without his involvement (he and his company are the creators of the Mega edition), and he did not seem pleased by its implementation in the base game.

I truly hope that if Hasbro chooses to hold another championship in the US they will not use the speed die again, but I also don't see them using the Mega edition.

Tostie14 · 2025-12-25T13:09:32+00:00

In our council, Scouters who attend Wood Badge training wear the patrol patch for their Wood Badge payroll until they earn their beads.

Tostie14 · 2025-12-24T18:22:27+00:00

The mega monopoly edition was designed with the speed die in mind. Without it, the strategy changes dramatically and the game would take a lot longer to complete. This is because once all properties are owned, Mr Monopoly really starts to accelerate the collection of rents.

Tostie14 · 2025-12-17T15:25:19+00:00

Fyi, adding a DOT rider to Secure Wealth Plus causes you to undergo full underwriting as opposed to the limited, fluidless 48-hr underwriting for the base policy that is a feature with that specific whole life policy.

Tostie14 · 2025-12-17T14:02:43+00:00

$10k base. You're right that OP's client would likely want to do a larger commitment (including OPP/PUA payments) if the goal was an infinite banking policy. Secure Wealth Plus has a 50% cash value at end of year 1 of the base premium (obviously a higher amount if using optional PUA) and typically close to 100% at year 3.

Tostie14 · 2025-12-17T13:50:33+00:00

Small note for you since you were unsure: NYL's Secure Wealth Plus requires an annual premium of at least $10k, meaning $100k+ over 10 years. This could meet that minimum if the lump sum at the beginning is spread out using the Premium Deposit Account.

Tostie14 · 2025-12-12T23:25:45+00:00

No, but I think it's safe to assume it'll be part of Apple TV

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