Priscilla (00:01.198)
Hey Priscilla. Hi Loren. How's your day? You know what? I'd say it's pretty damn good right now because I think we've been looking forward to recording day for a while. Yes, definitely. It's been far too long. We try to just bulk it out and bang out a couple episodes a few times a month and it works out. I would say so. Yeah, but then sometimes I miss seeing your face. Same.

We were talking today during work about how we miss our daily outdoor strolls. Yes, because we used to take nice little 15 minute walks downstairs outside the building and get us some fresh air and stretch our legs. And I miss those. I do too. I always felt really refreshed.

I feel like that is when we could vent out all of our feelings to the wind. Yes. Because that building created a wind tunnel. 100%. So it was a good feeling. Now, the downside of that was we worked in a building where the entire first floor was like all windows. Yes. So everywhere we walked, it felt like you were being watched. Yes, it did. Also, like you were watching people. And then also sometimes, I'm not gonna lie to you, I was watching my reflection while I was walking around.

in the windows. And you're like strut it, strut it. Yeah, look at her walk. Or be like, dang, your hair looks wow right now. Oh, good days. I yearn for those days. Yeah, those were good days. I go and do it at the current building every so often, but I only stick to one side of the building because the other side of the building is kind of sketch.

So, and it doesn't have like a full sidewalk on the one side of the building and I'm not trying to get hit. No, no, that's too inconvenient. Yeah, ain't nobody got time for that. See, I have a building that'll allow it, but I thought about it for like a second after we were messaging each other and I was like, I could do it here. And then I thought about it more like...

Priscilla (02:02.574)
I couldn't just completely convince myself out of it so fast. So quick. Like I always wondered if I could convince myself out of things because I convinced myself into things so quickly. Yeah. Yeah, I can when it's physical activity. Very easily. I did it. I had to stretch my legs. I had to try to get a little bit of sunlight into my eyeballs because staring at a computer screen all day is exhausting.

But it's Friday and we are going to share some products. We are. Also for anybody listening, if you can hear almost what is like a distant growling stomach noise, that's Finn. He's our lovely second pup and he's moody. So yeah, we got a sassy one and a moody one.

What she really means is there's a grizzly bear in the apartment that we have the door closed. So don't worry, he can't get us. He's definitely really cranky that we had to boot him out of the recording room. Yeah, he's salty. How dare we? How dare we not ask him to be our next guest? One day, Finn, one day. Loren, before we move on to our actual products.

I believe that we owe your husband a segment on this podcast. We do. We definitely owe my husband a spot on this podcast. So just for you listeners, my husband is religious when it comes to listening to this podcast and he corrects all of our mistakes. So he will listen to it and text me.

all of the mistakes that we made and answer all of the boo -boos and the questions that we had that we did not have answered correctly. So we are definitely going to have to do a segment with him so that he can correct us because all the times that we say we're going to correct ourselves and we don't, he is definitely going to have to fill in and correct us. So for the time being, we're going to call this Jeff's Correction Corner. Yeah, something like that. Yeah. And, um,

Priscilla (04:24.654)
While we're at it, we can go ahead and just name the things he already corrected us. Yes. So let's start with Shia. It is. Yeah, I was sitting on the couch and he said he was screaming while he was listening to the podcast trying to correct us. And now I'm a little put on the spot and I'm a little terrified to say it correctly. It's just shy. I believe so. Oh, well now I'm freaking out, man.

See, we can't even answer it. We can't even. It's fine. He won't know till next week. Yeah, but then he's just kind of. It's shy because I recall I was on speakerphone as he yelled, it's shy. And he said it a couple of times. So that's a little ingrained into my memory now. Yes. Yeah. No, you're right. You're right. And then as far as the tools, I know for certain.

that Craftsman is definitely at Lowe's with everything that happened with Sears, RIP Sears. We'll miss you. But Home Depot doesn't own Ryobi. Cobalt is a Lowe's product. D -Wall is both at Lowe's and Home Depot. And Craftsman is indeed a Lowe's exclusive. Now that Sears is belly up. And then...

And he said, the more you know. So, was there a little shooting star next to that? Yes. Yes, there was Priscilla. There was a shooting star. Also, he made sure to send me a screenshot of, I am BD says, Jeffrey Tambor played both Oscar and George, which I had already figured out. But I did see a little snippet. I think it was an April Fool's joke that they had.

They had two pictures of Jeffrey Tambor side by side in the same image. And they tried to be like, him and his twin each tried to get a million dollars to play George in Oscar. So I am wondering if maybe that, I still have to ask my mom, but I haven't got to it yet. I just.

Priscilla (06:45.582)
I love so much that he came with all the facts. All of them. And we're going to tell you all now, we will not be fact checking ourselves before we do this podcast. Nope, nope. Because now we have Jeff for that. Yeah. So it'll be a weekly, most likely update, but it will be the week after he will fix all of our mistakes from the week before. Or if we like record in bulk, then you'll probably hear every other episode. Yeah, most likely. Yeah. But yeah, so.

That was Jeff's Correction Corner. Yes, that was Jeff's Correction Corner. We need a little theme song for him. We do. He's our little superhero. Yeah, we'll need a like, the more you know theme song. Oh, OK, OK, now we'll move on. So we have a surprise for you all. We have decided to theme this episode. That's right, Priscilla. And it is...LEGO

Because what's better than one person that's stupidly in love with Legos? Two people that are stupidly in love with Legos. As you sit with your back up against my newly built shelf. Yes, and it's beautiful. So many Legos on it. So many. I'm so proud. Literally built just for the Legos. So proud. Yeah, they needed to go somewhere. Yeah. Yeah, it looks great. I told you just some shelving and you were going to be...

Great shape. Yeah, I know. Okay. All right, Priscilla, here is my first item coming out of the gate. Hot! Oh, hot damn. Oh, that is correct. I bring to you the Lego architecture construction set. It is the Robie house. Is it Robie or Robbie? It's Robie. Oh, okay. Get your shit together, Priscilla.

Nobody says Robbie. It is spelled like it could be. Did they not talk about this one in school for you? Was this not one of the big history ones? I'm going to say no. I saw I think like a lot of our history classes are directly formed around the professor and their likes. Yes, I believe that 1000 percent because my history class was like ancient architecture history and not a lot of the current stuff. We had.

Priscilla (09:13.454)
literally everything. There was a little bit of everything, but you could tell certain professors liked certain architects and they just hammered them in. I had one professor who made us all buy a book on... I always butcher his name. I feel so bad. Leigh Coper's here? Oh, yes. Yeah. I said that wrong. It's fine.

I really, I feel like it really depends on the professor because it's funny you say that because we also had a professor that was obsessed. Obsessed. And we just call them Corb. Okay, I like that. Yeah. So yeah, mine was super obsessed and made us all buy a book just all about Corb. And let me tell you, he never once opened it for anything. Is it the one with the little rocking horse on the front? Is it that one?

I don't know. I just remember it being white and kind of thick. I think we're talking about different ones. But yeah, that shit like was expensive. And I remember really thinking we were going to fucking use that for something. Nothing. We used it for nothing. Yeah. In the end, I was like, I have a coffee table book. Yeah. Yep. And I guess I can impress people with that. Yeah. I feel like a lot of those professors, too, they like wanted you to get the books because they liked.

said architect, so they were just like, you need this book. Dude, did you have a professor? Cause Loren and I went to different schools. Did you have a professor that like low key created a cult? What? Okay. I think I can say this. I'm not going to say his name. Also, I don't remember it, but I believe he got let go. So whatever. If he didn't, my bad.

I thought I heard through the grapevine, but I could be wrong. So we had a professor that was like super gothy. And by gothy, I mean like modern gothy. So like always wore black or grays. No, you know what? Black or white. It was black or white and or both. Literally just described every architecture professor ever. No, but like imagine like Tim Burton as an architecture professor. Yeah. Yeah.

Priscilla (11:29.23)
So the rest of mine weren't like that. Oh, all of mine were. Oh, I had very other normal professors who like all either... No, all of them were like actively working in the industry, just either in town or from like abroad and stuff like that. Like everybody was very on the average side and had their like niches and whatnot. And this one, I didn't have this one. I just knew of so many...

people who like went and took him and like would fight to the death for a spot in his studio. And let me tell you, everyone who went in was a normal average college student from Texas. And everyone who came out would only dress in black. I'm telling you, I'm thinking off the top of my head. I think there's one professor that I can think of that wore colors.

And there was one professor that wore denim. She wore a denim jacket and denim jeans. Always. Everybody else was all black. Can we talk about how I believe that's called the Canadian tuxedo? It is called the Canadian tuxedo. I can confirm that. Well, taught me that. Oh, that's funny. But yeah, so we had this professor and he was problematic because I always heard things like,

he would ostracize students who would not conform to the all black uniform. And not saying like he made it a rule like you must dress like this. Just like there was one girl who just was like, that's not my vibe. I'm not doing that. And she was definitely like, if not picked on, ostracized.

And he also had favorites, of course. That is the life of an architecture studio. Yes. Yeah. Every professor has their favorite. So I was never it. I was for a couple of professors. Of course you were. Yeah. I was that person. That's fine. That's fine. We're still friends. But yeah. So...

Priscilla (13:48.878)
He had his favorites and he would use these favorites to snitch on other students. I was not that though. Thank God. Okay. No. But I blame the way he ran his studio more than anything because I've never heard of this in any other studio. Yeah. But he would supposedly he would use these favorites as snitches. So the snitches would come to him and tell him who was there all night and who wasn't working. Ain't nobody got time for that.

What if you want to work from your apartment? I did all the time. I would take all my projects home and just jam out in my kitchen and work. That doesn't mean anything. I commuted to school. So you can't go off of, well, they were in studio and they weren't in studio. Other people have lives. Other people don't live on campus. Other people have to work. I lived off campus. I still pulled all -nighters.

Do you know how many parking tickets I got from that? It was not worth it. I don't know what happened to those parking tickets. I may have not paid them. It's fine. Wow, Priscilla Listen, I have my number when I have to come bail you out of jail. They were taking my money for tuition and then they wanted more. What do you want from me? I mean, you're not wrong. And I had a parking pass, but it expired at 6 a .m. How sad is it? You're going around giving students who are still

in school, working a freaking ticket. They just towed everybody's car. Oh God, that's worse. No, that did not happen. But I did have my bike towed. Excuse me, what? Your bike got towed? So I think, okay, because I'm about to say this out loud, I owe my parents money now.

I feel so guilty and I've never been able to come clean out loud. I'm sure my dad knows what really happened, but I'll say it anyways. It's fine. So essentially I begged for a bike for campus because we found out that my parking garage was literally on the opposite side of the school. Oh yeah. So I was booking it every day to get to class on time, right? So I was like, you know what? Let's get me a bike. I'm short. Okay. I don't need a lot.

Priscilla (16:10.862)
I literally, I was like, dad, get me a kid's bike. It's fine. And he kind of did. He got me like a teenager, like a preteen bike. Like it was not a grownup bike. Hey, whatever works, man. That shit was like teal with stickers. And I just took the stickers off. I was like, I can work with this. That's awesome. Yeah. So I just took the stickers off. I was happy. And so, so I learned how to ride a bike when I was seven.

No, when the last time was that I rode a bike. Oh my God, Priscilla. I may have like gotten on it. Oh my God. Immediately. Immediately. I fell the fuck over and then I got up just like in any show or movie. You know, they just like get up, shake it off. I did that. I got up and shook it off and I was like, OK, get back on. So I get back on. But then I see a dude just like kind of across from me. This is.

I want to say this is still before everyone always pulling out a phone to record you. So he's just staring at me like, you good? I'm fucking good, go away. He's like, do you need help? No, I don't fucking need help, go away. Gee, I wonder why I had a hard time getting a boyfriend in college. My meet cute was like, get the fuck out of here. So at that point I was going to try again.

But there was just people around and after being witnessed by somebody straight on, I was like, I can't do this in front of people. So I was like, no, no, no, I'll take it back to the parking garage where my car is because all the bikes are parked there. My school was notorious where like if you didn't lock up your bike well enough, it'd end up in a tree. It would end up in a tree? Yeah, dude. Does that not happen on your campus? That is the no. Bikes don't just

grow wings and fly out of the garage, Priscilla. Well, it's not just like it was more from campus, but yeah, so like people would take a bike and put it in a tree and we would applaud those that got it highest in the tree. I mean, that is kind of awesome, but also not if you are a person that has a bike. Yeah. It sucks for you. No, I have never heard of that in my life. So, well, I didn't want that to happen.

Priscilla (18:36.334)
So I went and I put it in the parking garage and I said, I will come back for you later. I did try one other time. I took it out. There was a hill to get from the parking garage up to like the student... What's it called? The student center. So I attempted to go up the hill and I failed so hard. So I went back to the garage, put the bike away and walked to class. Called it a day, right? Yeah.

Um, at some point they were demoing our stadium to rebuild like new parts of the whole thing. It was the whole thing. So coming up to demo day, they sent an email to everybody. Okay. Said, if you either have a car or a bike here, you're going to need to move it. Okay. And I was like, no, that's good. I'll be at home by then. Yeah. Didn't think twice. Went home, get an email later. I had registered my bike like I was supposed to. Yeah.

And so they scanned the registration. They're like, Hey, we have your bike. Okay. You need to come get it. I was like, Christmas break. Can't do that. They're like, okay, you got to come and get it within the next 90 days. Oh my goodness. I'll do that. Never did that. Yeah. Cause you forget. I forgot. How was I supposed to remember a bike I never used? Cause I couldn't write it. So I forgot up until like I moved out. Oh my goodness. And then by that point,

My dad was like, what happened to your bike? I said, what? What do you mean? What happened to your bike? I said, somebody stole it. It was gone. It wasn't mine anymore. They kept it. Oh, my God. I felt so bad. I didn't want to say that. And I was like, I just got a high five for graduating college. I can't fail them now. So I just was planning to take that to my grave.

Well, hopefully they don't listen. My mom does. Oh, shit. All right. Well, she's going to snitch. I will pay you back for that preteen bike. Yeah. She'll buy you a fancy pants if you don't tell dad. Yeah, exactly. I'll buy you fancy pants. Mother's Day is coming up, I think. Yeah. Hint, hint. Wink, wink. Oh, sorry for that tangent. That's okay. It was a good tangent. Yeah.

Priscilla (21:01.454)
Um, so back to the Lego architecture, Lego architecture. Yeah. Um, this is literally my dream set. Uh, I want this set so, so, so bad. Like I, I would, I don't want to say I'd murder for this set. Don't murder me. No, not you. Um, but if right, like it's so beautiful. It's the roof structure comes off. Yeah. It's Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie house.

It's one of the prairie style houses. I am obsessed with it. This was one of my favorite buildings in school. And then I found out that they had a Lego of it. So I was like, yes, please. But it is one of the retired sets as always, as always. So unfortunately, being that is retired, it is a small fortune. So.

It is, you can purchase this beautiful Robie house Lego set for the low, low price of $1 ,099 and 99 cents on Amazon. I love that. This is your retired set dream while my retired set dream for this similar price. And it's not the set I'm going to talk about in this episode is.

The Ghostbusters said there's nothing wrong with that. I don't hate on Ghostbusters at all. I thoroughly enjoy that site. That set as well. Yours is way more respectable. It has nothing to do with respect, bro. Is Lego. That's fair. Is free range. It don't matter. That's fair. That's fair. I do like how yours is like huge. Like it looks really large. Looks like it would take up a good amount of space. Yeah, I I don't understand. I guess I OK.

I understand that LEGO has to retire sets because it costs money to make them if they aren't selling as much. Yeah. But like, I'm not a fan of retiring something like an architecture set because that's it's literally it's architectural history. Yeah. Us architecture folks like that never dies. No, it never dies. So it's not something that goes out of style. Oh my gosh. Well, I'll have to bring this up later.

Priscilla (23:22.926)
There is a architect that we did study a lot. I did like an extensive study on him. I just, I'm terrible with names. You don't have to come to me later. But somebody bought, somebody famous, was it trending data? No, Chris Pratt. Chris Pratt and his wife bought this house and it was, it's a famous architect's like home.

and it was being preserved and all that. It's one of those that they made a documentary over and I believe they're demoing it. No! I hope I'm wrong. I really hope you're wrong. I hope the video I saw was wrong. It's just, I think they were complaining that everything was outdated and blah blah blah. Like, yeah, no shit. It was like a long time ago. They were preserving that for a reason because it's a famous architect. So it's literally his design. Yeah.

It's history. It's literally a piece of history. Yeah. So I don't know, but there were people complaining saying they were going to go and either redo it all or... And even redoing it, y 'all, is a slap in the face. If you don't like it, don't move into it because this is what you're getting. Especially if it's historically preserved and it's in... It was in the 60s, I think. Oh my gosh. That's heartbreaking. I really hope that you're wrong and that he's not doing that because I...

I like Chris Pratt, but that is going to make me not like him. I know. I was hoping that was like an April Fool's thing that just showed me later on. And I was like, oh, please don't let that be real. Because I was watching, I was like, no, I remember that house. I studied that house. What the fuck? Oh, man. Yeah. Sad days. So I don't know. Maybe that's wrong because I found it really hard to believe. Yeah. Just because historical societies like...

Usually you have a hold on that shit. They don't play. But I don't know. I don't know. I have to dig more into it and be reminded of the architect's name too. And we'll look more into that. And, you know, while we're at it, Jeff, you want to fill us in on what's going on there? I would love that. No, he's going to be like, oh, no, that's y 'all's department. I got literally everything else covered. But that's you. Well, now I'm curious. I'll have to look into it. Yeah, maybe.

Priscilla (25:49.87)
Maybe we'll pause later before the end of the episode and like look it up and recap for sure. Yeah, for sure. But yes, this is my dream set. I would love this set, but $1100. That's a lot. It is a Lego set. It hurts. It hurts a lot. I wish I had that much to just drop on this Lego set because it is retired. They're not bringing it back. I wish they would bring it back because that would just make my little heart so happy.

But there is one like part of one on sale for eBay. But so you're a Lego person. You know how like sacred the Lego box is. Oh, yes. It OK. Like. Funko pop collectors and Barbie doll collectors, action figure collectors, whatever you want to. Anything that comes in a box, any toys in general, like.

Because honestly, let's face it, like Lego is seen like that. So anything that is just a collectible at any sort and you care about the box, if you get a damaged box and everything inside is fine, it's still, it's like a, oh, but you devalue that. So that's Lego. Yeah. And somebody literally duct taped the Robie house box with a giant X across it. Why would they do that? Why are they trying to...

that. Yeah, I like I was like, why did you even bother? Like this is absolute trash and like half of the set was in the box. Wait, so what's even the point? Are they really? Wow. Yeah. Yeah. I don't even know what to say slash do about that. That would only be good for somebody with an existing set that has missing pieces. Exactly. And even then you only have a 50 percent chance that you're going to get the pieces you need. And at that point, Lego might just send you your missing pieces.

So some of the retired stuff, they won't remake them. And some of the retired pieces, they don't make them, period. Yikes. Because I've, having looked at on eBay and having tried to buy a couple pieces, you can't find them. They don't exist. Even Lego's website is like, no, ma 'am, get out of here. Yeah, that's a shame.

Priscilla (28:15.342)
One day I will own this set when I can drop $1 ,100. One day. Or when Jeff convinces me to sell feet pictures on some sort of... Convinces you as if you aren't convincing yourself. I'll be your manager if you give me like a 5 % cut. So yeah, that's what I bring to the table. I'm obsessed. I want this piece so bad to add it to my collection.

Love it. I love it. Yeah. Is that an Acropolis building set below that's being advertised? Yes. Yes, there is. The thing looks massive. I love it. Anyways. Squirrel. Squirrel. Okay. Okay. I'm a fan. I like this. Of course, you know, me and my whole background with architecture as you have, it is... Yeah, that's a hard thing to pass on. Yeah. But like...

What are you going to do when it's that much? You look, you cry, you shed a tear, you say your goodbyes, you say, I'll see you soon. And then, you know, that's that. I look at it. How cool would it be if you could light it up from the inside? I think that you can buy a light kit. Yeah. So a lot of the architecture ones have light kits that you can get on Amazon. You know, OK, so I was seeing something. So the most I've ever seen about light kits for Lego sets.

is like the finished product, right? And you're like, wow, that looks amazing. Sometimes I have to really appreciate TikTok and its algorithm. It was showing me a couple of people who got light kits for their Lego sets and the modifications they had to make because they brought the most obvious thing out and it was, you got to fit a wire through certain areas that a full brick freaking just...

solid brick. Yeah. So there were people out there making modifications themselves, like finally sanding like a little hole so that way they could like fit the wire through and like, oh, these are permanent changes. Oh, no. Oh, no. So like, I love it. But also, no, absolutely not. These legos to me are an investment. One day my child is going to be able to pay for schooling.

Priscilla (30:38.99)
from my Lego collection. Shows up to the college campus and the financial aid, like whatever it's called, with the Lego set in hand built, like, hello, I would like to pay for this next semester. My tuition. I love it. I love it. Okay. Okay. I like it. That's a win slash loss, but future win. We'll call it a future win. One day.

Alright, ready? I'm going to bring up mine now. Bring it on! Okay, so mine isn't as exciting technically because it's not out yet. Well, it's not out yet, so we can't see a full photo of what it's like fully going to look like slash size. But what I've chosen is something that we, I think was just announced.

Well, it was announced in February apparently, but I'm just now seeing it. I'm just now seeing it. Yeah. So it's the Notre Dame Cathedral coming in June. Woo! So this cathedral is badass just in person. Yeah. Well, RIP for a bit. A little bit, a little bit. It's all right. It's fine. They're rebuilding. It's fine. It's fine. But yeah.

Fucking badass, it's amazing. And I think LEGO has like a mini version, which, you know, that's cute and all. But what if you could have... The full, full on set. Full scale. I mean, yeah, not full scale, but like... Yeah, no, not... I'll live in it. It's fine. One thousand years later, they finished the full size Notre Dame out of LEGO. Yeah, like, little did we... How little did we leave out?

It's Lego. No, I thought I thought you were building with real stone. No, it's Lego. It's like you see this. It's a sticker. It's what the people wanted. I love it. I cannot wait for what this set is going to look like. I already have it in my calendar for June 1st to be on high alert. I have been checking the website to see if they're going to be dropping any sneak previews.

Priscilla (32:53.998)
I hope that they drop sneak previews. Jeff is asking if they're going to do like a wait list or anything. I've never seen them do a wait list for when they drop their sets that they just drop and then you gotta buy, buy, buy. So I, okay. I once got into a pre -sale thing. Oh, like a pre -order? Yes. Okay. And that was for the Little Mermaid shell. Okay. Okay. I did that. I didn't even know that they did.

pre -orders. Maybe they'll do that. I hope they do that. I will be the first one in line. I am going to get to the point that I will literally be checking the website daily. I am such a nerd when it comes to Lego. I know. Me too. Obsessed. This one is so cool because they compare it to the Taj Mahal Lego set and I believe that one is discontinued.

Um, I don't know if it's retired just yet. Where is it going to be? I think it's on the list that it's going to be retired. Um, I can't remember the last time I saw it in stores, so I can't be for certain, but I, I don't think it's on the list yet of retired. I think they might retire it this year. Okay. So more on the -

Notre Dame Cathedral while Loren looks up the Taj Mahal. Yeah, the Taj Mahal. So, yeah, it's releasing June 1st. The price is going to be two hundred and thirty dollars, which I mean, for what Lego is like charging lately. That's not bad. So the Taj Mahal is not retired yet. OK, you can still get it. So I guess I just like heard wind of it. Wait, is that saying? Heard wind?

I mean, when somebody farts, you hear wind. I didn't intend that. As my chair squeaks to a semi fart sounding noise. I think got wind of it though. Oh, that's what it is. Yeah. Got wind. As Jeff is yelling from the recording. Yes. Got wind. Yeah, OK.

Priscilla (35:10.894)
$230, 4 ,000 pieces. And I like how under mini figures, it just has a question mark. Like, what kind of mini figure? My joke that I pulled when I was showing my coworker was, what do they want? The Pope? And then I thought about it more. I was like, I could really go for a Vatican with the Pope, actually. No, that'd be really cool. That would be hilarious. Lego, if you're listening.

Oh, please. Also, can you hire us, LEGO? I looked. I'm totally in. Yeah, right? I would totally be a LEGO designer. I think they call them a LEGO engineer. I think that that was like your official title, if I recall. All right, two coolest titles out there. A LEGO engineer and a Disney Imagineer. I feel like those are the two coolest. That is pretty cool.

Yeah, but I mean to get paid to play with Lego all day long is literally what dreams are made of. But then you know what's the opposite of my dream? What? Going on that Lego show, Lego Masters. Nope. The anxiety I have is the idea of standing there being told, get ready because you got to make this right. Nope. I want to enjoy my Lego building. Thank you.

I don't want to be bleeding and having a panic attack because I'm being timed. I need time. I would end up with like a weird base with not a lot on it. And it'd just be like, what's going on here? Well, it looks like a toddler played with this. And essentially, internally, I am one. So this is what we got. This is an ancient artifact that hasn't been discovered fully yet.

This is the piece that I bring to you. I made a cube. It's a solid cube. I made it out of the glass blocks. Yeah. You can see inside. It's conceptual. Or through. Yes. Super modern. It's fine. You just don't get it. You don't get my art. You just don't understand me. My art is different. I asked for a dragon. Yeah, well, you got this. Yeah. Have you seen the Lego movie? It could be anything.

Priscilla (37:34.478)
Exactly. So, yeah, Lego Masters is not for us. I love the Lego movie. But like we would love to just play with Legos, please. All day. All day, every day. The amount of times that I reference the Lego movie, I literally referenced it last night. I couldn't find my pants. So I was like, honey, where are my pants? Yep, I found them.

No worries. No worries. I was so worried. Showed up with no pants today and I just kind of wondered what happened.

Priscilla (38:15.438)
But yeah, I support this. I'm super excited. I can't wait to see what it looks like. It's going to be the biggest architecture set that they've made to date. It's it is it is a little bit more expensive, but also for Lego. Not really. Not for something like this Lego architecture when it's not a mini. Yeah, it can be so much. So something to the cost of like 230 like.

I think the Disney Castle I want is more than this. I wouldn't be surprised. I wouldn't be surprised at all. And the Lego architecture ones are so intricate. And like they usually have like extra little like it opens and you can look with inside or otherwise. What's the point? Yeah. Like the the pyramid that they have. Yeah. You can take the top of the pyramid off. Yeah. And then so it has like the like the tomb and everything.

It's so cool, dude. Yeah. Damn it. I need more shelves. Yeah, you do. I'm not gonna lie. I bought it. Yeah. Is that my house? Oh, I'm so jealous. On the top shelf. But Amazon, I have some words to discuss with you. Oh, did they ruin your box like they ruined mine? They ruined my damn box. Yep. Yep. So salty. So OK, is that on us for the fact that?

Amazon now has an option of not boxing up your box. So have you ever seen that? Yeah, where like you can ask for it to be in a box or it just shows up and they slap a sticker on it. OK, so it was a gift, number one, to me. From your husband? Yes. Yeah. So no, it wasn't his fault, because why would you think that that's part of the item? Why would you think that's going to show up?

not in a box. I mean, honestly, like, okay, I get it. I get why the default is unboxed, but at the same time, like, it's too much of a risk of just assuming, yeah, everything's good to go. Okay, buy it. And then you end up with a freaking ruined box. That happened to me with my Haunted Mansion set. So upset. I was really sad. And...

Priscilla (40:36.526)
It was the day I was feeling really low and I was still saving up to buy my house. I was living with my parents and I told my mom, I'm not going to buy Legos for a while. And then I bought that. So they dropped it off at the front. And so I went around the house to pick it up. To be sneaky and not be seen. Yeah. It's such a big box. I'm sure there was camera feed on my dad's front of me just awkwardly running with a big box.

And just going shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit. And also being at the front door going, the son of a bitches, they put a sticker on my box. Like, why would you think that is OK? I can understand certain things like, OK, but also one time they delivered a box of dryer sheets with a sticker slapped on the box of dryer sheets and the dryer sheets were open.

And that's why we got a box boxes, people. Thank you. That's why we got a box of boxes, because, yeah, it sounds really silly and stupid until someone opens your product up and then you're like, but why? Yeah, like they see what it is. So why? Yeah. I mean, better than me where I ordered shoes and the wrong shoes came. So then I was like, hey, can you swap these out and like send me the real ones? Yeah. And then.

They never came and I've just given up. Oh, that sucks. Yeah, it does suck. And like at one point it pushed it by a week and was like, these aren't going to show. And it said, okay, if you didn't get it by this day, you can request a refund the next day. And I said, okay. The next day shows up and it's like, sorry, we're running really slow. I'm like, oh, that's cute. You took away the refund option? Yeah. Because you really had faith it would get here by now. Yeah. Okay.

That's fine. I give up. Jerks. I'm not crying. I'm alert to jerks. Oh, what a fucking episode.

Priscilla (42:41.486)
I like how someone commented on this a day ago. About time. There's more comments. Yeah. Wait, finally. So excited. Sounds great. Cool. Can't wait to preorder. That's a different language. I think that's Portuguese. Any photos? Any photos? Love it. Is it Jun yet? Oh, old lady Lego. That's what her name was.

Oh, we gotta be friends with her. No kidding. Wait, what? As it's been said, the devil is in the details. I hope Lego nails this one. I have a perfect place for it. Waiting impatiently. Why does that sound a little creepy, though? Like, who says the devil is in the details? Well, I mean, it is a church. Yeah, that's my point. Read the room. Read the room, my dude. Um.

I'll take some serious building all those pieces and all that detail. Yeah. I OMG, OMG, OMG, I want to see what it looks like. This Eureka. Oh, my God. These these are so cute and like just precious comments. When's the last time you've seen comments that aren't like just just just so negative? Heart wrenching. Yeah. Sometimes they're not, though. Like, I mean, let's let's be real. Like sometimes.

You know, you get a good group of very supportive people and it's like, oh, that's nice. And then sometimes you don't. But this is cute. This is like. But now I know I got to watch out for 33 other people trying to get in on the set. Yeah, bitch. I'm one of them. The saving for the oh, what set is that? The bear? Oh, I think it's he was he trying to say for a Corb. There's no C in that.

No, but I think he was the Le Corbusier. Oh, yes. OK, yeah, because I was saving for whatever they just spelled out, but not. I'll get Notre Dame, especially. Oh, but now I'll get Notre Dame, especially since she is almost finished. Oh, yes, yes, the real one. OK. Oh, sorry.

Priscilla (45:02.67)
That took Dave the brave. OK, bud, that that took me a second. It's OK. We all have those moments. But you know what? You were good. Why are you asking about the architecture skyline, bro? They're literally only talking about Notre Dame. Will Lego donate any of the two hundred and thirty dollars price to the Notre Dame restoration project? That's cool. Well, they're asking, not saying. But I mean, that would like that's a really cool idea. Like that would be so cool.

Well, now they'll look like jerks if they don't. I know, right? I'm so excited as a Catholic and the fact that I might be visiting Notre Dame this year. It is a must get set. That's cool. That's so cool. I like how a lot of these are as a Catholic. Yeah, which Lego has like a big thing about like not doing any religious sets.

And it was a big ordeal for them to get the Taj Mahal. Really? Yeah, because they went through the chain of commands and all this stuff. So the Taj Mahal was the first one that broke the barrier. And then they were like, all right, we can do Notre Dame. Well, I mean, for all the major ones, you kind of have to. If you're going to have an entire architecture line for LEGO. Yeah.

You're gonna have to give in to the religious side because that's where a lot of major architecture has come from. Yeah, no for sure. So, you know, you just got to put that part aside and get with it. Okay, on a side note, I also sent you this one. I saw it and I almost fell over. It's the Artemis Space Launch System and it looks huge.

It looks massive. Does this does it have like dimensions or anything? Wow. It's less pieces. Oh, that can't be good. But how it's only thirty six hundred and one pieces. Oh, it's OK. So it's less pieces, but it's more expensive, which leads me to believe that it's bigger pieces. OK, yeah. And then maybe the tower itself that like, you know, that you get into the elevator that gets you into the. Wow, can not.

Priscilla (47:17.582)
think of the name.

I can't either. Artemis, we're just going to call it Artemis that gets you in. It's probably Loki Hollow. So. I don't know. I'm just thinking about that Bruce Willis movie. Which one? The one where they go up and save the world when they got a drill into that meteoroid that's crashing towards the earth. This is going to. Jeff is yelling so hard right now at me. Do you say? No, no.

Oh man, I'm so sorry, babe. Don't divorce me. People at work talked about this super recently too. I love that movie. And... Ouch. Oh, Armageddon? Oh, high five. I was about to look it up because it was going to drive me crazy. And then I was like, no. Dang. That was good. We actually both got that the exact same time. It's a classic movie. Oh man. Okay. Yeah. This Artemis one though, like...

May 15th, not bad. Oh, wait, that's super, super soon. That's in a month. It's only slightly more expensive than the other one. Yeah, I think the pieces are just probably bigger pieces. Yeah. But for real, though, I feel like I want to get a minifigure of Bruce Willis. Nice. For this set. I do like, OK, so this one, minifigures, zero. Like, yeah, of course. But Notre Dame, question mark? That's valid.

That's a good point. Like they were really wondering, like, I don't know, should we have somebody here? Honestly, God, if it comes to the little pope, I'm going to just. I would die. That would be so funny. I think they'd sell out just for the pope. Probably. Let's be honest. OK, well, then don't do the pope because I want one. Just lie to everybody else. Just tell me that there's a pope. Yeah, exactly. All right. I'm going to your next one because I just not get a bonus. That's OK. Bonuses are fun. OK, so.

Priscilla (49:18.83)
Mm hmm. Yes. All right. So this is a book. It is called The Lego Architect. And I bought it. I have it. Shut up, you do!

Oh my god, I got so excited. So the author literally like teaches architecture with building his own Lego sets. Of each one. Yes. And I like the cover is Brutalist or is it Brutalist or Brutalism? That is Brutalist. Wait, it said, OK, Han, travel through the history of architecture and the Lego architect. You'll learn about styles like Art Deco, Modernism and high tech.

and find inspiration in galleries of Lego models. But I think this, the cover specifically is brutalism. I can't remember anymore. And I know that's a core building. Yeah, because of the color. Yeah. And those big huge pillars at the bottom. But I bought the book. I love the book. It has little Lego sets that you can build from within the book. So...

Like a lot of Christmases ago, I had finally like gotten like my first like little mini set for my mom. Okay. And so she learned like, oh, she's really into Legos. Oh. So for one Christmas, she got me this book with this, I think it's called like the creator set or something like that. Oh, yeah, it is. It is. It's the white one. Yeah. So it's a big box with just...

white Lego pieces. And so she got me that combo and she's like, I was hoping that this could like make something. And so I spent that Christmas break making all the little sets taught in that book with the white pieces. That's amazing. I loved it. That was such a good moment. That's so amazing. I love that. Now I was a little bummed. There were certain sets that like, I just didn't have enough pieces for. So I was like, okay, I'm going to have to build up my...

Priscilla (51:31.086)
my collection of just loose Legos so that I can build all these and then just have them floating around. Wow. That actually, that just spread that back into my brain and I'm going to need to do that now. Yeah. No. So with the Lego architecture not being very big and a lot of the pieces being retired or them being way out of my price range, I found this book on a whim and was like, I want this book. And then,

I did like a preview to look through it and I was like, Oh my God, I think you can build pieces from this. And I was like, yeah, I'm here for it. So I bought the book. The book's like $13, I think, or 13 is some change. I'm not really seeing, I just see 1389 for a hard cover. So bought it and started going through it. And I want to say it's...

eight to 12 full little mini sets that you can build. But it's all the white and the clear pieces. So you cannot buy the clear pieces on LEGO's website. You can't? Nope. They do not sell the clear pieces. Why? I don't know. Jeff and I looked, but you cannot buy the clear pieces on their website, which makes absolutely no sense. Like, what do you even do with your live LEGO?

Like, why don't you want me to have windows? Exactly. So there was a couple of ones that like in particular that I wanted so to like those were like the absolute top of my list. I want to build these. So Jeff and I started looking for all the pieces, but then he also got off on a tangent of trying to find the clear pieces. Yeah. So he's like searching high and low and through like everything. And he found some on.

eBay and he was like making bids and getting into bid wars with these people. And we lost all of them because I was like, this is my top. Don't spend anything over this. Do you think maybe this is the one time that you need to like give in to the non -lego brands? So we I looked. Yeah. Yeah. And I think for this.

Priscilla (53:44.59)
You can buy most all of the white pieces on Lego, but you can't get the clear pieces. So there are like a couple specific clear pieces that like are really only Lego make. But like the, though, just the one blocks and the one by two bricks, those ones, I was like, okay, if I have to buy off brand of these ones, I can do it. It's a clear piece. It's on a little tiny Lego. It's not the end of the world. Also hear me out. What if this...

is our origin story to getting a 3D printer. Yeah. I mean... I mean... We could make instead of clear pieces like cool looking glazed windows. Yeah, yeah. I think they do have... I'm pretty sure they have a clear... I mean, it's not like all the way clear. It'd be more like a... Probably like an off -white. Okay.

but I think that they do. What is, I can't think of what the...

the material is called to 3D print with. Oh, filament. Thank you. Oh, my God. It's going to drive me crazy. But yeah, I think they have like a clear filament. But once it starts printing, obviously, it's just going to look like foggy. Yeah. Which with glaze. Yeah, that's something. Yeah. So I'm just saying, what if we went half and half and got a 3D printer? Yeah. I'll have to talk to my accountant, i .e. I'll talk to mine, too.

I would say that's cool, but we both know it's Benji. Oh no, it's cool. But yeah, they have all kinds of cool Lego little books that I didn't even know existed. But I looked at this one too, The Lego Engineer. Yeah. So I pulled up a book that was like frequently bought together and it was showing the Lego engineer.

Priscilla (55:44.014)
And it looks really cool. Now, of course, they don't show you like any, well, wait, does it? Well, it doesn't have the option to say that again. Will it let you preview a couple of pages? So that's what I was about to say. Like, I don't see the option for that. Like the other one had. But I do see like it's just kind of briefly explaining here. And what was it that I read?

Follow the step -by -step instructions to build these marvels with Lego bricks as you experience a world of engineering in a fun way. How do diesel and electric engines work together to drive massive freight trains? How does a container ship's bow shape contribute to its fuel efficiency? How do cable -stayed bridges distribute weight differently?

than suspension bridges. You'll learn the answers to these engineering questions and more as you build your way through over 30 models. Damn. That's so cool. I want that. So I will say the last book it got me because I thought that the book, what was on the cover, you would be able to build from that book. Yeah. Which it was kind of a teaser, which this one, I want to have that same feeling that what is on this cover, I would be able to build from this book.

To be fair though, the cover of the book is a little city showing what goes on underneath with the subway and even beneath that. I would say they definitely wouldn't show you how to make this because this is just like, oh, this is what a city is broken down to. It's everything that they described in their little description. They'll show you probably how to make the very individual pieces.

Yeah. So I don't know. That's pretty cool. I agree. There's a book called The Big Book of Lego Facts with a hot dog figure on it. Not really sure what that is supposed to be doing. The hot dog figure, like you can get him in everything. You can get him in a key chain. Yeah. Like he's in the Lego movie. Oh, I love Legos. I remember playing with my dad's Legos from like when he was a kid.

Priscilla (58:03.438)
I'm digging this hot dog, dude. Stars of the small screen. Oh, yeah, especially after the Lego movie, like, everything is awesome. No, this is a cool book. It's like a very cool book for kids. Just kind of explaining to them lots of fun facts reminds me of those. The Guinness Book of World Records, like being a kid. Yeah. And you saw that.

one in every school library and at every book fair. And it was the coolest book because it had like that mirror effect on it. So it was so mesmerizing. Yeah. Yeah. OK. I want that book. Yeah. Oh, man. When was the last time you even saw one of those? Do they still make them? They have to. Why else keep doing like record stuff? That's true. I mean, I'm just going to click clack my way. Hold on. Hold.

Please. I don't know how to spell it, but that's right. Oh, sweet. Records book. Twenty twenty four. Yeah. But the 2006 one was the coolest. That one was all memory. That must be what I'm remembering. No, that's 100 percent what you're remembering, because I remember that. Because now what? The twenty twenty four one. Eww. It kind of looks like Where's Waldo? It looks midway from Where's Waldo to one of my yearbooks.

Like it just is it's all illustrated and like, OK, that's cool, but meh. It's not as cool as the ones that we grew up with. No, ma 'am. We had a really, really cool ones. Oh, twenty twenty. Wait, how is there a twenty twenty five one already? We're not there yet, right? Yeah, no. OK. I guess what? So twenty twenty four gets published in twenty twenty five.

Would that be how that works? I would think 2020. Oh, wait, maybe. Because like how else? Right. That's valid. Yeah, because they're they're the records from January 1st. All right. We have all the like updated records. That's a good point. Yeah. So OK, so 2024 is for 2023. That's what we're thinking. Yeah, I think so. That makes sense. OK, attracts. All right. Do better then. Yeah.

Priscilla (01:00:28.846)
Oh, just kidding. I do nothing. Oh, man. I love Legos, man. I wish we had all the money. I do. Like if I won the lottery, I would just go to Lego and be like, hey, I need you to bring this Lego and this Lego and this Lego out of retirement and just list them all off. Also, I need you to hire me just so that I can say that I was.

I had it broke down with our background. They hire people with our background, no problem. I got really into it and started looking into it one time. I was in school, so before I got my first job, and I was like, babe, we could totally do this. But the problem that Jeff had with it was that we would have to move to Sweden.

problem though, really? Yes, for Jeff, it doesn't do snow. I mean, I don't either, but like... And I was like, for real though, like to go... It's a walkable city. You would work literally for Lego. Come on, babe, we could do it, even if it's just for a year. He's like, we literally just bought a house. No. You're like, yeah, and it's called selling a house. I was like, well, rent it or something. I was like, come on. But...

Somebody has to be practical. Oh, if you say so. I was in school. But then again, I would have never met you. So that's true. Everything worked out. Everything worked out. Yeah. And now we'll live on our retirement dream. Oh, maybe instead of working at the city, we'll go work in Sweden. We should probably wait. We should. We should explain. Oh, yeah, that's why we just said our retirement dream is at.

working at the city. Okay, so yes, I now that now that Priscilla says this out loud, it sounds terrible. It sounds like the worst retirement dream ever. Okay, so it all started with I think I was bitching about there not being a Dutch Brothers near me.

Priscilla (01:02:43.63)
Yes, that is how it started. So then you were bitching that there was not an HEB near you. So we came up with this top secret plot, which is no longer top secret because we're spilling all of our beans to you right now, that we both were going to retire and go work for the city. And then we were going to work at different cities. And then,

That's how it started. So then one person would work out one city and they'd have all the connections there to get all of the Dutch brothers and the HGPs there. And then one person will work out another city that would be able to have all the connections to get all the Dutch brothers and all of the HGPs there. But then it morphed into, we were just going to work at the same city and still do those same things. But this - No, it's a good plan. Because -

One of us will just have to move to the other person's city. So that's fine. Then we go get jobs. Then we live out our old Lego lady life. Working together. Not really doing shit. No, because it's the city. Yep. And getting all the government holidays. And that's a dream. Working like every other day or like you work like half days because there's like two different shifts depending on what city it is.

Now, mind you, this is also based on what kind of callbacks we get. Yes. And schedules we get from people we don't really know. No, I have no idea. No. Like the cities near me, I've never dealt with them, so I have no idea what their schedules are like. I worked with a couple of ladies that worked at the city, but.

They didn't work in like the department that we would want to work at. Like I want to work in like development services or like permitting so that we could get all the cool shit to come to our city. And I'd be like, oh, you want to put a Dutch brothers in? Check, which I'm pretty positive we're getting a Dutch brothers. And you're getting. Which just means you have to move near me, sucker at this rate. Yeah, at this rate, because, oh, man. Yeah, we're getting all the cool shit, but.

Priscilla (01:04:54.574)
Yeah. Every state, every city has different crazy hours, no matter where you are. But it's literally like, some of them will be like, we work a half day on Wednesdays. We don't work past three o 'clock. We don't come in till noon. And then we don't take any new projects after two o 'clock. And you have to be standing on your right leg, holding a cup in your left hand to try to speak to somebody.

You didn't pat your tummy and rub your head at the same time. So get out. Yeah, don't even call back. The city. So yeah, like what I actually, I was reading an email today of someone saying that they were just going to assume that their information was correct because they, after so many attempts, they never received a call back or email back from the city. And so they're like, so...

I guess it's fine. And I was like, man, what it would be like to be the person who never got back to them. That must be nice. It is so frustrating when you just have like one question, man, and you've reached out to every department and every person and everybody is just like, no, that's not our department. That's this department. And then you go to that department. They're like, no, that's this department. I'm like, I literally just talked to them. They said it was you. They're like, no.

That's them. I don't know what they're talking about. So that's retirement dreams. I just I want to be able to answer the phone one day and someone asked me something and we just be like, that is not my job. And then just form them onto someone else. That'd be cool. Oh, yeah. So that's that's one of our many retirement goals. Yeah, that that one is branched off into are we talking about podcasting while we're at the city?

We did! At our job! We did! Honestly though, like, we can do it. Can you imagine somebody trying to come in and get a permit and be like, hello, yes, can I ask you this question? You're live right now. You're live and welcome to What Stupid Question Am I About to Be Asked? Go on! And go. I've asked my very fair share of really stupid questions. I've called and just been like, all right, prepare yourself. Yeah.

Priscilla (01:07:21.166)
and go. I have to. I have to. And then I feel like most of the time, if you're honest and you're like, okay, I'm pretty sure I know the answer to this question, but I just need confirmation that I'm not missing any ordinance or anything else that you're going to tell me in four months that I needed to know right now. And then they'll be like, no. And they'll be like, cool, can you send that in an email so I can have that?

and writing. My favorite is at one point I had to have like a list of things checked off just to make sure like what was like cool and not cool with the city. Yeah. And I didn't know how to go about that through email. That wasn't like just the longest chain. Yeah. Of either questions or back and forth questions. So I explained this to the guy I was talking to. Uh huh.

and he was an angel and was like, just send me the checklist. And I sent it to him and he sent it right back to me with all the boxes checked off like they needed to be. And he goes, it's just quicker this way. And I said, yeah, you're right. It is a unicorn. I know those don't exist. I mean, he knew all the answers. So he's like, it just makes more sense if I just literally take five seconds to check your boxes and send it back to you. I said, sir.

Can you work everywhere? Can you please train every city person and personnel? Because how many times do you send an email with six questions and it comes back with three answers? And you're like, what about the others? Yeah. So then you got to send a response back. Hey, can you answer these three that were missed? And then it's just a month of waiting for the response for those other three. It's like, um.

My building's built by now, but thank you. Yes, thanks. I got this answered. So yeah, now y 'all know. Y 'all know all of our secrets. My bike and our dream to work for the city and rule the world. Any other secrets? Any other secrets? Not right now. We got to keep them on their toes. Keep them guessing. We can't tell them all of our secrets. I'll get new ones by the next one. Yeah, exactly. Yeah.

Priscilla (01:09:46.67)
All right, y 'all. Thanks for joining us. I hope y 'all enjoyed our just super nerd out obsession with Lego. We had to do a themed episode because, you know, I sent Loren something. I sent her the cathedral and she was like, dude, I've got so many Legos up my sleeve. Let's do this. So it was a good idea. I like this. I did too. This was so much fun. Yeah. But also,

Don't you all go out and buy the damn Lego sets that we want. She'll find you. I will find you. I will go Liam Neeson on your asses. I don't have... I was about to say his whole line and I blanked. I don't have a lot of... No, I have a specific set of skills. Yes, there you go. There you go. I thought you were about to say, I don't have a lot of skills.

I have a specific set of skills. I will find you. I will kill you. I'm mom brained so bad on that one. It was great watching your brain process it like, do I or do I not have skills? Did you see the steam coming out of my ears? That's what it felt like. The work whistle came on. Get my brain working. Oh, guys. Thanks for putting up with us. Yeah, thank you all. Bye.