Month: November 2022

Merge Mansion — 2022 Thanksgiving Event Item List Guide

updat­ed 12/05/2022

An Un-Offi­cial Item List Cas­cade Guide by a Merge Man­sion Fan for the 2022 Thanks­giv­ing Event

Main Merge Man­sion Item Guide (click me!)

Merging Cascades (A‑Z)

Char­cu­terie

  • From: Veg­table Bas­ket
  • Cas­cade: Milk > But­ter > Eggs > Hard Can­dy > Cheese > Fish > Rack of Lamb > Char­cu­terie (max)
  • Item Text: “This rela­tion­ship has gone sour; You used to melt my heart; Should­n’t have put all your eggs in one bas­ket; This whole thing stinks; Luck­i­ly there’s plen­ty more in the sea; Ouch, I’m feel­ing raw; Revenge is best served cold”

Couch

  • From: Plate Full of Food
  • Items Obtained: Pecan Tart­let, Parade Invi­ta­tion, Keep­sake Box (exhaust­ed taps)
  • Cas­cade: Couch

Dutch Oven

  • From: Mix­ing Bowls
  • Cas­cade: Dutch Oven
  • Use: Feed to Thanks­giv­ing Table

Gift Bag

  • From: Task Ful­fill­ment
  • Items Obtained: 1 hour Time Boost­er, Can­dle (ran­dom)
  • Cas­cade: Gift Bag
  • Note: 7–8 taps

Har­vest Car­ri­er

  • From: Red Barn
  • Items Obtained: Nap­kins, Spat­u­la, Plas­tic Bag
  • Cas­cade: Crate > Cart > Truck (max)

Hopewell Bay Parade

  • From: Couch
  • Cas­cade: Parade Invi­ta­tion > Hope­ber­ry Pie > Tin Can Cart > Hope­ber­ry Mas­cot > Rufus Float (max)
  • Use: Task Ful­fill­ment
  • Item Text: “You are invit­ed; To cel­e­brate this town’s lega­cy; To let go of any emp­ty feel­ings; To become loy­al ambas­sadors and fierce pro­tec­tors; Like a man’s best friend”

Keep­sake Box

  • From: Couch (after exhaust­ing taps)
  • Items Obtained: Lock of Hair
  • Cas­cade: Keep­sake Box
  • Note: 3 taps

Kitchen­ware

  • From: Truck, Chop­ping Board
  • Items Obtained: Spat­u­la, Dutch Oven
  • Cas­cade: Spat­u­la > Kitchen Timer > Mea­sur­ing Cup > Oven Gloves > Chop­ping Board > Mix­ing Bowls (max)
  • Note: Chop­ping Board reverts to Oven Gloves after 15 + 15 taps

Mad­die’s Child­hood Keep­sakes

  • From: Keep­sake Box
  • Cas­cade: Lock of Hair > Baby Shoes > Hand­print Orna­ment > Baby Tooth > Rag­doll > Child­hood Draw­ings > Locked Diary (Max)
  • Item Text: “Let’s not split hairs, dear; You know I’d walk a thou­sand miles; To hold your hand again; To grant all your wish­es; To com­fort you through the dark­est of nights; To trea­sure your untame­able imag­i­na­tion; To guard you like a secret”

Red Barn

  • From: Event Start
  • Items Obtained: Crate, Cart
  • Cas­cade: Red Barn

Table­ware

  • From: Truck, Plates
  • Items Obtained: Emp­ty Thanks­giv­ing Table
  • Cas­cade: Nap­kins > Cut­lery > Glass­es > Plates > Table Set­ting (max)
  • Note: Plates revert to Glass­es after 7 + 7 taps

Thanks­giv­ing Dec­o­ra­tions

  • From: Gift Bag
  • Cas­cade: Can­dle > Wreath > Wood­en Lantern > Glass Dome > Fruit Bou­quet (max)
  • Use: Feed to Thanks­giv­ing Table

Thanks­giv­ing Desserts

  • From: Couch
  • Cas­cade: Pecan Tart­let >Pump­kin Pie Slice > Apple Pie Slice > Pump­kin Pie > Pecan Bundt Cake > Apple Pie > Pump­kin Spice Cake (max)
  • Use: Task Ful­fill­ment

Thanks­giv­ing Din­ner

  • From: Thanks­giv­ing Table
  • Items Obtained: Couch
  • Cas­cade: Dev­iled Eggs > Din­ner Rolls > Gravy > Mashed Pota­toes > Green Bean Casse­role > Corn on the Cob > Roast Turkey > Plate Full of Food (max)

Thanks­giv­ing Table

  • From: Event Start, Table Set­ting
  • Items Obtained: Dev­iled Eggs
  • Cas­cade: Emp­ty Thanks­giv­ing Table, Full Thanks­giv­ing Table
  • Note: Feed Request­ed Items

Veg­etable Bas­ket

  • From: Truck
  • Items Obtained: Car­rot, Corn, Onion and Pota­toes, Milk, But­ter
  • Cas­cade: Plas­tic Bag > Paper Bag > Tote Bag > Mesh Bag > Veg­etable Bas­ket (max)

Veg­eta­bles

  • From: Veg­etable Bas­ket
  • Cas­cade: Car­rot > Corn > Pota­to and Onions > Pep­pers > Mush­room and Green Beans > Squash > Prepped Veg­eta­bles (max)
  • Use: Feed to Thanks­giv­ing Table

Task Text

  1. *get Wood­en Gate Entrance*
  2. Let’s get fes­tive!
  3. Set­ting up the hol­i­day spir­it!
  4. Is every­thing ready…
  5. For the feast?
  6. Count­ing the bless­ings
  7. Some­thing to be thank­ful for!
  8. Let’s pre­pare… *get Gift­bag*
  9. Some­thing deli­cious!
  10. Watch­ing foot­ball
  11. Play­ing fam­i­ly games *get Gift­bag*
  12. Light­ing the can­dles
  13. Mak­ing every­thing per­fect *get Gift­bag*
  14. It’s final­ly time…
  15. Hope­ful­ly with no dra­ma!
  16. Let’s get fes­tive!
  17. Set­ting up the hol­i­day spir­it! *get Gift­bag*
  18. Prepar­ing the first course
  19. Cel­e­brat­ing the har­vest
  20. Count­ing the bless­ings *get Gift­bag*
  21. Some­thing to be thank­ful of!
  22. When in doubt…
  23. Make more food!
  24. Watch­ing more foot­ball *get Gift­bag*
  25. Play­ing fam­i­ly games *get Gift­bag*
  26. Light­ing the can­dles
  27. Mak­ing every­thing per­fect
  28. Set­ting up the table
  29. Time to be thank­ful
  30. Let’s get fes­tive! *get Gift­bag*
  31. Find­ing the fes­tive spir­it
  32. Is every­thing ready? *get Gift­bag*
  33. Not just yet
  34. Count­ing the bless­ings
  35. Some­thing to be thank­ful for!
  36. I won­der what’s for dessert?
  37. Watch­ing the parade *get Gift­bag*
  38. Watch­ing the foot­ball *get Gift­bag*
  39. Play­ing fam­i­ly games

Let’s get fes­tive! Set­ting up the hol­i­day spir­it! Is every­thing ready for the feast? Count the bless­ings; some­thing to be thank­ful for. Let’s pre­pare some­thing deli­cious! Watch­ing foot­ball, play­ing fam­i­ly games, light­ing can­dles, mak­ing every­thing per­fect. It’s final­ly time…hopefully with no dra­ma! Let’s get fes­tive! Set­ting up the hol­i­day spri­ti! Prepar­ing the first course. Cel­e­brat­ing the har­vest. Count­ing the bless­ings. Some­thing to be thank­ful of! When in doubt, make more food! (it just starts repeat­ing itself here)

Text B

  1. Box full of secrets
  2. Red hair like Mad­die’s
  3. Lit­tle steps!

Text C

  1. Mouth­wa­ter­ing feast com­ing up!
  2. It’s turkey time!
  3. Count your cran­ber­ries!
  4. Roast Turkey!
  5. The per­fect gravy *get Gift­bag*
  6. Roast­ed pota­toes
  7. Clas­sic stuff­ing *get Gift­bag*
  8. Cran­ber­ry sauce *get Gift­bag*
  9. Cher­ry’s pecan pie *get Gift­bag*
  10. Save room for dessert *get Gift­bag*
  11. Take a post-turkey nap
  12. Then dig in again *get Gift­bag*
  13. Roast­ed Car­rots and beans!
  14. Sweet pota­to casse­role
  15. Mashed pota­toes *get Gift­bag*
  16. Corn with but­ter *get Gift­bag*
  17. Some­thing sweet in the end
  18. Still hun­gry?
  19. Thanks­giv­ing left­overs
  20. Start­ing to get full (Repeat here)
  21. It’s turkey time! *get Gift­bag*

Mouth­wa­ter­ing feast com­ing up! It’s turkey time! Count your cran­ber­ries! Roast turkey! The per­fect gravy. Roast­ed pota­toes. Clas­sic stuff­ing. Cran­ber­ry sauce. Cher­ry’s pecan pie. Save room for dessert. Take a post-turkey nap, then dig in again! Roast­ed Car­rots and beat­ns! Sweet pota­to casserold. Mashed pota­toes. Corn with but­ter. Some­thing sweet in the end. Still hun­gry? Thanks­giv­ing leftovers…starting to get full… (repeat)

2022 Ford Maverick Fender Flares by Air Design Installation

updat­ed 11/13/2022

N.B. I am a DIY­er with no auto­mo­tive exper­tise

  • Cost: $669 + tax
  • Dif­fi­cul­ty: Easy
  • Mate­ri­als: Fend­er Flares, Instruc­tion Sheet, 16 retain­er clips, Auto­mo­tive Trim Removal Tools/Retainer Clip Removal Tool (or a screw­driv­er, but much eas­i­er with the tools), rub­bing alco­hol, paper tow­el, polyurethane sealant, scissors/knife, tape, stool (option­al)

Ship­ping

Pret­ty tall box, light
OEM

They each come inside a sleeve
Stamped with the item part

Instal­la­tion

Instruc­tion sheet and fend­er flare

Wipe the install loca­tion with alco­hol, then remove the 5 retain­er clips (3 on the door side and 2 on the front end mak­ing sure there are 3 in between).

NOTE: The low­est clip on the door-side is a short clip as com­pared to the longer clips all the oth­ers have. This makes re-instal­la­tion impos­si­ble, so while you’re not sup­posed to remove the 3 towards the front of the Mav­er­ick, I swapped the mid­dle clip with the short one which fits per­fect­ly.

Remove these 3
Remove the blues, Keep the reds

To dry fit and mark the align­ment points, you place, and rese­cure 3 of the retain­er clips (don’t have to push them in all the way).

Dry fit
Don’t have to push the clip all the way in, you’ll take it out in a sec­ond

Instruc­tions called for a grease pen to mark the align­ment, but I used painter’s tape as a guide. Less cleanup.

Remove the clips and the fend­er flare, then per the instruc­tions, cut the 3M tape in the mid­dle and tape them off. Hon­est­ly, before I real­ized I could use a plas­tic pry tool to help, this was the longest, most frus­trat­ing part of the instal­la­tion. It’s impos­si­ble to get the edges peeled up with­out nails! The pry tool made it a cinch.

NOTE: As I’ll post a pic­ture a lit­tle fur­ther down, just peel most of 3M lin­er at the bot­tom part of the flare (clos­est to the wheel). Oth­er­wise, it’s real­ly hard to pull it off lat­er.

Pry tool is very help­ful here
Peel and secure more of the bot­tom piece than I did here.

Polyurethane sealant. I used Auto­mo­tive Amaz­ing Goop because I hap­pened to have it on hand. The lit­tle noz­zle I bought for it is super-duper help­ful. Use your sealant in the built-in chan­nel

Here we go! Same as before, place the flare on, line it up, secure it with the 3 clips. Now with pres­sure as you go, pull the red 3M lin­er off.

Pull and press

As men­tioned above, the low­est 3M lin­er got stuck under­neath and was dif­fi­cult to remove, so just pull most it off before plac­ing the flare. Makes it much eas­i­er.

Stuck. Had a bit of a time try­ing to get it out after every­thing else is secure

Yay! Here are the 2 front sides! After doing the first, the 2nd is very easy.

Mid­way point!

AAAAND here is where I hit a snag. As it turns out, the rear retain­er clips are ALL the small/short clips. And there are 7 on either side that need to be used. I tried, but they are way too short to be able to hold the rear flares in place. Thanks, Ford, for that heads up! So, I have ordered what I think is the equiv­a­lent of the OE clips and then a set of gener­ic clips just in case.

The installed flares look good, though. 🙂

CONTINUED!

The retain­er clips from Ama­zon arrived and, wow! I can’t even tell them apart!

Old vs new

Alrighty, then, let’s get installing! Removed the 7 stub­by clips from the rear. Here’s an image for size com­par­i­son. I said ear­li­er that the most time-con­sum­ing part of this install was peel­ing the 3M liner…it is not. The most time-con­sum­ing part is try­ing to remove these stub­by clips. They spin all around the place and it’s more dif­fi­cult than the longer clips to get a good hold. You get into the groove after a time, though.

com­par­i­son

Dur­ing the dry-fit, new, longer retain­er clips work per­fect­ly!

Peel, then secure!

Installed! Looks like I’m going to need to go back and apply trim restore again…the fend­er flares are clear­ly new­er

Repeat on the oth­er side! Now…I will add a warn­ing here, because after doing 3 of them I was get­ting a bit cocky. For the very last flare, I decid­ed NOT to do a dry-fit/align­ment tape. Don’t do that. It end­ed up fit­ting just off-kel­ter to where the retain­ing clips would­n’t even go all the way in, but the adhe­sive had already stuck and there was no going back.

It’s done! Here’s a before and after install pic­ture of the last flare.

Com­ple­to!! It’s amaz­ing how much dif­fer­ent the Mav­er­ick looks with the fend­er flares on! I hon­est­ly can’t real­ly remem­ber what it looked like before!

Notes

  • They look real­ly good. Real­ly.
  • Instal­la­tion was an over­all breeze after I pro­cured the prop­er parts. As you can see in my pic­tures, I do not have a dri­ve­way, but nev­er had to move my car out of the park­ing space to install these.
  • After a week of dri­ving, the flares give notice­ably more drag and there­fore reduce the gas effi­cien­cy. That part I’m not as big a fan of, espe­cial­ly since mine is a hybrid. Then I start­ed won­der­ing if the cab spoil­er would help the aero­dy­nam­ics at all or is sim­ply anoth­er cos­met­ic thing? The inter­net is not yield­ing any real infor­ma­tion about that. Hmmm…next addi­tion? 😀