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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? 😀