# Re:Building Together EP 260 — Project Spotlight: "KABU"

Host: CEELOS (@CEELOSFIGG) · Mon 13 Jul 2026 · ~1:01:12 · 4 active voices (CEELOS, Baked, Val, solo dolo)

*Note: diarization split the host's voice across two labels; both are treated here as CEELOS. Speakers 2 and 7 are the intro-song vocals, not participants.*

## TL;DR
- Episode 260 was a Monday project spotlight on **Kabu** ("Kaboo") — a 4,444-supply teddy-bear NFT collection that just migrated from Abstract to Ethereum mainnet.
- CEELOS framed the whole thing as a holder's tour, not a pitch: floor around 0.027 ETH (~$48), 139 listed, founder "Souls" active in Spaces, art reportedly two years in the making before mint.
- The migration portal went live Saturday (the 11th); Abstract holders still have a window to bridge their tokens over, and CEELOS credited the Frame/Maha team for a smooth, safe migration.
- Long, warm off-topic stretch first: Val's new car is back in the shop, CEELOS is seven weeks into a stubborn knee injury, and solo dolo is on unpaid-summer teacher purgatory.
- CEELOS walked the room through Kabu's "Sunset City" lore and its five body types (plush, cloud, box, robot, spirit), and closed with genuine gratitude to the recorded listeners.

## Highlights

**[6:14] Welcome and the disclaimer.** CEELOS opened episode 260 — 105 episodes short of the one-year mark — and set the frame for Kabu up front: "I am a holder. So that is your disclaimer. This is not to convince anybody to buy anything." Mondays are for project spotlights since the room rarely talks NFTs.

**[8:12] Val's cursed car.** The weekend check-in landed on Val's brand-new car being in the shop *again* ("I'm cursed"), which CEELOS blamed on her decision to "add hydraulics to it," leading to a lowrider-in-a-flood image from El Paso. Warm, easy banter to open.

**[9:00] The knee saga.** CEELOS gave an honest, frustrated update on a seven-week-old skate injury — the shoulda/coulda replay loop, a brand-new egg-shape board sitting unused, and the plan to "risk it for the bisque" with a knee brace. The gut-punch: unloading a 20-lb cat-litter container that slammed onto his *good* knee — "you already got one bad knee, don't mess up the good one."

**[14:39] The holder census.** Asked point-blank, Baked admitted he's no longer a Kabu holder — he'd only bought his because it was "fat fingered." solo dolo then joined as the room's verified two-kabu holder, cheerfully announcing "I'm fucking bored" now that summer school's over.

**[16:11] The teacher speech.** Learning solo dolo won't be paid through the summer, CEELOS went off on how underpaid teachers are versus "jobs out there that get paid exaggerated amounts of money" — "we gotta do better by teachers, man." He promised solo a warehouse job if one ever opens up.

**[19:30] How Kabu got on the radar.** CEELOS traced the discovery: first heard from "brother West" in a random Space, initially dismissed it as an Abstract project, then came around to the art — the eyes, the creative traits, the founder showing up in rooms with established builders like Zubix and Jed from Regenerates. What sold him: the crew started making stickers and edits together, which is what always tips him into enjoying a collection.

**[23:34] The one-of-ones and the reveal mechanic.** He flagged Kabu's 12 one-of-ones as unusually cinematic — full scenes (some with multiple kabus) that look mid-story, hinting at future lore — and described the Discord unreveal experience: click "reveal," get a spectral arcade animation, then your kabu. He also won a "banger" during one of those reveal parties.

**[51:22] Sunset City lore.** CEELOS read through the collection's worldbuilding — the five kabu types each mapped to a body trait: plush (sensitive, live in arcade claw machines), cloud (keep the sunset going), box (DIY cardboard), robot (community-builder travelers), and spirit (time-travelers who tell "really funny jokes"). He'd already used the Sunset City setting to build scenes of his own.

**[58:20] Hot Wheels detours.** Baked scored two Chase cars (worth ~$20 each) for a dollar apiece out of a 2024 shipper display; CEELOS countered that his own grocery-store hunt got cut short after 45 seconds because so many Hot Wheels had been stolen out of their packages.

**[59:00] The sign-off.** solo dolo capped closing remarks with a plain "I love you," CEELOS returned it, and the host closed with heartfelt thanks to everyone who reposts, shares, and shows up: "the support means everything… it doesn't go unseen."

## Topic timeline

| Time | Topic |
|------|-------|
| 1:37 – 6:08 | Intro banter + walk-on song |
| 6:14 – 8:00 | Welcome, episode 260, cohost check-ins |
| 8:00 – 13:00 | Weekend catch-up: Val's car, CEELOS's knee, new PFP |
| 14:00 – 18:00 | Kabu holder census, teacher talk, solo dolo's SF 5K |
| 18:00 – 27:00 | Discovering Kabu: origin, art, migration, one-of-ones |
| 27:00 – 36:00 | AI edits (Gemini vs. Copilot), floor stats, ETH-migration philosophy |
| 36:00 – 44:00 | Traits, socials, portal link, Val browsing the collection |
| 44:00 – 54:00 | Giphy/Instagram/TikTok, Sunset City lore + five kabu types |
| 54:00 – 1:01:12 | Closing remarks, Hot Wheels, appreciation, outro song |

## Notable quotes

- "I am a holder. So that is your disclaimer. This is not to convince anybody to buy anything." — CEELOS [6:14]
- "Car's in the shop again." / "I'm cursed." — Val [8:12] / [8:20]
- "I'm fucking bored." — solo dolo, on summer break [15:22]
- "We got teachers that have to figure it out. That's not cool, man… we gotta do better by teachers." — CEELOS [16:11]
- "Lock in core memories with your children and your husband while you're young… before you look too wrinkled and old. That's right. I said it." — CEELOS [56:55]
- "I love you." / "Love you too, brother." — solo dolo & CEELOS [59:20]

## Who said what

- **CEELOS (@CEELOSFIGG), host** — ran the show and carried most of the Kabu walkthrough: how he found it, why the art won him over, the Ethereum migration, floor/holder stats, and the Sunset City lore. Also the source of the knee saga, the teacher speech, and the closing gratitude.
- **Baked (@Bakedmetax), cohost** — checked in from a service call ("dying in the ceiling of an office building"), confirmed he's not currently a Kabu holder, and delivered the Hot Wheels Chase-car win of the day.
- **Val (@valeriekates_), cohost** — kept it low-key to hold her signal; her cursed car and browsing the Kabu collection live ("I want the one with the Polaroid camera") were the through-lines. Noted each social platform reaches a different demographic — a soft way to test a project's audience.
- **solo dolo (@solodolo), speaker** — the room's genuine multi-kabu holder and its box-kabu enthusiast; a teacher on unpaid summer, prepping for a San Francisco 5K, and dialing in recovery and carbs.

## Worth a full listen

- **[9:00 – 13:00]** The knee-injury monologue — genuinely funny and a little raw, from the cat-litter incident to the untouched new board — is the emotional center of the first act and doesn't compress well.
- **[19:30 – 27:00]** CEELOS's full origin-and-appraisal of Kabu, including the reveal-party mechanic and the one-of-one scenes, is the best single stretch if you actually want to understand the project.
- **[51:22 – 54:24]** The Sunset City lore read-through — the five kabu personalities in the founder's own words — is charming enough that paraphrase loses it.