# Re:Building Together EP 296 — "Builders Stay Building"

Host: CEELOS (@CEELOSFIGG)\* with co-host Baked (@Bakedmetax)\* · Tue Aug 18, 2026 · 59:42 · ~5 speakers

## TL;DR
- A largely two-man episode: CEELOS held the mic while Baked co-hosted from a warehouse loading dock, waiting on a unit and threatening "verbal hands."
- CEELOS delivered an affectionate deep-dive through Mechsicko's regens art catalog — refud, remixes, Christmas regions, the Renaissance set, revenants, crash outs, "19 ways," and the Doom Sickos.
- Recurring theme: back the builders, not the price action. CEELOS framed showing up on Spaces and shipping consistently as the real signal of a healthy project.
- SLICK RIC dropped in with a Solana bull case (and a reminder it's not financial advice), plus a real-time save on unstaking regions via Simple Farmer.
- Baked made his allegiances clear: he'd take a stonk broker over a Bored Ape "10 times over," but he's stacking pit boys and betting on Uncle Mac.
- Housekeeping: a new summer QRC quirkies card dropped, Unvault's bugs mint is on the horizon, and the show's 300th episode lands this Saturday.

## Highlights

**[5:05] Opening and the warehouse standoff.** CEELOS welcomed everyone to episode 296 while Baked checked in from a warehouse, still waiting on an "AB unit" he was told was ready. Asked if he was staying peaceful, Baked deadpanned "No, I'm ready to throw hands" [6:01] — then, reminded it was a recorded space, downgraded it to "I'm gonna throw verbal hands" [6:09].

**[6:15]–[12:16] The regens art history tour.** CEELOS ran out of notepad space cataloging Mechsicko's drops: the refud, the "treat" laughing-witch gif, remixes, the re-gift Christmas regions, the trait-based Renaissance airdrops, the revenants, crash outs, "homage to the pixel," and the "19 ways" mugshot remakes. He confessed he's still salty about owning only 11 of 12 Renaissance pieces — missing "Creation" — which blocks him from burning a set into a revenant.

**[9:38] Baked's forever ink.** Baked shared that his tattoo came from Mech, who reworked his regen (Jason and ghost) into Doom Sicko–style art; he took the ghost to an artist who thought it was "badass," and "now it lives with me forever."

**[14:43] Generosity behind the revenants.** With only 41 revenants ever made, Baked explained he never claimed his own because he was short a piece — and instead handed out his duplicates to holders who were close, including one that helped Skyman complete the Jason-mask revenant. CEELOS also paused to wonder aloud where longtime holder Bleed Blue disappeared to, hoping he's just "busy with life, lifing."

**[27:34] Slick's Solana thesis.** Folding laundry on a rest day, SLICK RIC laid out his conviction on Solana — Phantom Cash debit functionality, Visa/Mastercard rails, and a position he's held nearly a month since "like 68 bucks." He capped it, per house rules, as "no alpha, not financial advice."

**[30:00] "Give us a crumb."** CEELOS argued that a founder skipping Spaces has become a red flag: even if there's no news, show your face and voice — "Give us a crumb." A tidy summary of the whole episode's builder-first sermon.

**[40:25] Baked picks his lane.** Responding to the timeline's "7.8 ETH — Ape or stonk broker?" debate, Baked said no shade to apes, but he'd buy a stonk broker "10 times over," and from where he actually sits he's "gonna keep stacking pit boys and keep supporting the builders that are here supporting us" [41:48], crediting Mac's pickaxes-to-gold-mine-to-pit-boy-game progression.

**[50:14] What's on the horizon.** CEELOS talked up Unvault from Ernest and Aaron with Red Goat Queen (Molly) on art, tying it back to hanging in Molly's "green room" back in her Blazing Glaze / donut days — a builder-glow-up story he clearly relishes.

**[56:04] Slick signs off by text.** Since SLICK RIC had already gone to run errands, CEELOS read his parting text aloud: "Rise and Shine. It's program time. God is good all the time." — pure Slick.

**[58:06] The warm close.** CEELOS reminded listeners of the way-back Wednesday episode and the fast-approaching 300th on Saturday, thanking everyone for pulling up and nudging the room to keep interacting on the timeline — "let the good times roll, y'all."

## Topic timeline

| Time | Topic |
|------|-------|
| [5:05]–[6:15] | Welcome, Baked's warehouse check-in, "verbal hands" |
| [6:15]–[12:16] | Mechsicko regens art catalog history |
| [9:38]–[10:57] | Baked's Doom Sicko tattoo story |
| [14:43]–[18:00] | Revenants, gifting pieces, the Renaissance set explained |
| [19:00]–[22:10] | Discord revamp, site tools, games, "$2 mint" pride |
| [22:27]–[26:10] | Slick Ric checks in; unstaking regions troubleshooting |
| [26:50]–[28:13] | Slick's Solana bull case |
| [28:20]–[36:00] | Builder-first philosophy, market meta, red flags |
| [36:00]–[39:00] | Quirkies QRC card, Red Goat Queen, IRL collab tease |
| [40:25]–[44:00] | Pit boys vs stonk brokers vs apes debate |
| [50:14]–[52:20] | Unvault/bugs mint, weather banter (LA vs Florida) |
| [52:23]–[59:13] | Buildatron rundown, upcoming spaces, close |

## Notable quotes

- "No, I'm ready to throw hands." — Baked [6:01]
- "Not bad for a two dollar mince, right? … Builders stay building, bro." — CEELOS [21:57]
- "Neglecting being on spaces to me is nowadays a big red flag. … Give us a crumb." — CEELOS [30:00]
- "No alpha, not financial advice. I'm buying the main, trying to maintain. DYOR." — SLICK RIC [28:23]
- "I'm gonna keep stacking pit boys and keep supporting the builders that are here supporting us." — Baked [41:48]
- "Rise and Shine. It's program time. God is good all the time." — SLICK RIC, via text read by CEELOS [56:04]

## Who said what

- **CEELOS (@CEELOSFIGG, host)\*:** Carried the episode with a long, warm meditation on regens' art history and a builder-first investing philosophy — focus on people shipping consistently, not on price action.
- **Baked (@Bakedmetax, co-host)\*:** Called in from a warehouse; shared his Mech-made tattoo, his history of gifting revenant pieces, and his firm bet on pit boys and Uncle Mac over higher-status JPEGs.
- **SLICK RIC (@richj530, speaker)\*:** Dropped a Solana thesis, helped CEELOS diagnose the unstaking snag (needs base ETH, use the staking link), and left an on-brand inspirational text.
- **toomazingTM (@TooMazing265, speaker)\*:** Brief cameo early on to confirm he'd "got that stuff out of the way" and was building up his collection.

## Worth a full listen

- **[6:15]–[18:00]** — The art-catalog stretch is the emotional core of the episode; CEELOS's recall of every drop and the gifting stories behind the revenants convey why this community sticks together better than any summary can.
- **[26:50]–[28:13]** — SLICK RIC's Solana rundown, delivered mid-laundry-fold, is a compact, genuine bull case worth hearing in his own voice.
- **[40:25]–[44:00]** — Baked and CEELOS's back-and-forth on the "Ape vs stonk broker" question is the clearest articulation of the show's whole ethos: no wrong answer, just pick your lane and back the builders.

\* Some voices are identified from context; those names are marked as likely.