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Mar 2025
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đŸ§± “MEGOs” — Mattel’s LEGO dupe. Utah’s ...

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Mattel is launching their own version of LEGO bricks
 What will win, brand or price?

Utah will make you show an ID to download Instagram
 It’s a Social Media Bouncer (aka “The McLovin Rule”).

The economics of stuffed crust pizza are wild
 so why’d Domino’s take 30 years to make one?

Plus, we’re dropping a Snooze Pod
 We read 1 shareholder letter to help you fall asleep for Daylight Savings.


$PZZA $DOM $MAT $META


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