Many thanks to those who contribute so much time and energy to goal updates; your work is very much appreciated. I recently returned to RS after 2-1/2 years away, and, unsurprisingly, had very few active neighbors remaining. While I tried to fill some counters and resurrect old friendships, up popped the bacon goal. My initial shock at the exorbitant parts quantities notwithstanding, I found it was possible to complete due to the side goals dropping collectibles. I thought, wow, Storm8 has solved the problem of having too few (or generally unhelpful) neighbors. This pumpkin spice goal, however, will be an insurmountable challenge for the many players in my predicament to complete. If you have to cook on the goal appliances to build parts, yet you need those parts to build said appliances...welcome to a Catch-22 situation for those with neighbor issues. In closing, I will mention that, having served 8 batches of pumpkin spice muffins so far, I have received enough collectibles to create ONE part. *sigh* I am hopeful to read in preceding posts that collectibles from side goals will return in future events. (Also, I have just sent a number of invites to players in the forum Add Me discussions. Fingers crossed.)