As this phase is well under way I thought I’d give my thoughts on what you might want to stockpile for the next phase.
Please be aware this is just my guess, I could be wrong, but this is the currency/materials I’ll be concentrating on.
Acorns
Golden Nuggets
Family Guy Addicts 
I’m stuck waiting for hats to drop, zero from 6 attempts. Don’t want to use clams but might have to so I’m ready for stage 2 to start.
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Who has been able to finish Phase 1? It seems like not as many characters drop event currency (in this case acorns) as other events so it’s taking forever to place the event buildings which now some are useless. Also, some events have enemy spawns that you click on to clear and you can get a bunch of event currency at once. It’s slower, because each turkey requires 1 Gold Nugget to get acorns and other drops.
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Got Slim Cowboy Chris and finished up questline Monday morning. I think I got the last building late Sunday night.
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I finished Phase 1 with almost exactly 2 days to spare, and I didn’t use clams or fast forward. It did seem quite tedious over the weekend but I got there in the end. I’ve finished all the character tasks too, so now I’m just waiting and collectng acorns/nuggets
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After you have unlocked Peter’s Rodeo Clown costume, are you still having characters Lois, Meg, Chris, Joe and Bruce continue to do their tasks? Even though the items for Peter’s costume disappear from their respective tasks, having them still do those tasks will continue to give you acorns.
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I ended spending about 30 clams to buy 2 hats for Cowboy Chris. I kept fast-forwarding the building that drops them and I got nothing. I spent a few clams so I wouldn’t fall behind in Phase 2.
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