On Lexia, it's a bit more old school. The house tool doesn't "break", but when something drops within the Luna area, this starts a special time where nothing can be places for an undetermined amount of time. But since this tool will sit and try and place the same footprint in the same place over and over again, it just kept trying to place until the expiration of whatever nonsensical limitations.
And now my Mom has a new vender house and I have one less Xmas present to buy!