Place Block

The Place Block is a block, unlocked by a vote, that takes other blocks from a container on its back side and places them in front of it when given a redstone signal.

Obtaining
A Place Block can be mined with a pickaxe, in which case it drops only itself as it has no storage capacity on its own. If mined without a pickaxe, the block breaks but drops no item.

Usage
As part of the april-fools update of 2023, the Place Block can only gets "used" when the vote for  was approved earlier. If this is not the case, the block cannot get:


 * placed (nothing happens just like in adventure mode)
 * dropped (the block gets removed from the inventory but no item appears)
 * activated (the block looses its functionality and doesn't react to redstone signals)
 * crafted (the output of the crafting table stays empty)

Basic Utility
A Place Block can be used to place any block from any container. This includes chests, hoppers, and dispensers but also furnaces and smokers. They can be incredibly useful for all kinds of redstone contraptions, especially when combined with the pickaxe block. When there is already a block in front of the output, the block that should have been placed will be dropped as an item.

A Place Block can be placed so that its in- and output face in any direction, including up or down. When placed, the output faces toward the player. The texture of this side is identical to the output of an observer.

Activation
A Place Block can be activated by:
 * an adjacent active power component (Exceptions: a redstone torch does not turn ON a Place Block it is attached to)
 * an adjacent powered opaque block (strongly-powered or weakly-powered)
 * a powered redstone repeater or redstone comparator facing the Place Block
 * powered redstone dust configured to point at the Place Block, or on top of it, or a directionless "dot" next to it

A Place Block is not activated by adjacent powered redstone dust that is configured to point in another direction.