When: 1--5pm Saturday, February 3, 2007
Where: Wayne and Terri's house, Federal Way
In attendance:
Rick Clark
Scott Fowler
Thomas Garrison
Garrett Corbett
Dan Herrmann
Wayne Hussey
Terri Landers
Heidi Lovett
Zach Lovett
Justin Major
Dan Parker, LCP
Anu Pehrson
Jon Rasmussen
David Schilling
Steven Walker
David Winkler

What:

Several MOCs debuted. David Schilling demonstrated a walker based on the
NXT. David Winkler showed a small scale version of his current project:
two figures, one supporting another who is reaching upward. The "real
thing" will be life-size and multichromatic. Justin Major had a new
Viking longboat. Rick Clark had a mosaic version of the Aqua Teen Hunger
Force not-bomb, which used blacklight illumination to good effect. For
the theme of the meeting, Maxifigs, Scott Fowler brought Jango Fett and
Thomas Garrison and Steven Walker brought their partially completed
figures.

Pictures:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=231938

Wayne Hussey raffled off a spare Box4Blox, which David Schilling won.

Jon Rasmussen recounted his adventures in the Midwest being arrested and
visiting several Tuesday Morning stores in search of Lego.

Someone described a recently-posted article which discussed yellowing of
plastic. The declared cause of yellowing was UV light; according to the
article, sufficient exposure to UV light (e.g., sunlight or flourescent
light) starts an unstoppable chemical reaction which yellows ABS
(especially, of course, white and gray) at a variable rate that depends on
the particular batch of ABS used for each piece.

David Schilling announced that the source code for the NXT firmware has
been made public; new firmware is already being written by fans.

NWBrickCon
Still October 5, 6, and 7 in the Seattle Center Pavillion.
Non-Internet registration is open (contact Wayne for details);
earliest-bird pricing will be in effect through the first week of April.
Brick Bazaar spaces will be available at a cost of $30 per 8-foot
table.

Grocery Outlet has several slightly older sets at good prices.

TrainBuilder Productions (Dan Parker) has secured a new studio at
Freighthouse Square in Tacoma. Dan is open to people desiring MOC display
space. Or visitors.

Dan Parker may need reliable Great Ball Contraptions for a display at the
end of June. Contact him for more details.

Window on the Community (in the Lego Store):
Now: Terri's dragons
March: some combination of Dan Parker and the Gothic Lawn Gnomes
April: Scott Fowler

Nine people drafted set 4953, Fast Flyers.

Next Meeting:
Where: Cathy Webb's school, Edmonds
When: 1--5pm Saturday, March 3, 2007
Draft: Angler Ambush
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/7771
Somebody needs to inventory this set. . .

Sets under consideration for future drafts include 7656, 7657, or
4915--4918. Please think about these or other possibilities.