When: Saturday, November 1, 2008, 1pm--4pm
Where: Heidi Lovett's house, Woodinville
In attendance:
Ben Constable
Shawnette Eriksen
Scott Fowler
Thomas Garrison
Roger Hill (and lovely wife)
Sue Howard
Wayne Hussey
Dave Ingraham
Terri Landers
Heidi Lovett
Zach Lovett
Lino Martins
Kevin Mitcham
Shane Pearson
Susan Rousseau

Stuff:

Roger and Shane brought their Modular SHIP components.

Lino brought a new rod, "Sergeant Ballbreaker".

Wayne brought the motorized AT-AT and the new stegosaurus.

Heidi provided much food.

Wayne, Anu, and Jeff have models on display at the Seattle Architecture
Foundation 11th Annual Architecture Model Exhibit November 3--December 7.
http://www.seattlearchitecture.org/exhibits.cfm
Free and open to the public.

BrickCon 2008 happened. BrickCon 2009 will be October 1--4, 2009. The
theme will be "Imagination in Motion".

Roger and others have been developing a new Modular SHIP standard for
Space, the idea being that each person builds a section conforming to the
standard at then ends and, at an event such as BrickFest or BrickCon (or a
SEALUG meeting) the parts come together into a SHIP potentially twenty
feet long (or longer!). Roger will post with more details.

Lino went to Billund a few weeks back for a top-secret project that
involved him and five other AFOLs (including ARVO and three people I've
never heard of) building for a week. Hopefully we will see some fruits of
that get-together in the future.

Sales:

The post-Christmas PAB box for purchase has started at the LEGO Store,
running through December 24. The store also has a new size of PAB cup---a
box, roughly 10" cube, for 0, that looks very interesting but is
reportedly limited quantity.

Toys R Us has several sets on sale for , , or off through
November 22. Some of these server merely to bring the price back down to
MSRP, but a few (especially the exclusive Troll Battle Wheel off,
Agents Mission 3 off, and Agents Mission 6 off) look interesting.
Availability is limited to stock on hand, so good luck finding Mission 3
at TRU for the next few weeks. . .

Window on the Community:

Now: Dan Herrmann is still in there.
November: Terri will put in a holiday display, which may run through
December.
Going forward: If you would like to reserve a month (so you can build
something appropriate ahead of time) bring it up at or before the December
SEALUG meeting.

SEALUG:
December 6 Meeting: Terri and Wayne host at their house in Federal Way.
Theme is Miniland figures. There will be a Dirty Brickster.
http://news.lugnet.com/events/nwbrickcon/?n=403

January 3 Meeting: Thomas Garrison will host at the Greenwood Public
Library. Theme and Draft TBD at the December meeting.

February 7 Meeting: Scott Fowler will host at his house in Kirkland.