Hi,
First timer to this thread, but long time member of the forum. Maybe I wasn’t tagged because I’m a newbie, or because my brain isn’t much for storming in recent days.
I see a lot of discussion of the red bricks, which is cool. you can also use mindstorms to press (and hold) the lights to make some digital board or even just illuminate a display of sorts with depressed lights – it doesn’t have to be a “flashing” or short duration. I do encourage the use of the unique gift of having a superfluous amounts of a certain part in creative ways though. Capitalizing on the ‘bulkness’ of lug inventory is one of the major benefits of why we do what we do the way we do them when we do the things we do. (yinz follow?)
Not to reset the thread entirely though, but I anticipate changes to the way LUG support will look and function in 2018. There have been official LEGO discussions for the past 6 months at AFOL conventions about the changes, though nothing set has been communicated. Though the initial description of requirements for lug support were misstated above (specifically, having to have a non-local event), I’d just recommend not progressing on plans that require LUG support consideration until we know what we’re dealing with. The plan to choose 3 specific events, to ensure the LUG is taking them seriously, is noted though, and will be discussed further at the Jan 6th meeting. I’m hoping we have more information to share by then.