This discussion is for a list of LEGO User Groups, organised by region.
Initially lets keep it to 'real-world' groups.
If you know of a LUG not listed below, please post in this discussion thread & one of the Staff members will add it to the list below. Please provide a link to the official website of the LUG. I've added a few countries that we know have got active LUGs ... it's by no means comprehensive & isn't meant to signify any kind of seniority, it's just to get the thinking juices flowing ... we'll sort out the ordering once it starts to fill-up a little ...
EUROPEBelgium -BeLUG -
http://www.belug.beFrance -FREELUG -
http://www.freelug.orgGermany -Great Britain -The Brickish Association -
http://www.brickish.orgBrickshire -
http://www.brickshire.org.ukLUG Notts -
http://w11.zetaboards.com/LUG_Notts/index/Ireland -Brick.ie -
http://brick.ieLug.ie -
http://lug.ieItaly -ItLUG -
http://www.itlug.orgNetherlands -LOWLUG -
http://www.lowlug.nlPoland -LUGPOL -
http://www.lugpol.pl/Portugal -COMUNIDADE 0937 -
http://comunidade0937.comPLUG -
http://www.plug.ptSerbia -LEGO klub SKOCKANI -
http://www.skockani.comSpain -HISPALUG -
http://www.hispalug.com/foro/Sweden - SWEBRICK-
http://www.swebrick.se/forumLuxembourg - AFOL Luxembourg -
http://afol.lu/... ... ...
NORTH AMERICAUnited States -Arizona "Cactus Brick" -
http://cactusbrick.orgArkansas "ARKLug" -
http://arklug.org/Chicago, IL "ChiLUG" -
http://chilug.webs.com/Connecticut "LUGOCT" -
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LUGOCTIndiana "IndyLUG" -
http://www.indylug.orgMinneapolis/St. Paul "TWINLUG" -
http://twinlug.comNew England "NELUG" -
http://www.nelug.orgNew York Tri-State Area "I LUG NY" -
http://ilugny.orgNorth Carolina "NCLUG" -
http://www.nclug.usOrlando/Tampa Florida "GFLUG" -
http://gflug.orgPennsylvania "PennLUG" -
http://www.pennlug.comPortland, OR "PortLUG" -
http://portlug.orgSacramento, CA "SacBB" -
http://sacramentobrickbuilders.orgSan Francisco Bay Area, CA "BAYLUG"-
http://www.baylug.orgSeattle, WA "SEALUG" -
http://www.sealug.orgTexas "TexLUG" -
http://texlug.orgWashington Metropolitan Area "WAMALUG"-
http://www.wamalug.comWashington Metro Area Lego Train Club -
http://www.wamaltc.orgWisconsin "WisLug" -
http://wislug.org/joomla/Canada -Manitoba "MBLUG" -
http://www.MBLug.orgQuebec "QuéLUG" -
http://www.quelug.orgSaskatchewan "S.L.U.G." -
http://sasklegousersgroup.yolasite.comSouthern Alberta "SALUG" -
http://www.salugweb.caVictoria "VicLUG" -
http://www.viclug.ca... ... ...
REST OF THE WORLDAustraliaCanberra ACT"CLUG" -
http://www.clug.com.au/Melbourne VIC "MUGS" -
http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/mugs-list/Syndey NSW "SydLUG" -
http://www.sydlug.com/WA "WA Bricks Society" -
http://www.wabricksociety.org.au/Brisbane QLD "BLTG (Brisbane Lego Train Group)" -
http://www.bltg.org/BrazilLUGBrazil -
http://www.lugbrasil.comNew ZealandNew Zealand South Island LUG "LUG4/2" -
http://lug4x2.org... ... ...
Comments
BTW, you can probably use this map: http://www.lugnet.com/map/
http://www.brothers-brick.com/2010/12/11/2011-lego-ambassadors-announced-news/
Personally, I'm from NELUG (in case you're keeping track of which clubs have actually signed up on Brickset)-- we've been active since August of 1999, and have had a website since July or August of that year: http://www.nelug.org/
A quick jump through the list of 2011 Ambassadors shows the following "Location" based clubs that I think haven't been mentioned already:
Brikkelauget – Norway – Cecilie Fritzvold
NILTC – Illinois, USA – Matthew DeLanoy
Byggepladen – Denmark – Svend Erik Saksun
TWLUG – Taiwan – Josephine Shih
1st State LUG – Delaware, USA – Robert Fries
BrickInside – South Korea – Sung-Wan, Kim
HUNLTC – Hungary – Donat Raab
LUGOLA – Los Angeles, Ca, USA – Paul Lee
TurkLUG – Turkey – Cagri YUZ
LEAHI – Hawaii, USA – Nelson Yrizarry
GTWLUG – Saint Louis, Missouri, USA – Benjamin Ellermann
TVLTC – Huntsville, AL, USA – Kristina Schwarz
PennLUG – Pennsylvania, USA – Michael Tighe
Cactus Brick – Phoenix, Arizona – Clark Edwards
VicLUG – Victoria, Canada – John Langrish
Communidade 0937 – Portugal – Americo Verde
Palikkatakomo – Finland – Tuomas Kukkamaa
Pockyland LUG – Taiwan – Yen-chih Haung
Lebgo – Bulgaria – Borislav Mihaylov
RoLUG – Romania – Alexandru Armin Roșu
LUGPol – Poland – Maciej Karwowski
ParLUGment – Ontario, Canada – Jude Beaudin
LUG Brasil – Brazil – Wagner Cavalli Rodrigues
1000steine – Germany – Christian Krützfeldt
TexLUG – Texas, USA – Anthony Sava
AFOL of Japan – Japan – YOSHIKAZU SAITO
QueLUG – Quebec, Canada – Patrick Bégin
T-LUG – Thailand – Pijarn Charoensri
LGOe – Austria – Verena Schaden
Double Brick – Russia – Alexander Horoshilov
MaLUG – Hungary – Peter Katulin
Kocke Club – Slovenia – Vedran Šubic
Thai Brick Club – Thailand – Pitsanu Boonyarit
ItLUG – Italy – Luca Rusconi
Brickenburg – Romania – Sever-Mihai Alicu
SwissLUG – Switzerland – Stephan Matter
MBFR – Germany – Stefan Klomberg
NELUG – New England, USA – Bill Bourn
HKLUG – Hong Kong – Andy Hung
BeLUG – Belgium – Ludo Soete
NCLUG – North Carolina, USA – Rick Gratton
CoLTC – Ohio, USA – Ken Cefaratti
WHaCKOLuG – Ontario, Canada – Jeff Van Winden
rtl – Toronto Ontario, Canada – Iain Green
TonLUG – Ontario, Canada – Jenn Wagner
Brick.ie – Ireland – James Shields
Phantoms.su – Moscow, Russian Federation – Igor Makarov
DaveE
http://www.lugbrasil.com - From Brazil. I have not been participating in this Lug lately, the last event I was present was in January...
http://comunidade0937.com - From Portugal
Oftentimes, I'm not sure if a club is just a handful of 6 or so people or if it's a huge 50+ member deal. I know the reason a lot of clubs faded out was that they only had 1 or 2 "core" members who either relocated or stopped being as into the hobby. Hence, the club sorta falls off the radar and goes defunct.
NELUG has about 60 members, about 40 of whom have attended events or meetings in the last year, and we've been around for almost 12 years.
DaveE
http://gflug.org/
moctagon_jones
USA
New England - NELUG - http://www.nelug.org/
DaveE
USA
Pennsylvania - PennLUG - http://www.pennlug.com/
Michigan - MichLUG - http://www.michlug.org/
Although it's in my home state, I am not a member... but it has some of the USA's top LEGO builders... In 2007 the NMRA (National Model Railroad Association) held their national convention in Detroit MI. And the results were stunning.... these buildings are mostly of Detroit's historic center. Detroit has one of the largest collection of Art Deco Office Buildings in the country (after NYC and Chicago).....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/decojim/969950918/in/photostream/
BeLUG - http://www.belug.be
By the way, I'm not a member (yet?), but I know they do exist and I went to "Brick Mania" they organized last WE.
We are relatively new on the scene as it seems that the great State of New York has either been without a functioning LUG for a long time or has never had a functioning LUG. I know that others have tried for NYC and for North Central NY but they are either now defunct or not too active.
ILUGNY is a growing group of about 15 members right now. We formed in 2010 with our 1st public, group display being Maker Faire NY in September/October of last year. Since then we ran a public display at Lyndhurst Castle, have built Brand Ribbon models for the Queens and Long Island LEGO Stores, volunteered at the Grand Opening Building Events at those 2 stores, had a public library display in Massapequa and are in charge of 5 LUG Showcase Displays. One of our members has conducted LEGO workshops for kids at local libraries. One of us is at Brickmagic this weekend and we have attended Brick Fair and will be attending Brick Fair once again this year.
Anyone interested in joining/learning more visit ilugny.com or send me a flickrmail (I'm notenoughbricks).
68 active members participating in about 7 shows each years plus 4 regular meeting somewhere in the province of Quebec.
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www.indylug.org
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TexLUG
http://texlug.org/
it's on DaveE's list,
just wanted y'all to know you've got at least one member here.
getting ready for Brick Fiesta !
texas' first lego con as far as i know.
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http://portlug.org/
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US - Arizona
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http://www.lugpol.pl/
Added - @Matthew
http://luxlug.net
Added - @Matthew - 28/10/11
So check us out at
http://ilugny.org
Added - @Matthew - 27/11/11
The LUGOCT was formed on November 1st, 2011 by Kevin Hinkle of Manchester,
Connecticut. The club shares the love of building by meeting up, putting on
shows, and enjoying knowing more people who like to build just like they do.
If you live in Connecticut and are interested in joining us, please visit us:
Group Flickr pool: www.flickr.com/groups/lugoct
Yahoo! Group: groups.yahoo.com/group/LUGOCT/
Added - @rocao
http://wislug.org/joomla/
I haven't been there yet, but it doesn't seem like a very large group from scanning the site.
In addition, I'm hoping to start a group in the Fox Cities/Northeast Wisconsin area. Anyone interested please PM me and I'll add you to an email list. Once we find enough interested people we'll try for a real world meeting (and get a website).
CLUG - Canberra LUG - ACT - http://www.clug.com.au/
MUGS - Melbourne LUG - VIC - http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/mugs-list/
SydLUG - Sydney LUG - NSW - http://www.sydlug.com/
There was an attempt to start one in Adelaide (AdeLUG), but I think it stalled.
If you can get there this weekend -
http://www.brickventures.org.au/
WA Bricks Society (previously 'PALS', Perth Adult Lego Society) -
http://www.wabricksociety.org.au/
BLTG (Brisbane Lego Train Group)
http://www.bltg.org/
Also, in general, this discussion on Flickr.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/[email protected]/discuss/72157621156447274/
http://chilug.webs.com/
A constanly growing afol community in Luxembourg/Europe.
Thanks for thre update.
http://w11.zetaboards.com/LUG_Notts/index/
http://www.brickshire.org.uk.
http://www.facebook.com/tnvlc
delvalug.com/
It's pretty nice, though you might have to sign in with your LEGO ID. The site is still fairly new, and there have been some bugs, but the intent is for this to be an up to date and publicly accessible resource for the AFOL community.