How to join

Are you an Adult Fan of LEGO (18+) who lives in the New York City tri-state area? Are you interested in meeting other AFOLs, working on collaborative projects, and developing your building skills?

If the answer is yes, e-mail us at contact@ilugny.org. We’ll invite you to our next meeting or event where you can see what we’re all about. If you decide to join, you have two options for membership level.

If you become a Casual member, you get:

  • to attend meetings and events.
  • access to the private member forum.
  • access to the private member live chat.

Pro Members ($60/year, $5/month) also get:

  • the ability to order discounted bulk LEGO elements direct from LEGO through our annual LUGBulk program.
  • eligibility to win attendance prizes and participation awards at meetings (generally new/sealed LEGO sets).
  • 15% off at the LEGO Store on AFOL Days (happens quarterly).

The more active you are in the LUG, the more you’ll get back, especially as a pro member. Dues help to cover our operating costs (storage locker to store LUG property, web-hosting fees for the website/forum). If you join later in the year, the dues are prorated monthly.

If you’re under 18, you’ll just have to wait. Sorry! There are lots of online communities that allow teens to participate, like Brickset (16+) or in Flickr groups.

If you’re looking for something for your child, we recommend checking out the LEGO Club and FIRST LEGO League. You can also ask your local school or library about LEGO programs.

If you’re outside the New York tri-state area, use this map to find a LUG near you.

12 thoughts on “How to join

  1. I have just gotten interested in LEGO MOCs (My Own Creations). That has not prevented me from taking on some very large projects though! In the works are: a model of the Metropolitan Opera stage and then to produce different opera sets to go into it. With my kids I plan to build a model of the NC-4 (the first plane to fly across the Atlantic) and TinTin’s Unicorn Ship.

  2. I met some of you at comic con NYC a few months back, and I am very interested in joining the group. In the process of sorting a collection I have been working on since the early 80’s (finally, after 10 years un toched in a basement). very interested in participating in some large builds . I tend to be into castle and space for the most part but have been getting more into city.

  3. Hi, forgot to mention my name in the last email. its Emery, I’m 39 and just coming out of a 10 year dark age. I’m an avid lego fan and very interested in joining. Let me know.

  4. Hello. Over the course of the last two BrickFair events in New Jersey I spoke to and was approached by a couple of guys from your group, and on two separate occasions I was asked to attend a meeting. I was the guy who was showing a Football Stadium at last years New Jersey convention. I said I would think about it, and true to my word I have, and would like to attend one. When would your next meeting be?

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