The following is a List of Lego Resources that will be beneficial to new members. (Moderator please pin to the top)

[Official Lego sites]

https://www.lego.com/en-ca
The Lego website is a great place that has many cool features.
a) The Lego shop carries the entire lineup of existing production sets available for sale including some that are sold exclusively here.
b) The VIP section is where you can get a VIP membership which enables you to earn points with your purchases that can be used towards discounts and exclusive contests. Becoming a VIP also gives you early access to new sets, and qualifies you for exclusive monthly gift with purchase sets.
c) A subsection of the Lego shop is the Pick a Brick area where you can order from a constantly changing assortment of individual bricks. https://www.lego.com/en-ca/page/static/pick-a-brick
d) The Lego website carries Building Instructions for every set ever made. It can be found under the Support tab. https://www.lego.com/en-us/service/buildinginstructions?marketfallbackfrom=en-ca
e) Also found under the Support is the Replacement Parts section called Bricks and Pieces, this is where if you your current production set comes with a missing/broken piece you can get it replaced for free. https://www.lego.com/en-us/service/replacementparts?marketfallbackfrom=en-ca A subsection of Bricks and Pieces is where you can buy bricks and minifigures from existing Lego owned IP sets. https://www.lego.com/en-us/service/replacementparts?marketfallbackfrom=en-ca
f) Finally there is a Kids Zone that has free Lego themed games and puzzles for kids to play with

https://lan.lego.com/
The Lego Ambassador Network is the website for Registered LUG’s to interact with The Lego Group. It is a great place to see what other LUG’s from around the world are building for their events.

https://ideas.lego.com/
Lego Ideas is a special website designed by Lego to interact with consumer fans of Lego. Every month Lego Ideas host building activities and contests with great prizes to incite people to get creative with Lego bricks. The most popular feature on Lego Ideas is Product Ideas, a place where fans of Lego can vote on and submit ideas for new sets to Lego via a crowd sourcing. New products Ideas are given milestones to accumulate votes of support from other fans, and if an Idea makes it to 10,000 supporters in time, it goes on to be reviewed by Lego, and potentially made into a real official set for purchase.

Feel free to add other Lego Resources, with a brief description and website link.

So recently found a interesting lego youtube channel, that I had never seen before, and thought a thread on cool online resources would be helpful to member's. If you find something cool while browsing feel free to share.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRn5waE0qfk Can Lego BREAK a Steel Axle?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUVvQk7XLd4 Making a Drone with Lego Motors and Propellers

This guy is a bit more famous.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpZxTXKQ6C4 Office Worker - LEGO Automaton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5y1pdPVDx8 The Ultimate LEGO Machine Returns!

Hi everyone,

Those of you who have been following my post in the MOC section about my experiences with designing Lego MOC's digitally with Stud.io and Mecabricks, have seen some snippets of my latest creation. Today I am proud to present to you my proposal for the next Lego Ideas set, the Rosefinch Keep. https://ideas.lego.com/projects/98293548-02a7-4898-b333-db3d17f8271e

Welcome to Rosefinch Keep the northern stronghold of Sir Rosefinch noble knight of the Wolfpack kingdom. While the Wolfpack was originally advertised as a small faction of rogues, renegades, and bandits; to me growing up they were knights from a distant northern kingdom. The Keep is home to Lady Astrid, Squire Hans and Sir Rosefinch, who is instantly recognizable by the red bird he wears atop his helmet. The Keep is guarded by two strong Wolfpack warriors, and like every good old building is home to a ghost.

I designed the Keep out of Black and Medium Stone Grey bricks, reminiscent of classic castle sets. The Keep is located in the northern frontier of the Wolfpack kingdom, and is built upon rocky islands off the shores of a lake, for protection from rival Kingdoms and roaming monsters. The buildings that make up the Keep are connected via stone bridges over the cold water below. The Keep is not just a decorative structure; it is functional too with all rooms accessible for play through moving walls and floors.

Reasons why the Rosefinch Keep would make a great LEGO set:

1st The kids who grew up playing with the classic black and grey castle sets, are now Adults with children, and money to spend reliving childhood memories.
2nd The bricks and pieces used to build this set are universally applicable to build multiple alternative MOC’s with for extended play by children and AFOL’s alike.

3rd The size of Rosefinch Keep is just right for a set. It is large enough to fit in among modular buildings. Yet has a small enough part count that keeps the price affordable for regular people not just AFOL’s.

4th Lastly the Wolfpack kingdom deserves to have its story told with their very own full size castle set.

Details:

Part count 1275
6 Minifigures (1x Sir Rosefinch knight, 2x Wolfpack guards, 1x Lady Astrid, 1x Squire Hans, 1x Ghost)
5 Animals (1x dog, 1x horse, 1x goat, 2x seagulls)
4 Rooms (1x bedroom, 1x armory, 1x kitchen, 1x secret vault)
1 Tree minifigure scale
Building was built using Stud.io
Minifigures were built using Mecabricks

Thank you:

Thanks for your support and comments. If you would like to see the Rosefinch Keep become a LEGO set please share with friends and family.

https://ideas.lego.com/projects/98293548-02a7-4898-b333-db3d17f8271e

Update, Have passed the 100 mark and now have 420 days to go! Thanks for all the support.

zavvi usa is $5.49 usd to ship to Canada I have been on the fence buying from them as customs can be hit or miss when buying lego from usa.
I decided to try them out and ordered the blue fiat, it was $95.48 USD shipped which equals approximately $125 Canadian considering the yellow fiat #10271 is $129.99 cad on lego.com even if I do get the 15% customs tax $5 savings to get a exclusive color seems like a good deal.

I am going to hijack this thread and post some pictures of Milug @ Brickcan 2018. If you have pictures feel free to share.

@Ptrotter you could order the parts from bricklink, only the plaque and box is unique to the set. https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemInv.asp?S=5006744-1

Heads up!

If you ordered any Star Wars Lego between May 1st and May 8th to take advantage of the May the 4th promotions check you order when it arrives. I ordered on May 1st, and spent over $200 to ensure all 3 promos showed applied to my order. However when I received my order, Lars Family Homestead Kitchen was missing from the order and the order list.

I called and spoke to customer service, they agreed it should of been shipped, however they are sold out of all 3 promotions as of today May 9th. Customer service did apply 2500 vip points which is the equivalent of $25 CAD which is nice they acknowledged their mistake, unfortunately the Lars Family Homestead Kitchen is selling for over $55 CAD on Bricklink, which means the credit is not equivalent.

https://www.thebrickfan.com/lego-star-wars-may-the-4th-2022-promotion-details/

LEGO has officially revealed the details of the 2022 LEGO Star Wars May the 4th promotions. These will run from May 1-8, while supplies last, and if you reach a certain purchase threshold, you can actually get all of them.

• Lars Family Homestead Kitchen (40531) – LEGO Star Wars purchases of $160
• The Mandalorian Beskar Keychain (5007403) – VIP exclusive with LEGO Star Wars purchases of $70
• AT-ST (30495) – LEGO Star Wars purchases of $40
• Double VIP Points

I had a PAB order in my cart before they shut down for maintenance. After the PAB site returned all items in my cart were still accessible and I was able to place an order. However the parts that I ordered no longer show up in PAB only on bricks and pieces.

I checked over PAB, and the 667 available parts is significantly less parts then where available before this update.

I like PAB as it usually is better prices then Bricks and Pieces, *not always. Bricks and Pieces is hard to search if you do not know the Lego design number, as you have to search via a set that the piece comes from if you do not know the design number. (the element number in bricklink does not always correspond to the Lego design number) That said I totally agree with Mike, from a AFOL perspective Bricks and Pieces is much more useful with it's large selection.

Hop on over to the Lego VIP rewards center if you missed out on any of the Lego VIP coins!
Lego has minted a limited amount of new coins, due to the popularity you can only redeem coins you missed on the first run of coins.
https://www.thebrickfan.com/lego-vip-collectible-coins-available-again-in-rewards-center/

Update
I missed the gold VIP and the classic space in the first round, and was able to redeem the coupon codes in the VIP reward center. Lego has designed their website in a way that in order to claim any reward you redeem points for you must apply the coupon code to a purchase. Unfortunately the checkout process is designed that you can only enter 1 coupon per order, so in order to get both of the VIP rewards I purchased with VIP points I have to make 2 separate purchases from the Lego website. ($35 min for free shipping, $110 min to get the year of the tiger GWP)

Hi Cal, welcome to the Milug forums! We meet formally once a month, and also informally discuss all things related to LEGO in the members forums and on discord through out the month.

We have done trades of parts, and minifigures at our meetings before. It never hurts to ask here as someone may have it, but for specific parts bricklink is usually the go to.

I only noticed 2 main differences in our stores the drawers are white with only the round area transparent, and also our stores have a sections of parts to build a small vehicle or animal.

zavvi usa is $5.49 usd to ship to Canada I have been on the fence buying from them as customs can be hit or miss when buying lego from usa.
I decided to try them out and ordered the blue fiat, it was $95.48 USD shipped which equals approximately $125 Canadian considering the yellow fiat #10271 is $129.99 cad on lego.com even if I do get the 15% customs tax $5 savings to get a exclusive color seems like a good deal.

Retired sets can have steep prices, Bricklink.com or ebay.ca would be the best sources online to buy that particular set. If your son just wants a crane, set 42108 is still in production and only $140. https://www.lego.com/en-ca/product/mobile-crane-42108