Steve, here are a few customizations of Elgg created by my company:

• http://challengesd.eu/
• http://web1.outsidr.com/ (no layout yet, only features)
  
• http://alshabaka.me/
  
• http://nasz-rejs.pl/
  
• http://elggdev.com/ (this site lists functionalities you can install on Elgg)

There's also demo of Elgg website available here, where you can test functionalities and various Elgg plugins:

http://test.elggdev.com/

Unfortunately I can't show you the intranet websites we've been working on due to NDA, although this is where Elgg's power is the most visible. In general, there is almost no functionality you can't code within Elgg. The customized site can be completely different from the default layout.

If you need more examples, they're available here.

Steve,

You can see some other live applications with elgg at elgghub.com/portfolio.

Please contact me at Skype:webcubes to clarify your specific requirements with elgg.

Regards,

Lovegin

Hi Steve,
      Well visit http://www.pluginlotto.com too. you will find lot's of interesting stuff there. http://sandbox.izap.in is the demo of all plugins available at pluginlotto.com.

Skype: izapwebsolutions

Thanks

Tarun

You guys are great.  I love an active community.  Keep them coming. 

http://ppsz.com

http://maroclife.nl

This is my site:

http://www.oranyero.com/

Is private, you need register for access.

Photos of my site:

Access to the site.

Inside of the site.

is there a free themes for elgg sites. and what other usuable plugins for elgg?

Hi, you can see plugins and themes in "plugins", on the menu of top of this site.

You can them acces: http://community.elgg.org/pg/plugins/all/

: )

Hello Steve,

You can take a look to our designs into our portfolio http://www.keetup.com/portfolio
If you would like to have a list of the sites we can show working please send me an email to info @ keetup.com

Regards.