Lego Unveils First-Ever Star Trek Set (the-independent.com) 52
New submitter semper_statisticum shares a report from the Independent: Lego is releasing its first-ever Star Trek-inspired model -- with an incredible recreation of the signature ship from the '80s TV series. Made from 3,600 pieces, the [first-ever] Star Trek inspired Lego set is of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D, the spaceship that serves as the main setting of Star Trek: The Next Generation series, which ran for seven seasons, as well as the 1994 film, Star Trek Generations.
"[It] allows builders to craft a detailed replica of the iconic starship, complete with a detachable command saucer, secondary hull, and warp nacelles with distinctive red and blue detailing," according to a press release from Lego. "The model also features an opening shuttlebay and two mini shuttlepods, perfect for recreating classic scenes." The set comes with nine mini-figures of Star Trek: The Next Generation characters, including Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Commander William Riker, Lieutenant Worf, Lieutenant Commander Data, Dr. Beverly Crusher, Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge, Counsellor Deanna Troi, bartender Guinan, and Wesley Crusher. The set will be sold on Lego's website and in stores for $399.99, with orders shipping on November 28th.
"[It] allows builders to craft a detailed replica of the iconic starship, complete with a detachable command saucer, secondary hull, and warp nacelles with distinctive red and blue detailing," according to a press release from Lego. "The model also features an opening shuttlebay and two mini shuttlepods, perfect for recreating classic scenes." The set comes with nine mini-figures of Star Trek: The Next Generation characters, including Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Commander William Riker, Lieutenant Worf, Lieutenant Commander Data, Dr. Beverly Crusher, Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge, Counsellor Deanna Troi, bartender Guinan, and Wesley Crusher. The set will be sold on Lego's website and in stores for $399.99, with orders shipping on November 28th.
Shut up and take my gold pressed latinum... (Score:5, Funny)
Shut up and take my gold pressed latinum (or rather I would say that if I didn't need to give it all to my landlord...)
Startrek? That's pathetic (Score:5, Funny)
There's only one lego set that you want, this one:
https://youtube.com/shorts/_Ry... [youtube.com]
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There's also this [thebrickbible.com] and this [modernism.ro].
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to each their own (Score:5, Interesting)
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>"I, for one, much prefer this kind of LEGO"
OMG, that is freaking fantastic :)
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Where can I find the 3D plastic printer Plans? (Score:2)
Re:Where can I find the 3D plastic printer Plans? (Score:4, Informative)
Too lazy, aren't we?
https://www.thingiverse.com/se... [thingiverse.com]
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I see no meaningful difference, you get a pile of plastic that vaguely looks like something you saw on tv as a kid. A fleeting glimpse out of the corner of his eye, so to speak.
Yeah, whatever... (Score:5, Funny)
Let me know when they change their minds and produce the Spaceballs set and I'll get out my wallet.
https://beta.ideas.lego.com/pr... [lego.com]
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Let me know when they change their minds and produce the Spaceballs set and I'll get out my wallet.
BluBrixx has the Interstellar Camper, set number 106673.
1491 pieces, 50 Euro.
It's not official licensed Spaceballs.
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That idea is *ludicrous*!!!
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As far as I know they no longer apply and Disney can do whatever they want but when it comes to weird edge cases companies can get weird.
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This would be perfect to sell for the movie's sequel!
This one actually exists (Score:2)
$400 (Score:4, Insightful)
Ferengi acquisition rule #1: Once you have their money, you never give it back.
Re:$400 (Score:5, Interesting)
For us middle aged fathers pondering whether we can get away with spending our linen pressed cotton bills on this set, there is comfort in rule #6: Never allow family to stand in the way of opportunity
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That tracks right along with rule #94: Females and finances don't mix.
First thing after building it.. (Score:2)
..would be rebuilding it into a variant of the Nebula or Helios class of my own design, which I think looks much better.
Just like the last model I bought back in 1996, the Black Cat truck. Bought it with the plans to turn it into a more realistic model, which I finally did 22 years later and it looks great even if I say so myself. I've only seen one other rebuild ike it on the net.
Wow that's expensive (Score:2)
Yes it's more detailed than my Mega blocks version, but 400 dollars is a lot of money in canadian pesos
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I was thinking the same thing. It must have a whole raft of licensing fees on it. If the price keeps enough people out of the market for it then these will turn out to be some of the most valuable minifigs of all time. I wonder what it costs if you buy the same pieces (less the figures) via parts orders.
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Probably something like building a car from spare parts. I dunno, but even at 0.10$ a piece we're looking at over 350$. I know the plastics are not the same quality, but my Megablocks 1701-D was not even 100$ when I bought it.
Original lego bricks. (Score:3)
All I want for Christmas is a giant box of original style Lego bricks like I had a kid in the 1960's. With that answer a Meccano set my life would be complete.
Re: Original lego bricks. (Score:2)
https://www.lego.com/en-us/pro... [lego.com] they sell pretty much that right now.
Old Skool (Score:5, Insightful)
Call me old skool, but Legos were my favorite "toy" growing up and those sets were far more "generic". You build anything and everything, not just whatever a set was designed for... that kinda came later. Anyway, it is more fun and educational, using your imagination than it is just building a predetermined "model". I spent endless hours making stuff.
Don't get me wrong, I am a super STTNG fan and think this kit is awesome. I mean, it even has Spot! (But I also won't be forking out that much money for some plastic blocks).
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I can't wait for 'Legos as Beanie Babies' to finally come down the other side of the curve (10 years) - someday I'd like to have a room with a full metric ton of Legos for 'unstructured' (i.e. non-retarded) assembly.
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In my neck of the woods, you can buy used Lego by the kilo on eBay clones.
So you can definitely find cheap Lego today.
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I can't wait for 'Legos as Beanie Babies' to finally come down the other side of the curve (10 years) - someday I'd like to have a room with a full metric ton of Legos for 'unstructured' (i.e. non-retarded) assembly.
Most stores still sell the buckets and tubs of generic Lego bricks. I've got six big tubs of them, and sometimes order on Bricklink to get specific colors. It's cheaper than buying sets, by a lot, because there's no licensing involved. And I'd hope all the people that can't seem to see past the sets start buying the generics again so we see more of them, rather than less.
Re:Old Skool (Score:4, Interesting)
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Call me old skool, but Legos were my favorite "toy" growing up and those sets were far more "generic". You build anything and everything, not just whatever a set was designed for... that kinda came later. Anyway, it is more fun and educational, using your imagination than it is just building a predetermined "model". I spent endless hours making stuff.
Don't get me wrong, I am a super STTNG fan and think this kit is awesome. I mean, it even has Spot! (But I also won't be forking out that much money for some plastic blocks).
First, Lego sets were never "generic". They were exactly what they were, be it a truck, a house, a castle, a space ship, or a dog.
Second, today you build anything and everything. There appears to be one new/unique part in this set and it's a very useful one. Take a look at Rebrickable.com and you'll see that there's a truly massive trove of other things people are making out of today's Lego sets. There was a brief period around the 1990s where there were a high number of elements that could only be us
Re:Old Skool (Score:5, Informative)
No they weren't. There were sets that were just a collection of various types of bricks. They'd often have instructions for making a variety of things with the included bricks, but all the bricks were generic and not tailored for one thing. None of the things with instructions to build would use all the bricks. These sets used to be very common, but Lego reduced their prominence over the decades. They still make them, though. My sons have one of those sets purchased post-2010 - I think it came in a plastic bucket rather than a cardboard box.
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You are 100% correct.
And yes, often they were sold in buckets. And also there were some generally-generic sets that had tailored pieces, like roof, wheels, hinges, swivels, but they could be used to build anything. They weren't designed/patterned/colored for a specific model.
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This is correct. They came in a large white rectangular box with a clear plastic tray inside that different kinds of pieces were in. You could build anything you wanted. The also didn't have any "specialized" pieces like they have today. Back then, specialized pieces were things like windshields, doors, windows, tires/wheels and trees. Here is an example:
https://www.mercari.com/us/ite... [mercari.com]
The sets that were oriented for a specific thing came later. My fondest memories involve the old Lego Space theme. They c
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As for price, well, yeah. But this is a 3,600 element set that is licensed. Parts on the secondary market go for between $.10 and $.15 Canadian and this comes out on the upper end of that, but again, it's a licensed product so it's not just LEGO who gets a slice of the pie here. It's still not abnormal. It's just a high quantity of parts. The per-part value is high but not abnormal.
I'm sorry this is insane, paying $400 for a box full of cheap plastic is not just abnormal it is batshit crazy.
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The problem was, selling bricks didn't make Lego much money. They fell on hard times because toys went electronic and the 90s were rough as everyone drifted to
Meh, no bridge to play with (Score:2)
Slashdot user gets minifigged! (Score:5, Interesting)
and Wesley Crusher.
...famously played by Slashdot user CleverNickName.
Lego is so out of touch (Score:2)
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They charge what people are willing to pay. Absolutely nothing wrong with that.
These $400 sets are for collectors to build and display, not for children to play with.
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What took Legos so long??? (Score:3)
For decades, there have been two main sci-fi camps: Star Wars and Star Trek. Star Wars appealed more to the jocks, Star Trek to the nerds. There are a *whole lot* of nerds (including me) who have loved Legos and Star Trek for years.
They really need more than just this one ship, they need a whole ecosystem of Star Trek ships, large and small.
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80's nah it was too woke (Score:1)
\o/ (Score:1)
The independent have taken ad-farming to new levels - were they bought by Yahoo?