General LEGO Thread

[photon]

Hm I'm not as enthusiastic about it as I'd thought I'd be...

https://gizmodo.com/lego-star-trek-e...res-2000682256

[KTrain]

It's tough to get those smooth surfaces but I'll probably still get this.

Geordi's figure looks like the screen test.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by photon

Hm I'm not as enthusiastic about it as I'd thought I'd be...

https://gizmodo.com/lego-star-trek-e...res-2000682256

The mini-figs though are gold.

[The Yen Man]

Maybe the pictures don't do it justice? I'll probably still splurge and get it. I've always preferred Star Trek's designs vs. Star Wars.

I'm most excited for if they ever release the Romulan Warbird. As a kid, I always thought they were the coolest looking.

That and if they ever release a giant Borg ship. That would be epic.

[Ironhorse]

I think a Borg ship is inevitable. Including some Borg minifigs. And then we could also get Locutus of Borg.

[Sr. Mints]

I am already drawing up plans to change a room in the basement to a Star Trek-themed Lego room.

[DownInFlames]

Whoopi Goldberg is now a LEGOT.

[WhiteTiger]

Yeah, I'm not that impressed, either. I was hoping for a much bigger piece count, too.

[blankall]

Originally Posted by photon

Hm I'm not as enthusiastic about it as I'd thought I'd be...

https://gizmodo.com/lego-star-trek-e...res-2000682256

Does it have any interactive features? A bridge? Transporter room? Med bay? bar? It's just a model that the figures stand outside of? Pretty lame.

Honestly, the transport shuttle looks like the most fun thing about it. The playmobil version may have been better. They really nailed the aesthetic:

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[Wormius]

Originally Posted by Ironhorse

I think a Borg ship is inevitable. Including some Borg minifigs. And then we could also get Locutus of Borg.

Borg ship is like two grey 2x2 bricks put together.

[SutterBrother]

I mean, you have to buy enough sets that you can do Wolf 359 as your Zoom meeting backdrop right?

RIGHT?!?!

[Cecil Terwilliger]

I’m not gonna say I hate it but I’m not impressed at all. I already have too much Lego and I thought an enterprise D might get me to buy another set even though I have no room to put it but I am overwhelmingly disappointed. Dare I say it’s downright ugly.

[photon]

The look is growing on me.. if someone gave it to me I'd build it and display it. But would I give up my LEGO BttF DeLorean's spot for it? No.

The Star Wars aesthetic just lends itself so much better to LEGO.

[McG]

Originally Posted by photon

Hm I'm not as enthusiastic about it as I'd thought I'd be...

https://gizmodo.com/lego-star-trek-e...res-2000682256

Loved the first line: “open hailing frequencies to your wallet.”

I’ve always thought that the magic of these sets was the ability to not know the builds were many tiny LEGO pieces unless you looked closely.

I’m not a fan of making it blindingly obvious that it’s LEGO as the saucer section does. Could they really not have used one less brick layer so that they could smooth the hull?

I’ll still buy it (wife approval factor will have to be ignored) but I too was hoping for more pieces and a build that makes me desperate for the next one. And I hope that next one is a Klingon battle cruiser.

And I’m still waiting for another rollercoaster. Roller coasters don’t repeat a lot, and as they are working units they really show off the Lego building techniques.

Don’t blow this Lego!