LEGO Enterprise rumors

[Mres_was_framed!]

I really hope this is not actually happening. Lego has said in the past they they had no interest in a Star Trek silence as they were concerned that it would confuse/take away recognition from their Lego Star Wars line, which, I believe, is their bestselling licensed product in the history of the company, as possibly their best selling line overall as well. Clearly the general public has a much better understanding than they did in 1999 that Star Trek and Star Wars are not the same thing, though.

I will mention am someone who creates Lego fan-designed-models of Star Trek ships, mostly for fun, but I have made some YouTube videos about them. Lot's of fans of lots of franchises do this. Sometimes the fan-models have features that the Lego designs would lack, but Lego has a strong policy for playability (meaning that the models have to be able to put up with some play without breaking).

Lego has a fan-designer process through their Lego Ideas site, where fans can submit models, which if they gain enough following are made into official sets with Lego designers helping finalize the process. Fan-designers get 1% of sales, and their name picture, and an interview in the instruction booklet.

The truly upsetting thing about this is that Lego explains on their Lego Ideas site that they will not offer the profit sharing, or credit, to a fan-designer if Lego already has an agreement to license that for any property.

If Lego did get this license on their own, none of us will be able to submit a Star Trek design to Lego Ideas, ever.

 

[Firebird]

If Lego did get this license on their own, none of us will be able to submit a Star Trek design to Lego Ideas, ever.

Nothing unusual or tragic about that. In fact, that's a common thing - writers always tell people to not submit ideas to them or ask them to read their scripts on social media as legal protection.

 

[Mres_was_framed!]

Nothing unusual or tragic about that. In fact, that's a common thing - writers always tell people to not submit ideas to them or ask them to read their scripts on social media as legal protection.

That is the opposite of my point. This is why Lego Ideas was different. Lego wanted submissions from fans, yet there seem to have been at least a couple times fans were shut out.

 

[Daedalus]

Latest rumor suggests it's the Enterprise-D.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1873882553423163744

Max is usually quite reliable, so I'll take this with a lighter pitch of salt than usual.

I can't imagine the cost, but I'd try and buy this for the minifigs.

Well, Enterprise-D had a renaissance of sorts in PIC

That's a possible reason, and coincidentally I'm having a bit if a Lego renaissance myself, so this is good timing. Still, I really would've expected TOS this close to its 60th anniversary.

 

[Tosk]

This thing from Mega Bloks is 945 pieces still pretty big. 3600 peices would be massive. They must be incorporating some interior sections of the ship, if it's actually happening.

Yeah, but that version is pretty rough. More pieces doesn't just mean a bigger model, but also much better detail.

Mega Bloks vs Bluebrixx

 

[Tomalak]

3600 pieces would be similar to the Jabba's Sail Barge set or their Artemis SLS, to give an idea of price range. I bet it will be on the higher end if it is including minifigs.

You would need a high piece count to handle all the compound curves. The Enterprise-D is one of the hardest they could have tackled from a Lego perspective.

 

[JamesRye]

You see the stuff from BlueBrixx and Mega Blocks and its just junk compared to what Lego produce. I'd be surprised if Lego dont go with TOS or TNG - because that Enterprise and those costumes are iconic and simple. No way should they go near anything modern - because the design asthetic does not work and the new shows are way too niche. The failure of the Discovery line badly hurt Eaglemoss and was part of the reason that company failed, and I think a line based on SNW would also be a mistake - even though they ape the iconic TOS designs.

 

[Tosk]

You see the stuff from BlueBrixx [...] and its just junk compared to what Lego produce.

I think "junk" is a pretty big stretch, but to each their own. LEGO is definitely the more polished production though, to be sure. As they should be.

But other Brick companies helps expand the range (as well as usually being a little kinder to the wallet), with releases that LEGO would never do.

 

[NCC-73515]

You see the stuff from BlueBrixx and Mega Blocks and its just junk compared to what Lego produce. I'd be surprised if Lego dont go with TOS or TNG - because that Enterprise and those costumes are iconic and simple. No way should they go near anything modern - because the design asthetic does not work and the new shows are way too niche. The failure of the Discovery line badly hurt Eaglemoss and was part of the reason that company failed, and I think a line based on SNW would also be a mistake - even though they ape the iconic TOS designs.

Have you seen the BB big Trek ships, or the TOS tricorder, or their Nostromo and Sulaco?

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Supposedly, it's going to come out around Black Friday 2025.

https://www.brickfanatics.com/more-details-lego-icons-star-trek-2025/

 

[HIjol]

Until Lego produces it I won't believe it. A new licensing agreement during an acquisition period seems suspicious.

I truly hope it does happen with LEGO®…
Wonder if the people at LEGO® have Rules of Acquisition?

 

[Ronald Held]

Rather have a LEGO 1701. YMMV.

 

[HIjol]

Agreed, save the “B”…
Too duck-like…

 

[Firebird]

3600 pieces would be similar to the Jabba's Sail Barge set or their Artemis SLS, to give an idea of price range. I bet it will be on the higher end if it is including minifigs.

You would need a high piece count to handle all the compound curves. The Enterprise-D is one of the hardest they could have tackled from a Lego perspective.

If it ends up being the D, I applaud LEGO for taking a big swing from an engineering perspective.

 

[Avro Arrow]

Wonder if the people at LEGO® have Rules of Acquisition?

Based on the crazy prices they charge… they’re familiar with them.

 

[Mres_was_framed!]

You see the stuff from BlueBrixx and Mega Blocks

At one time the quality of the actual plastic of the pieces was much lower for other companies, but that may not be the same. As far as set design, Lego has really strict standards, I imagine, compared to the other companies. Or it might be fair to say that Lego, even with standard pieces and special pieces that their company designed, is a bit of an innovator and trying to make sets sturdier and more detailed. The sets from the 90's have great character, and in that respect might be highly regarded, but the very reason Lego sets have been getting more expensive is that they have more pieces to get more strength and detail.

If it ends up being the D, I applaud LEGO for taking a big swing from an engineering perspective.

Lego seems to be going for the tougher items first and then the easier ones, if their work recently on other franchises are any indication. That, and the fact the 1701D model was the most expensive thing to sell at the Christie's auction in 2006 may indicate, even to someone with no knowledge of Star Trek, that this particular ship model is something that fans would want. I say that, even though many of us might find the 1701 or 1701A filming models more appealing or more valued.

I've been buying Lego and doing my own Star Trek model designs for years, and at this point the idea of buying a Star Trek Lego set as a unit, like buying other Star Trek merchandise, as opposed to buying parts and then creating my own ships, just feels strange. I realize that I might be in the minority on that.

 

[JamesRye]

Have you seen the BB big Trek ships, or the TOS tricorder, or their Nostromo and Sulaco?

I have not. Maybe I was being a little too salty. It's my opinion that Lego products, whilst expensive are really high quality. I mean the Dune ornithopter is incredible. Other brick based products look and feel like cheap knockoffs to me.

But I can appreciate that LEGO is overpriced. And there's a ton of stuff that they'd never do as it wouldn't be commercial enough. And I haven't seen the rival merchandise since 2009 when someone got me a 'fake lego' ship.

 

[NCC-73515]

Some of the nicest looking BB designs:

LEGO has big shoes to fill, I think.

 

[Mres_was_framed!]

It's my opinion that Lego products, whilst expensive are really high quality.

I would not say Lego is overpriced, since the price-per-piece is about the same as ever. It is just that prices are up because detail, the of number tiny pieces, extra pieces for strength, and the overall size of models is very different from what is was a couple decades ago.

Some of the nicest looking BB designs:

LEGO has big shoes to fill, I think.

Mu goodness, some of those Star Trek ships looks so accurate I would not have known they are Lego-style bricks and not model kits. Others look very block compared to what Lego-puts out. The D7, Federation Phaser Rifle, NX01, Defiant, and Shuttlecraft look so much like the filming models, props or CGI, at least in these small images that it is hard to believe they were made that way. I don't think I see Lego getting to that kind of accuracy, because strength and playablity (both important, too, though) would likely cancel that out to a degree.

P.S. The idea of a set that looks like V'ger is kind of silly, no offense intended. The original movie does not show the whole ship at once, and the idea of playing with V'ger kind of downplays its massive size, I would argue, even for a kid. A model of V'ger that captured its size and the way that feels would possibly be too ridiculously huge to make a proper set to play with. Maybe that silliness of seeing V'ger feeling small is what the designer intended though, and I can respect his/her opinion.

 

[publiusr]

Mu goodness, some of those Star Trek ships looks so accurate I would not have known they are Lego-style bricks and not model kits.

And that is as it should be. Trek designs should be fluid.

LEGO had very different sets that were far smoother—a snap-ship deal with smooth saucers that are interchangeable would be nice—maybe get the tooling to MEGO’s small TMP ships.

“Others look very block compared to what Lego-puts out.”

LEGO and Minecraft are a natural fit…ugh.

I rather liked the Galidor line bashed here:

These Are The Disastrous Lego Kits That Almost Ruined The Company

Just 10 years ago, Lego was on the brink of bankruptcy.

www.businessinsider.com

Perhaps LEGO could take the Nacelle company under its wing.