The Lego ‘Star Trek’ Set Is Right here, and It is Precisely What You Need

Open hailing frequencies to your pockets, as a result of after a brief tease throughout Star Trek Day, it’s lastly right here—Lego’s first-ever official Star Trek set, celebrating one of the crucial beloved Starfleet flagships of all time.

This morning Lego confirmed what many had anticipated after that temporary tease of a minifigure Captain Picard a couple of months in the past: it’s boldly going into the world of Star Trek with a duplicate of the USS Enterprise-D, as seen in The Subsequent Technology. Clocking in at 3,600 items, the dimensions reproduction of the Enterprise-D is a devoted illustration of the Galaxy-class starship, together with a detachable saucer section to recreate the ship’s capability to separate into two autonomous craft and even a tiny little opening shuttle bay on the rear of the saucer, which homes two miniscule shuttlepods. As soon as constructed, together with its stand, the mannequin is round 10.5 inches tall, 23.5 inches lengthy, and 18.5 inches large.

Lego Icons Star Trek: The Subsequent Technology U.S.S. Enterprise-D Gallery

In fact, except for the stand that includes the technical information of the Enterprise-D (and angled so you’ll be able to pose the ship in flight because it was usually seen in TNG), the set additionally options 9 minifigures recreating the first forged of the present. You’ll get the beforehand teased Captain Jean-Luc Picard alongside Information, Geordi La Forge, Will Riker, Deanna Troi, Beverly Crusher, Worf, Guinan, and Will Crusher (sure, he’s carrying the jumper). In addition to a separate show stand, they’ll additionally all include a sequence of thematic equipment, from normal Starfleet package like a phaser, tricorder, PADD, or an engineering package and a conveyable tractor beam generator, to some extra character-specific touches, like a teacup for Picard, Riker’s trombone, a bottle for Guinan (it’s inexperienced, so perhaps Aldebaran whiskey?), and Spot the cat for Information. D’aaw!

Star Trek might reside in a post-scarcity financial utopia, however alas, we don’t, which implies you’ll have to cough up $400 if you’d like your individual Enterprise-D when it releases on November 28—and gold-pressed Latinum shouldn’t be a suitable various, earlier than you attempt your finest Quark.

In Ferengi spirit, maybe then, Lego will sweeten the deal if you buy the set on-line or from a Lego retailer between November 28 and December 1: a buildable 261-piece reproduction of one of many Enterprise‘s Sort-15 shuttlepods (particularly the Onizuka). The shuttle will embody a gap rear hatch and even an LCARS system displaying an incredible deep minimize: the stardate 45076.3, relationship it to the season 5 episode “Ensign Ro,” so it’s solely becoming that the bonus additionally features a minifigure of the feisty Bajoran ensign, Ro Laren.

The Lego Icons Star Trek: The Subsequent Technology USS Enterprise-D might be available to preorder here later this month.

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