Star Trek fans who have long envied the Star Wars franchise’s collaboration with Lego are finally getting something to celebrate: Lego is introducing a version of Star Trek’s USS Enterprise, specifically the Enterprise-D from Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Because we don’t live in the post-money utopian society of the 24th century, the kit will cost you, and unfortunately, it’s priced well into the for-superfans-only zone. The 3,600-piece starship and collection of minifigs will run you $400 when the set officially leaves spacedock on November 28.
Though the Enterprise-D is far from our favorite Enterprise, it does make sense as a starting point for the Lego Group. The Next Generation‘s seven-year run in the late ’80s and early ’90s represents a creative and cultural peak for the franchise, and a 2010s-era remaster that painstakingly re-scanned and upgraded all of the original footage and effects for high-definition TVs has kept the old episodes looking fresher than other ’90s Trek shows like Deep Space Nine and Voyager.
As a Star Trek and Lego aficionado, I appreciate the company’s typical attention to detail, especially in the nine included minifigs (Picard, Riker, Data, Crusher, Troi, Worf, and Geordi are all here, plus Guinan and Wesley, though fans of Dr. Pulaski will be disappointed to hear she isn’t included). Each includes a thematically appropriate accessory, from Worf’s phaser to Riker’s trombone. The ship’s saucer section can also separate from the rest of the ship, and the attention to detail for logos and decals is still strong.
If I have criticisms, it’s that the Enterprise-D seems light on the kinds of interior surprises that some of the company’s other themed sets include, and Lego’s blocky-and-bumpy aesthetic isn’t as good a fit for a sleek Starfleet ship as it is for rougher, junkier ships like the Millennium Falcon.
Still, Lego’s designs and attention to detail are a step up from what Lego-curious Star Trek fans have had to endure in the past. The Lego Enterprise-D is a clear step up from the version that Mega Bloks sold in the early 2000s, for example, and to my eye, it also looks more thoughtfully designed than the Enterprise-D set that BlueBrixx put out in the early 2020s.
BlueBrixx, which is based in Germany and sells “Lego-compatible” kits, had the license to build and sell Star Trekmodels from 2021 to mid-2025, and the expiration of that license opened the door to a collaboration with Lego. It remains to be seen whether Lego dives any deeper into the Star Trek universe as it has with Nintendo, Disney, and other licensees or if this is a one-and-done collaboration.
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