15 Star Trek LEGO Sets Everyone Wants
Star Trek fans could be bricking it as we head into a new frontier of construction exploration.
Months of speculation and shady internet images finally came to fruition with the official announcement of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D adult collector's set on November 6th.
Accompanied by the limited edition gift-with-purchase of Ro Laren and the Onizuka shuttlepod, there was another question poised on the lips of every Lego-hungry Trekkie across the globe. What's next?
When putting this list together, several factors needed to be considered—cost, size and demand. Not every Star Trek fan has the room or funds to purchase £360 of Lego every year as a one-off item. It's important that The Lego Group, should they pursue this brand, be aware of how they can include as much of the brick-building Trek fanbase. Variety is indeed the spice of life, and The Lego Group, as can be seen through its activities with Star Wars, for example, has tackled that accessibility with aplomb.
Having The Lego Group behind the franchise is a big win that can open up a host of possibilities and imagination. It's also a widely available brand, allowing more fans easier access to purchase the products worldwide.
So let's dive in with the concepts, the brick combinations and the essential features that could make a Star Trek Lego range a big hit.
15. Deep Space Nine
This might not be too feature-heavy, given that the station itself is a huge structure in the series. Where The Lego Group would take the advantage is in detailing the surface of the former Terok Nor and making it as screen-accurate as bricks would allow. Ensuring there are visible Runabout pads is one. Another is to include modifications to turn it from the static station into the weapons platform of The Way of the Warrior, with some simple additions to points on the hull. Add in there some of The Lego Group's classic red translucent bricks or even a light brick to enhance the reactor core, and this really starts to come alive.
A fun thing that could be offered with this is scaled ships so that you can dock a mini-Defiant, Enterprise-D or Rotarran Bird of Prey nose-first. While acting as a display piece, it then also adds a bit of series realism with the ability to move your docked craft around and deploy or stow your armaments.
Having the full crew, including Ezri, is a given for the display stand regaled in their black and greys. Fans have been asking for a Worf with a bat'leth, and an Odo with his bucket wouldn't go amiss. Quark would also need to come with one of his "Come to Quark's" mugs, and Sisko would be incomplete without a baseball and a Niners cap.