I'm going to withhold judgement on it until we see the topside. The geometry on the D is just about a worst case scenario for lego parts and ventral fore (the neck and the 'bulging' part of the saucer in particular) is probably going to be the worst looking angle. Hopefully this leak is them trying to set some expectations iwanttobelieve.jpg
There aren't that many pictures of the bluebrixx enterprise d from below for comparison (and I still think it's odd the Lego model was shown from an angle you practically never see it from, but whatever)...
From golem.de:
From YouTube:
The bb enterprise d came with about 2k pieces for about 200 bucks, so the retail price per piece isn't even that far off. The dimensions are pretty much the same though (bb coming at 55 cm length, so slightly shorter), so I'll guess that Lego just keeps its course of avoiding larger plates and pieces to end up using so many more pieces for a model of roughly the same size. I really prefer how bb avoided sharp corners in the saucer section though.
/edit
Okay, my mistake: the bb enterprise is 55 cm wide, so the Lego one seems to actually be larger as, due to the elliptical saucer, the model is supposed to be wider than long:
Also, here's a better bottom view image I found on amazon, for a better comparison:
/edit 2:
Lego enterprise saucer section seems 60 studs wide. BB Enterprise is a bit harder to count from the images, but I'd say it's 52. So, yeah, Lego 1701-D is a bit bigger.
I didn't know what I was expecting from LEGO Star Trek... I mean, I didn't really have any expectations... But this looks kinda ugly and disappointing.
I don't know. Maybe ships that with significant rounded sections don't work in LEGO.
This looks like the Enterprise-D that Lego would have released in 2005 and already replaced it a few years ago with a larger and more realistic-looking version.
(Compare first versions of major Star Wars sets from the 1990s like the Millennium Falcon to the most current versions.)
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Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de · 28 pts · 300d
Does the Riker Minifig have an extra-articulated leg to go over seat backs?
GraniteM@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 299d
No, but he does have a trombone, and that's almost as good.
hydrashok@sh.itjust.works · 25 pts · 300d
It’s got some charm, but that’s a pretty weak attempt at the saucer section.
osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org · 7 pts · 300d
I'm going to withhold judgement on it until we see the topside. The geometry on the D is just about a worst case scenario for lego parts and ventral fore (the neck and the 'bulging' part of the saucer in particular) is probably going to be the worst looking angle. Hopefully this leak is them trying to set some expectations iwanttobelieve.jpg
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 299d
I was just thinking that. Those nacelles are just about perfect though.
TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 19 pts · 300d
WOW $400 fuck that
radix@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 300d
They couldn't even bother to work in a 1701 into the product code. Literally unforgivable.
quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 299d
And it has too many pieces to have it hidden there like what they did with the Saturn V with 1969 pieces.
f1error@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 300d
That is fugly and nowhere near worth the price Lego is asking. It's very disappointing.
KraeuterRoy@feddit.org · 6 pts · 300d
That's the LEGO way to do things - overpriced and underwhelming.
SiblingNoah@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 300d
They could have done much better.
washbasin@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 300d
The saucer looks like ass, especially for that price. Wow.
negativenull@piefed.world · 12 pts · 300d
That is disappointing, especially at that price.
lichtmetzger@discuss.tchncs.de · 11 pts · 300d
Look how they massacred my boy!
Asetru@feddit.org · 11 pts · 300d
There aren't that many pictures of the bluebrixx enterprise d from below for comparison (and I still think it's odd the Lego model was shown from an angle you practically never see it from, but whatever)...
From golem.de:
From YouTube:
The bb enterprise d came with about 2k pieces for about 200 bucks, so the retail price per piece isn't even that far off.
The dimensions are pretty much the same though (bb coming at 55 cm length, so slightly shorter), so I'll guess that Lego just keeps its course of avoiding larger plates and pieces to end up using so many more pieces for a model of roughly the same size.I really prefer how bb avoided sharp corners in the saucer section though./edit
Okay, my mistake: the bb enterprise is 55 cm wide, so the Lego one seems to actually be larger as, due to the elliptical saucer, the model is supposed to be wider than long:
Also, here's a better bottom view image I found on amazon, for a better comparison:
/edit 2:
Lego enterprise saucer section seems 60 studs wide. BB Enterprise is a bit harder to count from the images, but I'd say it's 52. So, yeah, Lego 1701-D is a bit bigger.
Xanthobilly@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 300d
No Borg cube?! I’m out. Yah, also agree on ticket price being absurd for such a shitty saucer section.
GraniteM@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 299d
Xanthobilly@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 299d
🫶
marlowe221@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 299d
Personally, I’m stoked and set some money aside for it when the first rumors came out early this year.
Is it perfect looking? No, it’s LEGO being used to create a ship that is all swoops and curves.
But I don’t care that it looks like LEGO. I have been waiting for official Star Trek LEGO since the 1980s.
Tattorack@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 299d
I didn't know what I was expecting from LEGO Star Trek... I mean, I didn't really have any expectations... But this looks kinda ugly and disappointing.
I don't know. Maybe ships that with significant rounded sections don't work in LEGO.
Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 299d
Not unless they're covered in greeblies like the Millennium Falcon.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 299d
This looks like the Enterprise-D that Lego would have released in 2005 and already replaced it a few years ago with a larger and more realistic-looking version.
(Compare first versions of major Star Wars sets from the 1990s like the Millennium Falcon to the most current versions.)
SatyrSack@quokk.au · 2 pts · 299d
What does that mean? That they only sell it on that one day, and will never make more? Or will it be a normal LEGO set that just launches on that day?
Honytawk@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 299d
Want to know as well. The price might be okay if it is on sale.
Apparently they made a new mold for Worfs minifig hair. So it would be strange if they only used it once.
marlowe221@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 299d
Seems unlikely that it will only be on sale for one day. Last year’s Black Friday set is still available, for example.