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I honestly cannot believe that Lego's first Star Trek set hasn't appeared until the year of our Lord 2025. That just doesn't make sense to me
CBS has had a death grip on the IP for so long. You couldn't even put the theme tune online without a DMCA.
Lego also doesn't like to have any sort of ambiguity with sets. Things are distinct.
I can 100% see executives seeing Star Trek and Star Wars as too similar. Or there being some clause in the Star Wars contract about it.
There was another brick toy company that had the license until two years ago or so.
Bluebrixx i believe
I love that they are starting with TNG! And have the whole cast there.
Tasha is there too... in spirit.
Can’t wait for DS9
It is interesting to see different reactions to this in different communities. In the LEGO community it is mostly positive. In one of the tenforward communities it was all very negative. Here it is positive.
Give it time.
To this day I regret not having bought all the ST Bluebrixx sets. Because at this point Lego is incredibly overpriced and the sets have absolute dogshit value/price to performance.
Will probably buy the Lego sets anyway, bc some part of my brain is broken that way when it comes to ST
$4 in injected plastic costs $400 because people keep buying this.
How dare people have a hobby.
Truth.
Also, for $400 and a weekend, you could produce all those parts yourself in a brand new printer and keep the printer. 🙃
That sounds like a damn powerful printer at a damn cheap price point.
5-7yrs ago maybe, but these days? $200 for a decent, entry-level machine + $15-30/L of resin (~500kg), ergo ≈$400 for an Enterprising start to a new hobby.
You're not printing anything near the tolerances Lego is made at with a 3d printer. Certainly not for $400.
Got that spec handy?
One source says 0.01mm. But it's not just the size tolerance. It's also in the fact that they can hold that tolerance through repeated use. If you're going through the trouble of printing 3600 pieces and making sure they're all at least decent then why not just print the completed model at that point? Factor in equipment, materials, and time and suddenly that $400 price point doesn't seem so bad.
Sorry, what's your experience with 3D printing, exactly? You seem to be coming in pretty hot with overconfident conjecture, NGL.
Nothing except what I've read. But that has fuckall to do with one's ability to search and reason. The cheapest you could print that many parts for is $200 or so. That's assuming you don't fuck it up the first half dozen times too, which someone lacking experience would likely do. And that's also for the absolute most basic equipment and materials. You're likely going to end up spending at least $400 to match Lego quality, probably more. This whole conversation started based on the premise it would be cheaper to 3d print this particular Lego set. I don't believe it is.
While I don't entirely disagree with you, one can safely assume that if printing the sets (vs purchasing) is an attainable solution, the cost of said solution rapidly decreases by iterative learning alone —if they're smart, and start with a smaller set before tackling this behemoth. I'd assumed similar at the outset, I suppose.
That said, I've been printing pretty much FT for 6+ years now (including teaching), so please take this as less of an online yarp from some rando anon and more of a cheeky "fuck the Man, man" sentiment. Power to the people, LEGOs and all. ✊🏼🤪