LEGO Icons Star Trek GWP revealed!
Posted by TheBrickPal,
The much anticipated 10356 Star Trek: U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D was revealed earlier today and the gift-with-purchase designed to accompany it, 40768 Star Trek: Type-15 Shuttlepod, has now been fully unveiled!
The model, based on the Onizuka shuttlepod from Star Trek: The Next Generation, will be available with any purchase of the Enterprise from November 28th to December 1st. This set also contains an exclusive minifigure of Ensign Ro Laren.
What do you think? Let us know in the comments, and view more images after the break...
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Would have probably rather had Chief OBrien but mkay
I really like this GWP, which sadly makes the Enterprise a day-1 must for me.
@Your_Future_President said:
"Would have probably rather had Chief OBrien but mkay"
I kind of understand leaving O'Brien out of both 10356 and this GWP, 40768.
His character was much better on Deep Space Nine than it was on The Next Generation, at least in my opinion.
@Your_Future_President said:
"Would have probably rather had Chief OBrien but mkay"
Perhaps if Lego Star Trek is here to stay than a DS9 set will come out
Scalpers like this. ;)
So for this, they took a Mouse Droid, painted it white, ripped the wheels off and replaced them with seaplane floats? The end results looks like a City set. Same number of minifigs, too. Boring GWP.
And I'll say it before all the Germans get here: boooo, stickers!
@Your_Future_President said:
"Would have probably rather had Chief OBrien but mkay"
this has my hopes up that some DS9 set is coming.
Waiting for Quark, Garak, Odo and especially Jadzia. And of course Miles.
All stickers, so could be recreated and stickers purchased or printed? Obviously not the fig, but man, this sucks for Trek fans.
Is NCC-1701-D on the front printed? Looks like all the other parts are stickers.
@CC said:
"Is NCC-1701-D on the front printed? Looks like all the other parts are stickers."
Nope, it's a sticker too. You can just about see the edge. Looks like they're transparent-backed - you can see the texture of the 4X4 slope on the front sides through the sticker. Unless that's a rendering error.
@dimc said:
"All stickers, so could be recreated and stickers purchased or printed? Obviously not the fig, but man, this sucks for Trek fans. "
I'm a little confused by this sentiment. It's one thing if you just object to stickers entirely, but I don't know how it would specifically be a problem that the set can be recreated with parts obtained from other sets.
@Andrusi said:
" @dimc said:
"All stickers, so could be recreated and stickers purchased or printed? Obviously not the fig, but man, this sucks for Trek fans. "
I'm a little confused by this sentiment. It's one thing if you just object to stickers entirely, but I don't know how it would specifically be a problem that the set can be recreated with parts obtained from other sets."
More the fig. Being able to build multiple shuttles is a plus, though it may be some time before third party stickers are available. I get that these are meant to boost sales, but it's very frustrating for people who want them and can't buy on day one or hour one. Would I love a witch king of Angmar? Certainly. Could I buy Barad Dur day one? No.
I will say this is probably one of the more beefy and successful GWPs that have happened. Well outside my budget obviously but it seems much more worthwhile than the Death Star GWP... especially since it comes with a set half the price lol.
Never give up!
Excellent pieces on that shuttle.
So why only one female character in the main set got chest shadow? It just seems inconsistent, enlightenment please?
@peterlmorris said:
"Never give up!"
Never surrender!
@DekoPuma said:
" @peterlmorris said:
"Never give up!"
Never surrender!"
Never say die!
We're quoting recent sets, right?
Just like with most GWPs I really like it. I would definitely buy this as a standalone set, but am not getting the Enterprise.
Interesting. For me, this is the first time ever the GWP is substantially more interesting than the associated main set.
No matter how you put it, these "pay up now or forever miss out" deals are just mean, and makes Lego appear greedy and evil. It must be really frustrating paying full price for the set like some months from now, and know that you got cheated out of a part of it. I'm not planning to buy the set so it's not an issue for me, but I feel really bad for those who wants it but aren't able to buy it day 1.
Is there a story behind the shuttle's name? I only associate it with the GTO (Great Teacher Onizuka) manga and anime.
In the second-to-last picture, it really looks like she's yelling "Hey! *I* had the right of way!".
More stickers than pieces?
@axeleng said:
Is there a story behind the shuttle's name? I only associate it with the GTO (Great Teacher Onizuka) manga and anime.
The shuttle is named after Astronaut Ellison Onizuka who died in the Challenger disaster.
@dimc said:
" @DekoPuma said:
" @peterlmorris said:
"Never give up!"
Never surrender!"
Never say die!
"
And never eat pears!
@axeleng said:
"Is there a story behind the shuttle's name? I only associate it with the GTO (Great Teacher Onizuka) manga and anime."
It’s named for Ellison Onizuka, who in real-world history was one of the astronauts killed in the space shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986.
Agreed the GWPs are frustrating, but I admit I fully intend to cave in on this one and get the set at release. I love Star Trek enough that I want to get all the Trek sets LEGO releases, unless it winds up being an unmanageable Star Wars-like deluge, which I’m sure won’t happen, and in particular I love Ro Laren and really dig this highly playable-looking Shuttlepod. But I do sincerely wish folks could just buy it on its own with no rush or hassle.