LEGO Star Trek is only just warping into the portfolio later this month, but its next step is clear, especially according to the community.
Criticisms and notes from fans online since its reveal concern everything from the shape of the craft to its high price tag, especially with the exclusive minifigures and the set's play features. To amend the price tag, the best solution would be to make the set smaller. While it's too late to change the design of
Thankfully, the LEGO Group has the ideal foundation in place already, and it wouldn't need many decorations or any new minifigures.
LEGO Star Wars' array of midi-scale ships has demonstrated that it can dip into other themes, starting with Marvel, and Star Trek is a perfect fit for midi-scale models to capture the shape of the iconic ships, all without the need for minifigures. These sets typically come at a much lower cost, and with a stand for easy display.
It's a match made in heaven, given Star Trek's focus on ships, many of which are far too large to be close to scale with minifigures. The online LEGO community agrees, with dozens of midi-scale Star Trek models populating Rebrickable, sometimes remixing existing sets to create convincing new designs.
Should the first Star Trek set prove the speculated demand for more LEGO sets based on the franchise, midi-scale models are a good path to take to cover other Star Trek ships quickly, and without the need for any new minifigures that might increase costs during the design process.
This is only speculation (and a dash of wishful thinking), and it's only confirmed that
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