got one of the last ones for christmas

[glitch@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Would still love instructions for a 5 thousand piece Enterprise and Bat'leth for mini figs:D

[osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org]

Really? That's not been my experience with modern sets

[valuesubtracted@startrek.website]

I'm seeing credible-seeming rumours that Lego has acquired the license, but nothing official yet...

[etterra@discuss.online]

This looks like a Chinese knockoff, I'm surprised it's legit.

[myrrh@ttrpg.network]

...these look good!..i still regret having to sell off my playmates starships during the dot-com crash...

[random@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

the mini figs are a legal issue unfortunately

[random@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

then you've been buying the right sets maybe, but it's still overpriced and they put all kinda of colours in their sets

[camr_on@lemmy.world]

Overpriced I'd agree with, but the quality seems to be as high as ever imo

[thessnake03@lemmy.world]

Just guessing the entire brand is a lego knockoff

[lemjukes@lemm.ee]

I’m sorry but what kind of complaint is ‘too many colors’ when talking about Lego?

[lemjukes@lemm.ee]

BlueBrixx is a German company making “Lego compatible” brick toy sets. Looks like they aim for more adult oriented sets hence the Star Trek and Star gate licenses. They also seem to produce military sets which Lego usually avoids.

[neutronst4r@beehaw.org]

Well that is a brand new sentence no one ever said before.

[vindictivejudge@lemmy.world]

They might be referring to the brightly colored structural pieces. I got a batmobile, for example, that has a lot of vibrant colors for internal pieces even though the exterior is entirely black and grey. The bright colors are so the instructions are more legible (you can see what was added more readily) and can be surprising when you first open a set, but they're fully covered in the final build and you would only know they were there if you built it yourself. The giant Imperial Star Destroyer is a great example of a model with a lot of internal color.

::: spoiler ISD internal

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[citizenkong@lemmy.world]

Yes, me too, got the Defiant and the DS9 Station (with another mini-Defiant).

[citizenkong@lemmy.world]

They also do hilarious knockoffs of franchise they don't have the licence for. Like a pirate ship with black sails that is simply called N.P.B. (which stands for Not-Black-Pearl). The cool thing is the quality is comparable to Lego but the sets are more than half the price.

[osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org]

I don't even know that I agree with that at this point. 5 years ago I would have maybe agreed but today they're right in line with what I would expect from a product whose quality didn't go down after inflation, since they didn't really raise prices after covid like everyone else.

I'll note though that I'm only talking about sets for the under 12 crowd, I haven't had occasion to buy any of the serous sets since the Tantive IV 20 years ago lol.

[random@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

yeah, that's exactly what I meant, maybe I'm just very autistic, but I payed for a gray set, so I want a gray set, yk

[asetru@feddit.org]

So glad I could pick up some discounted stuff as well... Not in this picture: the Stargazer, which is gift wrapped and will be handed over to my son later today. These will serve as presents over the next year or two.

[citizenkong@lemmy.world]

Kind of, but it's actually good quality and a lot cheaper.

[monkdervierte@lemmy.ml]

Can you make a retro-emulator sleeper-PC out of it?