LEGO 2025 Unveiled + Will Star Trek Join the LEGO Universe

[00:00:00] This is the Battlegorilla LEGO Podcast, Episode 43, LEGO 2025 Unveiled, Plus, Will Star Trek Join the LEGO Universe?

[00:00:13] The secret title of today's episode is A Last-Minute Look at the LEGO Brick Road Ahead.

[00:00:23] I hadn't planned on doing a preview episode about 2025 until the last moment.

[00:00:31] Then, we got a rumor that I wanted to talk about, and as I started scripting that out, I realized that I wanted to discuss more than just that one set.

[00:00:43] And so, here I am doing a preview episode about 2025.

[00:00:51] The disclaimer.

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[00:01:29] Welcome to the Battlegorilla LEGO Podcast.

[00:01:39] My name is Mike Snethen.

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[00:01:41] Let's get right into it.

[00:01:43] Here's what we know about LEGO's 2025 offerings thus far.

[00:01:49] We are getting a number of new licensed IPs.

[00:01:53] The ones we know of being How to Train Your Dragon, One Piece, and Bluey.

[00:02:03] There will be a second Horizon Zero Dawn set coming in March.

[00:02:10] LEGO's licensing agreement with Formula One Racing is apparently going to be a wandering sub-theme like last year's Space was,

[00:02:20] with Formula One sets occurring in a number of various LEGO themes,

[00:02:24] starting with the obvious Speed Champions,

[00:02:28] but also appearing in City, Technic, Icons, and Duplo, possibly others as well.

[00:02:37] Also, in a very weird turn of events, LEGO is heavily rumored to be dedicating

[00:02:44] one of their three annual collectible minifigure assortments to Formula One,

[00:02:51] giving us not actual minifigures in that series,

[00:02:56] but buildable Formula One race cars that will have helmeted minifigure heads visible in the driver's seat.

[00:03:05] Looking at the promotional images for some of LEGO's January 1st releases,

[00:03:12] the Space sub-theme branding can be seen on some of the boxes.

[00:03:16] So, apparently, LEGO isn't finished with their space revival just yet.

[00:03:22] I'd heard some speculation that the Formula One wandering sub-theme was replacing space.

[00:03:30] Apparently, not the case.

[00:03:33] In addition to continuing their new space sub-theme,

[00:03:37] LEGO is also taking a nostalgic look back at the classic space era

[00:03:42] and giving us an upscaled and updated version of the Blacktron Renegade from 1987.

[00:03:49] The Simpsons return to LEGO with a Krusty Burger set later on in the year.

[00:03:56] The insanely popular LEGO Icons botanical sets are now being reorganized as their own theme

[00:04:04] out from under the Icons umbrella, called simply botanicals.

[00:04:10] Super Mario will be giving us a Mario Kart sub-theme.

[00:04:16] We are getting a large Lord of the Rings set for a third year in a row.

[00:04:21] This time, it's Bag End, home to Bilbo Baggins, then Frodo Baggins, and eventually Samwise Gamgee.

[00:04:31] The Transformer Autobots Optimus Prime and Bumblebee, from 2022 and 2024 respectively,

[00:04:38] will now have an enemy on the shelves,

[00:04:40] as Decepticon Soundwave becomes the third Transformer to be realized as an official LEGO set.

[00:04:47] This year, Star Wars will be giving us a UCS Death Star,

[00:04:55] reportedly LEGO's first $1,000 MSRP set.

[00:05:03] I'm planning to buy three or four of those.

[00:05:08] Way back in the second episode of this podcast,

[00:05:11] I raved and gushed about LEGO's Dreams line.

[00:05:15] And since then, I don't think I've said a single word about it.

[00:05:22] Everything that I said in my Dreams episode still holds true,

[00:05:27] and I still believe that Dreams is probably LEGO's most important theme at the moment.

[00:05:34] The animated series now has two seasons under its belt,

[00:05:37] and of those 40 episodes, I've seen about 12.

[00:05:45] It's not bad, I just don't think I'm its target audience.

[00:05:51] It doesn't hold my interest.

[00:05:54] My goal, my dream, so to speak,

[00:05:59] was to collect the entire first wave of sets,

[00:06:02] and then pick up select sets from subsequent waves.

[00:06:08] But most of the first wave has now retired,

[00:06:10] and I'm still three sets short of completion.

[00:06:14] The Dream Village set,

[00:06:16] Mr. Oz's Space Bus,

[00:06:19] and, of course,

[00:06:21] the biggest, most expensive set of the first wave,

[00:06:24] the Nightmare Shark Ship.

[00:06:28] When the second wave was announced,

[00:06:30] I paid attention to all the sets,

[00:06:32] if for no other reason than to know what was all out there.

[00:06:37] But since then,

[00:06:39] every time we get new Dreams sets announced,

[00:06:42] I take a look at them,

[00:06:44] and my first thought is,

[00:06:46] aren't these just the same sets we've been getting?

[00:06:52] They aren't.

[00:06:53] But at a glance,

[00:06:55] they might as well be.

[00:06:57] That trend continues into 2025.

[00:07:02] A green and white Z-Blob mech for Mateo,

[00:07:05] a gigantic Bunchu the Bunny set with Izzy,

[00:07:09] some kind of robotic or vehicular animal for Cooper,

[00:07:13] a primarily green ground vehicle for Mateo.

[00:07:18] It feels like I've seen this all before.

[00:07:24] And for a theme that's focused on creativity,

[00:07:27] that doesn't really seem like the way it should be.

[00:07:32] Anyway, superhero time.

[00:07:37] I'll do DC Comics first.

[00:07:40] One of the sets releasing on January 1st

[00:07:43] will be a Superman mech for $14.99 USD.

[00:07:48] In addition to the mech,

[00:07:50] the set also comes with a Superman minifigure to pilot it

[00:07:54] and a Lex Luthor figure.

[00:07:57] Why it's a Superman mech fighting Luthor

[00:08:00] and not a Lex Luthor mech fighting Superman

[00:08:03] is a legitimate question.

[00:08:07] A question that everybody seems to be asking,

[00:08:11] but that nobody has a good answer for.

[00:08:14] My only thought here is that

[00:08:16] you couldn't really put the Superman emblem

[00:08:19] on a Luthor mech,

[00:08:21] and the one adorning the Superman mech

[00:08:23] is a really cool-looking piece.

[00:08:27] I've heard some of the AFOLs in the Lego fan media

[00:08:30] stressing how important it is

[00:08:32] that this set rack up some impressive sales numbers.

[00:08:36] And I'm now adding my voice to theirs.

[00:08:39] This is the first Lego DC set

[00:08:42] that doesn't focus exclusively on Batman

[00:08:45] and Batman characters

[00:08:47] since the Wonder Woman vs. Cheetah set

[00:08:50] back in 2020.

[00:08:53] Lego needs to know

[00:08:54] that the toy-buying public

[00:08:56] will spend their money

[00:08:58] on non-Batman DC Comics Lego sets.

[00:09:02] Otherwise, we're going to have nothing but

[00:09:05] Batman, Batman, Batman

[00:09:07] from here on out.

[00:09:08] And we really need to fill out the ranks

[00:09:11] of our DC superhero

[00:09:12] and supervillain minifigure collections.

[00:09:17] Unfortunately,

[00:09:18] it looks like that one Superman mech

[00:09:20] is going to be the only

[00:09:22] non-Batman DC set

[00:09:24] that Lego has for us this year.

[00:09:27] This is particularly disturbing news

[00:09:29] when you realize that

[00:09:31] we get James Gunn's Superman movie in July.

[00:09:35] Big Superman movie.

[00:09:37] No corresponding Lego movie tie-in sets.

[00:09:41] Lego, what are you doing?

[00:09:45] Lego's big DC set of the year

[00:09:48] looks to be the $400 Arkham Asylum set

[00:09:52] rumored to hit this summer.

[00:09:54] No official word yet

[00:09:55] on which version of the infamous facility

[00:09:58] it's going to be.

[00:10:00] Also, no official word

[00:10:01] on whether or not this is finally

[00:10:03] going to be the set

[00:10:04] that gives us a minifigure

[00:10:06] of Batman villain the Mad Hatter.

[00:10:10] Over on the Marvel end

[00:10:12] of Lego's superhero theme,

[00:10:14] we're finally getting some love

[00:10:15] for Sony's animated Spider-Verse films

[00:10:18] with at least one set in January

[00:10:21] and a heavily rumored

[00:10:22] collectible minifigure series

[00:10:24] in September.

[00:10:26] We will also be getting

[00:10:27] a single movie tie-in set

[00:10:29] for the Fantastic Four film

[00:10:31] with a set entitled

[00:10:32] Galactus vs. the Fantastic Four.

[00:10:36] We've been told that it will have

[00:10:38] all four team members

[00:10:39] with the thing being a minifigure

[00:10:42] rather than a big fig,

[00:10:44] which most people seem to be

[00:10:46] disappointed about,

[00:10:47] but about which I am overjoyed.

[00:10:50] My concern is that it's a $60 set

[00:10:55] said to have 427 pieces,

[00:10:58] which makes me worry about both the size

[00:11:01] and complexity of the Galactus

[00:11:04] included in the set.

[00:11:06] But we'll see.

[00:11:09] Also, as of 2025,

[00:11:12] there will no longer be

[00:11:13] a Marvel Advent calendar.

[00:11:16] But Marvel's loss

[00:11:18] is apparently Minecraft's gain

[00:11:19] as they will be taking over

[00:11:21] that slot.

[00:11:22] We're also getting a $100 set

[00:11:26] that is a buildable version

[00:11:28] of the Marvel logo,

[00:11:30] along with a handful of minifigures.

[00:11:33] I'm very interested to see

[00:11:35] how this is received.

[00:11:37] It's not something that I want,

[00:11:39] but if it sells well,

[00:11:41] there'll be more of that kind of thing.

[00:11:44] It's a curious direction

[00:11:46] for Lego to go in.

[00:11:50] Most of the Lego stuff

[00:11:52] that I talk about here in the podcast

[00:11:53] is the Lego stuff

[00:11:55] that specifically interests me,

[00:11:58] which means that I haven't talked

[00:12:00] about everything coming out

[00:12:01] that's been announced.

[00:12:03] Obviously, we'll be getting more sets

[00:12:06] for City, Classic,

[00:12:08] Creator, Duplo, and Technic.

[00:12:12] Lego Ideas is giving us

[00:12:14] the Cullen House,

[00:12:15] which random pre-teen girls

[00:12:18] and for me is from

[00:12:19] the Twilight franchise.

[00:12:21] We get some more Brickheads.

[00:12:24] We get some sets for Animal Crossing,

[00:12:27] Disney, Friends,

[00:12:29] Harry Potter, Minecraft,

[00:12:31] Ninjago,

[00:12:33] Sonic the Hedgehog,

[00:12:35] and probably some themes

[00:12:37] that I've missed.

[00:12:39] Okay.

[00:12:41] It's time to shift over

[00:12:43] from what's been officially announced

[00:12:46] to what's only recently been rumored.

[00:12:52] Late Christmas Eve,

[00:12:54] early Christmas morning,

[00:12:55] instead of watching the skies

[00:12:57] for signs of Santa,

[00:12:58] I was watching the internet,

[00:13:01] and I saw a rumor

[00:13:02] about two Lego sets

[00:13:04] that we'd be getting

[00:13:05] in 2025.

[00:13:07] One of these

[00:13:08] is a Pirates of the Caribbean

[00:13:10] The Black Pearl set,

[00:13:13] which is fine.

[00:13:15] If true,

[00:13:16] it will be the second

[00:13:17] Black Pearl

[00:13:18] we'll have gotten from Lego,

[00:13:19] but the first one

[00:13:20] in quite a while.

[00:13:23] It's the other rumor

[00:13:25] that made me sit up

[00:13:26] and take notice.

[00:13:26] And that's the rumor

[00:13:29] that in 2025,

[00:13:31] we will be getting

[00:13:32] a Star Trek Lego set.

[00:13:38] This rumor specified

[00:13:39] that it would be a set

[00:13:41] in the Lego icons theme,

[00:13:43] so most likely

[00:13:44] an 18 plus sort of thing.

[00:13:48] On Christmas Day,

[00:13:50] this rumor was reported

[00:13:51] on TheBrickFan.com.

[00:13:53] By Monday,

[00:13:56] we had more information.

[00:13:58] Still no confirmation,

[00:14:00] but a much more

[00:14:01] detailed rumor.

[00:14:03] German leaker

[00:14:05] Max Bout

[00:14:06] released a YouTube video

[00:14:08] that contained

[00:14:09] the following information.

[00:14:12] The Star Trek set

[00:14:13] being in the Lego icons theme

[00:14:16] was repeated.

[00:14:17] It will be set number

[00:14:21] 10356.

[00:14:22] Estimated piece count

[00:14:25] of 3,600

[00:14:27] with a release date

[00:14:30] of Black Friday 2025.

[00:14:34] So what exactly

[00:14:36] is this set rumored to be?

[00:14:39] The USS Enterprise

[00:14:41] NCC-1701-D,

[00:14:46] the protagonist ship

[00:14:47] of Star Trek

[00:14:49] The Next Generation.

[00:14:50] And it will come

[00:14:55] with nine minifigures.

[00:14:57] Captain Jean-Luc Picard,

[00:14:59] William Riker,

[00:15:01] Worf,

[00:15:03] Geordi LaForge,

[00:15:05] Data,

[00:15:06] Dr. Beverly Crusher,

[00:15:08] Wesley Crusher,

[00:15:10] Deanna Troi,

[00:15:11] and Guinan.

[00:15:14] Also said to be included

[00:15:15] is Data's cat, Spot.

[00:15:20] Now, I know that some of you

[00:15:22] out there might be saying,

[00:15:24] Hey,

[00:15:25] wait a minute,

[00:15:26] Mr. Podcaster.

[00:15:29] You've talked about

[00:15:30] Lego Star Trek

[00:15:31] before on your show.

[00:15:32] And you said

[00:15:34] that Lego

[00:15:35] would never

[00:15:36] do a Star Trek set

[00:15:38] because of a

[00:15:39] no-compete clause

[00:15:40] in Lego's contract

[00:15:41] with the Star Wars license.

[00:15:45] Okay,

[00:15:46] here are my current

[00:15:47] thoughts on that.

[00:15:48] First of all,

[00:15:50] without an official

[00:15:51] announcement,

[00:15:53] all this is

[00:15:54] is a rumor.

[00:15:55] It could turn out

[00:15:56] to be nothing.

[00:15:59] Second,

[00:16:01] time passes

[00:16:02] and things change.

[00:16:05] Maybe Lego

[00:16:07] and Disney

[00:16:07] came to some

[00:16:08] sort of agreement

[00:16:09] that allows Lego

[00:16:10] to now do this.

[00:16:12] Who knows?

[00:16:14] But third,

[00:16:15] third,

[00:16:16] and the phrase

[00:16:17] third times a charm

[00:16:18] is almost a mantra

[00:16:20] here behind the scenes

[00:16:21] at the podcast

[00:16:22] after I fumble a line

[00:16:23] twice during recording.

[00:16:26] It's just possible

[00:16:28] that the no-compete clause

[00:16:30] keeps Lego

[00:16:31] from doing

[00:16:31] a Star Trek

[00:16:32] theme

[00:16:33] and what is being

[00:16:35] discussed

[00:16:35] by the leakers now

[00:16:37] is a single

[00:16:38] Star Trek

[00:16:39] set.

[00:16:41] Big difference?

[00:16:42] I don't know.

[00:16:45] A difference?

[00:16:48] Lego's

[00:16:49] Icons line,

[00:16:50] which the company

[00:16:51] started in the year

[00:16:52] 2020,

[00:16:53] is where the majority

[00:16:55] of Lego's

[00:16:56] 18 plus sets

[00:16:57] live.

[00:16:59] The ones that

[00:17:00] aren't already

[00:17:01] ensconced under

[00:17:02] another theme umbrella

[00:17:03] like Star Wars

[00:17:04] or Marvel

[00:17:05] for the UCS

[00:17:06] ships

[00:17:06] or the Marvel

[00:17:07] modulars.

[00:17:09] It's where

[00:17:10] the Botanicals

[00:17:11] line has been

[00:17:11] up until 2025.

[00:17:14] It's been

[00:17:14] the new home

[00:17:15] of the Modulars

[00:17:16] line

[00:17:16] and the Winter

[00:17:17] Village collection

[00:17:18] for the past

[00:17:18] few years,

[00:17:19] having moved

[00:17:20] there from

[00:17:21] Creator Expert.

[00:17:23] But it's also

[00:17:24] given us a couple

[00:17:25] of one-shot

[00:17:26] set licenses.

[00:17:28] The large

[00:17:29] Ecto-1

[00:17:30] and Back to the

[00:17:31] Future cars,

[00:17:32] the Queer Eye

[00:17:33] loft,

[00:17:34] the Friends

[00:17:35] Apartments,

[00:17:37] the recent

[00:17:37] Dune

[00:17:38] Ornithopter

[00:17:39] set,

[00:17:41] and

[00:17:42] Icons

[00:17:42] has given us

[00:17:43] some

[00:17:43] one set

[00:17:45] a year

[00:17:45] or one set

[00:17:47] every couple

[00:17:47] of years

[00:17:48] licenses,

[00:17:49] Rivendell

[00:17:50] and Baradur

[00:17:51] from Lord

[00:17:53] of the Rings,

[00:17:54] and Optimus

[00:17:55] Prime and

[00:17:55] Bumblebee

[00:17:56] from Transformers.

[00:17:58] So the

[00:17:59] thought of

[00:17:59] Lego doing

[00:18:00] the massive

[00:18:01] and lucrative

[00:18:02] Star Wars

[00:18:02] theme

[00:18:03] alongside

[00:18:04] a single

[00:18:06] Star Trek

[00:18:07] set

[00:18:07] does sound

[00:18:08] plausible.

[00:18:10] I'd even

[00:18:11] believe

[00:18:12] one Star

[00:18:13] Trek set

[00:18:13] every year

[00:18:15] or two.

[00:18:17] it isn't

[00:18:18] going to

[00:18:19] be cheap.

[00:18:21] 18 plus

[00:18:22] 3,600 piece

[00:18:24] licensed

[00:18:25] set

[00:18:26] with nine

[00:18:27] minifigures

[00:18:28] in the

[00:18:29] Icons

[00:18:29] theme.

[00:18:31] Hmm.

[00:18:33] My guess

[00:18:34] is somewhere

[00:18:35] in the

[00:18:36] $350

[00:18:36] to $500

[00:18:38] range.

[00:18:41] Something

[00:18:42] that is

[00:18:42] either a

[00:18:43] huge coincidence

[00:18:44] or more

[00:18:45] supporting evidence,

[00:18:46] take your pick,

[00:18:48] is that the

[00:18:49] German toy

[00:18:50] company

[00:18:50] Blue Bricks

[00:18:51] had held

[00:18:53] the Star Trek

[00:18:53] license for

[00:18:54] building brick

[00:18:55] sets for a

[00:18:55] couple of

[00:18:56] years,

[00:18:56] but was

[00:18:57] recently unable

[00:18:58] to extend

[00:18:59] it for another

[00:19:00] year.

[00:19:01] Their license

[00:19:02] expires

[00:19:03] December

[00:19:04] 31st,

[00:19:06] 2024,

[00:19:06] 2024,

[00:19:07] and they

[00:19:08] have until

[00:19:09] June 30th,

[00:19:10] 2025,

[00:19:12] to finish

[00:19:13] selling off

[00:19:14] whatever back

[00:19:14] stock they

[00:19:15] have remaining.

[00:19:17] It's almost

[00:19:18] like Paramount

[00:19:19] or CBS

[00:19:21] or Viacom

[00:19:22] or whoever

[00:19:22] were planning

[00:19:24] to hand

[00:19:25] the license

[00:19:25] over to

[00:19:26] someone else

[00:19:27] in the

[00:19:27] second half

[00:19:28] of 2025.

[00:19:32] This rumor

[00:19:33] has the

[00:19:34] online Lego

[00:19:34] and Star Trek

[00:19:35] communities

[00:19:36] going nuts.

[00:19:39] Most of

[00:19:40] them see

[00:19:41] the three

[00:19:41] words

[00:19:42] Star Trek

[00:19:42] Lego

[00:19:43] and make

[00:19:44] up the

[00:19:45] rest of it

[00:19:45] in their

[00:19:46] heads,

[00:19:46] just assuming

[00:19:47] that it'll

[00:19:48] start out

[00:19:48] with a

[00:19:49] nine or

[00:19:49] ten set

[00:19:50] wave,

[00:19:50] with a

[00:19:51] new wave

[00:19:52] at least

[00:19:52] twice a

[00:19:52] year.

[00:19:54] Sorry,

[00:19:55] no,

[00:19:56] please read

[00:19:57] the actual

[00:19:57] post or

[00:19:58] article before

[00:19:59] wildly

[00:20:00] speculating,

[00:20:01] please.

[00:20:03] Okay,

[00:20:06] I'm tired

[00:20:06] of saying

[00:20:07] rumor every

[00:20:08] time I

[00:20:08] mention the

[00:20:08] set.

[00:20:09] I think

[00:20:10] that I've

[00:20:11] established

[00:20:11] that this

[00:20:12] is only a

[00:20:12] rumor and

[00:20:13] could be

[00:20:14] completely

[00:20:14] false.

[00:20:15] A

[00:20:16] miscommunication?

[00:20:17] A

[00:20:18] prank?

[00:20:18] Or a

[00:20:19] flat-out

[00:20:19] lie?

[00:20:20] As

[00:20:21] always,

[00:20:22] when dealing

[00:20:22] with Lego

[00:20:23] information that

[00:20:24] hasn't been

[00:20:25] officially released

[00:20:26] by the Lego

[00:20:27] group,

[00:20:28] take everything

[00:20:29] with that

[00:20:29] ubiquitous

[00:20:30] grain of

[00:20:31] salt.

[00:20:32] I will

[00:20:33] now continue

[00:20:34] the episode

[00:20:34] as if this

[00:20:36] Lego Star Trek

[00:20:37] set was

[00:20:38] actually going

[00:20:39] to happen.

[00:20:41] Getting the

[00:20:41] crew of the

[00:20:42] Enterprise D

[00:20:43] in minifigure

[00:20:44] form opens

[00:20:46] up a sort

[00:20:46] of Pandora's

[00:20:48] box.

[00:20:49] In the

[00:20:50] past,

[00:20:50] when I've

[00:20:51] asked some

[00:20:52] of the

[00:20:52] third-party

[00:20:53] minifigure

[00:20:53] accessory

[00:20:54] manufacturers

[00:20:55] why they

[00:20:56] haven't been

[00:20:56] making Star

[00:20:57] Trek stuff,

[00:20:58] I've been

[00:20:58] told that

[00:20:59] without an

[00:21:00] actual Lego

[00:21:01] Star Trek

[00:21:01] property,

[00:21:02] there's

[00:21:03] simply not

[00:21:03] enough call

[00:21:04] for it.

[00:21:06] Well,

[00:21:07] this would

[00:21:08] be an

[00:21:09] actual Lego

[00:21:11] Star Trek

[00:21:12] property.

[00:21:14] which means

[00:21:15] there should

[00:21:17] now be

[00:21:17] a call

[00:21:18] for it.

[00:21:20] I would

[00:21:21] hope that

[00:21:22] the minifigures

[00:21:23] in the set

[00:21:24] will come

[00:21:25] with things

[00:21:25] like phasers

[00:21:26] and tricorders,

[00:21:28] maybe a

[00:21:29] hypo spray

[00:21:30] or two,

[00:21:32] Riker's

[00:21:32] trombone,

[00:21:33] no,

[00:21:34] probably not

[00:21:34] Riker's

[00:21:35] trombone.

[00:21:37] There are

[00:21:38] companies out

[00:21:39] there that

[00:21:40] make nothing

[00:21:40] but clone

[00:21:41] trooper

[00:21:42] accessories

[00:21:42] because they

[00:21:44] feel they

[00:21:45] can produce

[00:21:46] better versions

[00:21:47] of clone

[00:21:48] trooper

[00:21:48] accessories

[00:21:49] than Lego

[00:21:50] can.

[00:21:51] This is

[00:21:52] the kind

[00:21:53] of mindset

[00:21:53] you run

[00:21:54] into with

[00:21:55] the more

[00:21:55] entrepreneurial

[00:21:56] Lego

[00:21:58] hobbyists.

[00:22:01] Firestar

[00:22:02] Toys over

[00:22:02] in the UK

[00:22:03] releases a

[00:22:04] couple of

[00:22:05] custom

[00:22:05] minifigures

[00:22:06] a week,

[00:22:07] all for

[00:22:08] properties that

[00:22:09] Lego is

[00:22:10] already doing

[00:22:10] and they

[00:22:12] seem to

[00:22:13] release things

[00:22:13] like

[00:22:13] accessories

[00:22:14] and upgrade

[00:22:15] packs more

[00:22:16] often than

[00:22:17] they do

[00:22:17] the figures.

[00:22:19] Taking a

[00:22:20] look at

[00:22:20] Ghostbusters

[00:22:21] as an

[00:22:22] example,

[00:22:23] Firestar

[00:22:24] sells custom

[00:22:25] printed arms

[00:22:26] to upgrade

[00:22:27] the minifigures

[00:22:28] from the

[00:22:29] original

[00:22:29] Ecto-1

[00:22:30] Ideas set,

[00:22:32] custom

[00:22:32] figures of

[00:22:33] Walter

[00:22:33] Peck and

[00:22:34] Gozer the

[00:22:35] Gozerian,

[00:22:36] a custom

[00:22:37] printed

[00:22:38] minifigure

[00:22:38] scale copy

[00:22:39] of Tobin's

[00:22:40] spirit guide,

[00:22:43] custom

[00:22:44] personalizable

[00:22:45] Ghostbuster

[00:22:47] torsos,

[00:22:48] both male

[00:22:49] and female,

[00:22:51] 3D printed

[00:22:52] proton packs,

[00:22:54] and lots

[00:22:55] of other

[00:22:56] stuff,

[00:22:56] including a

[00:22:57] golden snack

[00:22:58] cake custom

[00:22:59] printed on

[00:23:00] a 1x2

[00:23:01] trans clear

[00:23:02] tile.

[00:23:04] So how

[00:23:05] long after

[00:23:06] the release

[00:23:07] of the

[00:23:07] Star Trek

[00:23:07] set,

[00:23:08] before they

[00:23:09] or companies

[00:23:10] like them

[00:23:11] start giving

[00:23:13] us better

[00:23:14] phasers,

[00:23:15] or the

[00:23:16] larger phaser

[00:23:17] rifles,

[00:23:19] Ferengi

[00:23:20] heads,

[00:23:21] Ferengi,

[00:23:23] Andorian,

[00:23:24] Tellarite,

[00:23:25] and so on,

[00:23:28] Borg.

[00:23:28] I want the

[00:23:32] opportunity to

[00:23:33] walk out of

[00:23:34] the vendors

[00:23:35] area of a

[00:23:36] Lego convention,

[00:23:37] flat broke,

[00:23:39] but equipped

[00:23:40] with all the

[00:23:40] parts to fill

[00:23:42] out an entire

[00:23:43] multi-species

[00:23:44] starship crew.

[00:23:47] And, I also

[00:23:48] want more

[00:23:49] official Lego

[00:23:51] Star Trek

[00:23:51] sets.

[00:23:53] Maybe one a

[00:23:54] year,

[00:23:54] maybe one

[00:23:55] every couple

[00:23:56] of years,

[00:23:57] maybe a

[00:23:58] winning lottery

[00:23:59] ticket so that

[00:23:59] I can afford

[00:24:00] to actually

[00:24:00] buy them.

[00:24:02] Other ships

[00:24:03] complete with

[00:24:04] minifigures of

[00:24:05] other crews,

[00:24:08] Pike's

[00:24:08] Enterprise

[00:24:09] from Strange

[00:24:10] New Worlds,

[00:24:11] Kirk's from

[00:24:12] Classic Trek

[00:24:13] and or the

[00:24:14] first six and a

[00:24:15] half Star Trek

[00:24:15] movies,

[00:24:16] or Kirk's

[00:24:18] Enterprise from

[00:24:18] the J.J.

[00:24:19] Abrams Kelvin

[00:24:20] timeline movies,

[00:24:22] Discovery from

[00:24:25] Discovery,

[00:24:27] The Cerritos

[00:24:28] from Lower

[00:24:29] Decks,

[00:24:30] The Defiant

[00:24:31] from Deep

[00:24:31] Space Nine,

[00:24:32] and while

[00:24:34] you're at it,

[00:24:35] Deep Space

[00:24:35] Nine itself.

[00:24:38] I also

[00:24:39] really want

[00:24:39] things like

[00:24:40] The Bridge

[00:24:41] and Sick

[00:24:42] Bay and

[00:24:43] the Transporter

[00:24:44] Room,

[00:24:44] but once

[00:24:45] I've got

[00:24:46] the minifigures

[00:24:47] to populate

[00:24:48] those areas,

[00:24:49] I can build

[00:24:50] those myself

[00:24:51] as mocks.

[00:24:53] I want

[00:24:55] to bold

[00:24:55] Lego where

[00:24:56] no one has

[00:24:57] gone before.

[00:24:59] Please,

[00:25:01] please,

[00:25:02] please,

[00:25:03] please,

[00:25:04] don't

[00:25:05] just

[00:25:06] be

[00:25:07] a rumor.

[00:25:10] Okay,

[00:25:12] shorter than

[00:25:13] usual episode

[00:25:14] this week.

[00:25:16] Next week's

[00:25:17] episode will

[00:25:18] be the one

[00:25:19] that I said

[00:25:20] this week's

[00:25:21] episode would

[00:25:21] be last

[00:25:23] week.

[00:25:24] That's not a

[00:25:25] confusing sentence,

[00:25:26] is it?

[00:25:27] Okay,

[00:25:29] next week,

[00:25:30] the story of

[00:25:31] The Metal

[00:25:32] Beard

[00:25:32] Experience.

[00:25:34] Links to

[00:25:35] the podcast's

[00:25:36] social media

[00:25:37] and wishlists

[00:25:38] can be found

[00:25:39] at

[00:25:40] battlegorilla.com

[00:25:41] slash links.

[00:25:43] Newly added

[00:25:44] to that list

[00:25:45] is a link

[00:25:46] to my

[00:25:46] Flickr page

[00:25:47] where I've

[00:25:48] recently been

[00:25:49] uploading pictures

[00:25:50] of some

[00:25:50] brickhead mocks,

[00:25:52] mostly

[00:25:53] original

[00:25:54] Star Trek

[00:25:54] characters,

[00:25:55] and the team

[00:25:56] from the

[00:25:57] animated

[00:25:57] Creature

[00:25:58] Commandos

[00:25:58] series,

[00:25:59] and more

[00:26:00] will follow.

[00:26:02] If you enjoy

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[00:26:05] please tell

[00:26:07] all your friends

[00:26:08] about it.

[00:26:08] We love

[00:26:09] word of mouth.

[00:26:11] And,

[00:26:12] as always,

[00:26:14] if you just

[00:26:15] don't like the

[00:26:16] podcast,

[00:26:16] well,

[00:26:18] be sure to

[00:26:19] recommend it

[00:26:19] to your enemies.

[00:26:22] The podcast's

[00:26:23] intro and

[00:26:24] outro themes,

[00:26:25] Podcasting is

[00:26:26] Awesome,

[00:26:26] inspired by

[00:26:27] Tegan and

[00:26:27] Sarah's

[00:26:28] Everything is

[00:26:28] Awesome,

[00:26:29] An Ode

[00:26:30] to Gibberish,

[00:26:31] were created

[00:26:31] by Michael

[00:26:32] Reich.

[00:26:36] I think I

[00:26:37] just closed

[00:26:38] Pandora's box

[00:26:39] and I

[00:26:40] want to know

[00:26:40] if you

[00:26:41] can punch

[00:26:42] a sucker

[00:26:43] how else

[00:26:43] would you

[00:26:44] know

[00:26:44] that I've

[00:26:45] done

[00:26:45] everything

[00:26:46] except

[00:26:46] any of

[00:26:47] it.

[00:26:48] You can

[00:26:49] have your

[00:26:50] bald eagle

[00:26:50] afraid of

[00:26:51] fire

[00:26:52] and you

[00:26:52] can eat

[00:26:53] it too

[00:26:53] and there

[00:26:54] could be

[00:26:54] so much

[00:26:55] joy

[00:26:55] and I

[00:26:56] want

[00:26:56] my

[00:26:57] libido

[00:26:57] well

[00:26:57] how else

[00:26:58] I mean

[00:26:59] wish me

[00:27:00] luck

[00:27:01] on the

[00:27:01] prayers

[00:27:02] for junk

[00:27:03] food

[00:27:03] I

[00:27:04] I

[00:27:04] I

[00:27:04] can't