Star Trek as a building model: BlueBrixx previously offered stylish brick building block sets based on the adventures of Picard and Janeway. But this will come to an end in 2025.
LEGO has Star Wars, the alternative BlueBrixx has Star Trek – at least until mid-2025. Then the license for Starship Enterprise and Co. from the toy manufacturer from Flörsheim, Europey, will finally expire.
The producer of terminal blocks has been producing since 2021 75 sets for almost all Star Trek series out, almost always focused on the “golden time” of the 90s and 2000s with Deep Space Nine, Voyager and Next Generation. But the very first series about Kirk and the Starship Enterprise also featured several plastic spaceships and replicas such as the Klingon disruptor or the original Tricoder.
This is now overas the BlueBrixx makers explain in a new video.
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No more new sets
The negotiations with license owner CBS about an extension dragged on for months; BlueBrixx had more Star Trek releases plannedamong other things, minifigures based on the well-known characters should appear.
But ultimately they couldn’t agree on a new deal the medical tricorder the last Star Trek set from BlueBrixx remains. From now on only remaining stocks will be sold; Several models are already sold out in the online shop because sets could no longer be reproduced due to the unclear licensing situation.
The makers point out that some Star Trek models that are sold out online can still be found in physical toy stores. The recommended retail prices are between 8 and 200 dollars.
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What’s next at BlueBrixx?
Even if Star Trek is removed from the manufacturer’s range of clamping building blocks, science fiction fans can look optimistically into the future while having fun crafting and building. The LEGO competitor BlueBrixx continues to offer Sets for “Stargate SG-1” and “Stargate Atlantis” an.
The video also talks about upcoming announcements especially in the field of science fiction. However, no details have been revealed yet, probably due to ongoing negotiations with other license holders.
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