The German brick toy maker BlueBrixx had their Enterprise-D on sale recently, so I took a chance and imported this set.
Pics of the front and back of the box, which weighed 8 lbs and was packed very securely for the overseas trip.
Two inner cardboard boxes contain all 20 or so bags.
The dominant color is a light gray that looks just about identical to Mega’s “BLG” color (their 2016 Enterprise 1701 and other sets). Close enough to not notice a difference when combining these bricks with Mega pieces of that color.
The bags are numbered, but not like Lego and Mega do. Here’s the scheme: You pick out all the bags with the number 1 on them, then gather them together (like into a 1-gallon bag as I’ve done), gather all the number-2 bags with each other, and so on. So you have six sections which correspond with the six parts of the instruction booklet.
Part 1 assembles the display base. Parts 2 and 3 are for the secondary hull. Parts 4 and 5 are respectively the top and bottom of the primary hull (saucer section). Part 6 comprises the two engine nacelles and stand-alone placard.
Here you can see all the parts listed in the final pages of the manual.
And they include a little part separator.
With almost no exception, the pieces fit together very solidly and nothing felt like sub-par plastic in my hands.
The only occasions when I didn’t have confidence in the pieces maintaining their grip on each other were with the tiniest (1×1 stud) pieces. For instance, if I were to take this model and turn it upside down, I’d worry about losing one of the four tiny tiles with rounded corners that are resting on the saucer. Most of those pieces of that size stay on fine, but a small number have a looseness to them.
Overall, I’ve definitely happy with this set and am regularly checking the Bluebrixx site since they’re cranking out new construction sets all the time for the Trek license. I intend to take this Enterprise set apart and add the bricks to my supply of mostly Mega pieces for future MOC projects, which in the long run is what I wanted.
Live long and prosper!
Old Bolty-Neck 