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Space. Literally, it means "nothing." A vacuum between stars and planets. But it's what connects all our worlds: Krysto, Zotax, Holox ... and Earth. So, by that same token, it means everything.

#LEGO minifigures #Star Trek #BrickCentral #BlueBrixx #LEGO photography #One Small Step #LEGO space

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"We are all explorers driven to know what's over the horizon, what's beyond our own shores. And yet the more I've experienced, the more I've learned that no matter how far we travel or how fast we get there, the most profound discoveries are not necessarily beyond that next star. They're within us, woven into the threads that bind us -- all of us -- to each other. A final frontier begins in this hall. Let's explore it together." - Jonathan Archer

#Star Trek #Star Trek ENT #Terra Prime #BlueBrixx #LEGO minifigs #BrickCentral #toy photography #LEGO photography

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BlueBrixx's NX-01 Shuttlepod

#Star Trek ENT #Shuttlepod One #BlueBrixx #Star Trek #Star Trek starships #LEGO minifigures

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Wenwu as Sulu

Sylvie Laufeydottir as Janice Rand

Dr. McCoy as Dr. McCoy

Trakkar as a Caitian crew member

Beaker as a Redshirt

#LEGO minifigures #Star Trek #cosplay #BrickCentral #BlueBrixx #Star Trek TOS #LEGO photography

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Join Starfleet

Starfleet. Get your Starfleet! Prepare yourself for Warp 10 excitement! Discover the undiscovered country!

#LEGO minifigures #Star Trek #BrickCentral #Star Trek TOS #Star Trek TNG #Star Trek ENT #LEGO photography #toy photography

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BlueBrixx really opened my eyes to the world of brick sets that are not LEGO but are now every bit as good as LEGO (if not better once you factor in affordability and the use of printed bricks instead of stickers). If you're a fan of franchises and themes that LEGO has refused to license for one reason or another (Star Trek, military, Pokémon, etc.), there is no better time to come out of the Dark Ages and get back into brick building!

#BlueBrixx #COBI #Mega Construx #OYO #LEGO #LEGO minifigures #toy photography #BrickCentral

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Ad Astra Per Aspera

#Star Trek #BlueBrixx #LEGO Ideas #LEGO #BrickCentral #ad astra per aspera #LEGO photography #Tales of the Space Age

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Lt. Wyldstyle, Status Report!

Wyldstyle Wyldstyle is at the helm The pilot seat is my realm We're in a field surrounded Still flight systems steady Impulse engines ready Buzz At the console Systems initializing Life support robust Now finalizing Will check inertial dampers And see if they’re hampered All is OK It appears that all is OK Shang-Chi Security detects no threats We'll do a personnel overhaul No decks unchecked All tactical functions are steady Phaser banks Deflector shields All at the ready All Apologies The most confounding thing We appear to be singing Most unusual So peculiar

#Status Report #Subspace Rhapsody #Star Trek #BlueBrixx #BrickCentral #LEGO minifigures #runabout #toy photography

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"You gotta go?"

"Yes."

"I envy you … the world you're going to."

"I envy you … taking these first steps into a new frontier."

#Star Trek #BlueBrixx #BrickCentral #LEGO minifigures #LEGO Space #Star Trek TOS #toy photography

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A Starfleet rallying song!

We know our purpose is To protect the mission Our directive ‘Cause we work better All together We overcome Our obstacles as one!

#Subspace Rhapsody #Star Trek #musical #Star Trek Strange New Worlds #Star Trek starships

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With so many high quality LEGO-compatible sets, from Cobi to BlueBrixx, it’s a great time to be a minifig! 

#LEGO minifigures #Cobi #BlueBrixx #LEGO #BrickCentral #toy photography

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If you’ve ever wanted to see the Delta Flyer from Star Trek: Voyager and a runabout from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine side-by-side in the same approximate scale... BlueBrixx has provided! 

#Star Trek #Star Trek VOY #Star Trek DS9 #Star Trek starships #BlueBrixx #Delta Flyer #runabout

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“My people call me K’uk’ulkan. But my enemies call me Namor.” 

#Namor #LEGO minifigures #BlueBrixx #BrickCentral #MCU #toy photography #Marvel #Disney

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“I’m stationed up in the Gamma Quadrant of Sector 4. As a member of the elite Universe Protection Unit of the Space Ranger Corps, I protect the galaxy from the threat of invasion from the Evil Emperor Zurg, sworn enemy of the Galactic Alliance.”

IYKYK  ;)

#Gamma Quadrant #Buzz Lightyear #Toy Story #BlueBrixx #BrickCentral #Star Trek DS9 #Star Trek #LEGO minifigures #toy photography

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The U.S.S. Rio Grande and the Delta Flyer ... the OTP we’ve been wanting to (star)ship all along!  

#Star Trek #Star Trek starships #Star Trek DS9 #Star Trek VOY #Delta Flyer #Runabout #BlueBrixx #OTP

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Review of BlueBrixx’s Delta Flyer ... by the U.S.S. Voyager crew  ;)

Tom Paris: Behold the Delta Flyer. Ultra-aerodynamic contours, retractable nacelles, para-metallic hull plating, unimatrix shielding based on Tuvok’s brilliant design for the multi-spatial probe, and a Borg-inspired weapons system.

Seven: Basic design elements are ... adequate.

Tom: High praise.

Harry Kim: If we used iso-magnetic EPS conduits in the plasma manifold, we could maximize the power distribution.

Tuvok: My shield designs could be successfully applied to a vessel of this size.

Captain Janeway: I’m impressed, but how quickly can it be built?

Tom: We could replicate the alloys and the new design components, use spare parts from storage. If we worked around the clock we could have it up and running inside a week.

[It actually took me about a day’s time in total to finish the Delta Flyer.  There aren’t as many pieces as the Rio Grande model, but some of the steps are a bit trickier than just snapping two bricks together.]

Seven: I suggest we turn our attention to the matter of structural integrity.

Tuvok: Agreed.

Seven: Lieutenant Torres’ hull design is flawed. We should be using tetraburnium alloys instead of titanium.

[Once again, BlueBrixx did an excellent job recreating the basic structure of the Delta Flyer seen in Star Trek: Voyager.  Unlike the similarly minifig-scale Galileo and Rio Grande, the bases of which were largely rectangular shaped, the Delta Flyer has a lot of sloping angles that the brickset designers could only replicate with building blocks through very creative and unconventional techniques.  As a result, the Delta Flyer is not as clean-looking of a model as its minifig-scale predecessors. There are a few places where the adjacent pieces had to be positioned in a certain way to recreate the proper angle but left gaps and seams as a result.  Not a bad trade-off in my opinion to get a brick model in this scale that resembles the onscreen Flyer so closely.  Plus, when viewed (or photographed) from certain angles, the gaps are barely noticeable.]

Harry: I keep telling you, we’ve got to reinforce the hull with kellinite. That’s all there is to it.

Tuvok: Proposing the same flawed strategy over and over again will not make it more effective, Ensign.

Harry: Well, we’ve got to come up with something or we’ll never get this thing off the ground.

Tuvok: Unless we find a way to reconfigure the structural integrity field, the hull will incur microfractures during descent.

Tom: Microfractures, Tuvok. Doesn’t necessarily mean we’ll have a hull breach.

Tuvok: And if we do, I suppose these useless design elements from your Captain Proton scenario will compensate for the problem.

Tom: Hey, every one of these knobs and levers is fully functional.

Tuvok: And completely superfluous.

Tom: Maybe to you. I am tired of tapping panels. For once, I want controls that let me actually feel the ship I’m piloting.

[Some time later]

Irina: Vectored exhaust ports, accelerated driver coils. Your vessel must be fast.

Tom: Gets us where we want to go.

Irina: Check your scanners. You’ll see a comet on the other side of the asteroid field. I wonder which of our ships could get there first.

Tom: Sounds like a challenge.

Harry: Not that I’m endorsing this misguided exercise, but maybe we can even the odds. New impulse thrusters.

Tom: Now that’s the spirit, Harry.

[One notable characteristic of the Delta Flyer model that distinguishes it from the Rio Grande and Galileo is that the Flyer has a lot of movable features. These include the aforementioned retractable nacelles and pop-out impulse thrusters.  There’s also the rear access hatch, the dorsal cover for the incorporated Borg technology, and a pullout bio-bed in the aft compartment. Fun!]

Special thanks to http://www.chakoteya.net/ for the Star Trek: VOY dialogue transcriptions from the “Extreme Risk” and “Drive” episodes.

And now for the photos with minifigs:

Why is Namor piloting the Delta Flyer?  If you know, you know.  ;)

#Star Trek VOY #Delta Flyer #BlueBrixx #Star Trek #Star Trek starships #LEGO minifigures

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LEGO-compatible minifig scale Star Trek models by BlueBrixx: Delta Flyer, U.S.S. Rio Grande, and Galileo 

#Star Trek VOY #Star Trek DS9 #Star Trek TOS #Star Trek #Star Trek starships #BlueBrixx #LEGO