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Star Trek: Type-15 Shuttlepod

A little pod that packs a surprising amount of Starfleet charm into a small box

Brick Rated Score

3.8/5

Set 40768 · 2025

Pieces261

Minifigsn/a

Year2025

Set number40768

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The verdict

I did not expect to fall for a shuttlepod.

It is small, it has no crew, and it will never headline anyone's shelf the way the Enterprise does, but the shape is dead right and the detailing on that hull is better than a set this size has any business getting. I like it best as the thing you build in one sitting while the bigger Star Trek sets sit unopened, a palate cleanser that still respects the source material. If you want a serious building challenge or a big display piece, this is not it, but as a cheerful little tribute for a Star Trek fan's desk, it earns its spot.

Best for: Star Trek fans who want a quick, satisfying desk build alongside the bigger Icons sets

The full review

What it is

I did not expect to fall for a shuttlepod. Next to the Enterprise or the Galaxy class ships in LEGO's Star Trek lineup, the Type-15 is the little sibling nobody built a poster around, but sitting down with the 261 pieces I kept noticing how much care went into getting that stubby, rounded hull right. It has the exact silhouette from the original series, the little viewport, the panel lines, all shrunk down into something that fits in one hand.

The catch

I will be straight with you about the tradeoffs. There are no crew figures riding along, so this is a display model rather than a play set, and if you are hoping for a build that eats up an afternoon, 261 pieces goes fast. It also reads small next to the rest of the Icons Star Trek shelf, so if you are building a fleet display, this one is more accent piece than centerpiece. Because it shipped in limited quantities rather than as a standard retail set, some fans who wanted one simply could not track it down, which is its own kind of frustrating.

Who it's for

Get this one if you love Star Trek enough that even the support craft matter to you, or if you want a short, satisfying build to pair with a bigger ship on the shelf. Skip it if you are after a serious engineering challenge or a big standalone display piece, because that is not the job this little pod is doing.

The parts story

What the build is actually like, and the pieces worth knowing about.

The build itself is quick and calm, more like assembling a detailed model kit than working through the layered engineering of LEGO's bigger Icons ships. You spend most of the build shaping that rounded hull with curved slopes and plates, and the satisfaction comes from watching a fairly abstract stack of grey and white pieces suddenly resolve into a recognizable shuttlepod silhouette in the last third of the build.

There is nothing flashy in the parts list here, no rare printed elements or brand new molds, and that is honestly fine for a set this size and this price point. The value is in the shaping, not the piece rarity, curved slopes and wedge plates doing the work of selling that boxy TOS era silhouette. It is a good reminder that a small set can still feel purposeful when the design team clearly understood the source shape before they touched a single brick.

Fun facts

01The Type-15 shuttlepod first appeared in Star Trek: The Original Series as a small auxiliary vehicle used for short range transport and cargo runs, distinct from the larger shuttlecraft used in later series.
02This set continues LEGO's push to expand its Star Trek Icons lineup beyond the Enterprise itself into smaller support craft from the franchise.
03At 261 pieces it is one of the smallest entries in LEGO's adult focused Star Trek catalog, built more as a quick companion piece than a headline display model.
04Limited distribution meant the set was harder for some collectors to find compared to standard retail Icons releases.