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Star Trek: U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D

The very first LEGO Star Trek set, and the Enterprise-D mostly sticks the landing.

4.3/5

Set 10356 · 2025

Pieces3,600

Minifigs9

Year2025

Set number10356

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The verdict

If you grew up with The Next Generation, this is an easy yes, because it's the first ever LEGO Star Trek set and the nine TNG minifigs alone almost carry it.

You get a 62cm saucer-separating Enterprise-D that looks great considering it's a ship made entirely of curves. The catch is the $399.99 exclusive price and a lot of stickers, so it's really for the fan who wants it on a shelf, not the value hunter chasing bricks per dollar.

Best for: TNG-loving adult builders who want a display centrepiece

The full review

What it is

Right, let's talk about a proper landmark, because 10356 is the very first LEGO® set ever to carry the Star Trek badge. After decades of fans asking, LEGO finally went there, and they went straight for the big one: the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D from The Next Generation. This is a 3,600 piece display model that stretches to about 62cm long, so it's got real presence on a shelf without needing a whole sideboard to house it. The saucer section detaches from the secondary hull, which is the exact party trick every TNG fan wants, and the twin nacelles get their proper red and blue glow detailing. There's even an opening shuttlebay with a couple of little shuttlepods tucked inside.

The catch

Now the honest bit, because your wallet deserves a heads up. At $399.99 (or £349.99 / €379.99) this is priced as a premium collector piece, and plenty of reviewers pointed out it feels a touch expensive for the size of the ship. It's also seriously sticker-heavy, so a big chunk of the surface detail comes from decals you line up by hand rather than printed tiles, which is always a heart-in-mouth job on a set this pricey. The saucer is built from panels on a faceted frame, so if you look closely you'll spot seams and stepped gaps, most obviously on the underside. A few builders also wished for a tiny microscale bridge inside the saucer, which isn't there, and since it's a LEGO exclusive you can't really wait for a retailer discount.

Who it's for

So who should grab it? If TNG is your show and you've got the display space and the budget, this is a lovely thing to own, and the nine-strong crew makes it feel special rather than just another grey spaceship. The minifig lineup on its own (Picard, Riker, Data, Worf, Geordi, Crusher, Troi, Guinan and Wesley, all on a stand) is one of the strongest parts of the box, and the Brickset community currently rates the set around 4.3 out of 5, which feels about right: a very good model with a premium tax bolted on. If you're a casual fan or you flinch at four hundred for a model that leans hard on stickers, it's fair to wait or skip it. But as a first-of-its-kind flagship, LEGO landed the Enterprise-D far better than a ship built entirely of curves had any right to be.

The parts story

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

The build splits neatly into two obvious halves, and that's a smart way to pace it. You start with the secondary hull, which comes together as two mirrored halves joined by ball joints, tiles and Technic axles, with the deflector dish assembly slotting on the front. It's solid, satisfying work without any showy techniques. Then comes the saucer, which is the clever bit: brick-built panels clip onto a faceted frame to fake that big elliptical disc, and getting the angles to sit right is the most interesting geometry in the box. The nacelle pylons and warp engines give you a change of rhythm near the end. Fair warning though, the sticker application is near constant, so set aside calm, well-lit time for it.

On the parts front there's some proper new stuff for element hunters. LEGO tooled two fresh curved bow elements with cutouts and a little stepped effect specifically for this ship, plus you get 8x curved slope 1x8x1 2/3 in light bluish grey with a window and trench pattern to build the hull banding. The genuinely printed pieces (the bits that aren't stickers) include a big Tile Modified 6x12 with the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D registry on studs-on-edges, a 1x1 slope printed with a Phaser Type 2, and 1x2 tiles printed with a medical tricorder and a PADD. For 3,600 pieces at this price the raw part-count value is only okay rather than great, but the new curve moulds and that huge printed registry tile are the pieces collectors will actually be chasing.

Fun facts

01This is the first officially licensed LEGO Star Trek set ever made, arriving after decades of fan requests, and it launched on Black Friday, 28 November 2025.
02The finished ship is about 62cm long, and its saucer section genuinely detaches from the secondary hull just like the real Enterprise-D does in the show.
03LEGO designers had to invent two brand new curved bow elements just to capture the Enterprise's smooth hull without resorting to one massive specialised shell piece.
04The saucer is built as brick panels on a faceted frame rather than one solid disc, so if you flip it over you can spot the seams that give the geometry away.