Star Trek & LEGO Announce New Crossover Partnership

Star Trek and LEGO announce an exciting new partnership which will see the decades-long sci-fi adventure series cross over with the company. LEGO is no stranger to collaborating with a number of existing entertainment brands, from their iconic Star Wars sets to video game franchises like Super Mario Bros. and Sonic the Hedgehog. But Star Trek has remained untouched.

Now, The LEGO Group and Paramount have confirmed a partnership that will see Star Trek brought into the world of buildable bricks. The partnership will consist of new content between both the sci-fi franchise and the product, with a core focus on imaginative elements that bind the two together. Check out the new teaser for the crossover decision below:

What Star Trek’s LEGO Crossover Means For The Franchise

Star Trek has never crossed over with LEGO before, making this a first time event for both Paramount and the LEGO Group. The closest the franchise has come to similar brick-building sets is their 2012 partnership with Hasbro’s Kre-O, which saw the release of sets inspired by Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek Into Darkness.

However, Kre-O shut down in 2017, leaving the franchise without any similar partnership to any other company. Now, there’s a chance various pieces of the Star Trek timeline are going to be adapted into the form of brick sets. Bringing the series into the fold makes it a perfect addition, given the sci-fi franchises like Star Wars partnered with LEGO.

As for how big their partnership will be, the possibilities are as limitless as the adventures in various Star Trek TV shows. Future projects could pull from The Original Series or The Next Generation, and could even incorporate ideas from newer series, such as Discovery or Strange New Worlds. Whatever comes next, this partnership will no doubt be exceedingly lucrative.

Our Take On Star Trek’s New LEGO Partnership

Star Trek has plenty of potential when it comes to LEGO given the number of major characters and adventures that can be considered for sets and other projects. The classic characters introduced in the 60s and 80s seem like viable candidates for products, something that could be built upon as the long-term partnership continues to evolve over time.

Although it’s unclear if anything as big as LEGO video games will come from this crossover, Star Trek is a perfect addition to the various sets the company has produced for a number of franchises. This could lead to a number of memorable additions to the company’s broader products as familiar-looking sets roll out in the coming months and years.

Created by

Gene Roddenberry

First Episode Air Date

September 8, 1966

Cast

William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Deforest Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Jonathan Frakes, Patrick Stewart, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Gates McFadden, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Wil Wheaton, Avery Brooks, Nana Visitor, Rene Auberjonois, Alexander Siddig, Cirroc Lofton, Armin Shimerman, Colm Meaney, Terry Farrell, Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Jeri Ryan, Robert Duncan McNeill, Robert Picardo, Ethan Phillips, Garrett Wang, Jolene Blalock, Connor Trinneer, Dominic Keating, Scott Bakula, Linda Park, John Billingsley, Anthony Montgomery, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, John Cho, Chris Hemsworth, Benedict Cumberbatch, Anton Yelchin, Idris Elba, Sonequa Martin-Green, Mary Wiseman, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Wilson Cruz, Oyin Oladejo, Emily Coutts, Jess Bush, Christina Chong, Anson Mount, Ethan Peck, Rebecca Romijn, Michelle Yeoh

TV Show(s)

Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Animated Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Short Treks, Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek Lower Decks, Star Trek: Prodigy, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

Star Trek is one of pop culture’s biggest multimedia franchises, spanning multiple movies, TV shows, books, comics, video games, and various other media. The franchise was created by Gene Roddenberry and started with the 1960s TV series starring William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. Over the decades, several equally popular series have come out since as Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Discovery.