There aren’t that many pictures of the bluebrixx enterprise d from below for comparison (and I still think it’s odd the Lego model was shown from an angle you practically never see it from, but whatever)…
The bb enterprise d came with about 2k pieces for about 200 bucks, so the retail price per piece isn’t even that far off. The dimensions are pretty much the same though (bb coming at 55 cm length, so slightly shorter), so I’ll guess that Lego just keeps its course of avoiding larger plates and pieces to end up using so many more pieces for a model of roughly the same size. I really prefer how bb avoided sharp corners in the saucer section though.
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Okay, my mistake: the bb enterprise is 55 cm wide, so the Lego one seems to actually be larger as, due to the elliptical saucer, the model is supposed to be wider than long:
Also, here’s a better bottom view image I found on amazon, for a better comparison:
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Lego enterprise saucer section seems 60 studs wide. BB Enterprise is a bit harder to count from the images, but I’d say it’s 52. So, yeah, Lego 1701-D is a bit bigger.
There aren’t that many pictures of the bluebrixx enterprise d from below for comparison (and I still think it’s odd the Lego model was shown from an angle you practically never see it from, but whatever)…
From golem.de:
From YouTube:
The bb enterprise d came with about 2k pieces for about 200 bucks, so the retail price per piece isn’t even that far off.
The dimensions are pretty much the same though (bb coming at 55 cm length, so slightly shorter), so I’ll guess that Lego just keeps its course of avoiding larger plates and pieces to end up using so many more pieces for a model of roughly the same size.I really prefer how bb avoided sharp corners in the saucer section though./edit
Okay, my mistake: the bb enterprise is 55 cm wide, so the Lego one seems to actually be larger as, due to the elliptical saucer, the model is supposed to be wider than long:
Also, here’s a better bottom view image I found on amazon, for a better comparison:
/edit 2:
Lego enterprise saucer section seems 60 studs wide. BB Enterprise is a bit harder to count from the images, but I’d say it’s 52. So, yeah, Lego 1701-D is a bit bigger.