LEGO Icons 11385 Star Trek Enterprise Bridge: July's enthusiastic launch, August's mixed reception

What the announcement highlighted

The set recreates the command bridge and transporter room of the original Star Trek: The Original Series ship, celebrating the franchise's 60th anniversary. It includes 8 minifigures of the historic crew — James T. Kirk, Spock, Nyota Uhura, Hikaru Sulu, Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, Pavel Chekov, Christine Chapel and Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott — plus tribbles and a new phaser element. Preorders opened July 23, 2026, with a leaked price around €185, ultimately set at €179.99 at the official announcement — a pleasant surprise, rare enough to be worth noting.

Eight minifigs strictly tied to a single license, on a theme that hadn't had a dedicated Icons set in a long time: on paper, all the ingredients for a strong resale case were there. That's actually what we would have written in late July, had we published this article then.

What the first reviews actually say

By mid-August 2026, the first review units had arrived — and the tone shifted noticeably from the announcement's euphoria. The most recurring criticisms: a high sticker count, some described as tricky to position correctly, with at least one documented case of a printing defect on the sticker sheet. More concerning for a display-oriented set: the complete assembly (bridge + transporter room) is judged visually unbalanced once built — the transporter room being seen by several reviewers as a tacked-on annex rather than a module planned from the start, closer to a promotional add-on than an integral part of the set. The word 'overpriced' comes up in several reviews, with a note of irony about the pace of one 'overpriced' big Star Trek set per year.

What remains praised without reservation: the bridge itself — judged faithful to the series and highly detailed — and the 8 minifigs, which are near-unanimously well received. The criticism targets the complete assembly and the price-to-finish ratio, not the license fidelity or the figures.

The comparable — a different Enterprise, a different range

The 11385 isn't the only recent Enterprise in the catalog: the 10356 U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D, released in November 2025 at €379.99, recreates the Star Trek: The Next Generation ship in a very different format — bigger, pricier, closer to a static display piece than a minifig diorama. The two sets don't compare term for term (different licenses within Star Trek, different formats), but their coexistence shows LEGO is treating Star Trek as a multi-tier theme, somewhat like Star Wars — generally a positive signal for the license's long-term staying power, even though each individual set has to be judged on its own merits.

My take

I wouldn't drop this set from my radar, but I'd change the reason for buying it. In July, the argument was '8 exclusive minifigs, an announced rush'. In August, the solid argument is more like: 'the bridge is excellent, the transporter room is a disappointing optional module you either keep or shelve'. The core value (the minifigs + the bridge) still holds up; what's changed is that you shouldn't expect the complete assembly to be perceived as flawless once built. If you buy it, I'd build the bridge first and treat the transporter room as a bonus, not a selling point. And I'd wait for the actual September 1 release before trusting a fixed narrative on this set — the gap between the announcement and the first reviews, in this exact case, is the best proof that you should wait for real feedback before deciding.