Longtime kids’ toymaker Playmobil has branched out into several different licensed brands, and in 2021 they’ll be making their way into the final frontier with a brand-new, massive Star Trek release: a 42-inch-long playset of the classic USS Enterprise, coming in September.
Revealed through preorder listings a number of online retailers — most notably Entertainment Earth — the massive recreation of the original Enterprise not only opens to reveal both the bridge and main engineering, but it’s also built with light and sound functionality which will be managed through a Bluetooth connection to your personal smartphone.
The first photos of the Playmobil Enterprise were released this week through Toy News International, and show the detail that went into the internal compartments of the ship, right down to glowing dilithium crystals in the engineering section.
(Please note these photos may be subject to change.)
Here’s the full description of the upcoming product:
Where’s Captain Kirk? He’s on the bridge of this astonishing Playmobil 70548 Star Trek U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 Playset! Possibly the biggest and most deluxe Playmobil playset created up to this point, the 42-inch long x 18-inch wide starship features electronic lights and sounds you control with your smart device.
The saucer section of the Enterprise opens to show a full 1966-style bridge play environment. What’s more, the body of the ship opens on the side to reveal the engineering room! Additional details, including electronics, are to be announced later, so don’t miss this sensational playset!
– This U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 measures 42-inches long x 18-inches wide!
– Control the lights and sounds with your smart device!
– Opens to reveal the bridge and engineering play areas.
– Includes Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Dr. McCoy, Scotty, Uhura, Sulu, and Chekov figures.
– Display it on the stand or suspend it from the ceiling!It includes a display cradle and wire for ceiling suspension if that’s your preferred means of display. The ship, figures, and accessories are modeled after The Original Series, so you’ll get Captain James T. Kirk, Mr. Spock, Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy, Ensign Chekov, Lt. Uhura, Lt. Sulu, and of course, Chief Engineer Montgomery “Scotty” Scott.
(136 pieces. Ages 10 and up.)
Interestingly, while its default display mode is atop a Starfleet base, this massive Enterprise will also come with optional ceiling-mount display cables to let it hang above you once in your home — which for a starship that’s more than three feet long, may be the best option for many collectors.
The only thing larger than this Enterprise playset’s size, however, is its pricetag: this massive set is retailing at $499.99, a cost that will need a certain financial fortitude to commit to.
That said, like the Lego brand, Playmobil is not known for inexpensive products, and for a release as physically enormous as this classic Enterprise, the cost isn’t entirely unexpected (and we already know at least one Trekkie parent who’s plunked down a pre-order for their Trekkie-in-training child.)
If you want to see one of these massive Playmobil Enterprise playsets dock at your home starbase when it arrives this September, you can lock in your preorder over at Entertainment Earth now.