I'd also like to get ahold of one of the Flare members who does computer screens, and try to get him to shrink some down in size, print them on decal paper, and apply them to the flat 1x2 and 2x2 bricks to get movie-era computer surfaces.
I've also been thinking of getting in touch with some custom-minifig makers and trying to get some TOS minifigs made up (hopefully, for cheap).
As for getting customize figures: good luck, from what I have seen they never seem to be under $15 a piece!!! In fact, I sold the real deal Lego "Spiderman" figure on eBay [with the "Peter Parker" character (which was insignificant)] and it went for $12 to some nut.
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I'm hoping to find someone who won't mind doing mini-figs in quantity for about $5 apiece. I'm hoping that if I can show the project well along, I might have some takers.
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Hey, I didn't come up with it, and have no idea why the "my" is part of it. Just passing on some of the nicknames ships have acquired.
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Those are pretty cool ... I might get one or two off you to use for the name and registration, but the problem is that the slope isn't steep enough to make for practical use.
If you've got any skills with decals and making TOS graphics, though ...
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Wait, you're making a starship out of legos?
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Not a real starship. I mean, I'm not expecting to put it into orbit and send it on its merry way with a crew of Lego people, if that's what you mean.
But, yes, I am designing a Lego starship, inspired by "Star Trek" designs. It's a Constitution-Class family member, set in the movie era. I hope to find someone on Flare who does decals well who can "shrink 'em" in size and help me paste 'em to the flat Lego bricks so I can get the graphics correct.
I could design a starship like the Dragon Star, or the Mirthrandir, but I'd like to try something that no one has done before ...
... or at least, that no one has done it very well in my opinion (more about the shiphere). I think it has an ugly interior, while the exterior isn't all that bad. I hope to surpass on both regards, as well as designing a starship that doesn't require supports to hold up the saucer (which, again, will be modeled as an actual saucer, and not that elongated thing the post-Voy Federation uses).
Also, while I think this is beautiful, it it micro-fig scale (or, there is no interior).
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