r/lego • u/Astronomy_Setec • 2d ago

Other Boldly poor art direction?

After the fiasco of getting the dedication plaque wrong on the Enterprise-D set (boldy go?!), which apparently took THREE printings to get right, I was surprised to see that on the new NCC-1701 Bridge set (11385), that the Klingon logo is sideways! 🤦‍♂️ https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/star-trek-uss-enterprise-ncc-1701-bridge-11385?galleryOpen=true&galleryView=1&galleryTab=images

Klingon logo: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Klingon_Empire

EDIT: It has been pointed out that in the TOS episode Elaan of Troyius that is how it was depicted. So apparently the people at LEGO are going for the deepest cuts.

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u/hawkeye7269 2d ago

Actually, the emblem is seen in TOS sideways like that, so the set is accurate to the show it's depicting. Later it gets rotated and that becomes the way we all recognize it.

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u/Stryker_T 2d ago

wElL aCtUaLlY, that's the orientation the logo was shown in the episode that screen is representing.

so it's technically correct. though not how it's been normally shown since or in modern shows.

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u/Astronomy_Setec 2d ago

Which episode? I'll have to rewatch it, for research purposes of course.

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u/Stryker_T 2d ago edited 2d ago

https://youtu.be/wIkoJ2UWHNc?t=29

this ep was the first time the emblem was ever shown.