BLUEPRINTS: STAR TREK: NEXT GENERATION NCC-1701-D

by Sternbach

A senior member of the design team for Star Trek: The Next Generation presents an incredible journey through the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D. From the bridge to the ship's holodecks, these exciting, detailed blueprints reveal every deck, every corridor, and every corner of the ship. Includes thirteen large format (22" X 34") blueprints and an exclusive 16-page booklet.

Genres: Star Trek, Science Fiction, Fiction, Reference, Art

224 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1996

Reviews

[Terrence Mann · Rating 5 out of 5]

As far as blueprints for the NCC-1701-D are concerned, this is the motherlode. It's not a book. It's a box shaped like a book, and it holds several poster sized blueprints that show, in detail, every deck and floorplan for the Galaxy Class Flagship Enterprise.

Everything is there. Even to a point you would be surprised what the Enterprise held that you weren't aware of. Dolphin crew members? Yeah, you can say that. Whales onboard, too?!? Sure looks like it. You can find out stuff like how many levels the computer core goes through, what the captain's yacht looks like and where it's located, phaser array locations, Jeffires tubes, all of it is there for the viewing. You also get a 16 page insert with design and TNG production discussions.

I can only think of two downsides to this "book". First is the lack of technical specifications, which while many sci-fi blueprints provide them, it's not a widespread standard. Second is the fact these are several large, poster sized blueprints. It's great when you're into that. Really great. But if you're like, and you like flipping pages instead of unravelling a giant diagram on your floor, table, bed, etc, then it does limit how often you can enjoy this. Still, limitations included, this collection is hard to beat.

[Paul Hartzog · Rating 3 out of 5]

These are great but fair warning: THIS IS NOT A BOOK.

I purchased these because the description I read online made it sound like it was a book, but instead I got a box of fold out blueprint sheets/posters. Very kewl, but not what I was expecting, and not terribly useful when what you really want is a book.

That said, the level of detail pretty much requires the large sheets. If this material were printed at book size, you'd be hard pressed to actually see any of it.

[James Kendall · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's not a book but it is a fantastic collection of blueprints.

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

You know you want this. When I saw. The blue prints on an old book store I grabbed them immediately and held tight like Golum with his "precious"... Ok it wasn't that bad.... Wait it probably was that bad. While I love the original series ship and the new Enterprise-E of the movies is ok, no ship fills your heart like the Enterprise-D. Look at the curves you simply can't beat the design, she looks alive. The Enterprise-D will always be the ship that comes to mind when I think of Star Trek.

[Kendall Caminiti · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent to have in one's collection. However, there are some things in the plans that will have you scratching your head but that can be expected when everything changed (locations) from episode to episode. But it won't distract you from enjoying it...

[Alires · Rating 3 out of 5]

What can I say. This was a gift.

[Ross · Rating 5 out of 5]

Comon...it's blueprints of the ship!
I wonder if I gave these to a contractor could they build one just by these?
Hmmm...

[Roberto · Rating 4 out of 5]

Appassionato di Star Trek e ing: cosa c'è di meglio delle mappe di dettaglio di una Enterprise? :)