![]() ![]() With a price-tag of around €450 or $500, it certainly was not a cheap kit! This kit is no longer available and the prices shoot through the roof on the second-hand market. Only the control room had some detail but that was it. The interior of the ship was not that special and lacked allot of detail. At that time it was the biggest (and most expensive) LEGO set ever (with 5197 parts and a total length of 65 centimeters). It was also called the UCS edition ( Ultimate Collectors Series). There was a burning need for more in the whole community! In 2007 this need was finally redeemed with the first Ultimate Millenium Falcon Collerctors edition (nr 10179). In 2004 an improved version was released, with an overall better building experience. Already in the year 2000, LEGO brought there first Millennium Falcon model to the market (with 663 parts in total). Also at LEGO they feel the same way about it. The Millennium Falcon is an icon for every Star Wars fan, that’s for sure. FYI, the brand name recently changed to “LEPINING Millennium Falcon”. Small greebles are prone to coming loose, and you'll notice little errors you committed during construction weeks after you thought you were finished - a particular risk if the Falcon was built by committee.Before we start talking about the 05132 LEPIN Millennium Falcon ( Bought here: AliExpress), we will briefly talk about the history of the LEGO kits. The panels covering the ship's body are fragile and tricky to replace in the appropriate positions. The model seemingly requires as much upkeep as the starship does in the series. The incredible detail of the 2017 Falcon comes at a price that's not just monetary. The 2017 set includes seven minifigures, including Rey, Fin, and old and young Han Solo as well as four brick-built ones, like BB-8 and two porgs, penguin-like characters that will appear in "The Last Jedi." What's more, in a clever change from the 2007 model, Lego scattered the minifigures throughout the build, where they serve as small rewards as you make your way through the monumental project. Completing each one is cause for celebration. ![]() There are also elements you will immediately recognize while you build them: the seven landing-gear, the ships' bright blue engine, the cockpit, and so forth. Once you add a new section to the ship it's time to open the next set of bags and get to work on the instruction manual's next chapter. These occasions serve as mile-markers by which you can track your progress. It's immensely satisfying when you complete a section and get to add it to the ship. Ĭonstruction is modular, meaning each chapter of the instructions focuses on one component of the set. Although this may occur only a handful of times, tracking down mistakes will take up a significant part of your overall build time. While it's easy to diagnose when something is out of place, it requires true mastery of this modular medium to identify where things went wrong. Mistakes will happen, even for skilled builders. The build itself was a marathon effort in which I realized what component I was building only after it was time to attach it to the emerging spaceship. Lego's 2007 UCS Millennium Falcon, which this writer built a long time ago in a city far, far away. My only complaint is that the new gun turrets don't have the same range of motion as those of the 2007 model. What's more, the 2017 model features interior areas, like the engine room and passenger lounge, where you can re-create your favorite scenes from the series. The set also boasts a sleek five-piece cockpit exterior, a marked improvement from the previous version's clunky, brick-built one. Some of this comes from new colors and rounded pieces introduced in the intervening 10 years. It has more colors, more accurate features, and more small details than its predecessor. The new set's 2,346 additional pieces add a wealth of extra details to the ship. Before we even unboxed it, I could tell it was clearly a cut above the Lego's previous version from 2007. I got the chance to build Lego's previous version of the Corellian freighter years ago, so I was thrilled when the box arrived at our New York office this September. ![]() And with a price tag of $799.99 it's also the company's most expensive. With 7,541 pieces, it's the largest set the company has released to date. Lego's 2017 Ultimate Collector's Series Millennium Falcon (opens in new tab) is amazing. ![]()
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