![]() ![]() The 6.4 lb ring-bound booklet packs 466 pages that encompass the set’s 1,379 building steps. Last but not least, you’ll find the UCS Falcon’s instruction book. In this case, you’ll find a blueprint-line image of the Falcon along with some Han Solo quotes about his famous starship. Just as with the exterior of the packaging, these interior boxes are covered in graphics as well. The box is in fact so large, that LEGO stores provide a cardboard dolly to make getting the model home a bit more manageable.Īlongside some wonderful art on the front, you’ll find cutaways of the ship’s interior, information on the Falcon itself and some other neat graphics covering the box.ĭiving in, there are 4 smaller rectangular boxes which include the kit’s 17 stages scattered across 66 bags. But just as with the other aspects of the UCS Millennium Falcon, the packaging is anything but the typical LEGO experience you may have come to expect.Īs the largest LEGO set, the Falcon comes packed inside an absolutely massive 21 x 18 x 15-inch box. ![]() With just about any other LEGO kit review, taking an in-depth look to cover a set’s packaging and unboxing would be fairly unnecessary. Unboxing the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy | The question of whether or not the UCS Millennium Falcon is worthy of its $800 price tag lingered in my mind throughout the build, something that at the end of the day I find justified, but more on that later. The 31 lb starfighter includes some of the most well thought out and ingenious techniques I’ve seen in my decade and a half with the hobby.Īnd even though the Falcon stacks up to over 7,500 bricks, the set designers have leveraged every piece one of the most detail-packed builds -LEGO or otherwise - I have ever had the pleasure of assembling. Over the 30+ hours it took to assemble the massive model, I found myself marveling at such trivial parts of the model, from the internal frame and underside to the litany of greebles scattered throughout the ship. Comprised of 7,541 pieces, LEGO has clearly put a lot of love into its largest and most detailed kit to date. It’s hard to explain just how grand of a LEGO kit the UCS Millennium Falcon really is. From miniature models in advent calendars to 2007’s first crack at a doing the iconic justice. Now just over a decade later, LEGO is trying its hand at the ionic ship with set 75192. Since debuting the Star Wars line of kits back in 1999, LEGO has introduced over 10 different Millennium Falcons over the years. After being dethroned by 2008’s Taj Mahal, the latest rendition of the Millennium Falcon has managed to reclaim its spot for largest LEGO set produced after nearly a decade. The original UCS Falcon had become many LEGO collectors White Whale, and as costs continued to soar on the classic model, the 2007 version became harder and harder for fans to get their hands on. ![]() And despite its luxury $800 price tag, this kit is what many die-hard LEGO and Star Wars fans had been desiring. But for most of 2017, was one of the harder to find kits in the of those on store shelves. LEGO launched its latest in the line of Ultimate Collector’s sets, the Millennium Falcon, officially back in September. ![]()
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