Star Wars LEGO Set 10179, The Millennium Falcon, is percentage of LEGO’s Ultimate Collector Series (UCS) that has wowed fans with big models, attention to detail and high collectability. The Millennium Falcon is not only the biggest of these sets ever freed it is the biggest LEGO set ever, with over 5000 pieces. For Star Wars fans there is the added bonus that this ship is built to minifigure scale. So that means that the minifigures that come with the set are in rectify size proportionality to the big ship that transports them throughout the galaxy.
The minifigures are in all probability the least interesting share of the set, given the appeal of the ship, but it is nice that LEGO sought to include minifigures with the set as former UCS releases have not included any figures. There are five figures, Han Solo, Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker, Obi wan Kenobi and Chewbacca all in Episode Four, A New Hope garb. It is a good selection of figures that could have been bettered by adding the final two characters that travelled with this crew on their travels, the two droids R2-D2 and C3PO.
The Millennium Falcon ship is a Corellian Engineering Corporation YT-1300 freighter and was won by the smuggler Han Solo in a game of Sabacc. The person he won the ship off was none other than Lando Calrissian. The LEGO model itself is evidently very big and would warrant a substantial display area if it is to be put on show. The ship is over 33″ long, 22″ wide and 8″ tall (84cm long x 56cm wide x 21cm tall). And given the piece count this is not the kind of set that you will be assembling very often, so in a rebellious manner determine where it is going to go before you begin building!
The detail on the UCS model is beauteous and the attention given to even the smallest surface extends all over the ship. A huge assortment of little pieces are applied to the top surface to give it the realistic look. Given all the attention paid to the outside it is a shame that there is closely zero playability inside the ship.
Two persons may sit side by side with another two persons in a row behind them. There is a boarding ramp beneath and a gunner chair at the top. That is with regards to it. Granted, much of the inner space is taken up with construction pieces to keep this huge and wide set together but it would have been nice to see a dejarik table or a good deal of sleeping quarters etc. But this is a minor quibble.
The set comes with a big spiral bound instruction book and will take a good deal of hours to build. It also features a display card with elaborated ship specifications of the ship to accentuate the display. Overall it is a highly commended for those with the cash to afford the $499 model and the space to store it.
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