The news is here! Lego have finally revealed what their largest set to date is after teasing us for so long as to it's size. The set, for non Star Wars fans, is 'The Millennium Falcon' which is an iconic spaceship featured in the Star Wars films. Lego have previously made three proper versions of this ship, one was also an Ultimate Collector Series (UCS) set.
The set is HUGE (measurements and scale to person will be featured later) and includes seven minifigures plus three small animal builds and BB-8, a small droid. The minifigures are Han Solo (Classic), Chewbacca (Classic), Leia (Classic), C3-PO (Classic), Han Solo (The Force Awakens), Finn (The Force Awakens), and Rey (The Force Awakens). Two of the animals are Porgs, and the other one is a Mynock. I really like how this set looks. When I heard that the set might be a UCS Millennium Falcon, I was not that happy because of how many Falcons had been released in the past and, in my opinion, the old UCS Falcon could have been much better than it was as it seemed a bit bland. This set however, this set looks phenomenally accurate to how the Falcon looks in the films and I like how they have included a satellite dish which you can use instead of the radar dish to make the falcon the same as in 'The Force Awakens'. The set truly looks like an improvement on the old UCS model which is good because when the newest Death Star was released, it was practically identical to the old one and there were worries about this happening to a new Falcon set.
In the most recent teaser for the set, Lego said that the box would not fit in the classic yellow Lego bag and would have to be put on wheels! From looking at the box, you can see why. The box is a very large cube. The images on the box which show the interior all look very good and the locations in the ship all look remarkably detailed. The two criticisms I currently have of the set are that it looks like there is going to be lots of stickers, and the other criticism is that it doesn't look like all of the rooms are accessible for the minifigures. By this, I mean the minifigures can't 'walk' through from one room into the next as the builds for each room look very contained and cut off from other rooms, but with this we will just have to wait and see.
As said before, the set is huge! You can see in the image above how it scales to a person. Unfortunately, the size means that it will be very hard to store the set. The set includes 7541 pieces in total, is 21cm high, 84cm long, and 56cm wide. I am concerned about the size because it raises the question of storage, however because of the size, I think that the price of £649.99 ($799.99) isn't overpriced. As the new Death Star (75159) costs £409.99 ($499.99), this set looks like a bargain in comparison. The new Death Star was basically a re-release of the old set which cost £274.99 (I don't know how much in dollars) with very minor changes. This new Falcon looks amazing in comparison and only costs just over £200 more to buy. It doesn't come with as many minifigures but the detail and size seems to make up for it. This would definitely be a set I would buy if I had the space and the money to do so! I would recommend it to all Star Wars fans and collectors, despite age (I had a non-Lego Falcon when I was younger and loved it). I would not recommend it to those who are new to Lego and those who are not filled with patience as this looks like it could be a challenging and time consuming build. The set will be available for purchase from Lego stores on the 1st of October.
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