10179-1: Ultimate Collector's Millennium Falcon

Build the ultimate Millennium Falcon !

This is it - the biggest, most spectacular LEGO Star Wars model ever! Straight out of the classic Star Wars movies comes the Ultimate Collector's Millennium Falcon , Han Solo's famous smuggling starship. Every detail of the modified Corellian Engineering Corporation YT-1300 freighter is here, all constructed to scale with LEGO minifigures. At almost 3 feet (90cm) long, it's the ultimate centerpiece to any Star Wars collection! With over 5,000 pieces, this is the biggest LEGO set ever made! Model is built completely to minifigure scale - minifigures can sit inside and man the controls! Landing gear provides a stable base for model to stand on! Ship is over 33" long, 22" wide and 8" tall! (84cm long x 56cm wide x 21cm tall) Radar dish rotates and elevates and boarding ramp extends! Top and bottom quad-laser turrets rotate for realistic play! Cockpit top can be removed to access minifigures! Includes 5 minifigures: Han Solo, Chewbacca, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia Organa! This special set also includes a display card with detailed ship specifications!

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"She's the fastest ship in the galaxy"

Posted by Travis_3210 in Canada on 16 November 2009

Let me first start off by saying how great this set is when it is completed, it is so big that it is hard ton put anywhere. I got this on my birthday and finished it 3-4 days later.

This was my first time ever sorting the pieces and that took me an hour in itself.

You start off building the whole skeleton of it which is all technic, then you start building the back, then the two mandibles, and then make a bunch of plates with really odd details (antennae, phones, taps and many bars). Comes with 5 minifigs because this was based on the movie when they first meet Han and Chewie.

Lets go to the pros and cons

Pros
Looks awesome when finished
5 Minifigures-Luke, Leia, Han, Chewie and Obi Wan
It's to minifig scale

Cons
No numbered bags?
Where are the droids? They should have left Obi Wan out and put C3PO (there would be no room for R2 in the cockpit)
The guns on the top and bottom can't go 360.

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Greatest Star Wars Set ever!

Posted by darthdc in United Kingdom on 10 July 2009

Ever since this set was released, I wanted to get my hands on it. When I did, I realised I was in for challenge (getting it from the front door to the back room, due to the weight. 50+ bags plus a large instruction book (multiple books may have helped as the weight has since caused pages to nearly fall out.) Sorting the bricks out is the biggest obstacle - especially the smaller bricks.
Construction is fairly straight forward otherwise, with less symmetry than the ISD. The only area which I find difficult are the panels which fit to the front of the ship (with the large holes in, built with bridge parts) which are fragile and break as you try to fit them.

Pros:

Huge set - plenty of hours required (4 days first time)
Loads of external detail
5 figures
Weight distribution makes easier to pick up than ISD
labels on individual pieces allow for untroubled rebuilding

Cons:

Space consuming - especially when building
No internal features apart from 1 gunner station and cockpit
No droids
If this is an Episode IV set, why has Han got brown trousers and not blue?
Brick checklist is not entirely accurate - some bricks are overcounted and one doesn't exist.
Could have put lever controls to gun station rather than steering wheel

If you have to keep it broken up, use large toolboxes.

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UC Millennium Falcon

Posted by DeanNZ in New Zealand on 26 June 2009

A good set, not the greatest, technically, but amazing to view.

It took an hour to sort out the bags into parts:
Plates, Angled Bricks, Technic Holes, Technic Hinges, Tiles, Plates 1xX, 2xX, 4xX, 6xX 8x8, Bricks 2xX, 1x2 & 1x3, 1x4 and larger, people pieces, grates, round bricks, etc...
But it was worth the effort, made things so much easier to find.

spent 8 hours first day, 2 hours next day, and about 4 hours today building it (Plus breaks in between).
So be prepared for a long days work ahead in order to achieve your goal.

Make sure you have enough room to build it, it is very big for Lego.

Technically, a lot of the sections are loose, or don't quite fit nicely together, it's a bit annoying, but once you get over it you can admire it for what it is.

A great set and model.

Dean.
New Zealand.

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“Here's where the fun begins!”

Posted by MetalAV8C in United States on 22 May 2009

This is a remarkable set as others have described with great enthusiasm. And yes, it is large and requires a considerable amount of space to build/display. And yes, it is frustrating with the sheer number of pieces and bags to find what you need quickly unless you begin by sorting and organizing each piece from the start. However, this is part of the challenge and fun of building such a hefty assembly.

I’ve read some complaints regarding the lack of space inside the ship, nevertheless, my son and I enjoyed utilizing pieces from the 4504 set and others to decorate the interior and enhance the exterior. Based on a YT-1300 freighter image, we built the engineering bay with hyperdrive, cargo area, crew quarters, life support, and main hold. Personally, Lego is about being creative and making it your own so this was the most enjoyable part. There isn’t a lot of room to “play” with mini-figs, but it is impressive just to look at and show off.

In regards to displaying it, I took Luigi’s idea of wall mounting it one step further. I wanted the option of displaying the ship oriented sideways or straight up and take it off the wall quickly if desired. I also wanted the appearance that the ship was floating on the wall without gluing it together so my son and I could still modify it. I had no idea when we began, how we would safely accomplish this. As Han Solo said, “I’ve got a bad feeling about this.”

After a little experimentation, I mounted the ship using only 4 bolts to a small piece of plywood. This required drilling four small holes into the hull of the ship. I used a minimum amount of glue in the hull section to strengthen and counteract the sheer force associated with the four bolts. I placed eye-bolts (equally spaced) on the top and the side of the plywood base. Using the same spacing, I mounted two modified hooks in my den wall (which I had to reinforce due to the weight of the ship). I can now quickly lift the ship onto the hooks and orient it straight up or to the side.

Because the top panels use gravity to keep them in place, I did use some strategically located thin pieces of double sided tape to hold the panels. I also glued the legs to the underside of the hull for rigidity. I’m still paranoid that one day I’ll come home and find over 5,000 pieces all over the floor but so far (over 6 months), the ship has remained in tact hanging on the wall.

If you love Lego and Star Wars, have the space for it, and you can afford it, get one. Don’t be afraid to make it yours and find a creative way to display it. Like Han says, “She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts, kid. I've made a lot of special modifications myself.” Check out the photos:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=384292

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Disappointing

Posted by oldman in United States on 13 May 2009

For the price of this set, the mechanical design is relatively poor. There are several substantial assemblies that just hang from the bottom of the model that are held on just by the friction of the studs. These tend to fall off very easily due to their weight and are difficult to impossible to replace properly. The model cannot be turned upside down for viewing or repair without losing many sections.

As others have said, the model is quite detailed, but finding the right parts during construction is quite a problem, especially in the beginning. There are about 40-50 bags of parts and I think I had all but about 3 open by the time I got to page 50 (out of 300) of the construction manual. Searching for a particular part out of the 287 different part types is *not* fun.

All in all, I think the negatives (price, packaging, mechanical design) outweigh the positives (intricate model, visually appealing). It's just not up to the Lego standard of overall excellence.

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