LEGO Star Wars Review - Set 10179 UCS Millennium Falcon Review

Star Wars LEGO Set 10179, The Millennium Falcon, isbe put on show. The ship is over 33" long, 22" wide
part of LEGO's Ultimate Collector Series (UCS) thatand 8" tall (84cm long x 56cm wide x 21cm tall). And
has wowed fans with large models, attention togiven the piece count this is not the kind of set that
detail and high collectability. The Millennium Falcon isyou will be assembling very often, so defiantly decide
not only the largest of these sets ever released it iswhere it is going to go before you start building!
the largest LEGO set ever, with over 5000 pieces.The detail on the UCS model is beautiful and the
For Star Wars fans there is the added bonus thatattention given to even the smallest surface extends
this ship is built to minifigure scale. So that meansall over the ship. A large variety of small pieces are
that the minifigures that come with the set are inapplied to the top surface to give it the realistic look.
correct size proportion to the huge ship thatGiven all the attention paid to the outside it is a
transports them across the galaxy.shame that there is almost zero playability inside the
The minifigures are probably the least interesting partship.
of the set, given the appeal of the ship, but it is niceTwo people can sit side by side with another two
that LEGO sought to include minifigures with the setpeople in a row behind them. There is a boarding
as previous UCS releases have not included anyramp underneath and a gunner chair at the top. That
figures. There are five figures, Han Solo, Princessis about it. Granted, much of the inner space is taken
Leia, Luke Skywalker, Obi wan Kenobi andup with construction pieces to keep this large and
Chewbacca all in Episode Four, A New Hope garb. Itwide set together but it would have been nice to
is a good selection of figures that could have beensee a dejarik table or some sleeping quarters etc. But
improved by adding the final two characters thatthis is a minor quibble.
travelled with this crew on their travels, the twoThe set comes with a large spiral bound instruction
droids R2-D2 and C3PO.book and will take some hours to build. It also
The Millennium Falcon ship is a Corellian Engineeringfeatures a display card with detailed ship
Corporation YT-1300 freighter and was won by thespecifications of the ship to accentuate the display.
smuggler Han Solo in a game of Sabacc. The personOverall it is a highly recommended for those with the
he won the ship off was none other than Landomoney to afford the $499 model and the space to
Calrissian. The LEGO model itself is obviously very bigstore it.
and would warrant a significant display area if it is to