| Star Wars LEGO Set 10179, The Millennium Falcon, is | | | | be put on show. The ship is over 33" long, 22" wide |
| part of LEGO's Ultimate Collector Series (UCS) that | | | | and 8" tall (84cm long x 56cm wide x 21cm tall). And |
| has wowed fans with large models, attention to | | | | given the piece count this is not the kind of set that |
| detail and high collectability. The Millennium Falcon is | | | | you will be assembling very often, so defiantly decide |
| not only the largest of these sets ever released it is | | | | where 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 that | | | | attention given to even the smallest surface extends |
| this ship is built to minifigure scale. So that means | | | | all over the ship. A large variety of small pieces are |
| that the minifigures that come with the set are in | | | | applied to the top surface to give it the realistic look. |
| correct size proportion to the huge ship that | | | | Given 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 part | | | | ship. |
| of the set, given the appeal of the ship, but it is nice | | | | Two people can sit side by side with another two |
| that LEGO sought to include minifigures with the set | | | | people in a row behind them. There is a boarding |
| as previous UCS releases have not included any | | | | ramp underneath and a gunner chair at the top. That |
| figures. There are five figures, Han Solo, Princess | | | | is about it. Granted, much of the inner space is taken |
| Leia, Luke Skywalker, Obi wan Kenobi and | | | | up with construction pieces to keep this large and |
| Chewbacca all in Episode Four, A New Hope garb. It | | | | wide set together but it would have been nice to |
| is a good selection of figures that could have been | | | | see a dejarik table or some sleeping quarters etc. But |
| improved by adding the final two characters that | | | | this is a minor quibble. |
| travelled with this crew on their travels, the two | | | | The 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 Engineering | | | | features a display card with detailed ship |
| Corporation YT-1300 freighter and was won by the | | | | specifications of the ship to accentuate the display. |
| smuggler Han Solo in a game of Sabacc. The person | | | | Overall it is a highly recommended for those with the |
| he won the ship off was none other than Lando | | | | money to afford the $499 model and the space to |
| Calrissian. The LEGO model itself is obviously very big | | | | store it. |
| and would warrant a significant display area if it is to | | | | |