Each premiere associated with the popular Star Wars franchise is something grandiose. So it happened with the new LEGO collection. Her story began in August 2017, when a record appeared in LEGO Twitter about the imminent release of a new, truly huge set.
The largest LEGO set in the world
Then the readers were presented with an image in which two huge piles of gray and beige blocks were visible.
This, according to LEGO, was The largest collection of Lego Star Wars Of the ever released, it includes 7541 parts. This is 1600 parts more than in the previous largest LEGO model.
The creators of the new collection called it Millennium Falcon (article 75192). The Millennium Falcon is Han Solo's favorite cargo ship, piloted by Rei (Daisy Ridley) and Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew) after his death.
The cost of the largest Lego set in the world is $ 800. In Russia, it can be purchased for 60 thousand rubles. For this price, you will receive not only a huge number of parts, but also several mini-figures representing old and new crew members of the Millennium Falcon. These include:
- Han Solo;
- Chewbacca;
- Princess Leia;
- C-3PO;
- the aged Han Solo from The Force Awakens;
- Ray;
- Finn;
- BB- 8.
In addition to them in the set there are a couple of Porgy and miners.
The crew’s classic weapons include Khan's blaster and Chewbacca’s energy crossbow.
As an added bonus, the heads on the original figures of Khan and Leah can be rotated so that the kit owner can put on air respirators and recreate scenes such as the attack of the miners in the movie Empire Strikes Back.
The dimensions of the Millennium Falcon are more than 21 cm in height, 84 cm in length and 56 cm in width.
Lego specialists made a lot of efforts to make the reduced version of the Star Wars ship as reliable as possible. It has two laser guns, a hidden blaster cannon, 7 support racks, a folding landing ladder. And even equipped with removable round and rectangular antennas to match either the original trilogy or later versions of episodes VII and VIII. All skin segments are removable so that the player has direct access to the interior. And inside the ship there are internal sections - an exact imitation of the original. There is also a secret room under the floor.
This version of the Millennium Falcon kit is an update to the 2007 version, which for ten years has been named the “largest Lego Star Wars collection”. It has 5,195 parts. The release of the kit from 2007 has already been discontinued, however, it remains one of the most sought after fans. Prices for the original model range from 2,000 to 3,000 dollars.
The Ultimate Collector series also contains tons of other Star Wars kits, including the Death Star and the Imperial Star Destroyer, as well as the Batmobile from DC Extended Universe and Helicarrier from the Marvel comic book universe.
Top 5 largest collections of Lego Star Wars in the world
5. “Death Star” - USC Death Star (article 75159)
You can purchase this collection on the LEGO website for 42,990 rubles. It includes 25 mini figures and 4016 details.
4. LEGO Star Wars Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon (Code 10179)
There are 5195 parts in this version.
3. The largest private collection of LEGO Star Wars in the world
Located at the LEGO Museum in Prague. There is also the Millennium Falcon, assembled from 5195 parts. And the center of the exposition is the Death Star.
2. The largest collection of Lego Star Wars in Russia
It belongs to a resident of Yekaterinburg Igor Levichev. There are over 1.4 thousand figures in it, and all in all, a million Lego parts are at the disposal of the collector.
1. Rebel X-Wing - 5,335,200 parts
In 2013, a group of enthusiasts presented a life-size Rebel X-Wing fighter in the Czech city of Kladno. Its creation took 4 months of work and 5 335 200 parts. After assembling the fighter, he was transported to New York.
