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LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

Chuckbacca — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:25:08 EST

My kids and I are about 50% throigh construction on this one. It's like having a second job!
Anyhow, I remember, way back when, reading that the MF is actually only the tractor section. Those forks on the front end are actually intended to lock onto a large freight module much like a trailer hooks to a truck. Kenner even made proto-types designed for the toy market before dropping the idea.
Anyone recall this? Or can direct me to images?
We're thinking of building this add-on once we're done snapping together the 5k+ pieces of the MF.

Chuckbacca

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

NeoPoliticus — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:43:48 EST

Harrison Ford couldn't pull that line off then - and he's never managed to pull off any line since. He acts like a cigar store indian.

NeoPoliticus

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

Lody — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:13:23 EDT

Spoiler: Darth Vader is Luke's father, he dies at the end and Yoda, Frank Oz is.

be amused--that actually WAS a spoiler for me xD -has never seen star wars- but then again I don't plan to so oh well.

Lody

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

metastable — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:40:59 EDT

here it is completed, with a video of the production:
[blog.wired.com]

metastable

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

jedijoe — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:51:45 EDT

that may be the largest star wars lego but back in the day in adventures comics they had a life size pirates of the carribean ship that had half a million legos in it

jedijoe

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

soliong — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:33:22 EDT

Does anyone have an idea if it is possible to hang this up on the wall (bottom side facing the wall)?

I myself think it is possible with some fishing lines like the way art galleries hang 3D sculptures on the wall.

I am sure as hell going to buy this to make up for all the lego sets I was deprived of as a child :D But I don't have the room to display it. Hanging it on the wall seems the most viable idea.

soliong

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

yasko — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:37:40 EDT

I got mine last Monday. Haven't started building it yet (got me a Wife® and Kid®) so I haven't had the time. But, and here is the cool part, September is double points month at my local Lego store, and I got points as if I had spent $1000!!!!! With the loyalty card I had already started, it resulted in a $90 gift card. Yay me!!!!

yasko

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

sassyone — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:45:05 EDT

ok anybody who would seriously spend that kind of cash on little plastic pieces = TOTAL NERD!!!

sassyone

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

NewSc2 — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:20:11 EDT

What?! Darth Vader is Luke's father? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

NewSc2

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

banmojo — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:11:28 EDT

Yesterday I was messing around on Amazon, adding various Lego sets to my shopping cart. Final bill came to about 2200$. Man I can't wait to get paid :^)

banmojo

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

dlinc — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:02:02 EDT

for a scale reference the box shows the cockpit holding FOUR mini-figs! like it should. the instructions (all 4lbs 2oz of it) have a concise piece list at the end and as all lego nuts know you can not only order any (god forbid) missing parts but if you get the instructions and the part list (easily found on-line) you can build it without ordering the box set. or you can customize... but i think it is probably cheaper to get the box. $500 for 5000 pieces = $.10 per; anyone know what lego charges per piece?

dlinc

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

kevjohn — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:28:36 EDT

Remember that Brady Bunch episode where those snotty kids are building the giant house of cards and someone (I think it might have been the dog) knocks the whole thing over? Imagine that.... TIMES 10! And with LEGOS!!!

bwaHAHAhahahahaha.....

kevjohn

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

atomic80 — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:07:35 EDT

No, I haven't finished building mine yet. I started last night. The toughest part is finding all the pieces needed! Hard to organize these lego pieces when there's just so many different types. It's already pretty massive. What impresses me thus so far is that it's got a pretty good inner structure so far. I think this will be a sturdy kit. The Star Destroyer was pretty fragile.

atomic80

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

fastm3driver — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:30:23 EDT

can anyone post on where they put these things?
I would buy the star destroyer but where would I put it at 37 inches? They need a wall or ceiling mount.

fastm3driver

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

youruglyclone — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:29:25 EDT

@jesusdiaz:

what's the number on your set?

I'm waiting for mine...and I guess it'll come sooner.

halo wha? I got LEGOs!

youruglyclone

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

GIZisGOD — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:25:12 EDT

Have you finished building it yet?

GIZisGOD

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

LoudMusic — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:05:15 EDT

I have the Star Destroyer set, now 3rd largest with 3000+ pieces, and it took me over 10 hours to assemble. The Millennium Falcon has to take 15+ hours with its 5000+ pieces. But it does fall into the correct pricing for the piece. I figure a set should average ten cents per piece.

LoudMusic

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

Rain-man — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:41:58 EDT

Funny, you are!

Rain-man

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

Toto — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:13:49 EDT

$500 - that's interesting. So how come it cost 549 Euros in Euro-rip-off-land. That is over $775!

Can someone get me one in the States please :-)

Toto

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

chadmd23 — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:09:59 EDT

Can we get a close up shot of the specs? I want to make sure it can make the kessel run in 12 parsecs.

chadmd23

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

strider_mt2k — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:09:16 EDT

I wish I had the space for this.

strider_mt2k

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

pupaboy — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:21:35 EDT

This just says geek all over it...

pupaboy

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

mangochutney — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:10:13 EDT

@jesusdiaz: bummer!
I gave up LEGO except for one racing car that still resides on one of my cupboards.

I still have four huge crates of parts somewhere round here.

@icepick314: That happened to me once in my life.
I was 12 years old and had just bought a huge truck with a trailer and a helicopter.
I realised that a crucial part was missing (one of those custom parts). That thing wasn't a gift, and I spent about 120 Deutsch-Mark on that toy.
So I wrote a letter to Lego Germany, with a picture of the missing part attached.
About two weeks later they sent me that missing part along with a second model and a apology.
I gave that second model to my best friend as a gift.

mangochutney

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

icepick314 — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 06:02:51 EDT

after couple weeks of putting together, you find out you're missing a piece...

ARRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

icepick314

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

Jesus Diaz — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:53:10 EDT

@mangochutney: I wish. The model is not mine. It's Dlinc's, who has graciously gave us the photos of the unboxing.

Jesus Diaz

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

mangochutney — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:35:59 EDT

I think I'll be going for the Vader Tie Fighter.
Liked that thing in the Movie.

Anyway. Jesus, you will never again need grey Lego parts

mangochutney

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

Hamsternator — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:25:47 EDT

LEGO needs to make all future models to scale according to this. Also, new sets should come with a tent to put the damn thing in out in the garden, 'cause people's rooms must be seriously filling up...

I come from the area where the main office and original production is situated, and I know a few people who could use the jobs that would bring about :)

Hamsternator

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

atomic80 — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:07:11 EDT

How big is the Death Star model? It must be pretty big if it's taken up that much room! I thought it was coming out on the 1st of October too but then when I happened to be checking the Lego site about the Falcon, imagine my shock to find out that it was now available!

atomic80

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

Calaverius — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:42:29 EDT

Put those interns to work and build that shit!

Calaverius

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

CryoMax — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:43:16 EDT

Mine came Friday, and surprised the hell out of me, since I wasn't expecting it to ship until Oct 1, and I hadn't gotten any emails about the shipping. I actually did get an email about it being shipped -- six hours after I received it.

I still haven't figured out where I'm going to put it; the Lego Death Star II and Lego Star Destroyer pretty much occupy the primo flat space in my place. :)

CryoMax

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

atomic80 — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:27:14 EDT

I just got mine today after ordering it last winter and this thing is MASSIVE! I have the Ultimate Collection Star Destroyer set and I thought that was massive but this one looks like it's going to be even bigger. I'm going to start putting it together tonight.

As for the size, the Lego website says its about 3 feet long! Biggest lego set I've even gotten!

atomic80

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

Jeff_McAwesome — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:48:00 EDT

@Grandmasterdibbler: Perhaps you didn't notice that it says 16+ on the front of the box.

Jeff_McAwesome

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

fjaril — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:24:49 EDT

I think you should put it together and record it then do a fast replay of it like when the opti prime transformer was er transformed :) that'd be aces!

fjaril

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

OmarG — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:18:18 EDT

Maybe if we wait a month, they'll cut the price $200.

OmarG

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

OmarG — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:17:41 EDT

Maybe if we wait a

OmarG

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

Grandmasterdibbler — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:39:40 EDT

So.Awesome. Even though I'm not 12 any more, I would sell a family member to get me one of those.

Grandmasterdibbler

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

Canoehead — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:29:05 EDT

This doesn't actually look that much bigger than the Imperial Star Destroyer, though it has about 2,000 more parts and $200 more pricetag. I suspect it is a lot me solid, whereas the ISD was just a hollow shell covered in giant panels that barely stayed on.

Canoehead

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

RiceBandit — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:28:08 EDT

For a scale reference, take a look at the cockpit on the cover of the instruction manual, last pic. The cockpit looks like it can hold two of them. It's pretty massive.

RiceBandit

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

strider_mt2k — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:16:11 EDT

The cool thing is, you can make some special modifications of your own.

She's fast enough for ya.

strider_mt2k

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

KAMEPOH — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:13:11 EDT

Where did you get this for $499, everywhere I've looked it is well over a thousand!...OR did you get the "I'm Special" price?

KAMEPOH

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

smokyburnout — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:07:51 EDT

the last pic with the instruction booket... is that a scale? is that a LEGO set with a freaking 4-pound instruction booklet?

do want.

smokyburnout

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

Jesus Diaz — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:49:47 EDT

@mandarin: Because it takes a lot of time and this post is about the thing finally shipping, ahead of schedule.

Jesus Diaz

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

dlinc — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:49:04 EDT

it was delivered to me yesterday and i sent the pictures in this afternoon. unfortunately i have a job so it isn't finished yet (-complete lie; my wife wont let me touch it 'till christmas...) so i will have to just send the finished pictures of the snowspeeder i am working on now. i am sure i wont be the first to finish it. as far as the questions about size it is huge; about the same size as the ucs star-destroyer box. maybe a few inches bigger.

dlinc

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

stonefry — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:45:25 EDT

The ship's too long. If I walk, the movie would be over.

stonefry

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

mandarin — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:36:33 EDT

So someone took pictures of the box? Why dont you build it first, then take pictures?

mandarin

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

ryber — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:33:27 EDT

@DEADPLASMACELL: It's LEGO. If you get it already assembled, what's the frigging point?

ryber

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

Rapido — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:29:55 EDT

Yoda: "ring-bound," that should be.

Rapido

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

schrosa — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:24:37 EDT

How come none of the photos have anything next to it?

There's no way to gauge size?

schrosa

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

FilthyHarry — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:19:10 EDT

We need a sizemodo here. How big is it compared to say the real Millennium Falcon? Or how about just a falcon?

FilthyHarry

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

TinyBroBot — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:19:00 EDT

This whole "unboxing with a spoiler" is not a meme that Gizmodo or anyone else needs to start.

Cool Lego set though...

TinyBroBot

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

Jesus Diaz — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:08:06 EDT

@DWD: It just arrived today. These things are shipping now to people who pre-ordered 5 months ago.

Give Dlinc some time.

Jesus Diaz

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DeadPlasmaCell — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:06:26 EDT

WTF you have to actually put this thing together?? Eff that sh*t

DeadPlasmaCell

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

Sternfan91 — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:05:56 EDT

$500....wow

Sternfan91

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TonyRockyHorror — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:02:43 EDT

how big is this thing assembled? also, how does it compare to the Death Star set, in size?

TonyRockyHorror

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Jesus Diaz — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:57:58 EDT

@92BuickLeSabre: Good call. Editing. :-)

Jesus Diaz

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DWD — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:50:23 EDT

Anyone can unbox the "biggest Lego set ever." What about an assembly gallery?

DWD

LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

Yossarian — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:45:38 EDT

Man - if I didn't have to, you know, drive a car, I'd totally get one of those.

I loves me some Legos; need to get all those old sets I left at my parents' house all those years ago.

Yossarian

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92BuickLeSabre — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:43:04 EDT

I think you meant: Yoda, Frank Oz is.

92BuickLeSabre