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- Waterispoison, on 10/12/2007, -1/+95She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts, kid. I've added some special modifications myself.
- Highstand, on 10/12/2007, -6/+68$499?!?!?! For that price we could buy our own ship...and I would pilot it.
- gwalbridge, on 10/12/2007, -2/+52... It's next to some Lego people.
And if you don't know how big Lego people are, then you've lost touch with the kid in yourself. - BadassCheese, on 10/12/2007, -7/+41Don't laugh at your own joke.
On topic, that thing looks like it would take an ass load of time. - thekurst, on 10/12/2007, -2/+35The pictures don't do it any justice. They should have put it next to something else for comparison.
- Masonsmith, on 10/12/2007, -1/+33Yeah, but how many parsecs for the Kessel Run?
- Felectrode, on 10/12/2007, -1/+31If your girlfriend gets this for you for Valentines, marry her.
- spidoman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+27This ain't like dustin' crops boy.
- ThE0eNiGmA, on 10/12/2007, -1/+23Yes, a parsec is a unit of distance, which is more amazing when you think about it. According to various Star Wars lore, the Kessel run was located near the Maw, a black hole cluster. The Millenium Falcon inadvertantly took advantage of the space-time distorting properties of the black holes to actually shorten the distance. If I remember correctly, events prior to that run resulted in Han Solo earning his Corellian Bloodstripes. And yes, I have done way too much reading.
- D3koy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18Wow, just in case you weren't quite nerdy enough...
Ps: makes for one hell of a Valentines day gift - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17I always thought that he meant that he was able to find a better route by being more daring and flying closer to black holes or authorities or some ***** like that, a shorter route that was more dangerous...
- cassidyarch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16For scale, here's a pic of the set being swooshed around by its creator, Jens Kronvold Fredericksen.
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jmenomeno/LEGOParty/dsc04954.jpg
Look at the smile on his face. Lego set designer--what an awesome job. - Peko, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17A word of advice:
If a guy at a 'con invites a girl back to his place to see his millenium falcon - he means -
he wants the girl to come back to his place to see his millenium falcon.
- titlesaysitall, on 10/12/2007, -5/+21Why Lego why? Why must you release something likes this! It's horrible...
....that you put out of my price range and taunt me with it. - IareKEVLAR, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15I think this is Lego companies' valiant effort to thwart those of us who used to not use instructions, and would rely solely on the picture on the box for assembly instructions.
- AkatsukiNoTobi, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16Isn't there a Death Star Lego model that is much bigger than this? I remember reading it on Digg. =/
- merreborn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13There's a blurb on the whole "kessel run"/"parsec is a unit of distance" in wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millenium_Falcon#Kessel_Run
My favorite example of fancruft. - bugninja, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13My 5 year old son is going to want this and I will have to build it. The 5+ lego sets are too easy for him, and then from there it goes to about 8+ and they are way too hard. We can work on them together, but they can be so time-consuming he still doesn't have the attention span. They need a happy medium.
Plus, we end up having to glue every piece together because kids like to play with the built toy and they just break every 2 seconds.
It's been over a week and he, myself, and his grandma are still building the Boba Fett ship together. He can handle about 20 minutes a day of hands on help before he gets bored. - noahhoward, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12Was it an official production set or a one-off someone did?
- mikeon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Then do just 20 minutes a day with him? Sure it will be time consuming but you'll be spending time together making mistakes and laughing at yourselves and giving him a good memory.
I wish I had that kind of experience with my dad when I was a child to be able to play games together and work on a problem. - ICSU, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9I can't think of a reason. Women are out of question here.
- giddytonk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9I wonder if the top comes off so you can view the interior like the original toy did ?!
- noahhoward, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Look at the photogrophers face in the back-ground. "Lucky son of a ..."
- computerdude33, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Hey, baby, wanna see my spaceship? ;)
- wqwert, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9@doorfingers hit the reply link
- Falldog, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9The Death Star "Measures a full 25 inches (65 cm) high and 19 inches (50 cm) wide (including stand)." http://shop.lego.com/Product/?p=10143
I have the Star Destroyer at home, and she’s definitely longer than three feet, but only 3000 pieces or so. - Philbert, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Wow, I remember when the Space Monorail I got for Christmas was the biggest (at least that I knew of) and most expensive at $40
- ldavid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7No...it really didn't need to be asked.
- Philbert, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7That's not sold as a kit
- PdxPhoenix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Well, it is breakable...it's LEGO fer cryin out loud.
- finn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6i'm so glad i'm dirt broke, i'ld have ordered this in seconds.. already have the deluxe Tie Interceptor, X-Wing, blockade runner, and the Star Destroyer (and no, thats not why i'm broke)
- mizzoucat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Looks like this kid from Amazon doesn't approve:
"I am a 7-year-old. I love legos and I love Star Wars and I was really excited about this. But then when I was done, it was very very weak. So I put it on my mom's shelf and every time I picked it up it got weak again. So we took it all apart and built it again, but that time I ended up screaming and crying because part of the bottom wasn't strong enough and the front things began to break apart, so it cracked in half and I gave up. But I'm going to try to build it again because I want to glue it." - toby34a, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3This is why I need kids... so I can justify buying LEGOs. However, first I gotta find a girl...
- titlesaysitall, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Screw that, you need this: http://shop.lego.com/ByTheme/Product.aspx?p=7248&cn=52
- Arowin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Much better, close up picture of it:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jmenomeno/LEGOParty/dsc05090.jpg
More pictures:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jmenomeno/LEGOParty/ - neuroticus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Does it have an intricate interior?
- ijustam, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The toys breaking was half the fun! I'd play with my creation, it'd break and I'd mount a gun or add some ridiculous function on it. I don't think most of my creations lasted more than 20 minutes before I sometimes destroyed them on purpose.
However, there are those moments when you have something really intricate you're attempting to build and it just falls apart in your hands and you just want to renounce your religion and cry. - Jemulov, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It looks like some sort of arm cannon from that angle. Man I wish I had one.
*insert Han Solo quote* - mgkwho, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3It's not the "biggest lego set ever made"- it's the "biggest lego set ever in production" i.e. that consumers can buy as a commodity.
-=|Mgkwho - rhesuspieces00, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Here are the photos from the product page (not hi-res, but pretty good):
http://cache.lego.com/images/shop/prod/10179-0000-xx-13-1.jpg
http://cache.lego.com/images/shop/prod/10179-0000-xx-23-1.jpg
http://cache.lego.com/images/shop/prod/10179-0000-xx-33-1.jpg
http://cache.lego.com/images/shop/prod/10179-0000-xx-33-2.jpg
http://cache.lego.com/images/shop/prod/10179-0000-xx-33-3.jpg - AndrewDB, on 01/10/2008, -0/+1I remember that!
- AndrewDB, on 01/10/2008, -0/+1Sure you can.. you can actually buy one..
*Like I'm thinking about doing. - matt0ne, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"oh, wow!"
- nozol03, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1But can it make the Kessel Run in under 12 parsecs?
Yes.... yes it can.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Falcon - Eccohawk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=233838
- mementh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I hope they glued that sucker.. cause if you dropped it from that height.. you will NEVER find all the parts :)
- generalmartok, on 02/14/2008, -0/+1almost identical... not even close, your friend just had an idea before Lego put into market. IMHO, your friend's version is a good attempt, but not as professional looking and exact as this model.
- theboozer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Is saw that thing... I believe it actually was a one of a kind that was sold only on eBay for charity. It was massive as all hell!
- kdmaster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1MOMMY! I WANT ONE!-thats how you say it
- S4MF1SHER, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@Peko
I ask the 'con girl if she wants to go back to my place to see my Wookie.
Then the Millenium Falcon in the morning. -
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