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LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping (PICS)

gizmodo.com — The biggest LEGO set ever, the $499 Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon is now shipping, 5,000-pieces and heavy ring-binded manual included. Yes, this thing is massive. Julie Stern from LEGO confirms: "We're a bit ahead of schedule, so some people who preordered now have their sets." In other words: "great shot kid, that was one in a million

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  • eisnein, on 10/10/2007, -12/+44i must say it-

    the force is strong with this one!
    • negativefx, on 10/10/2007, -28/+5dork
    • thaeastsida, on 10/10/2007, -15/+1and ill smoke to that.
    • grbruner, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Sorry for comment abuse but a WARNING to anyone who wants to buy one of these.
      Pay attention to the set number. There is a a smaller version of the Falcon that came out a while ago (set #4504) and is nearly $400 on amazon so don't get confused. Make sure you get set #10179 (which is over 1K on amazon but only $499 on shop.lego.com
  • PeppermintPig, on 10/10/2007, -1/+41Cool, but very expensive.

    Why didn't they put the set together? I'm dying to see if Lego designed an interior.
    • batmanjr, on 10/10/2007, -1/+27I'm thinking because this isn't something that just goes together in an afternoon. Heck the 1045 pc Batmobile took me 5 hours to do. So this would take a considerable amount of time.
      • PeppermintPig, on 10/10/2007, -7/+4Maybe you're not trying hard enough? :P A 1000 piece set isn't a big sweat. 5000, a little more complex, I admit.
    • carterbaldwin, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4I'm pretty sure there is no interior - the cockpit and turrets can fit figs, but I don't recall seeing any interior shots in the publicity photos.
    • jellomizer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8 (sarcastically) What you don't open up the plastic for the legos you will just ruin the collector value. Unfortunately collecting has became big business so people no longer buy toys they buy status symbols that increase in value over the years, But remember they only increase in value because some people actually like having fun with the toys.
    • dafragsta, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9They didn't put it together for a very good reason. Didn't you guys see Rain Man when Tom Cruise cuts the fish sticks in half to go from 4 to 8? They just gained an extra appearance on the Digg home page by cutting the article in Half. Engadget and Gizmodo are the two biggest Digg whores that ever whored Digg.
    • Eronamanthius, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I have the old 1000 piece set, and yes, it has interior complete with control panels, weapon racks, and engine hoses, along with numerous other doohickeys (swivel chairs, secret compartments).

      If they can put that in a 1000 piece set, this thing better have one as well...
  • FreakyD, on 10/10/2007, -2/+85LEGO kicks ass
    • Fracture98, on 10/10/2007, -1/+61I wish it was in Children's Duplo. It'd be almost actual size.
  • Helbrecht, on 10/10/2007, -2/+48call me back when its built
  • BobCock, on 10/10/2007, -0/+73LEGO Death Star, anyone?
  • Leach, on 10/10/2007, -12/+10There is a God!
  • Zanick, on 10/10/2007, -3/+152It's beautiful, but for $500 can it make the Kessel run in less than twelve parsecs?
    • dualboy24, on 10/10/2007, -2/+43Wait a minute.. a parsec is a unit of length.
      • eaasness, on 10/10/2007, -3/+28Somebody watched the Family Guy.
      • turrican, on 10/10/2007, -0/+18Han made that statement a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away - so if someone is wrong about the definition, it would be us.
      • rrcasco, on 10/15/2007, -0/+49Well... The Kessel run is an area full of black holes. If your ship is slower, you have to take a wider, more careful route through Kessel. Since The Millennium Falcon is pretty fast, it can take a more direct route, passing closer to the black holes, so its travel length is shorter.

        /nerd hat off
    • Swoyer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7that baby still has a few surprises left in her
  • ricepicker4000, on 10/10/2007, -29/+6Sign on box says 16+ lol, how many 16 year olds go to the store looking for legos?
    • punk90, on 10/10/2007, -4/+17I do.
    • brucerchapman, on 10/10/2007, -2/+17My brother is in his 40's. He will have this before the year is out.
    • PeppermintPig, on 10/10/2007, -2/+26I'm guessing you're not a fan of Lego, or is it hard on the attention span?

      There's nothing wrong with owning Lego as an adult. Some of the coolest designs are driven by the adult Lego market... err, that didn't come out right.
    • Serak, on 10/10/2007, -1/+31On the other hand, how many under-16s have a spare $500 to spend on Lego?
    • iheartjebus, on 10/10/2007, -4/+5how many stores are going to stock a 500 dollar lego set? I imagine almost all of these will be sold online.
    • xstarsprinklesx, on 10/10/2007, -1/+15I'm 25 and I'd buy it if I had $500 to throw around.
    • devate, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I'll probably buy it. As soon as I have a spare $500.
  • ezikiel2517, on 10/10/2007, -7/+53"What the hell is an aluminum falcon?"
    • 0hffs, on 10/10/2007, -5/+5"you must smell like feet wrapped in leathery burnt bacon"
  • jdoe562, on 10/10/2007, -6/+4Beautiful.
  • jim1977, on 10/10/2007, -2/+14needs a scale lego death star retailing at a cool million bucks
  • CWal37, on 10/10/2007, -2/+79"That's not the brick you're looking for."
  • vinnyvenus, on 10/10/2007, -14/+5Nah, I will just wait for the cheap Mega Bloks version to come out.
    • Valkarie70, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13Don't even joke about mega blocks...pieces of crap
      • norle, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4Um...Mega Bloks are *identical* to Lego pieces and cost 1/3 the price. So they don't have the big EXPENSIVE licensing deals. I'd rather build my $40, 2000 piece Mega Bloks Harley Davidson than waste $500 that could be better used on REAL geek hardware.
  • mattdanis, on 10/10/2007, -7/+8I've got a bad feeling about this.
  • NiGHTSChao, on 10/10/2007, -17/+4and people say the Ps3 is a waste of money
    • louiedog, on 10/10/2007, -4/+6This looks like way more fun than Lair. If you push it off a table you can expect it to go down, which means the control is better as well.
  • scallon, on 10/10/2007, -1/+71Man, if you lose a piece, you are seriously *****.
    • louiedog, on 10/10/2007, -0/+56I had a ~100 piece lego set when I was like 8 that was missing a piece. I sent Lego a handwritten note with a photocopy of the instruction sheet with the missing piece circled. I had the new one (plus a couple of common pieces from the set) within a couple of weeks for free. Lego is awesome.
      • PeppermintPig, on 10/10/2007, -1/+22Yep. They're very good about mailing out missing parts. We've had to do that twice. Great service and reputation because Lego cares about its customers.
      • NikZ, on 10/10/2007, -0/+15It looks like you can order individual bricks from them now. Nice!

        http://us.factory.lego.com/pab/
      • justinjacobs, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I've been trying put back together one of my older sets, to which I was missing a few pieces. I found http://www.bricklink.com to be a good resource for individual parts.
  • spamzor, on 10/10/2007, -0/+20I'm not going to lie, it would totally be a childhood fantasy to own one of these bad boys.

    Wishing I was a little kid again so I have an excuse to buy one :-(
    • Ludnix, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11Little kids can't afford this one. It's meant for YOU. (Tell that to people who ask and make sure to keep it hidden in your closet when you have company over)
    • devikwolf, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Scoff pshaw! This is a grown-up toy. I'm 22 and I still "play" with legos, in that I buy kits every now and then and put 'em together. Bought the small Y-Wing model a couple of months back. Next up is the big $120 Y-Wing.
    • devate, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Who needs an excuse?
  • anoldlemon, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Didn't LEGO release a Millenium Falcon before? Must be a different set...
    • PeppermintPig, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6They continue to re-release improved or special edition sets of similar ships and scenes, which is actually good because people can get a similar model if they missed it the first time around, and some sets are more economically sensible for people who don't have alot to spend.

      That said, Lego is quite over priced. I don't like Megabloks, but I appreciate the fact that competition with Lego shall help to lower their set prices.
      • manitcor, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Lego has never gotten cheaper and they don't really consider any of the other "block" companies/toys competition. Why? Lego has two things no competitor has been very successful in replicating; high quality manufacturing and a massive collection of branded merchandise (IE Star Wars). Until someone else gets those 2 things right (at bare minimum, high quality bricks) Lego will have no serious competition. At least in the brick market, they are of course competing with other kinds of toys too.
        • PeppermintPig, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Lego has been coming down in price just like most other things are, but nobody in the US would notice because the rate of inflation is exceeding improvements in manufacture that would make the sets cheaper.

          Megabloks are nipping at the heels with their franchise acquisition, though, and some Lego sets ARE adopting a Megablok look and feel. That isn't to say Lego should make sets that look more like Megabloks, but that they DO mind what the competition is doing.

          That said, Lego has a huge chunk of the market, which has nearly always led to higher than average prices.

          Lego quality is par excellence, though their new part designs of late are sometimes dubious IMO.
      • Thinkcage, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5It should also be noted that design-wise Lego is heads and tails above anyone else. Every single set is attractive, high quality, and fits the long legacy of the "system". Some of the MegaBlocks sets are just not as nice looking. Be it colors, figures, whatever they just lack that "it" that Lego has.
        • howski, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4MegaBloks also just don't fit together as well as LEGO bricks do.
    • Thinkcage, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3There were at least two previous versions that I know of. There was a $99 version (which my son has) and is amazingly detailed in it's own right. Then they had a $300 version that was much more detailed. Can't imagine how this one compares.
  • glasnt, on 10/10/2007, -1/+57$500? I can almost buy my own ship for that!
    "Yeah, but who's gonna fly it kid, you?"
    You know I'm not such a bad pilot myself... *mumble*
  • jasonliman, on 10/10/2007, -10/+0http://digg.com/design/The_Biggest_Lego_Set_Ever_M ...
    225 days ago
  • carterbaldwin, on 10/10/2007, -1/+78I'll pay you 200 dollars now, and another 600 when we reach Alderaan.
  • chroko, on 10/10/2007, -0/+20Here's a link to the actual product on LEGO.com - with pictures of it built (although none of the interior, if there is one):

    http://shop.lego.com/ByCategory/Product.aspx?p=101 ...
    • statikuz, on 10/10/2007, -0/+22"Limit 5 per customer"
      WELL FORGET IT THEN!
  • lifeimages, on 10/10/2007, -2/+62$499 and it doesn't support 3G? WTF?
  • NeonShadow, on 10/10/2007, -6/+5I would chuck that ***** at the wall if I had a missing piece at the end.
  • suprememilo, on 10/10/2007, -2/+14iPhone or Legos? :(
    • ivantalboys, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16At least Lego won't come and break up the Falcon if you decide that you want Luke to take the helm for a change.
  • Skvas, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10Don't feel like $500 is that much for it, come to Denmark and you will have to pay $888.99 : )
    • Pushkin, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3incl 25% VAT
    • PeppermintPig, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2I'm guessing you do alot of Lego importing? :)
    • Flawless, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5I don't get it. The Canadian dollar is at par with the US dollar, and in Canada we have to shell out 679.99$! WTF?!
  • suicidalchic, on 10/10/2007, -6/+6Legos are cool and all.. but should it be that expensive for a heap of plastic? c'mon.
    • scallon, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4I dont know.... it is three feet long. That is a lot of plastic.
    • ClOlD, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Dude - do you want to get sued? They're not Legos - they're LEGO® brand bricks.
    • Ludnix, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6You're mainly paying for the plans and work that went in designing it. It's all about building, not the actual result.
      • BGog, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5You so SOOO right. If this was the same size plastic toy it would cost like $60. The FUN is building it. I have 5 and 3 year old boys and i get go help them build legos. It is always a bummer when we're done building.
      • Verdanic, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5I'm 18 and I almost wish I had kids to blame the Lego in my room on. That said, it kind of makes me proud too.
  • fuxjoey, on 10/10/2007, -4/+8I would love to have one, but $499? No disrespect, but its still plastic.
  • ClOlD, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8Since when did ABS become as valuable as gold per pound? I've got some pipes to sell!
    • PeppermintPig, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2There is a small market for custom Lego parts. :)

      A big gray baseplate is 11 USD. It's just a sheet, with bumps. They likely cut the stuff out of a larger sheet. It should be cheaper. (That's your market entry point right there!)
    • AnotherBrian, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4When it is injection molded in hundreds of no-draft shapes, with slides, with .0001" precision. You'd be surprised at how expensive that is.
      • PeppermintPig, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1And that's not including any trade secrets they may have on the temperature and chemical mixtures for the ABS to get the ideal physical properties.
  • jasgeo, on 10/10/2007, -16/+7This is totally something you'd see Steve Carell having on his shelf in the movie 40-Year-Old-Virgin.

    Buried as If-you're-a-grown-man-contemplating-buying-this-theres-a-reason-why-you're-single.
    • hush79, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5what if you a 20 something girl who thinks this is ace?? .... and is also starting to think she should get out more!
      • devate, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Why don't I know girls my age who think LEGOs are cool?
        • PeppermintPig, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Yeah, we need a shout out from the lady lego builders!
    • BGog, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12Wow dude. You need to find your sense of fun. I would seriously say. IF-you're-a-grown-man-and-NOT-contemplating-buying-this-you-may-be-hanging-out-on-the-wrong-web-site-try-Forbes.com
    • Tippis, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4What if you're a grown woman and contemplating buying it?
  • IllBeBack, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7I don't think spending $500 is required to let everyone know how big a geek I am. They already know.
    • Verdanic, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Hey, It's for show once it's built. You're paying $500 to assemble it.
  • skyfire1, on 10/10/2007, -7/+2I can't wait to smash this thing into the ground.
  • lindsayharmond, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1i'd love to test the durability of this thing
  • cajie, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7I think it's $499 because of the included Blu-Ray drive.
  • benitojuarez, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11how am i going to explain $500 missing out of our account to my wife after seeing this?
    • SteelFrog, on 10/10/2007, -0/+15Just wave your hand and say "There is no money missing from the account" and stare at her blankly.
  • mirot, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3ok, who would take the time to build this?
    ..nevermind, i can think of a couple of friends already, and t'is sad to say that both are in college
  • seminis, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2You better take care of those .. 5000 pieces, if you lose one you will be screwed!
  • darthcooley, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5It will be mine Oh yes it will be Mine!!
  • MasterDwarf, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5"You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought."
  • thedarkrabbit, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4And they Also have the Death Star!
    http://shop.lego.com/Product/?p=10143
    • green67, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5yes....but is it "Fully Operational;"?
  • Gustomucho, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5679$ CAD , Man this is some BS, our money is equal with the USD. What a rip off
    • PeppermintPig, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3There could be other factors at play, but I generally agree: If the exchange rate is even, yet the price is still disparate, it's better to import it from a friend or something!
    • Jem2768, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Various prices for the same thing in different countries...

      679 CAD = 675 USD
      349 GBP = 704 USD
      549 EUR = 775 USD (that's obscene!)

      Looks like the world aside from USA gets stiffed on those currency conversions - and Lego are a European company.
      • SkipDaRoo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1979 Australian Dollar = 851 USD (And we have a winner)
    • AwesomeAndy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Don't most (if not all) European countries include tax in the MSRP? If so, that accounts for a lot of that.
  • Couchy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Lego's look fun to build but being the guy that actually comes up with the designs and builds them from scratch with unlimited access to pieces is probably even better
  • anchorman, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6I hope while they build this... they film it in time lapse like this couple did.
    http://www.adognamedfish.com/archives/2003/01/lego ...
    It would make for a great video.
  • darthpaul88, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4clicked on the link and star wars music started in my music shuffle.


    i want one.
  • oyflaaaayvin, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4i have the $300 star destroyer and it is awesome. i rigged some blue LEDs inside of it that run off a battery pack. awesome. this is awesome too.
  • iluvmycarolyn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Hmmm, awesome but $499 seems like a large number..
    • appurtenance, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4921037124729103 is also a large number.
  • kidcodea, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4simply put, LEGO #1, for AGES.
  • Metaridley, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13"No, THIS one goes THERE, THAT, one goes THERE."
  • mkay2008, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2"I Don't care what you smell chewy, just get in there!"
  • hydroplane, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Should be life sized for that price.
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