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Lego Star Wars Review Set 10179 Ucs Millennium Falcon Review

Star Wars Lego Set 10179, The Millennium Falcon, is part of Lego's Ultimate Collector Series (UCS) that has wowed fans with large models, attention to detail and high collectability. The Millennium Falcon is not only the largest of these sets ever released it is the largest Lego set ever, with over 5000 pieces. For Star Wars fans there is the added bonus that this ship is built to minifigure scale. So that means that the minifigures that come with the set are in correct size proportion to the huge ship that transports them across the galaxy.

The minifigures are probably the least interesting part of the set, given the appeal of the ship, but it is nice that Lego sought to include minifigures with the set as previous UCS releases have not included any figures. There are five figures, Han Solo, Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker, Obi wan Kenobi and Chewbacca all in Episode Four, A New Hope garb. It is a good selection of figures that could have been improved by adding the final two characters that travelled with this crew on their travels, the two droids R2-D2 and C3PO.

The Millennium Falcon ship is a Corellian Engineering Corporation YT-1300 freighter and was won by the smuggler Han Solo in a game of Sabacc. The person he won the ship off was none other than Lando Calrissian. The Lego model itself is obviously very big and would warrant a significant display area if it is to be put on show. The ship is over 33" long, 22" wide and 8" tall (84cm long x 56cm wide x 21cm tall). And given the piece count this is not the kind of set that you will be assembling very often, so defiantly decide where it is going to go before you start building!

The detail on the UCS model is beautiful and the attention given to even the smallest surface extends all over the ship. A large variety of small pieces are applied to the top surface to give it the realistic look. Given all the attention paid to the outside it is a shame that there is almost zero playability inside the ship.

Two people can sit side by side with another two people in a row behind them. There is a boarding ramp underneath and a gunner chair at the top. That is about it. Granted, much of the inner space is taken up with construction pieces to keep this large and wide set together but it would have been nice to see a dejarik table or some sleeping quarters etc. But this is a minor quibble.

The set comes with a large spiral bound instruction book and will take some hours to build. It also features a display card with detailed ship specifications of the ship to accentuate the display. Overall it is a highly recommended for those with the money to afford the $499 model and the space to store it.

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Has anyone noticed the similarities between Star Wars and Eragon/ Eldest?

Characters:
Eragon- Luke Skywalker
Murtagh- Leia
Oromis- Yoda
Brom- Obi- Wan Kenobi
King Galbatorix- Palpatine
Morzan- Darth Vader
Saphira- Lightsaber/ Millennium Falcon
Arya- Arwen from LOTR (forbidden love, apotheosis of perfect, beautiful princess)

The storylines have incredible resemblances. A boy grown apart from the rest of the world (or universe) without parents is overlooked by someone former important (Brom or Obi- Wan) until their relatives are killed. Eragon and Luke gets training during their journey, and gets steadily stronger. They discover some long- lost relative, (Leia or Murtagh) and participate in the overthrowing of the government. They are also reestablishing the time of the Riders/ Jedi.

Either Paolini did this accidently or used this as a setup.
What do you think?

Yeah...I actually I do see what you mean. Also, many shows/movies/books follow the Monomyth formula (or the "Hero's Journey"). It starts with a call to adventure, refusal of call, some event that changes the hero's mind, answer to call, supernatural aid, etc...It's pretty interesting stuff.

Lego Ultimate Collector's Millennium Falcon