It’s a subtle difference, but increases the level of detail substantially. The main engine exhaust ports on the rear upper surface are still achieved with 4×4 Technic disks, the greebly area behind the central pair use paint rollers rather than a modified 1×2 plate with handles. In both versions, the forward maintenance access bays (which on even earlier LEGO Falcons had been closed) provide access to launch the flick-fire missiles, but the tiles provide a much smoother look than the large circular plate piece with visible studs. The left front mandible has the most obvious change in color from light to dark gray, but also includes a really cool use of the fairly new 2×2 curved corner tiles, replacing the 4×4 circle plate. Landing gear bolts in via Technic pins, but otherwise the only details you’ll see are structural. Several sections that had been light gray have been replaced with dark gray, perhaps indicating battle damage - or perhaps simply wear and tear since its shiny days as Lando’s sweet ride.Īs always, the underside of the Falcon at this scale is entirely unfinished. Nevertheless, the flex-tube does curve around the hull nicely, attached securely on both ends.Ī top view shows just how different this Falcon is from previous versions. I’m not entirely convinced that the flex tube is an improvement, but I do think the 1×2 tiles look much more like the actual exhaust than the thick tube. The rear engine section is also an entirely new design, using trans-light-blue tiles rather than a hose for the blue engine exhaust and a pair of flex-tube to achieve the actual curve. LEGO has finally solved the problem of large gaps in the Falcon’s upper hull by using wedge plates to create five larger sections that open on a smaller number of hinges, rather than eleven separate sections that all open up like a big gray flower.Įven though the overall shape and even most of the details are not substantially different from the 2015 Falcon, the new upper hull sections make a huge difference, resulting in a much smoother, more unified hull without huge gaps between the angled sections. The final two bags represent the biggest difference between this latest LEGO Falcon and every previous LEGO Falcon at this scale going back to 4504 in 2004. The Millennium Falcon‘s iconic shape fully emerges with the addition of the front mandibles in bag 8. The next several bags continue to add detail to the interior, the outer ring, and the hull over the walkway to the cockpit. The build begins differing significantly from the 2015 Millennium Falcon (75105) right at the beginning of the second set of bags, which add the parts for the rear interior sections and part of the engine strip, completed with the parts in bag 3.īag 4 builds up the central core with seats for the quad cannons along with the sections over the escape pods to port and starboard. Unsurprisingly, the base of the Falcon is built mostly from Technic pieces, reinforced with System plates.Īlthough there are minor details, the build by the end of the first bag is largely identical to the base for both of the previous Falcons of the past several years.
Sticker sheets have become a standard part of LEGO Star Wars sets over the years, and the latest Falcon depends on numerous stickers for key details like exhaust vents, the hyperdrive, and benches.
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The parts for the set come in ten sets of numbered bags, plus an unnumbered bag with larger pieces and the instruction booklet and sticker sheet protected by their own plastic envelope. The front of the box shows the Falcon in flight over a planet with all the minifigs in an inset, while the back shows off the set’s play features. The largest of the new LEGO Star Wars sets comes in a substantial box appropriate for its part count, but is otherwise a fairly standard box - relatively thin cardboard with the artwork you’d expect. The packaging, instructions, & sticker sheet Other than minifigs, let’s find out what’s new about this latest iteration. Not counting the monumental UCS Falcon released in 2017, this is the third Millennium Falcon released since Han & Chewie’s Falcon The Force Awakens (2015) and Lando’s Kessel Run Falcon for Solo (2018). The set includes 1,353 pieces with five minifigs and two droids, and is available now ( US $159.99 | CA $179.99 | UK £149.99). So far, we’ve looked at 75248 Resistance A-wing Starfighter, and today we’re reviewing the largest set in the first wave, 75257 Millennium Falcon.
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The ninth and final film in the Skywalker Saga is due in movie theaters in about a month and a half, and we continue to look at the first wave of LEGO Star Wars sets released in advance of the film.
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