![]() ![]() This replica can be bought for about €200/$220. But, it is thanks to LEPIN (rebranded to LEPENING) that the average person has the chance to get a taste of this awesome Millennium Falcon kit. I want to make it absolutely clear that I’m not rooting for company’s who steal other company’s ideas. The ethical matter is a different discussion. LEGO’s patent expired years ago, which made it possible for other businesses to start copying the LEGO idea. LEPIN (LEPINING) to the rescue? For those not familiar with LEPIN or LEPINING: This is a chinese company that makes replicas from existing LEGO kits. You don’t have the budget to get your hands on the Ultimate Millennium Falcon? Well, that’s understandable, not everyone has the budget for such an expensive LEGO kit. It is a real shame since it is a unique experience to build a Millennium Falcon of this size! At Amazon you can buy the real LEGO kit for a fair price (click). The new price-tag was now around €800 or $900! With ease, this kit took the crown as begin the biggest and most expensive LEGO set ever brought to market! The set has a total of 7541 parts and is just absolutely massive! Due to its very high price, not allot of fans would get to enjoy building this set. It would be an improved Ultimate Millennium Falcon. To the delight of the community, LEGO announced a new set in 2017 (10 years later). Until 2017, LEGO never surpassed this set in price or number of parts. Some LEGO sets sold as expensive as €4700 (or $5300)! The original Millennium Falcon from 2007 With a price-tag of around €450 or $500, it certainly was not a cheap kit! This kit is no longer available and the prices shoot through the roof on the second-hand market. ![]() Only the control room had some detail but that was it. The interior of the ship was not that special and lacked allot of detail. At that time it was the biggest (and most expensive) LEGO set ever (with 5197 parts and a total length of 65 centimeters). It was also called the UCS edition ( Ultimate Collectors Series). There was a burning need for more in the whole community! In 2007 this need was finally redeemed with the first Ultimate Millenium Falcon Collerctors edition (nr 10179). ![]() In 2004 an improved version was released, with an overall better building experience. Already in the year 2000, LEGO brought there first Millennium Falcon model to the market (with 663 parts in total). Also at LEGO they feel the same way about it. The Millennium Falcon is an icon for every Star Wars fan, that’s for sure. FYI, the brand name recently changed to “LEPINING Millennium Falcon”. retailer Game, I snapped them up.Before we start talking about the 05132 LEPIN Millennium Falcon ( Bought here: AliExpress), we will briefly talk about the history of the LEGO kits. They look great on screen, so when I was offered a Lego set, made up of both the latter ships, courtesy of U.K. Not only did we get to see Bo-Katan Kryze's Gauntlet starfighter in action, but also a lot more of the excellent TIE Interceptor (an underappreciated TIE ship in my humble opinion) and the Fang fighter used by the Mandalorians. And this was true of the latest entry in The Mandalorian. From the hamburger-shaped Millennium Falcon to the brutalist triangle of the Empire’s Star Destroyers, the ships of Star Wars have nearly always been scene-stealers. ![]() Star Wars has always had good spacecraft, which while firmly in the science-fantasy rather than science-fiction genre, still presented iconic designs. Be sure to check out our previous entry where we also talk about The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and how it's a game all about breaking things. Welcome! This column is part of a series in which members of the Tom's Guide staff share what they're playing and enjoying right now, with the goal of helping you find great games that you may have missed. ![]()
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