Sep 28 20075,195 Piece LEGO Millennium Falcon
LEGO's largest set to date, the Ultimate Collector's Millennium Falcon, ships Monday, October 1st. The kit consists of 5,195 pieces, measures 33" long and 22" wide, has a 4 lb. instruction book, and will set you back $500. I thought the LEGO pirate ships I used to put together were expensive, but $500, Jesus. I want one. No, I take that back, I need one. Me and LEGO sets are like this (I'm crossing my fingers to indicate we're real close). As a very wise engineer once told me, "If getting drunk and building LEGO sets is wrong, I don't want to be right."
Hit the button for a few more shots of the ship, along with a stop motion video of 7 people putting the set together in 2 hours, 53 minutes.
UPDATE: A man by the name of Ben Watson has set up a website (www.buymealego.com) asking for 65 cent+ donations to buy this LEGO set. Depending on what you donate, he'll give different shoutouts on his site. He's got $464 left to go, so, uh, he's still a long way off.
LEGO Millennium Falcon Construction Time Lapse Video [gizmodo]
Reader Comments
1. JagedNS - September 28, 2007 3:17 PM
is it wrong that I just got a little wood down here?
that looks frickin' sweet. $500 tho? dayam that's a lotta $10 hookas.
2. pats - September 28, 2007 4:11 PM
damn.
the husband needs to buy that for me immediately!
or no more cooking. or sex.
well, maybe just no cooking
3. none - September 28, 2007 4:42 PM
pats, your husband would rather the cooking, he'll just keep jerking himself in the back room by himself rather then the sex...
just a quick FYI..
4. pats - September 28, 2007 4:49 PM
none- you're an idiot.
you should see me in the sack.
5. Manuel Gonzales - September 28, 2007 5:36 PM
pats - please post link so we can all see
6. Nat - September 28, 2007 6:26 PM
Hasn't this been posted here before?
7. Nat - September 28, 2007 6:28 PM
Why yes. Yes it has.
http://www.geekologie.com/2007/07/lego_star_wars_millennium_falc.php#comment
8. Dover - September 29, 2007 12:09 AM
about 1/3 done building it myself
9. James17930 - September 29, 2007 9:32 AM
Looks like they made it to against the Lego people. Good idea.
10. blpressure - September 29, 2007 9:42 AM
They have to charge $500 for it, if it was more affordable so many nerds would build them the levels of geekiness emitted would surely end the world.
11. White667 - September 29, 2007 3:54 PM
Wow... I >neee< one...
Or, you know, three.
12. robbyrob - September 29, 2007 6:52 PM
thats off the chain!! i love it.. might give it to my son for xmas!
http://www.spymac.com/details/?2262639
13. wd-40 - September 29, 2007 10:05 PM
As Nat in #6 + #7 has shown, we are witnessing a shark jumping right before our eyes.
Fascinating specimen.
14. justin - September 30, 2007 2:46 PM
actually, it shipped already. my roommate bought one. he doesn't have very much done though.
15. White667 - September 30, 2007 4:14 PM
Yes! My nan said if I cleaned my room, paint the walls, get a new bed, and tons of shizzle more, she'll get me one. Awesome.
16. Don - October 1, 2007 12:02 PM
Man, just awesome. I've been reading tons of accounts of people who ahve built it. Did you see the site of the guy who's trying to raise money to get it? http://www.BuyMeALego.com --funny, he's got some donors so far, but a long ways to go...
17. TQ - October 1, 2007 12:03 PM
geekologie writers are getting sloppy.
18. trusty getto - October 1, 2007 12:54 PM
It's actually not a toy.
It's really a sophisticated treatment for OCD.
19. Koko - October 1, 2007 3:10 PM
omfg it's to scale to the minifigs?! I wonder how detailed it is to Lucas' original drawings
20. guate6 - October 1, 2007 11:00 PM
WOW. Yes I know this article's been posted before, but damn. I'm a lego enthusiast...unfortunately I don't have the budget to keep up with my tastes, so the last big set I bought was the Silver Champion (which took me 9 hours to build the first time) at 1,400+ pieces and $179, it rocks...but this...wow, this is amazing! I want one. Shoot, I'll take a dozen, but one will suffice.