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In lugnet.announce, Steve Witt wrote:
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Hey all,
The community team would like to present the new Ultimate Collector’s
Millennium Falcon. I’m excited to show this off to you all. Below is the
official announcement for the set as well as some links to images. I hope
you’re all as excited as we are about it. Enjoy.
Steve and Jan
The LEGO Community Team
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I would love to buy this but it’s a bit out of my price range. Would be a great
model and when (if) you break it down it looks like it could transform a bley
collection into a true powerhouse. For SPACE! builders this could really be the
set that lets you really embrace the more realistic new colour.
Tim
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In lugnet.lego, Timothy Gould wrote:
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I would love to buy this but it’s a bit out of my price range. Would be a
great model and when (if) you break it down it looks like it could transform
a bley collection into a true powerhouse. For SPACE! builders this could
really be the set that lets you really embrace the more realistic new colour.
Tim
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I have to whole-heartedly agree with this post. $500 US is VERY steep. Yes,
it’s got a huge part-count, but it’s just not affordable for this middle-aged,
middle-income guy.
James Wilson
Dallas
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In lugnet.lego, James Wilson wrote:
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$500 US is VERY steep. Yes, it’s got a huge part-count, but it’s just not
affordable for this middle-aged, middle-income guy.
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Yeah, I’m hoping this will pay off for Lego, but it is quite a leap from the
$300 price point of the ISD (which did phenomenally well) and the Death Star II
(which I’m guessing did NOT do so well). But my guess is that it’s pretty much
in the same target market as the ISD-- the Star Wars enthusiasts who have lots
of cash to spend, of which there appear to be plenty considering the ISD’s
success.
The only other real downside to the set is the fact that it’s in the new
colors-- which I’m sure will deter a few would-be buyers out there. But then
again, the ISD itself (even in the old colors) wasn’t a great *parts* pack per
se. Lots of gray plates and wings, very few bricks. It had some wonderful
specialty elements, but lots of stuff that... well... we already had, or didn’t
need in bulk. Who needed 32 more pairs of gray 6x12 wings, for instance?
So, assuming that the ISD was NOT purchased a lot as a parts pack by rabid Lego
fans, and since we know that it still did well, I’m guessing that the majority
of the market for the ISD was more Star Wars fans who wanted a good display
piece. And that’ll certainly be true of the Millenium Falcon as well. So I hope
the bley-ness of the set won’t affect it negatively too much.
Otherwise, this is a PHENOMENAL looking model. It’s always been an iffy set to
make considering that it’s so large and complicated. I can’t imagine the
difficulty in trying to design a Millenium Falcon that *looked* great and was
plausibly affordable. I mean, there have been a bunch of fan-designed MF’s that
have looked amazing, but they’d be $1000+ if Lego were trying to sell them.
Also, the decision to make it “minifig scale” and come with a selection of
collectible minifigs is simply beautiful. They could have tried for a smaller
set which might *fit* minifigs (but not be to scale), but you’d probably have
people clamoring that it was so-close-but-not-close-enough to minifig scale.
Hopefully, this model will do well enough for Lego to keep them venturing
further into the adult market. What would we see next?
DaveE
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In lugnet.lego, Timothy Gould wrote:
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I would love to buy this but it’s a bit out of my price range. Would be a
great model and when (if) you break it down it looks like it could transform
a bley collection into a true powerhouse. For SPACE! builders this could
really be the set that lets you really embrace the more realistic new colour.
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Sheesh, I only wanted a roof pack... ;-)
Jason R
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In lugnet.lego, Jason J Railton wrote:
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In lugnet.lego, Timothy Gould wrote:
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I would love to buy this but it’s a bit out of my price range. Would be a
great model and when (if) you break it down it looks like it could transform
a bley collection into a true powerhouse. For SPACE! builders this could
really be the set that lets you really embrace the more realistic new
colour.
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Sheesh, I only wanted a roof pack... ;-)
Jason R
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Hahaha. Actually you’ve just given me an idea. Light bley is pretty close to the
colour of corrugated iron so I wonder if you couldn’t use large numbers of the
new light bley one by one slopes to do something.
Tim
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I would love to buy this but it’s a bit out of my price range. Would be a
great model and when (if) you break it down it looks like it could transform
a bley collection into a true powerhouse. For SPACE! builders this could
really be the set that lets you really embrace the more realistic new colour.
Tim
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This really makes me understand even more deeply how individual we all are when
it comes to so many things like music, art and food. The main reason I don’t
like the new colors is that I find them less realistic. I guess it’s a good
thing that not everyone is disappointed with them. I envy you that you can look
forward to new product with this perspective!
Dave S.
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