Statistics:
1197 pieces, 66 cm long with a wingspan of 69 cm
due out this summer
It doesn't look like they're officially calling it "UCS" although one look at
the display stand and you'll agree the title definitely applies.
It's really cool to see them apply the UCS concept outside of Star Wars (as much
as I also love the Star Wars UCS stuff, of course). On more than one occasion
I've suggested something like "UCS 747" in those AFOL surveys they have from
time to time. I'm sure many others suggested the same thing, too. It's nice to
see ideas like that come to life.
My question for Steve, if he reads this, is if the set includes landing gear?
It's not shown in the pictures, which makes me suspect it doesn't, but it would
be really cool if it does.
(...) I had some concerns earlier this year about the Lego City passenger plane being a little too simplified with the one-piece nose section and one-piece wings, so I'm really glad to see TLC release a plane made from real bricks. I do wonder, (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jul-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.lego)
I think this is a good looking model. Its nice to see Lego is till doing UCS type models that are other things then Star Wars. I showed it to my Dad who works at a boeing plant when he got home, and he said that he hadn't heard anything from anyone (...) (18 years ago, 26-Jul-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.lego, FTX)
In lugnet.general, Paul S. D'Urbano wrote: <snip> Hubba. This is the TLG I'm talking about! Bravo! Still keep making the juniorized, smaller sets (for profits), but don't forsake creating the sets that require old school building. :-) JOHN (18 years ago, 26-Jul-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.lego, FTX)
(...) I just picked this set up at my local LEGO® store. Its a cool set and was fun to build. I do have some small grips with the nose and the fact that LEGO® removed the second color from the jet. (URL) is a link to some artist drawings of the 787 (...) (18 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.lego)
(...) In case anybody wants them, the instructions are available on the LEGO website, via my instructions cross ref page: (URL) (18 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.lego)
