And that helps us design even better models in the future. Michael: We’re constantly learning, with every set. Jens: We’re constantly trying to raise the bar, and whilst this model sets it quite high, we’ve got lots of ideas for future UCS sets. We know a bit more now – but we can’t tell you about it!Īny worries you’ll never be able to top this model? What does it mean for future UCS sets? Michael: The addition of the Porgs is also fun – that came late in the day and we didn’t know much about them. But we also wanted to do something new with the figures from the older movies – so we have Leia and Han with the breathing apparatus. We wanted to let people make the Falcon from the different movies – that’s why you get a choice of radar dishes. Jens: There’s the classic figures but also the new saga figures. What was the thinking behind having the different Star Wars eras represented in the minifigures that come with the set? Michael: The only thing we wanted to include but couldn’t was a fully-functioning hyperdrive!
Were there any features you wanted to include but couldn’t? How much did a target price point limit your ambition?
And we had lots of new elements from the last decade which we wanted to add in for extra details. Yes the interiors add something, but there’s lots of additions all round. The extra 2,000 pieces over the previous UCS Falcon, what areas of the model did they go into? You test each one with children, with people who don’t know anything about LEGO – to understand how they’ll pick it up, how they’ll want to move it around. I’ve no idea how many different versions we built during the approval process. Michael: We use Technic pieces when we need that structural strength, and we have a detailed process every model goes through to make sure we’re not overly stressing the elements. It was important we got it right so you could move it around and it had stability.ĭid the model’s sheer size create any difficulties in the design process? Michael: Adding over 2000 bricks to the original design really stresses the structure. We’re probably at the limit of what we can achieve in terms of putting stress on the elements. We wanted to create the ultimate LEGO set. Jens: Yes, it was a conscious decision to make the biggest set. Getting the right level of quality was important.ĭid you set out deliberately to create the largest LEGO set ever? It all took more than a year of design from the first sketches. And we have panel sections which lift off to reveal the interiors without losing the overall effect of the exterior. Some people have asked why we didn’t do the whole interior, but we did the key sections people recognise from the movies. Jens: But we knew we wanted to add interiors and more details. Jens designed the original UCS Falcon years ago so we knew the scale was right – we had a good blueprint to start from. Michael: We’ve been thinking about it for years. How long has this set been in the planning? The entire event was a testament to the continued power of Star Wars, and the enduring appeal of a really, really big box of bricks.įrom left are TBB Editor Rod Gillies Design Manager of Lego Star Wars Michael Lee Stockwell and Director of Lego Star Wars Design Jens Kronvold Frederiksen. Even those who had waited longest in line said they’d had a good time, genuinely delighted as they wheeled their massive sets off into the darkness. Happy purchasers saw their sets signed by designers from the LEGO Star Wars team. Those first in line were greeted in-store with rounds of applause from the gathered LEGO staff, and a wall of brown cardboard boxes – perhaps visually uninspiring, but a reassuring signal regarding stock availability for those further back in the queue. The patient fans were welcomed inside at midnight by a pair of Imperial Stormtroopers and the unforgettable opening fanfare of John Williams’ score. Fans queued outside for hours to be amongst the first to purchase the new set, and the atmosphere as the doors opened was something akin to the air of hysteria which might accompany an iPhone launch.
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Tonight the LEGO Store in London’s Leicester Square hosted the midnight launch event for the stunning new 75192 Ultimate Collectors Series Millennium Falcon – the largest LEGO set ever made.
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