The new 7,541-piece Lego Millennium Falcon is the biggest and most expensive set ever
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Its 7,541 pieces. Thats the number of Lego bricks in the newly updated Ultimate Collectors Series Millennium Falcon set that Lego announced today (via io9). Its the single largest Lego set ever sold (by a considerable margin), and with a whooping $800 price tag, its also the single most expensive Lego set the company has ever sold.
And let me tell you, it looks glorious. Lego has put a ton of work into making this a super detailed version of the actual ship from the films to the point that it includes swappable deflector dishes to match either the original trilogy or the more recent Force Awakens variants of the ship, along with accurate interior sections. Its the sort of thing Lego has become known for on its Ultimate Collector…
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