As an avid Lego and Star Wars fan, this set was amazing to build! The cast list is excellent, though I wish the droids were included. Nevertheless, the build was great, with plenty of parts that have been repurposed since the time of building. As playability goes, it doesn't cease to amaze. In fact, it seems like it was built for play, like the Death Star sets. Overall, the set is great, and I look forward to more sets with this balance!

-Exnomon

The minifigures are amazing because they are the original trilogy characters. The building experience is fun and challenging at times. The details of this set are amazing.

Since I bought this set years after it retired, I think it is a little overpriced.

Overall it is a great set.

The millennium falcon was my first somewhat big set, so expect some sentimental feelings.

The packaging: the package was not too special, a basic 2011 star wars box with a dark blue color and a captain rex helmet on the top.

The build: the build is a detailed exterior with a few small gaps. The interior has an engine, two beds, a control console, two gunning positions, holochess, and a cockpit.

Parts: no exclusive or new parts are included.

Minifigures: the 6 minifigures included are an exclusive Leia, obi-wan, and Luke. The others are Han solo, Vader, and Chewbacca.

Comparison: this millennium falcon is not as detailed as the UCS, but is still amazing.

I think this set was incredible. I modified it a little, but it is still great by itself.

So I decided I wanted a Millennium Falcon set. Most of my Legos are from the 80s but now that my son is really into Legos we have a few Star Wars sets and I love playing with them. I don’t typically spend more than $20 on a set, but I figured if there was one set worth making an exception on it would be for a Falcon.

Choosing which one to buy

Of course I had to decide which one I wanted. Currently I can buy the Kessel Run version in stores, and plenty of people are selling them much cheaper through garage sales, but since I’m only buying one version, I don’t want a version from a single, not-so-great movie with strange colors and some oddball minifigures. So basically it was out of the question.

So it came down to 7965 vs 75105. Both are great but have trade offs. 75105 is much more detailed and looks fantastic, although a lot of the interior detail is just clutter and it’s minifigures suffer. Yes, I like the heroes, but the Kanji Klub is pointless, they played a very minor role in a single film. Kylo Ren would have been a much better inclusion and much more appropriate. However, 7965’s minifigures blow away 75105’s. Nothing against Rey or Finn, but they simply aren’t Luke, Leia, or Obiwan. Plus you get Darth Vader which is another huge plus. The only disappointment is the lack of R2-D2 and C3PO.

At the end of the day, the minifigures really made a big difference, along with the round radar dish, and it wouldn’t take much to improve the details. I chose 7965 and bought the few extra pieces necessary to construct the seats around 75105’s chess table as the brown seats that have been around since the 80’s just looked bad. The other upgrade I made was that all you have is a bucket to hold the tools, and nowhere for the blasters, light sabers, or crossbow (which Chewie can’t even hold in the cockpit). So in the back I placed 2 rows of holders for everything.

The build

The build is pretty cool and varied, plus it taught me a lot about how to build a large, complex design. The base is all technic covered by plates and gives the set tremendous strength. The interior elements are pretty simple, just standard stacking of bricks. Of course I was most interested to see how the curved sides of the ship get built and it is done brilliantly. Yes, it’s a little repetitive, but offers enough variation that you can’t just assemble them blindly. Once those are assembled it is pretty obvious how the flaps that make the roof will work. They are of course are all identical except for a few decorative bricks on each one, but they are also very simple and can get cranked out very quickly.

The cockpit is also an interesting build. The visible part on the outside is just 3 “bricks” but the interior of it is actually very elaborate, and despite it only being able to hold 2 minifigures with their arms in a certain position, it looks perfect. I’m not sure why it needs all the technic parts it uses, as a result they make it a little wobbly, but they do make it fun to build.

Playability

The playability on this set is through the roof. The wide open interior gives you plenty of room to move around (even if you add the droids). The floating ball that Luke trains on with Obiwan is great. You got the chess table which is fun so long as you aren’t playing against Chewie. I don’t remember ever seeing beds in the movies, but it is logical they would be there. You also have a hidden compartment in the floor that can hide a minifigure, although it can only hold one and is a little difficult to access as it is under an inoperable bridge. You also have the ramp that takes you up onto the ship.

Overall

I paid about $85 for this used (including the cost of replacing some missing parts) which I feel was a great bargain, especially considering what Lego is asking for the Kessel Run version. The parts aren’t too special other than you get a lot of angled plates which are great for spaceships, but that doesn’t really matter because you want a Millennium Falcon, not some ship that takes 20 parsecs to make the Kessel Run. The minifigures are exactly the ones you would want in a set like this, although the droids would have been nice to have included. The set is heavy, so flying it is a little difficult, but you can hold it pretty much anywhere and it won’t break. If you want to fly spaceships around you should buy the Microfighters which are absolutely perfect for kids to play with, not to mention smash and rebuild. This is definitely very playable, but is more of a set that is fun to build and use as a playset.

you can create great scene from the movie and play with it for days.the build is not hard but interesting.i will say that you can buy this instead of other star wars spaceships that you can open just small cabin,here you can open it all