The Junk is here!
Finally, got the Millennium Falcon from BELA. Somehow this is the one that came to my area vs. Lepin and LeLe. So, try my luck. Surprisingly, the minifigs looks good (meaning better than what I imagine it will be, but not top of the crops)
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| What about that ship? That one's garbage |
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| Chewie, we're home! |
This set came with 6 minifigs (and a BB8). Just for fun, I ask my kid to pick a head, torso, leg (and so on) randomly and assemble them. The results is as below. Poor Finn, he is plain and look like a reggae singer, and Han Solo changed his jacket. Ha Ha,
For those that had experience with BELA, well, not exactly good clutching quality, and since this kit comes together with Technics parts, the fitting of normal bricks to Technics bricks is not really that tight. Huge box with 1364 pcs, that's quite a lot.
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| Let's start fixing her up.. |
Took around 12 hours (not full time) to complete Book1, Looks fragile huh....
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"Don't worry, she'll hold together... You hear me, baby? Hold together!"
―Han Solo, talking about the Millennium Falcon |
Another 12 hours (also not full time) to complete Book 2, Bela gave 5 pieces of wrong bricks for the interiors. Although 3 of the wrong pieces still can be use to complete the model, but I need to use one 1x2 bricks (very common) from my spares. Believe buying bootlego set involved some Luck.
The finished model is as big as a large pizza. Overall, the MFalcon look very nice as a display with good interior details (one can add more details), but not so solid for the kids to play vs. the Tie Fighter due to the design, as well as Bela clutching power are quite weak. One need to know where to hold during play. Don't worry, it don't fall apart easily if hold correctly. The spring shooters?,... ignore them (not workable)
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| Nice for display, but not for play |
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| Flight by night |
A reader ask me to take some picture on the minifig due to the "mash-up" fun above. Believe what was not shown clearly is those space pirates, Tasu Leech and a Kanjiklub member. Anyway, here's one with older Han (different face expression - same jacket) and the pirates. The pirates only have single face printing.
It has been 4 months since I bought this, due to the kids was playing with it, I can't seem to find Finn (think he is wearing a Stormtrooper mask and got mixed up with the other troopers minifig). Anyway, the first picture of Rey, Finn and BB8 and the other picture of him holding a spanner with Chewy wearing poe's jacket is correct and not mixed up. The final picture is a happy Rey inside the MFalcon cockpit
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| Even Space-pirates have the same shaped of Sea-pirates gun |
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| I can do it |
The minifigures are not bad in details. LEPIN's minifigures is bad.
ReplyDeleteHave not bought a Lepin, but read from the net the non favorable comment of their minifigs, but positive comment on their bricks.
DeleteHey i just bought this set and i am really confused how to start building it. Any advise ?? ( This is my first ever non lego set). How do i know which bag to start building from when there are no markings or order given ?
ReplyDeleteAny help would be very appreciated. Thanks
They are still selling this set? Its been a long time.
DeleteI started with the minifigs first.
For the main build, since there are no "bag number" sequence to follow unlike the original. the best way is to sort out all identical color pieces first, then from the same color pile, sort out the different piece types for those small pieces. Or, you can sort out identical (small) piece type first, then only the colors.
As mentioned from my post, the clutching power for this set is weak, so, handle with care.
Hope you are lucky and do not face missing parts. Have fun!!
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