Millennium Falcon Legacy Collection

The one ship all Star Wars fans know instantly and the only Millennium Falcon a Star Wars collector ever needs - Star Wars Legacy Collection Millennium Falcon! It's more than thirty years late (Star Wars: A New Hope [Episode IV] came out in 1977) but it's worth the wait. Measuring 2ft (more than 60cm) wide and more than 21/2ft (80cm) long, it is huge and it is GOOD!! I don't own that many Star Wars vehicles (one of those that I do own is the AT-AT Imperial Walker) because I decided a long time ago to concentrate on the 1/6 scale figures with their authentic cloth costumes and very detailed accessories but this was one Star Wars vehicle I wasn't going to miss out on.

We love this vehicle so much the wife and I went out and bought a new coffee table for the Falcon to sit on. The coffee table, with its circular metal frame and clear glass top even looks like a hangar deck or landing/take-off pad. It had to be big enough to accommodate the Falcon and now takes pride and place in our living room.

Han Solo won the Millennium Falcon from Lando Calrissian in the Cloud City Sabacc Tournament and together with his buddy, Chewbacca used it to transport Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker and his two droids to Alderaan. And the rest, as they say, is Star Wars history!!


The cockpit, closed.

Cockpit with Han and Chewie (included)

The interior lights up with accompanying sounds when you press a button to start up the engine. There's even a "fail" mode where the engine cranks but doesn't start up, like an old car on a cold morning.

The cockpit seats four

The hidden blaster canon, only used when the Falcon is on the ground

Laser canon deployed

Sensor dish or sensor rectenna or radar dish - you rotate it by turning the knob (seen at the bottom right hand corner)

The heat exhaust vents hide the battery compartment. This time, all the exterior parts are molded and painted - no stickers required

Top view of the Falcon

Top covers removed to access interior

Close-up view of the detailed interior

The interior has opening doors, lowering ramp and hidden compartments - all accurately reproduced, so unlike the old Falcon

The main hold with Dejarik table (comes with playing pieces resembling creatures from throughout the galaxy) and training probe (connected to the radar dish and rotates when the dish is turned)

The Dejarik table lights up with sound and dialogue

The Millennium Falcon docked with ramp up

When you press the button located on the starboard port docking ring or loading port, the ramp lowers with lights and sound effects - way COOL!!

View from lowered ramp

The Quad-laser canon gunport turret controls

Another view of the quad-laser canon controls located below the dorsal quad-laser canons as well as a view of the very detailed interiors

Ventral quad-laser canons

Portside loading port or port docking ring holds a surprise

It opens with sound and reveals a mini fighter (not featured in the movie nor in any official blueprints of the Millennium Falcon - purely for play value)

The Millennium Falcon lifting off!! There are lots of light and sound effects plus movie dialogue accompanying this ship that brings back memories. If it was just lying there, it'll be a model kit. The fact that it has all these goodies makes it one heck of a toy and the ultimate Star Wars vehicle to date IMHO

"She may not look like much, but she's got what it counts, kid."

There's also a review by Heroes producer Jesse Alexander (it convinced me to get mine!)

Updated December 19, 2008: The Star Wars Legacy Collection Millennium Falcon makes it to the 2008 Top 10 Fave Toys list (No. 8)

Updated September 19, 2009: "Training on the Falcon" boxed set

Updated September 20, 2009: All Aboard the Millennium Falcon