LEGO Star Wars 10179 Millennium Falcon

LEGO set 10179 “Millennium Falcon” represents the Star Wars spacecraft in the Ultimate Collector Series. Released in 2007, it belongs to the Star Wars theme, contains 5198 pieces, and includes 5 minifigures connected with the characters most closely associated with the ship.

The model depicts the Millennium Falcon, a spacecraft strongly associated with Han Solo and Chewbacca in the Star Wars licence. This places it among collector focused models rather than small scene based play sets, with the ship itself as the central subject.

This set is suited to Star Wars collectors and builders looking for a substantial LEGO interpretation of the Millennium Falcon for display. The included minifigures also give it a clear link to character based play and storytelling. Within the wider Star Wars theme, its defining position is its Ultimate Collector Series classification and its focus on a single, highly recognizable vehicle.

Inventory of set 10179

The inventory of set 10179 lists 5,198 pieces, spare parts excluded: 289 different lots (one shape in one color) for 249 part shapes. The box also contains 21 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 10179

Main color: light bluish gray, making up 54% of the parts, followed by dark bluish gray (28%) and black (10%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 10179

226 of the 249 part shapes in this set have their own page on Setopedia, with their colors, element numbers and the other sets that use them. See all LEGO parts

Exclusive parts in set 10179

4 part shapes in set 10179 appear in no other set in the catalog, most often printed elements, stickers or molds specific to the model. If one gets lost, you will need to look for it individually, for example on BrickLink, rather than in another set. Counting colors, 5 lots in the set are not found in any other set.

Rebuilding set 10179 from another set

Share of the parts of set 10179 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

No similarly sized set goes above 42%: the model relies on a little-shared assortment, most of which has to be gathered piece by piece.

Size of set 10179 within its line

With 5,198 pieces, set 10179 ranks #6 out of 814 Star Wars sets in our database, which have an average of 495 parts. It is also the largest of the 194 sets released in 2007. That is 10.5 times the average Star Wars set size.