NEED TO KNOW
- LEGO will launch its most costly set but, a Star Wars Loss of life Star playset, in October
- The set will retail for $999.99 and has over 9,000 items
- It additionally contains 38 minifigures and options scenes from A New Hope and Return of the Jedi
LEGO’s latest Star Wars set may simply blast a gap by way of your pockets.
After months of rumors amongst followers, the Danish toy firm lastly unveiled the costliest set it has ever made, the brand new Loss of life Star – Final Collector Sequence set, on Thursday, Sept. 4.
The set will retail for $999.99. It is usually the biggest Star Wars LEGO set to this point, with 9,023 items and together with 38 mini figures. Its dimensions are over 20.6 in. (52.3 cm) excessive, 18.9 in. (48.0 cm) large and 15.1 in. (38.3 cm) deep.
The set incorporates a round slice of the Loss of life Star, with rooms recreating scenes from A New Hope and Return of the Jedi. These rooms embrace the trash compactor, Princess Leia’s jail cell and the tractor beam management room from A New Hope, and Emperor Palpatine’s throne room as seen in Return of the Jedi.
There’s additionally a hangar bay with sufficient room to retailer the included Imperial Shuttle and Darth Vader’s meditation chamber, just like the one seen aboard his Star Destroyer in The Empire Strikes Again. The set additionally has a big Superlaser dish and features a show stand for figures of Galen Erso and Director Krennic from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
The gathering of figures contains Darth Vader, Obi-Wan Kenobi, a number of Luke Skywalker and Han Solo figures, Princess Leia and a number of Stormtroopers. A scorching tub Stormtrooper, a reference from the LEGO Star Wars video video games, rounds out the set’s options.
The brand new set will go up on the market in LEGO Shops on Oct. 4, however LEGO Insiders can order on the firm’s website on Oct. 1. Followers will even get a free present with buy throughout the first week (whereas provides final). The present set is a small TIE Fighter with a hangar rack that matches into the primary set.
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This isn’t the primary Loss of life Star set LEGO has made. In 2008 and 2016, the corporate launched units that had been full spheres. Like the brand new set, they included rooms representing iconic scenes from A New Hope and Return of the Jedi. In 2005, LEGO made a completely coated, spherical Loss of life Star II from Return of the Jedi.
LEGO has been making costlier and extra intricate Star Wars units for years. The 2017 Final Collector Sequence Millennium Falcon has 7,541 minifigures and continues to be obtainable at $849.99. The Venator-Class Republic Assault Cruiser, launched in 2023, is $649.99.
The title of the biggest LEGO set ever is held by LEGO Artwork World Map, which was obtainable from 2021 to 2023 and had 11,695 items. The biggest LEGO set nonetheless obtainable is the Eiffel Tower, which has 10,001 items.
