Slave One - Ultimate Collector Series #75060

Jango Fett's Slave One ship.

Pieces: 1,996

Age 14+

Sandcrawler - Ultimate Collector Series #75059

The 2014 Ultimate Collector Series Sandcrawler.  I really like this set, but this one, in my opinion, should have been age rated at 16+ instead of 14+. After having built many a Lego Ultimate Collector Series set, I can honestly say this is one of the harder sets to build, and was for me, even harder to build than the UCS Super Star Destroyer, which is age rated at 16+.  

This Lego set has 3,296 pieces.  Almost twice as many pieces as the 2005 Ultimate Collector Series Sandcrawler.  Both of the UCS Sandcrawlers come with what some label, an 'exclusive' Owen Lars mini figure.  I like how the one in the 2014 set looks, better.  The hair piece is more detailed.  Looks more like hair.

Lambda class shuttle - Ultimate Collector Series #10212

This is one my favorite UCS sets.  For being a fighter sized vessel, this set is one of the bigger UCS sets, at over 2500 pieces.

It looks big when it is built also.  As you can see in the picture below, it takes up a good part of my kitchen table.

This set comes with 5 mini figures.  4 of them can fit in the cockpit, and in the picture below, I have the stormtrooper mini figure just standing below the shuttle.  

The wings have to be folded up when resting on it's landing gear, and can be deployed in flight mode when on it stand.   A display plaque with information about the Lambda class shuttle snaps on the front of the stand.

It is fun to build, but it can also feel kind of repetitive when building the wings, as each wing is made up of a lot of pieces and you have to build two of them.  The set comes with four instruction books and each of the wings take up about a whole book up instruction to put together.

In my opinion, this particular UCS set is one of the more impressive sets to display after it is built.

super star destroyer - Ultimate Collector Series #10221

Here it is.  The grand daddy of all space vessels.  The Super Star Destroyer.  It is also one of the bigger Ultimate Collector Series Lego sets.  There are a couple of things about this set that I thought were particularly odd. 

First, the number of pieces were almost the exact same amount as in the regular Ultimate Collector Series Star Destroyer #10030.  I know that Lego doesn't make these sets to scale, but you would think that a set of a ship that is more than 8 times the size of another ship, would have a few more pieces than the set of that ship.

Lego Star Wars UCS Super Star Destroyer 10221 

Then there is the cost.  Lego usually averages about 10 cents a piece for a Lego set, and there UCS sets that have had around 3,000 pieces have all been around $300.00 as well, until this one.  Lego priced this one at about $400.00.  The ship itself is impressive, and as of this writing, it is the only Lego set ever made of this ship.  Am guessing that is how Lego was able to command and get the approximately $100 extra for this set.

After I had built this set, it was kind of disappointing to see that it wasn't any larger than the regular UCS Star Destroyer.  It was a little bit longer, and not as tall.  In fact, when you have both sets built and you look at them side by side, the standard Star Destroyer actually looks more impressive than the Super Star Destroyer.  In my opinion, that should not be the case. 

And don't even get me started on the mini figures in this set.  I realize that there are some real fanatic Lego collectors who will focus on collecting mini figures and will even buy whole sets just for a mini figure, but mini figures do not belong in this particulare set, and do absolutely nothing for it.  In fact, the mini figures actually make the Super Star Destroyer look a hell of a lot smaller than it is suppose to be.

Imperial star destroyer - Ultimate Collector Series #10030

This is big, and one of the more impresive UCS Lego sets.  It also takes a while to build.  The only other UCS Lego set that I have that takes longer to build, is the 10179 Millenium Falcon UCS set.  Of course the Star Destroyer is a little over 3,000 pieces and the Millenium Falcon is over 5,000 pieces. 

It can be tricky to put this one together on the first try, as it has a tendency to fall apart if you don't hold it just right while you are building it.  The whole outer hull is snapped together to the frame at only 12 snapping points, and about 12 magnents also. 

Lego Star Wars UCS Star Destroyer 10030

This is also the only Lego set I have ever seen that makes use of magnents.  After you get it built, it feels like it was worth the time spent on putting it together, but many people probably feel like throwing it against the wall while they are in the contruction process.  The age limit for this one is 16+ years of age.

The bridge area is not snapped on the rest of the outer hull.  It just sits on the hull, and this is the way it has to be in order to move it if you ever want to, because if it wasn't, it would almost definately come apart before you got to the place you wanted to put it.

Millenium Falcon - Ultimate Collector Series #10179

Here is the Ultimate Collector Series Millenium Falcon.  I got it when it first came out, and it's the Largest Ultimate Collecter Series Lego set to date, at over 5,000 pieces in the set.  This was one interesting and time consuming Lego set to build.  At the time of this writing, it is also the most valuable ( in terms of what prices people are asking for it now. ) Ultimate Collector Series set also.

Lego Star Wars UCS Millennium Falcon 10179

The thing that I like best about this set is how it was designed, construction wise.  This is one of the biggest Star Wars vehicle replicas that Lego has ever made, and oddly enough, even at this size, it is one of the most stable Lego sets I have ever put together, which is unusual for the really big Lego sets.  It is even more stable than most of my smaller UCS sets. 

My theory is that Lego must have had some real knowledgable construction worker help design this particular set.  If that's the case, Lego should have this person design all the UCS sets.  Even pay him or her more money than they probably do, and just take it out of their CEO's salary.  ;D. 

This thing is really well made.  It has beams, braces, studs and even red pieces that are used as rivets.  Unlike a lot of other Lego sets, this one is really made to stay together after it is built. 

I can just take the top turret off ( and it just slides off, it's not snapped on so it's no trouble at all ), and then grab the framework right under the turret, and carry this big thing with one hand without worrying about any part of it coming apart.  I would not want to carry it for too long though, since it is rather heavy.  =D

Rebel blockade runner - Ultimate Collector Series #10019

Here is the Rebel Blockade Runner. This set here was kind of neat to build, as it had a lot of pieces that went together at angles other than the typical 90 or 180 degree angle.  If you ever decide to move this set after it is built, you will want to take the 11 engines off of the rest of the ship before you move it.  Don't worry, this isn't as bad as it sounds.



The whole back end, which are just the 11 engines, can be taken off the ship all at the same time, because all 11 engines stay together, so it's not like you have to take each engine off individually.  After you move both sections of the ship ( the front half and the engines ) to where you want to put it, you can slide and snap the engines ( again, as one whole unit ) on the back of the front end, and you're good to go, because it's back together again.  It is one of the bigger Ultimate Collector Series sets, at over 1700 pieces.

advanced Tie fighter - Ultimate Collector Series #10175

Here is the Advanced Tie Fighter (more commonly referred to as Darth Vader's tie fighter) in the Lego Ultimate Collector Series line up.

This is a 1,212 piece Lego set, and was about $100.00 ($99 and some change) at the time of it's introduction from Lego.

You have to be careful how you handle this set after it is built, just as with all of the other Ulitmate Collector Series Lego sets, but I especially like the stand that comes with this set. It has two resting points for the ship to sit on instead of just the usuall one, and is fairly stable while on the stand.


The cockpit opening on the top is sort of hard to keep together while it is being built, but after it is constructed, seems to fairly secured in place.

X-Wing fighter - Ultimate Collector Series #7191

This is the X-Wing Ultimate Collector Series Lego set. It is a 1,304 piece Lego set. This one has one real frustrating problem with it. The X Wings do not actually snap on or attatch to the ship securely in any way.

Each wing ends up with two rods sticking out of the sides when you build it, and they slide in two holes in the body of the X-Wing Fighter, and that's it! They don't snap in place or anything. They slide right back out (and they often do if you try to move it or pick it up) just as easily as they slid in and there is nothing that holds the X-Wings in place.

You can guess what happens then. They fall and break into a lot of Lego pieces and you have to gather all of the pieces (hoping that you didn't just lose any) and rebuild all the Wings that fell out of the body of the ship.


It looks nice when put together and everything, but... I can honestly say this is the first Lego set that I have ever seen that was this badly designed as far as constructing it goes.

Now about the construction of the back end. It is constructed with several cogs and sprockets inside the back and if these aren't lined up just right, the X-Wings will not open up at the right angle. If you don't get it right the first time, you have to rebuild about half of it all over again because you will have to take apart the whole back end and rebuild it and keep an eye on how you line up the sprockets.

I like all of the Ulimate Collector Series Lego sets that I have, but if you only like certain ones or can't afford to get all of them (they are fairly expensive even when they are new, and if you miss one when it comes out, it is even more expensive to get a discontinued model somewhere), then you might want to pass on this one, especially if you don't have a lot of patience. ;D

Rebel snow speeder - Ultimate Collector Series #10129

Here we have a Lego Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series snowspeeder. Now what could be better than a Star Wars Rebel snowspeeder? Not much, that's for sure. Haha, just kidding, but this is a good Lego set.

This Lego set has over 1,400 pieces, and unlike many of the other Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series set, which have a tendency to come apart if you pick them up or hold them, is it fairly stable after it is built. You can actually take it off of it's stand and hold it with one hand without having to worry about it falling to pieces.

The only other Star Wars UCS set that I can say this about is the Y-Wing figher, model number 10134 and the Millenium Falcon, model number 10179

Tie interceptor - Ultimate Collector Series #7181

Here is the Tie Interceptor. The Tie Interceptor is a space superiority fighter. It is the fastest type of Tie unit.

This particular Tie model has four laser cannons. One on each solar panel.


This Lego set does not take that long to build, especially when compared to the other Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series Lego sets.
This set has 703 pieces, and I have seen only one Ultimate Collector Series set that has less pieces than this set does.

Y-Wing fighter - Ultimate Collector Series #10134

Here is a Y-Winger Attack Starfighter. It is an older model starfighter than the X-wing. According to the information that I got when I researched this particular model ship, is that it is also more common than the X-Wing.


This set has 1473 pieces. It, and the Advanced Tie Fighter are a little cheaper per piece than most Lego sets are. Most Lego sets (not just the Star Wars sets) have a price of about 10 cents a piece.  This set would normally be priced around $140.00 to $150.00, given the number of pieces it has, but Lego sold this set for $119.00.

This set here is also one of the more stabel Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series sets. Sort of like the snowspeeder Ultimate Collector Series Lego set, this one also won't just automatically fall apart if you sneeze too hard.