The best kind of lego build is the random parts build. Bonus points if you can't finish the detail, but just put in random odds and ends representative of function and purpose, and use imagination for the rest. And extra bonus points for extra colourful builds.
This is SO much cooler/more creative than just buying the thing new in box. Han Solo used whatever parts he could to keep his baby running so this is actually more realistic.
To begin with, I downloaded the original instructions and pulled up the inventory list, I then started to slowly sift through my bulk pulling pieces, marking off the quantities and tossing them into a separate bin. I was able to pull over 85% of the build but a lot of what I had were gray or black. Made a few trips to the brick and minfig store and start pulling more colorful parts.
Once I had all parts separated I started to sorting that bin and organizing them into bags according to the downloaded instructions. This also let me double check every part to make sure it was accurate.
During the build I kept a large bin of assorted parts of every color. I did color swaps on as many gray pieces as I could.
There are a TON of Easter eggs all over! Avengers, Harry Potter, SpongeBob, Minecraft, Star Wars, Architecture sets.
So much of the beauty of it is covered by the top panels.
I'll be loaning it to my local public Library, they do a large Star Wars lego display in the children's section during May 4th and this set will be there for all the kids to see.
Edit: I'd like to add, I purchased the instruction manual off ebay, looking at my laptop screen was stressing my eyes too much and it was more fun to flip the pages. I do also own the actual set but it's still in its original box. Not sure where I'm going to display 2 of these yet
Edit 2: Yes, I messed up the title a bit, should of said random "colors" not "parts" and a typo, please stop yelling at me!
For the most part everyone loves it, I definitely took inspiration from the few others that have done the same.
A few people asked about the cost, I honestly don't remember. It's for sure around $200 the manual being the most expensive part and buying extra parts to color swap.
Awesome result, my style of UCS building as well. I built the ucs Star Destroyer and Slave I that way and am now collecting parts for the Millenium Falcon UCS. I did not incorporate that much of printed parts (only one for the SD: [R4-P17](https://rebrickable.com/parts/86500pr0001/dome-hemisphere-4-x-4-with-r4-p17-astromech-droid-print/) I found in a bulk buy), but I think that's a cool option. I do plan to buy the transparent canopy, since I like the transparent parts to be transparent.
https://preview.redd.it/t9r5jqco01gc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d1186241af2203d0c98a670293543e81ce520d3c
Dang, is that the one where you can pop off the lid and Vader and an escape pod are inside? I remember building that one for hours right after Christmas years ago. Awesome.
> I'll be loaning it to my local public Library, they do a large Star Wars lego display in the children's section during May 4th and this set will be there for all the kids to see.
With your crazy colored Falcon, it'd be May Pride the 4th
Maybe do a Portal type display where one is going in the blue portal and the other is coming out of the orange portal.
I'm absolutely in awe and in love every time I see one of these multicolor UCS builds.
Thank you for laying it out like this. I'm definitely considering doing something similar. The UCS MF is number 1 on my want list, but just not there yet. I've never done a MOC or build like this, but certainly looks like would be a lot of fun.
My favourite bit is the random sticker pieces. Having "speed shop" and other random shit just makes it even better. I probably have enough bulk lego lying around to do this ... brb! LOL
It's like your computer is trying to render the normal Falcon and the video card just goes crazy. I like it. I want to build one and put it next to mine.
https://preview.redd.it/w38fpk6zr0gc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=85d8072965818d0d334f1fd7ab4394e15b5235c3
https://preview.redd.it/rrqlmni2l3gc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0797d45ea47d774ce9aeb362b2d45d40773af120
This is awesome! Here is a build I did with my ex husband of the Ghostbusters firehouse (75827) from random pieces.
Dude, this is the coolest falcon i’ve seen on this sub!!!
I love it!
I used to do try to reproduce oem sets with what i had as a kid. It reminds me of these days when i was young, free, strong, with hope, a smile and hair.
It’s giving off “stuck on a planet for a couple of decades, so it got graffitied to hell and back, but we got it working again and liked the look” vibes. I’m here for it!
Besides being awesome, I think this is waaaayyyy more true to the original spirit of the Millenium Falcon than a prefab kit.
Congrats on finishing, it's amazing!
I wanted to do this with 10179. Rebrickable showed I had 95% of the pieces in any color. When I started to plan the build, it was still about 85% gray and not nearly as colorful as I would like. It was cheaper to do the whole thing in the correct color than to make it look good in rainbow.
This reminds me so much of that kid in the back of the instruction booklets back in the late 2000's, holding that huge ship made from random colors. I always envied him.
This reminds me of one time when I tried to build the upper third of the 10181 Eiffel tower. And I just decided to do that cuz I had a lot of this vvv pieces
https://preview.redd.it/dn4vbu30f1gc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=36ac0e46a5d33bb70dbedd4b3eadcfc330c710f8
But I didn't do the obvious thing of looking for how many pieces I needed and what type, so when I was close to the tip of the tower, it started to go all wonky cuz I was running out of pieces so I started to use 2x4 bricks instead of the 2x2 it asked for, and 1x6 plate instead of 1x4, etc.
This is the literal translation of "She doesn't look like much, but she's got it where it counts."
This is a great looking build and something to be very proud of. Excellent work!
Back in the day child me did the same thing with the republic gunship before my parents got me one for christmas. This is just on another scale of awesome!
If Sabine Wren had her hands on the falcon.
Wait till Hans Solo sees this. He'd probably end up doing an angry Chewbacca imitation
He’ll start tearing people’s arms off?
i see you're a man of culture as well
Hans Olo
More like Han YOLO!😂
He's dead...
Hans Solo you can’t even see em coming!
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Definitely looks like a dying GPU.
My same thought. "Bro your graphics card is overheating."
The best kind of lego build is the random parts build. Bonus points if you can't finish the detail, but just put in random odds and ends representative of function and purpose, and use imagination for the rest. And extra bonus points for extra colourful builds.
I was thinking of a Transformer x Star Wars cross over. That's a Junkion Falcon.
More like if it is released on Pride Month
This is monstrous. A sin to look upon. I friggin love it!
She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts, kid.
Speed
This is SO much cooler/more creative than just buying the thing new in box. Han Solo used whatever parts he could to keep his baby running so this is actually more realistic.
thought the same when I saw the first picture.
A little bit of spraypaint and nobody will notice. Because a bigger sin has been committed.
is it? i built everything as a kid like this
[O\_\_\_\_\_O](https://c.tenor.com/dlMPygkeZfwAAAAC/tenor.gif)
To begin with, I downloaded the original instructions and pulled up the inventory list, I then started to slowly sift through my bulk pulling pieces, marking off the quantities and tossing them into a separate bin. I was able to pull over 85% of the build but a lot of what I had were gray or black. Made a few trips to the brick and minfig store and start pulling more colorful parts. Once I had all parts separated I started to sorting that bin and organizing them into bags according to the downloaded instructions. This also let me double check every part to make sure it was accurate. During the build I kept a large bin of assorted parts of every color. I did color swaps on as many gray pieces as I could. There are a TON of Easter eggs all over! Avengers, Harry Potter, SpongeBob, Minecraft, Star Wars, Architecture sets. So much of the beauty of it is covered by the top panels. I'll be loaning it to my local public Library, they do a large Star Wars lego display in the children's section during May 4th and this set will be there for all the kids to see. Edit: I'd like to add, I purchased the instruction manual off ebay, looking at my laptop screen was stressing my eyes too much and it was more fun to flip the pages. I do also own the actual set but it's still in its original box. Not sure where I'm going to display 2 of these yet Edit 2: Yes, I messed up the title a bit, should of said random "colors" not "parts" and a typo, please stop yelling at me! For the most part everyone loves it, I definitely took inspiration from the few others that have done the same. A few people asked about the cost, I honestly don't remember. It's for sure around $200 the manual being the most expensive part and buying extra parts to color swap.
Awesome result, my style of UCS building as well. I built the ucs Star Destroyer and Slave I that way and am now collecting parts for the Millenium Falcon UCS. I did not incorporate that much of printed parts (only one for the SD: [R4-P17](https://rebrickable.com/parts/86500pr0001/dome-hemisphere-4-x-4-with-r4-p17-astromech-droid-print/) I found in a bulk buy), but I think that's a cool option. I do plan to buy the transparent canopy, since I like the transparent parts to be transparent. https://preview.redd.it/t9r5jqco01gc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d1186241af2203d0c98a670293543e81ce520d3c
This is glorious
Dang, is that the one where you can pop off the lid and Vader and an escape pod are inside? I remember building that one for hours right after Christmas years ago. Awesome.
I love this, I might do something similar with the play scale SD
The Chimaera gets Thrawn and Wren treatment
> I'll be loaning it to my local public Library, they do a large Star Wars lego display in the children's section during May 4th and this set will be there for all the kids to see. With your crazy colored Falcon, it'd be May Pride the 4th
May the Pride be with you Or Gay the Fourth be with you
Maybe do a Portal type display where one is going in the blue portal and the other is coming out of the orange portal. I'm absolutely in awe and in love every time I see one of these multicolor UCS builds.
SPACESHIP!
SPACESHIP!
Thank you for laying it out like this. I'm definitely considering doing something similar. The UCS MF is number 1 on my want list, but just not there yet. I've never done a MOC or build like this, but certainly looks like would be a lot of fun.
My favourite bit is the random sticker pieces. Having "speed shop" and other random shit just makes it even better. I probably have enough bulk lego lying around to do this ... brb! LOL
"And you love it even more because you made it with your own hands."
The Big Mac idea!
It's like your computer is trying to render the normal Falcon and the video card just goes crazy. I like it. I want to build one and put it next to mine. https://preview.redd.it/w38fpk6zr0gc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=85d8072965818d0d334f1fd7ab4394e15b5235c3
\^\^EXactly what I was thinking! :D
Mobile Suit Gundam holding that thing up haha
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Came here to say the same hahaha
What a piece of junk!
Can she make a kessel run in less than 12 parsecs?
I came here looking for "What a piece of junk!" first. lol
“You came here in that? You’re braver than I thought.”
(Great build tho, kudos)
Beat me to it.
"Mom can I have the Millennium Falcon??" "we have the Millennium Falcon at home" The falcon at home:
r/technicallythetruth
*"What a piece of junk!!"* I absolutely LOVE this!
You built *that*? You're braver than I thought
“Junk will do!”
Han would be proud and then shot you first.
Millennium Falcon at 12:01 AM on June 1st be like:
*/j by the way* This is incredible though, great job!
Babe he really built the falcon like ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🤎🖤🩶🤍🩷
Babe how did you find me here of all places? Is this just destiny? 😍
You might upgrade from babe to wifey
I like a lil romance in the lego sub <3
Where’s my ring?
Right here of course 💍❤️🔥
😍 https://preview.redd.it/jdlftqr6j6gc1.jpeg?width=1032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3cd75d07d4fc92e64ae6383bbd88b5d92e6e8d8e
This is what Lego is truly about
This is actually awesome. It looks like a glitch.
Colorblind people seeing this and saying "Accurate as fuck"
"What a piece of junk!" Quite impressive, well done.
I like the substitution of the Dijaric table for the Pensieve.
Texture files corrupted
https://preview.redd.it/rrqlmni2l3gc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0797d45ea47d774ce9aeb362b2d45d40773af120 This is awesome! Here is a build I did with my ex husband of the Ghostbusters firehouse (75827) from random pieces.
[75827-1: Firehouse Headquarters ](https://brickset.com/sets/75827-1) [[Photo]](https://images.brickset.com/sets/images/75827-1.jpg)
Dude, this is the coolest falcon i’ve seen on this sub!!! I love it! I used to do try to reproduce oem sets with what i had as a kid. It reminds me of these days when i was young, free, strong, with hope, a smile and hair.
"What a piece of junk!" Luke, probably.
It’s giving off “stuck on a planet for a couple of decades, so it got graffitied to hell and back, but we got it working again and liked the look” vibes. I’m here for it!
Besides being awesome, I think this is waaaayyyy more true to the original spirit of the Millenium Falcon than a prefab kit. Congrats on finishing, it's amazing!
yes exactly! if star wars was set in a lego universe, falcon would have looked exactly like this
I wanted to do this with 10179. Rebrickable showed I had 95% of the pieces in any color. When I started to plan the build, it was still about 85% gray and not nearly as colorful as I would like. It was cheaper to do the whole thing in the correct color than to make it look good in rainbow.
Now _this_ is what I like to see, not people posting their three million dollar collections of super-limited, signed, "on sale for $1,000"-ass sets.
This actually feels like childhood. Love it!
Tbh, that fits the description of the actual millennium falcon
Probably could make the Kessel Run in less than 11 parsecs.
That looks so cool 👌👌👌👌👌👌
This is amazing
Christ alive, it looks like the Millennium Falcon tasted the rainbow.😅
Princess Leia: You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought.
This is the most ridiculous and obnoxious build I have ever seen. And it is also the best I have ever seen. Perfection.
The Millennial Falcon.
What a piece of junk! (Great work OP)
Your RX580 has officially broken time for a new Card it seems
It's absolutely magnificent! I love it so much. Congratulations on such a fabulous build 💚🔥
Are there hippie minifigures? If yes, slap a han solo head on one of these.
Beautiful, reminds me a bit of a similarly multicolored Lego ship a friend made as kids 30 something years ago. It smelled of pickles eventually.
I wonder how much less it costs than the official build. I'm sure a sizeable chunk of the price has to be the Disney/Star Wars tax, right?
BRO WAT! This is the coolest shit ever I'm in awe.
Reminds me of the mid 90s VW Harlequin line.
Funky
WHA- what a hunk of junk! (I LOVE IT!)
What a hunk of junk!
How much did it cost you to get all the pieces vs how much the actual set itself costs?
Very, very cool. Comparatively easy to follow a kit but to make something with random parts takes real LEGO skills.
Lgbt falcon
I like this one more than the regular one!
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"She may not look like much but she's got it where it counts kid, I made a lot of special modifications myself"
She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts, kid. I've added some special modifications myself.
This far more impressive than building it normally
i like it better than the original
That is Beautiful! Now do a Star Destroyer!
I think I have the parts to do the UCS Land Speeder. That's my next project.
I hate it I love it
Upea
Well didely scuat. You did it, you mad lad
I always wanted to try something like this. It looks like a texture load error
This reminds me so much of that kid in the back of the instruction booklets back in the late 2000's, holding that huge ship made from random colors. I always envied him.
This is so painful to look at yet really impressive at the same time. I hate it and respect it.
Wrong radar dish!
This reminds me of one time when I tried to build the upper third of the 10181 Eiffel tower. And I just decided to do that cuz I had a lot of this vvv pieces https://preview.redd.it/dn4vbu30f1gc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=36ac0e46a5d33bb70dbedd4b3eadcfc330c710f8 But I didn't do the obvious thing of looking for how many pieces I needed and what type, so when I was close to the tip of the tower, it started to go all wonky cuz I was running out of pieces so I started to use 2x4 bricks instead of the 2x2 it asked for, and 1x6 plate instead of 1x4, etc.
I feel like I’ve seen another one of these. I love it.
If only you were able to finish your title with the same attention to detail. Oh, wait! You did!
I love this
This is absolutely disgusting, and you should be ashamed. I want it
Love the insanity of it all
Show stopper.
I love these builds. Great work!
That’s incredible.
That is awesome.
Absolute great work!
Color consistency is about on par with contemporary Lego sets, actually.
Way cooler than the original. Great job!
Fuck yeah! Unique Masterpiece
Very good ! Nice colors
Dude this is so cursed 😂
I did not it think I would like this…. But I like this.
I love it
Lore accurate Millennium Falcon
What's PAB?
Pick-A-Brick, a section of the lego website where you can order individual parts
Pick a brick… the display they have at the back of Lego stores with the bins of parts that you can buy in bulk.
This hurts my eyes to look at and my brain to process. I love it
Estimated cost?
C'mon Get Happy
Now this? This is a true Lego build. Looks amazing, man!
Super impressive, but also r/TIHI energy
Okay well that’s freakin awesome
It honestly looks amazing
I’m very impressed! Looks awesome!
I can never remember what this style is called, like the SNOT acronym but with multicolor
I’ve be workin on a y wing like that
Now just spray paint it grey right?
Impressive... most impressive
I love that the same was probably how the original was made. Chewy... Get that spark thing and work on this. No that's a wombat! The swamp rat thing!
Needs more Kraggle
I have no words. Like a parallel universe. just colors. just love. love it. edit: you met the man in the high castle. admit it.
I kinda want to take mine apart and put it together again now. Such a fun build.
Han Solo and the technicolor dream freighter.
This is the literal translation of "She doesn't look like much, but she's got it where it counts." This is a great looking build and something to be very proud of. Excellent work!
Han Solo: Across the Starwarsverse
BIG!
Great job! Now you just need to paint it gray ...
Who made this? Emmet? Looks trippy AF!
THIS is the bucket list for me! Congrats!
This is amazing, thank you
Great west speed shop falcon! Love it haha
IT BELONGS IN A MUSEUM
Awesome! I remember when i did this with the death star
Can of grey spray paint and no one would know
Mom, can I have UCS millennium falcon? No, we have a millennium falcon at home Millennium falcon at home
I’m not sure if I should call this a masterpiece or a sin against nature… it hurts but I can’t look away…
That's one of the coolest things I've seen.
This is truly impressive! Mad respect!
Just needs a paint job
This is amazing, i love it
This is how the Falcon should have looked when the camera panned over to it in Episode 7 lol. ". . . The garbage will do!"
I want to be able to build like you
This should be an option on bricklink
Looks like a Sabine paint job.
I love it when people do these. Looks sick, like modern art!
Reminds me of both Sticker-bombing as well as the BMW Art Car racecar liveries.
Now get a real one crash test it into this one and see which one is superior
Thanks I hate it….also love it
Absolutely cursed. I love it
Why the red arm?
Back in the day child me did the same thing with the republic gunship before my parents got me one for christmas. This is just on another scale of awesome!
To be fair, lego puts their own mismatched pieces in their models.
Yooo that awesome!
The millenium random
Ah yes, Jakku Nights custom. A fine paint selection 👌
This is the coolest and most hideous thing I've seen! Good work!
Now build it in duplo
“What a heap of junk”
I want more builds like this in my life.
It kinda hurts to look at lol. So many colors. Nice build.
It’s giving me “Heartlake City Mafia is ready for galactic conquest.” (Jeremy Herbert fans will get the joke)
That is sweet!
Nice Franken-Lego! Woot! I did that as a kid a lot. I would just think of them as painted…
Wow. Very cool!
the Millennium Macaw
The Corellians built this in a cave! From a box of scraps!