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LEGO Star Wars: UCS Millennium Falcon 75192 $899 (Online Only, Excl WA) / AT-AT Driver Helmet 75429 $89 Delivered @ Target

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Make sure to use discounted gift cards for further discounts! Even if I could afford this, I still wouldn't have the space…
4.5% off ($858.5 UCS Falcon) with Macquarie Marketplace

  • AT-AT Helmet 75429 Here
  • General Target SW page here

Edit: Amazon AU is now price matching the UCS Falcon (Target now sold out, so no price matching)


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  • +1

    Pretty good price, think its been more than a year since it's under $900

      • +19

        Everyone knows lego is overpriced, but it has 7,541 pieces and it's the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs :p

        • -7

          Everyone knows lego is overpriced, but it has 7,541 pieces

          doubt it cost lego that much money to make 7541 pieces

          Lego knows that they essentially got no competition so they can charge this much money
          and the fans will keep buying it.

          • @pinkybrain: I’ve read people on here claim the RnD is what drives up the price. Like little plastic cubes require the same research and development as a new smart phone or GPU 🤣

            Least you know it’s a rip off that you’re willing to accept because it brings you joy. That I understand 😊

            • -2

              @PainToad:

              I’ve read people on here claim the RnD is what drives up the price.

              I doubt RnD is that hard compared producing a CPU, motherboard, GPU etc..

              They got real world models and movies to look at
              and they got computers which help generate these models for them
              which also generate the bricks that are needed..

              Least you know it’s a rip off that you’re willing to accept because it brings you joy. That I understand 😊

              the joy is experience while you build it… ie being in the flow
              once done, it is just nice to look at but now you got to find somewhere to put it..
              and then you will hardly look at it again…

              And for some they need to go buy another set…

              There is no replay or reuse value…
              since no one wants to redo the set again and it can also be difficult to take it apart each piece

              There's also stress / anxiety if you lose a piece and try to find where it dropped or if it is permanently lost.

              • @pinkybrain: Saying lego has no replay value is one of the dubest thing I have heard. it has the best replay value of all time. build the set, pull it apart, build whatever the (profanity) your imagination can conjure up.

                • @Koppeldread:

                  Saying lego has no replay value is one of the dubest thing I have heard. it has the best replay value of all time. build the set, pull it apart, build whatever the (profanity) your imagination can conjure up.

                  Didn't saying you can't pull it apart..
                  And replay value I am referring to is …

                  I am saying that most people after hours, days, weeks building these sets (especially this large set) are not gonna waste their time doing what you are saying.. ie pulling apart their achievement that took them so much time to build.

                  Most people are proud of the achievement and just put their model somewhere to occasionally look at..

                  Pulling it apart can be quite hard and also most people just not gonna do that (due to them not wanting wreck their achievement which took them time to build)

                  build whatever the (profanity) your imagination can conjure up.

                  build what?
                  what imagination?

                  this ain't LegoMaster,

                  Many people aren't gonna be able to build anything that looks any good…with the pieces that came in that set
                  It gonna look shit compared the set that they just built.

                  You gonna need lots of bricks (properly organize by pieces) like legomaster to able to build anything decent…
                  Legomaster also has a money+fame incentive for those people to build something good…

                  Also people on lego master are not taking apart a set they just built (which took them hours or days to build) to rebuild something else..
                  they are able to pick lots of pieces from a nicely organise bricks library etc..

                  And also people are not gonna mixed in bricks from other sets together which would not be good if they want to resell those sets.

                  If people or kids who want to build something from imagination,
                  they buy those LEGO® Creative Bucket, not from $900 star wars lego set.

                  So when I saying no replay value I meant those things
                  not that you can't pull it apart and to build something else.

                  • @pinkybrain:

                    If people or kids who want to build something from imagination, they buy those LEGO® Creative Bucket, not from $900 star wars lego set.

                    not from $900 star wars lego set - correct

                    they buy those LEGO® Creative Bucket - no, too exy, and not enough specialised pieces (mainly bricks). They buy second hand bulk lots and accumulate hundreds of kgs of Lego this way for very cheap.

          • -1

            @pinkybrain: Of course it didn’t, which business sells their products at cost price or below?

            • +1

              @eccaz: Oh come on. Clearly the point they were making was that the margin is extremely high above the cost price. Not that they should be selling their products at cost price.

              Lego fans are so easily triggered by any criticism - even from fellow fans.

              • +1

                @PainToad: yeap, these parts are essentially just harden molded plastic with dye etc..

                the total cost to make it and packed would not cost that high that justify the $899 (RRP $1299) price.

                the fact that lego fans will to pay $899 (RRP $1299) price for 7,541 pieces of plastic is crazy….
                there also no replay/reuse value… once built they just display it and done.

                Lego fans will to pay $899 (RRP $1299) price for this is because
                1. they are fans
                2. they believe these expensive lego sets will go up in price, which do go up for rare or discontinued sets.
                3. Lego also intentionally makes rare and discontinue lego sets to boost the value of those lego sets which further justify them charging these high prices lego sets..

                Lego fans are so easily triggered by any criticism - even from fellow fans.

                yeah I am also a fan of building lego sets but no way do I think $899 (RRP $1299) is worth paying for 7,541 pieces of plastic…

                rather use that money to buy something that I regularly use and reuse

              • @PainToad: Pointing out someone else’s redundancy makes me a Lego fan?

            • +1

              @eccaz:

              Of course it didn’t, which business sells their products at cost price or below?

              Not saying companies should sell at cost price or below

              but LEGO got a money printing machine here
              when they can sell essentially 13.64 Kilograms of plastic for $899 (RRP $1299)
              and people will still buy it

              • @pinkybrain: Wait till your find out how much it costs to make your medications.

              • @pinkybrain:

                can sell essentially 13.64 Kilograms of plastic for $899

                On a weight basis it's not too bad. It used to cost around $30/kg for used Lego. Of course, you can buy it much cheaper/get it free.

                There is also significant licensing fees to Disney that have to be covered.

          • +1

            @pinkybrain: I mean it’s almost like Disney doesn’t let people sell Star Wars licensed stuff willy nilly without paying them a huge fee.

            • @zonra: But do Lego pay per piece to Disney?
              I mean, it's the same branding as on the $20 battle pack. The cost of licensing shouldn't really effect the price on the bigger sets.

            • @zonra:

              I mean it’s almost like Disney doesn’t let people sell Star Wars licensed stuff willy nilly without paying them a huge fee.

              well of course,,

              this is there IP so they would want a cut of the pie… not gonna let LEGO profit from their IP for nothing
              but LEGO charging $899 (RRP $1299) is just pure profiteering of their fans..

              How much is that license fee cost out of that $899 (RRP $1299) price ?

          • @pinkybrain: which, by definition, makes it fair value

        • Well below the 10c per piece threshold, even at the 'bargain' price.

      • +2

        when Aliexpress can do this model for around $100 you underastand the massive gap is filled a little by nice packaging, a little by marketing, more by franchise licensing but mostly by clear profit!

        • -4

          Lego is one of those companies that 100% deserve to lose profits to counterfeits.

          The Adobe of the toy industry.

          • +2

            @PainToad: i like lego. i like star wars.

            but the prices for such sets is pure greed, which gouges the hardcore fans who actually give a franchise or brand its value.

            • @QuickToThePointless:

              but the prices for such sets is pure greed, which gouges the hardcore fans who actually give a franchise or brand its value.

              the really high price gouging also means it prevents others who enjoy building lego sets from being able to build these expensive sets
              unless they got spare $899 (RRP $1299) to spend or their parents can afford to buy it for them (if they are a kid).

              • @pinkybrain: That's the part that pisses me off the most. Lego should predominately be a toy for kids to have fun with and help them develop their problem solving skills and hand eye coordination

                Instead its turned into a way for middle aged millennials to piss away money on things they display on a shelf.

                Just like Pokemon cards.

                • @PainToad: Its almost as if the companies want to make money, so they target products at people, with the motive to trigger their nostalgia and make them give up the dollar bucks

                  • @caviar: Companies can only do that if people pay the inflated prices.

        • +1

          If you've ever bought Aliexpress Lego you'll know that it doesn't compare at all. AE lego feels cheap, nasty and horrible to put together and even the same block colour can vary between bags.. It is far from a Lego experience.

          • @Vladdo: none of that is true in my experience…id say its a little off in terms of material finish/sheen etc but 85% as good… and it looks exactly the same completed, sitting on a shelf gathering dust eyeballing from 40cm or more

          • -1

            @Vladdo:

            If you've ever bought Aliexpress Lego you'll know that it doesn't compare at all. AE lego feels cheap, nasty and horrible to put together and even the same block colour can vary between bags.. It is far from a Lego experience.

            It's a toy. Why does any of that matter?

  • +6

    I’d be very careful using Target gift cards to purchase this. Order cancellations will flow. Happens all the time to me.

    • Good point, the benefit with BigW cards is they convert the refund to a Wish card, that can be used for grocery shops at woolies at a higher rate than a Woolies card :)
      I've never had a target GC order cancelled, so do you know if they refund back to a target, or a coles group card?

      • +1

        Nope, its a Target gift card and it takes AGES. I've had to follow it up many times.

        Had a few BIG W gift card purchases refunded, gotta love the Woolies card in return :-)

  • Ooft. Missed out on the $813ish two years ago. Do I?

  • Someone is seeing a very large collection (including quite a bit of star wars) on marketplace in Canberra.

    Worth a look

    • Are you the someone?

      • +1

        Definitely not.
        The wife would never let me have a collection this size as my 1 year old would have a ball pulling it all down.

        • Sad. I'm willing to orchestrate a lie as to why the future of humanity depends on you purchasing this set.

          Also I bought via Amazon and didn't realize I had 40 dollars of credit. 859!

  • +2

    Don't forget the $10 newsletter voucher for Target

  • -3

    I am not a trekkie and have no interest in building this into starship enterprise.

    • Is this where I tell you that there's rumours lego are releasing star trek Lego this year? One is rumoured to be the Enterprise-D.

  • They are great fun. Got few bigger builds. Started with Titanic. Yes, know lot of people saying expensive "plastic". This is around 14kg plastic. Buy your rolls and start printing it yourself. The cheap ali ones doesn't "click in" same way as LEGO. as we see it. Spend $ on a set to build together over next few weeks when kids gone to bed. Cannot put a price on that.
    Fun fact. LEGO means " leg godt (Danish) play well"

  • +3

    The problem is not the price, but the space. TT

    • +1

      Yes
      I'm not a huge Star Wars fan. When I was little I cared not for the story but the light sabre fights. Its never been a series that I watch religiously like other pop culture things (re: I can sit through BTTF, JAWS, BATMAN, Superman etc multiple times a year), yet I've still collected various Star Wars things over the years (OT on dvd and bluray, video games).

      And then there was Star Wars Lego. The X-Wing was my second Lego set purchased during the COVID era…. And the Episode VIII Millenium Falcon was the third. Might be nerdy but they are cool builds and cool display pieces.

      This UCS Millenium Falcon is a bucket list item that I want…. but I don't have room to put the end result on display…. let alone store the packaging until i have months to build it lol.

      I went through some of my Lego back log over the Easter break….. I got another bucket list set last year (Lego Voltron!!) and I still haven't built it :-/.

      • On my list is to build a lego sorter lol. Tensor flow and sort them in small buckets.

      • +1

        You need to prioritise buying a house with a Lego room 😂.

        And then not have time to build the sets and instead end up accumulating enough for the next 10 pandemics

    • Absolutely. I'd probably get this if I had the space.

  • +1

    Dark Falcon is $209 free delivery at Target with the $10 off welcome code that can be obtained via a temp email registered with their Newsletter https://temp-mail.org/en/view/675bf2b6fdca76002696af57. Code always comes within 10s for me.

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