Lego 10188 Death Star

Prologue

My biggest set to date and it is a Lego Star Wars set Death Star. This set promises a long build time and plenty of enjoyment if one takes it slow and easy. This set is an Ultimate Collector's Series (UCS) and it stands at 3803 pieces. I personally feel that big sets are to be savoured and build slowly. Especially sets targeted towards adults, these sets have unique building techniques and play features which I do like to spend time admiring.

The set came double-boxed. The outer one is a plain brown box and the inner one is the one which you see displayed in stores. Usually Lego separates the set by numbered polybags but since this set is so huge, it comes in numbered white boxes instead. The instruction manual is a bit special too. Instead of a stapled one, it comes in a ring binder format which makes sense naturally, since the booklet is so thick.

The start of the build begins with a great thing which was assembling all the minifigures for the set from bag 1. At that point, it did not include the droids and the Trash Compactor Monster (Dianoga). The whole ensemble is fantastic even as it is and this groupie shot shows the whole cast and genuinely was so very cool. At the time of its release this set had the most number of minifigures.

Build - Level 1

The start of the build begins at the base. In order to make sure someone could still move the set without toppling it from static friction the designers had placed a copious amount of studs to the base.

I guess because the lowest level had no play features, you can see that they made it very low, probably to save on the bricks.

One thing I have to say is that although I do not particularly like stickers, I did like the light panel ones. They made the set look more hi-tech and all.

In the next part of the review we will then look at the next level where all the heavy serious building starts and all the wonderful play features start to appear as well.



Next: Build - Level 2