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Two years ago we criticized the random order in which the UCS FalconвЂ™s bags were packaged in the inner boxes, and LEGO has improved this by packaging the numbered bags in order.

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Parts for the set are packaged in nineteen groups of numbered bags (totaling 52 numbered bags) plus six unnumbered bags (for a grand total of 58 bags of parts) and one loose 16Г—16 plate. Unlike instructions with shorter introductory sections, our copy of the set that shipped from LEGO HQ in Billund, Denmark (so presumably the global or European version) only includes the intro materials in English, with copies of the instruction book in other languages available online. There are also two lengthy interviews with Jens Kronveld Frederiksen and Senior Designer Henrik Andersen.

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Subsequent pages include details about the Star Wars vehicle as it appears in the Classic Trilogy, including interesting insights about the construction of the movie props. Head of design Jens Kronveld Frederiksen reprises his role introducing the set. There are 1,015 steps, so quite a few less than the FalconвЂ™s 1,379 steps, in line with the lower part count in the ISD.ДЄs with all UCS sets, the instruction book includes introductory material from the LEGO Star Wars team. The instructions are in a 440-page, spiral-bound book, just a few pages shy of the UCS FalconвЂ™s 466 pages. WeвЂ™ll continue repeating this recommendation until LEGO considers making a change. WeвЂ™ve been saying for years that large stickers are incredibly challenging to apply correctly, with much less margin for error (and a lot more sticky surface area) than smaller stickers, and that LEGO should be printing the UCS spec panels - something that our friends at Brickmania have done for their own вЂњUCS-styleвЂќ sets like the B-17 Flying Fortress. The single sticker in the set is the specification panel. Each inner box is printed on the top and sides with schematics of the LEGO ISD.ДЄs with the UCS Falcon, the printing on the sides of the boxes fit together to form a different design, showing the ISD from the underside. White inner boxes contain all of the parts for the set - there are no loose bags alongside the inner boxes. This is a subtle touch that heightens the вЂњpremiumвЂќ perception of the set, though no LEGO Star Wars set has yet achieved the same feeling of luxury in its packaging as LEGO Technic sets like 42056 Porsche 911 GT3 RS three years ago. Opening the outer flaps reveals inner flaps printed with the Imperial logo beneath a top-down view of the ISD.

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In what we believe is a first for large LEGO sets, the box includes instructions on how to open it, with a small graphic of a utility knife cutting open the tape holding the flaps closed. The back of the box shows the LEGO model in a more realistic setting, complete with the stand, specification plaque, and minifigures, as well as the Rebel Blockade Runner attached near the port side bow.

ItвЂ™s worth noting that the detailed retail box ships in a large, plain cardboard box that fits snugly around the retail box, but the damaged corners indicate that the shipping box is no proof against the inner box getting roughed up in transit. The вЂњUltimate Collector SeriesвЂќ branding is unambiguous in the upper banner of the box. The front of the box shows the ISD Devastator over Tatooine, without the stand, and with the Tantive IV flying alongside (or below - about to be swallowed into the docking bay). The new UCS Imperial Star Destroyer ships in a large square box similar in both size and design to the huge box that so surprised us when 75192 UCS Millennium Falcon arrived on our doorstep exactly two years ago. But is there more to this huge LEGO set than gray wedge plates? LetвЂ™s find outвЂ¦ Depicting Darth VaderвЂ™s flagship Devastator seen at the end of Rogue One leading into the first moments of A New Hope, this is the first UCS ISD since 10030 in 2002 and the first UCS set since 75181 Y-wing Starfighter nearly 18 months ago.

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The LEGO Star Wars lineвЂ™s latest massive set in the Ultimate Collector Series is 75252 Imperial Star Destroyer, clocking in at a whopping 4,784 pieces and two minifigures, with a price to match the part count ( US $699.99 | CAN $849.99 | UK ВЈ649.99).

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