Metal Earth ICONX Star Wars Millennium Falcon Premium Series 3D Metal Model Kit

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TLDR: It’s three times bigger than the original Fascinations model of the Millenium Falcon (shown in pictures), way more detailed and looks just awesome! Buy it!This is the third Fascinations model I’ve built, and after taking on the first couple projects, I feel like I’ve gotten the “Metal Earth build process” pretty much down. First, buy 

Tool Kit for Metal Earth 3D Metal Models

. No exceptions. Well, unless you already own a mini needle nose plier, a mini flat nose plier, and a mini wire clipper. In that case, you don’t need the Metal Earth ones, but they ARE fancy yellow and black! Anyway, second, look over the instructions. Take note of anything that requires rolling into a cylinder shape. If you need to roll anything, get yourself a few cylinder shape things of different sizes. A pen. A toothpick. A drill bit. A toilet paper roll. Then, come to terms with the fact that if you rush through this, it isn’t going to go well. These take time, patience, and precision. If you don’t have those three things, don’t buy this. If you have those three things and you want to have something that people look at and ask how in the world you built something so amazing, buy this! This particular model takes a few hours to complete if you are taking your time and watching a movie. The final result is amazing! Have fun!Pro-tip: If you want to add some heft to this to make it even more impressive, but really to help keep it from tipping over if a tiny breeze hits it, then add some hot glue to the hollow base/stand! I went one step further and added hot glue to the inside of the model itself before finishing it. It now weighs about 10 times as much and is rock solid.

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My son loves these so much! It’s so fun to build these. The only thing is that it’s very intricate and delicate- therefore I am the one that ends up putting it together because my son just can’t do it. Needless to say, I don’t mind one bit putting it together.

There’s more parts than expected

This Millennium Falcon is Awesome!!! It is much bigger than expected and the details are incredible, and 3 times more detailed than the smaller original Falcon made by Metal Earth. If you want true quality and a super nice trophy show piece, THIS is IT!!!

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Looks like this has been reviewed pretty well by everyone else, but I do have a tip that makes the finished model look slightly better. On the attached picture I’ve circled 4 tabs that help hold down the edges on the top fuselage piece. In the instructions these are folded in steps 10 and 11 before the top fuselage (step 8) is attached. If you wait to fold these 4 tabs until after the top fuselage is attached they help to hold the edges down.Even on Facinations web site they only have 3 of 4 of these folded like that, even they missed one (I added the photo from their web site to show which one they missed). Hope this helps.One other thing – someone was wondering about the size difference between the Metal Earth version and the Iconx version. I attached a picture that shows both versions side by side for comparison.

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These are amazing models! This one is bigger than the regular version of the Millennium Falcon offered. Has much more detail. Some amazingly small parts but can be done well with patience.

I am a glutton for punishment, so this is the first Metal Earth model I assembled. I am pleased to say that it went without a hitch, and I was done in about 2.5 hours. I would encourage others to note the assembly tips noted in these reviews particularly the tip about the 4-6 tabs on the top deck that can be used to hold the top conical fuselage section down to the decking to create a far better fit. Fine tip snips should be considered essential for this model. You will also need to create many curves — the pieces are etched to make curving the metal in the proper direction easy, but rolling the metal under a thin dowel on a work surface that has a bit of “give” works excellently for achieving perfectly even curvature.

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great

This model was great fun to build and looks great. I would give it 3 out of 5 as far as difficulty goes. Not for a beginner but with a few models under your belt definitely doable and as I’ve said great fun to put together. Can’t say enough good things about it.

A challenging build — there is definitely a learning curve that comes along with it. The included tweezers are helpful, but you will probably also want to use some small needle nose pliers and something round (screwdriver works) for manipulating certain parts. I couldn’t find a way to extract the pieces other than bending at the connections repeatedly (tools I had wouldn’t do the trick). The fit quality is pretty good, but you need to be very careful when folding parts, as too much bending can easily break pieces. I realized at the end that they do include some extras of the small parts, probably to compensate for this.

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If you like building things from kits, and are accustomed to small parts, you’ll enjoy this. If not.. Well I’d get something less intricate. LOTS of VERY small parts. Good eyesight and small motor control a must!

This was my first metal earth experience and I think it has the potential to become a gateway model. The in-laws got me the Falcon as a gift, and I’m grateful it was the larger model and included a basic set of tweezers, b/c otherwise I think I would have been in trouble. But as it was I was able to put this together over the course of a couple of days while the kids did homework.My advice: don’t be intimidated by tiny parts. The instructions are simple and clear, to the point where just about anyone could put this together. Definitely worth a try.

This required a ton of time to put together especially since it was my first time building one of these kits. It was fun though. I highly recommend getting the tools they sell or at least getting some clippers, They are the most necessary tool. I tried putting it together with the tools I have laying around, but I didn’t have small clippers to remove the pieces, which proved difficult to remove by twisting without accidentally bending.

Metal earth è sempre un buon prodotto e di qualità superiore, sopratutto per appassionati di modellismo, peccato per il imballaggio scadente…da correggere.

Hard to make but very fun.

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love it

Modellino molto ben fatto, richiede molta pazienza e precisione, ma il risultato è eccellente

Muy bonito, pero si es difícil de armar

Bought it as a gift. Looks great, but kind of expensive.

j’ai acheté ce produits pour décoré une tour d’ordinateur/vitrine et en effet le métal brille du meilleur effet sous les éclairages mais il n’y a pas 2pieces mais une bonne cinquantaine dont la plus part sont de l’ordre du millimètre et prévoir environ 4 à 5 h de montage …

I always loved putting models together as a child. The Metal Earth models have brought back the joy. The detail is awesome! Easy to follow instructions. Really enjoyed putting the Falcon together…though it did take a little longer than 12 parcects!