Ultimate Millennium Falcon

I would like to say this was an awesome project and in the end, the lights added are magnificent when it’s all said and done, but the process literally made me almost ‘Harrison Ford’ the entire falcon on multiple occasions. If you don’t know what I mean, google “Harrison Ford throws LEGO”. The pro’s: It’s just awesome looking when done. The red lights on the upper turret and on the front of the ship blink and the rate of blink can be controlled with the rheostat knob on the connecting board directly below the upper turret. The instructions are mostly easy to follow and straight forward. Each of the connector wires and LED lights as well as the connecting boards are all labeled and well packaged in individual pouches. Pay attention to the pictures when it tells you what items you need for each step and closely look at the wires. It may look like you need two but it’s actually just one wire folded in half due to length. I also had a faulty connector (D06) and contacted customer support. They immediately responded and sent me replacements x2. Excellent customer support. The website by scanning the QR code also has all their light kit instructions in PDF you can download so if you needed to zoom in for detail you can. The light kit runs on 5V with a USB connector to the circuit board that can connect to a battery pack (3xAA) or to a USB power supply using a properly rated usb block to AC (NOT INCLUDED in the parts). The Cons: The level of difficulty is more advanced than I expected. Not because of the technicality but because of the dang size and fragility of the UCS Falcon itself. I spent more time looking through the LEGO instruction book to try and find where every little piece that somehow got knocked off or fell off during disassembly and reassembly for light installation than anything else. If you breathe wrong, a piece is going to fall off from some obscure place on the ship, and you will say things you didn’t even know where in your vocabulary. Multiple times. Children should not be present for installation of this light kit. You will need to remove all the back panels on top, the cockpit connecting panels, and both the front top panels. This will result in at least several pieces falling off or becoming separated. Good luck figuring out where that two dot gray piece came from. The size of the connectors which can only be inserted one way into the circuits or light boards are really small and difficult to see. The are also extremely fragile due to their size. The instructions recommend a routing for most of the wires but you can route them custom to keep it neater. I found that in my OCD routing of wires, I had pinched one a little too much routing under a brick and none of the lights would work because it apparently created a short. I disconnected each one by one until the lights came back on and found which one was pinched and fixed the routing. The other part that I found frustrating was the led lights that get mounted under the clear dots (the blue, red, and green single dots) were difficult to get mounted sometimes because you are literally putting the led light under the middle of the dot and then pressing it down hard enough to pinch the wires underneath. You would think it was good and then let go and the dot would spring off and then you have to go find it halfway across the room. More cuss words! The instructions could use just a couple more labels in some pictures to differentiate which wires are which in subsequent pictures, I.e. the circuit has both a d05 and d06 used, both are fairly long, so the next picture just shows one of those getting connected to a circuit panel. You have to compare multiple pictures to figure out which is which. I personally found it much easier to go ahead and mount the Falcon to the display stand prior to beginning light kit installation. This will allow you to handle the Falcon much more easily without breaking too many pieces off. I wish I had done this first but I didn’t get the stand until I was halfway done. The kit comes with a good pair of forceps (tweezers) but I also found it essential to have a backlit magnifying glass, the brick buster (orange Lego thingy), and a pair of needle nose hemostats from my home surgery kit (don’t worry I’m a licensed professional). The hemostats and backlit magnifying glass were absolutely crucial in orienting the connectors for insertion to the circuits and also if I needed to disconnect a connector. Those wires are super fragile so you have to be sure to grip the connector well or you could pull the wires right off. Overall, the light kit is definitely a 5 of 5 stars because the kit is well done, well organized, and looks great. It’s the LEGO piece that is the most challenging due to required disassembly, reassembly, and fragility.

I don't do a lot of reviews for things off here unless it's either really good or really bad. This is a really good, even a great product. I read several reviews and asked friends about this particular kit prior to purchase. It was mostly positive with a few negatives which I tend to agree with on both fronts. Pros: - It works as advertised (I know, as it should, but sometimes these can be hit or miss) - Pleanty of instructions and support if needed. (I didn't use the support but it's included and I read lots of positive interactions from those that have) - It's bright, like amazingly bright even on just the battery pack. They recommend the USB power connection which I may try in the future. - Relatively quick install. For me it was approximately 5 hours, your results may vary. Cons: - Instructions can be a bit confusing, mostly the photos not being clear. But with some logic applied and a very basic understanding of electrical connections it's not that bad. - Some of the cables are a bit short for the connections they want you to make. While they do reach it makes it difficult to clean up or hide the wires. Nothing that detracts too bad from the overall product, just a mild pet peeve about cable management. Not a pro or a con just good to know - Requires a lot of disassembly to get it on. You'll basically have to rip the entire top of the falcon off to get it installed. Overall if you already went through the trouble of buying and building the UCS millennium falcon you might as well add this touch to it to really finish it off. I'm very pleased with it overall from install to completion and will be buying their other kits for my other UCS sets I have, namely the razorcrest and venator.

Not gonna lie, I was very frustrated at a number of points in this install, but it was worth every second. The instructions were a bit hard to follow at times, hence the frustration, but if you just take step back for a minute and think it through you'll get the same satisfaction I just got. Fair warning, this is not a beginners kit, but neither is the Falcon so if you put the Falcon together successfully you can do this. Customer service is awesome as well. I broke a part during install, it was my fault mind you, but they did not hesitate to send me, not one, but two replacements. Bear in mind things do ship from China so you won't get a replacement tomorrow, and if you don't do stupid like me you won't need it anyway, but it did get here within a week. Highly recommended! Five stars! The instructions alone would have made it a 4, but customer service earned that 5th one back.

The instructions were “meh” but could be followed. It takes several hours to install and requires careful disassembly of the Lego model After completion there were ZERO lights on! I followed instructions very carefully so not to have to go back later and troubleshoot. Furthermore there was a part missing. Customer support was reasonably quick in responding. Would not do it again. I can’t muster the energy to start over.

I hadn't put together any lighting sets before, so I was a little worried about the difficulty here. The kit is extensive (lots of lights that need wires run all over the Falcon), and there is a fair amount of dealing with little fiddly bits, but it has good instructions, and if you already put the lego set together, you already know how to deal with little fiddly bits. The actual wiring was pretty simple--the wires connect simply (no soldering or anything). The wires _are_ very tiny. I had one issue with two of the wires that I'm not sure if it was my fault (manhandling tiny wires) or fault in the parts. I reached out to customer service, and they immediately sent me replacements for those two parts (since I wasn't sure if it was my fault, I reached out to them to buy replacement parts, but their customer service sent me the replacements for free). They came and everything worked well. In terms of how it looks--it's very strong lighting. It looks cool, but I wouldn't say that it looks realistic for the Falcon from the movies. I put the whole thing up on a display stand, and turn the lighting kit on when I feel like showing it off more. I think it will be fun to have on around christmas, as well. I could imagine some improvements. The red lights blink. I think it would be fun to have the ones on the laser cannons blink a little differently (think 3 rapid succession, then a pause, for a "pew, pew, pew!" effect). Harder, but also could be to dim the lights--some are pretty strong. I would love for all the lights except the laser cannon and rear blue engine lights to be about half as bright as they are. But these are minor details that don't detract from my enjoyment of the product at all. For a showpiece lego set like this, it only makes sense to add the lights. :)

Pros: the lights are great. They are bright and add to the whole "feel" of the model. Lego should have included lights from the get go. Cons: The execution for the lights is at best mediocre to okay. The lights are just LEDs on PCBs with long thin wires. This causes a number of problems: 1. The lights many times don't fit (i.e. forcing a LED to go into a colored round one unit plastic piece), or are just stuck on visibly with double sided foam tape. 2. There is no real good way to route the wires. Most of the time you have to stick them under existing bricks and sometimes with multiple wires the thickness is too much to get the bricks to sit back down securely. 3. Although a battery holder is included it is a one size fits all deal. It is not customized per set so that it can be incorporated into the set so its hidden. 4. Expensive for what you get These "cons" exists because doing it right would have been probably more expensive. How could they do it right? 1. Instead of wires they could have used bricks that incorporate the wiring into them for power (Lego already has these. Not sure if they could buy and resell from Lego or they would need to make their own "compatible" molds) 2. Lights shouldn't just be LEDs on a PCB, they should be again incorporated into a brick so they fit properly and look nicer. 3. If wires HAVE to be used then maybe provide specialty bricks that allow better routing/hiding of wires. 4. The power source could be customized to the set (at least use a color that is found in the set) to make it easier to hide/incorporate. Over all if you can get them on sale and cheap enough and no one is looking too closely these are great but a seamless upgrade they are not.

Briksmax and Light My Bricks are the most prolific Lego kit illuminators out there and each have their own positives, having used both on numerous kits. BMax edged out LMB due to how I perceived each approached the engine illumination, I wanted more lights for the engine bay. This kit was easy to follow and had a significant amount of lighting for this build. I did run into a couple of issues, which is the only negative for them, where the kit was one connector and one light short. BMax refunded a portion back to me but was willing to send replacements. Good customer service. The set looks good and overall, well worth the buy.

I've used lighting kits from a few different companies and this company's components have consistently been the best. They're easier to make the connections without reversing anything and they're well marked. Others have said that this is hard to install - it's a massive LEGO kit. The LEGO kit itself was a challenging build. It's kinda fragile in places. So, yeah, taking sections apart to install itty bitty lights is also a challenge but again, the instructions and the way they have the lights set are far better than some other companies' kits. Instructions are clear and well documented. This is the second one of this particular set that I ordered and I repeated the purchase because there was an incident where the biggest hunk of junk in the galaxy landed on the floor. Rather than both repair the Falcon AND untangle all the wires and put them back, I decided to remove the light kit, repair the Falcon and then install a fresh kit. (I'll unsnarl the old kit and use it in my AT-AT.) Great instructions, great components - and the Falcon looks AWESOME

Love the LED light kits for Lego models. This kit was worth the cost. It just makes the kit stand out. Even though this kit was missing 1 LED light, after contacting Briksmax, the issue is being resolved. Awesome job for the support team. Quick and easy! Overall, the instructions (2 books of 150 instructions) to install these LEDs made for a great build. Easy to follow and precise. Thanks Briksmax for yet another absolutely gorgeous LED light kit for my Lego Star Wars collection. If you were to change anything - a longer USB cable would be fantastic. 30cm is okay, 60cm would be even better!

I’ve been a Sales Rep (for years) before and I know it’s sometimes hard to help clients in need. Especially after they have been sold something. Basically, after service. When I was in need, Brikmax’s customer service team did an outstanding job. Great customer service. They were easy to deal with and very quick, without going overboard on service. 10/10. Oh, BTW, the overall look of the Millennium Falcon with the new LED lights, is, as my mate said, AWESOME. Well done Brikmax, I can’t wait to use you on my next Lego project. Kieran, Victoria, Australia.

Loved this was a great present....

Le kit permet de prolonger le plaisir du montage lego. Il est parfaitement adapté au lego. Complet et de qualité. J’avais une pièce défectueuse (sur des dizaines dans le kit…). J’ai contacté la compagnie. Le service après vente est excellent. On m’a livré deux pièces de remplacement et une figurine lego en cadeau.

The lights all worked, no issues there. Everything was nicely & clearly packaged so it was easy to distinguish parts as required by the instructions. I found the instructions pretty good generally speaking but could have been a little more clear in some regards as it was sometimes difficult to figure out where certain parts went or where they got connected. The lego bricks provided to stick the light strips to were brown in my set but showed grey in the instructions. I would have preferred them to be grey but in fact you can’t see them in place so the colour doesn’t really matter too much. The routing for the wires is pretty good but with a little patience & ingenuity it can be improved. I was able to hide wires better than they would have been had I followed the instructions 100%. The wiring kit does require some disassembly of the model and to do it all right and neatly will take a lot of time. With big hands and fingers I found handling the very tiny parts difficult at times but manageable. This did slow things down a bit but overall it took several hours to complete the install. Overall the value for money is great as the model looks awesome all lit up and given the cost of the lego set, the little extra cost & time for the lights is well worth it.