Biggest Set?

[Flatfoot Thompsen]

Does anybody know what the biggest (most peices) set in LEGO history was?

[jonwil]

I would say its the Taj Mahal.

[Mirandir]

Set with most pieces is 10189 Taj Mahal.

The former record holder and, I think, the biggest set in size is 10179 Ultimate Collector's Millennium Falcon.

[Legoman]

Set with most pieces is 10189 Taj Mahal.

The former record holder and, I think, the biggest set in size is 10179 Ultimate Collector's Millennium Falcon.

People can argue either way, But it's difinately one of those 2. The Taj has more pieces, but the falcon weighs more, as the Taj has lots of smaller pieces.

[drdavewatford]

Correct - Taj Mahal is by far the largest set in terms of the piece count (5922 pieces) that LEGO has produced commercially.

The UCS Millenium Falcon is the second largest (5195 pieces), and the most expensive (but worth every penny IMHO !!).

If anyone's interested, third place in terms of piece count goes to 10188 Death Star (3803 pieces), fourth place to 10143 Death Star II (3441), and fifth place to 10181 Eiffel Tower (3428).

Dr. D.

[Lilsniffs]

Does anyone know which set has the most minifigs? I'm pretty sure its either Community Workers or Death Star, but I'm not sure I'm correct.

[Mirandir]

Does anyone know which set has the most minifigs? I'm pretty sure its either Community Workers or Death Star, but I'm not sure I'm correct.

Well of those "two" the latest Community Workers are the "best" with 31 minifigs compared to that Death Star's 24... However there are sets with more minifigs than that. This chess set for example. It apparently has 33 minifigs.

[Big Cam]

Well of those "two" the latest Community Workers are the "best" with 31 minifigs compared to that Death Star's 24... However there are sets with more minifigs than that. This chess set for example. It apparently has 33 minifigs.

True but the Death star figs are much coller than the city figs.

Also although the Taj Mahal has more pieces, I don't cout that as the most since it has so many small piece, the UCS Falcon is much bigger in overall size.

[Spyder]

I believe the Deathstar would be the set with the most minifigures.

Chess "sets" aren't really a set, as in a vehicle or building, and neither are those City minifig packs.

[lisqr]

I think the biggest (in terms of volume) non-UCS set is the mobile devastator. With only 1000 pieces, it's about 70 studs long.

[Calabar]

I think the biggest (in terms of volume) non-UCS set is the mobile devastator. With only 1000 pieces, it's about 70 studs long.

Not enough! Millennium falcon is 84 x 56 x 21... centimetres!

[Cwetqo]

He said "non ucs", so that leave MF out.

There are also som other aspects:

Highes set must Eiffel Tower and longest some of the train sets (I mean with track layout. OK, it has empty space inside the tracks, but tecnicaly it the longest).

Set with most volume could also be Death Star II.

And there are some more open categories, for example which set is the heaviest. It should be UCS MF, but who knows...

Most expensive could also be some of the arhitecture sets, if we consider low parts count.

[lightningtiger]

How about the Taj Mahal.....over 5000 pieces........41cm high and 51cm tall.......now that's big !

I'm a conformist! !

Quick edit - Dam it - over 60% said the same thing......so the winner is the Taj Mahal !!!

Edited May 18, 2010 by lightningtiger

[Calabar]

Oops, I didn't know (and don't know still!) the meaning of "UCS", so I probably don't consider it!

I remember as big set a bionicle base (7709): almost 1500 pieces and very big in size.

[drdavewatford]

Oops, I didn't know (and don't know still!) the meaning of "UCS", so I probably don't consider it!

UCS = Ultimate Collector Series; I have to say it's a term I've always associated with the Star Wars theme, but clearly others on here also apply it to large sets such as Taj Mahal, Eiffel Tower etc.

Longest set, UCS or otherwise, must surely be the UCS Imperial Star Destroyer 10030 at around 3 feet long. which I suspect is longer than any train that LEGO has ever produced. It was certainly for me the hardest to display due to its sheer size. I agree that Eiffel Tower must be the tallest.

Dr. D.

[davee123]

Longest set, UCS or otherwise, must surely be the UCS Imperial Star Destroyer 10030 at around 3 feet long. which I suspect is longer than any train that LEGO has ever produced.

Unless you count train track, of course! Then it's probably some of the "Ultimate Track Sets" which are easily more than 4 feet in certain dimensions.

DaveE

[Piranha]

How about the never released giant Classic Space Ship?

here

Edited May 20, 2010 by Macoco

[not-in-use-anymore]

How about the never released giant Classic Space Ship?

here

I know it's a joke, but that's about as unreleased as the statues at Legoland. What I mean is, is that I don't think Lego would even think of selling a set like that.

Does anyone know what the top 3 biggest and smallest parts are?(I'm geussing the smallest is a minifig hand)

[DLuders]

One of the largest single Lego pieces must be the 54093 "Wing Plate 20 x 56 with 6 x 10 cutout" ( http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=54093 ):

Even bigger is the 57789 "Boat Hull Unitary 74 x 18 x 7, Base" ( http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=57789 ):

Can anybody top that?

Edited May 20, 2010 by dluders

[Calabar]

Perhaps some baseplate such as

- baseplate 48x48 like this or the less common 50x50.

- baseplate rised 36x48 like this.

[davee123]

Longest LEGO element might be the 3-meter long 9v wire!

DaveE

[MillerTime]

What's the smallest set? And by set I mean something the majority of us would consider an official set, not some spare part or something strange lego produced. I'm thinking it must be one of the 15 piece sets with 1 minifigure?

[Legoman]

What's the smallest set? And by set I mean something the majority of us would consider an official set, not some spare part or something strange lego produced. I'm thinking it must be one of the 15 piece sets with 1 minifigure?

To my knowledge, 3219 Mini tie fighter is the smallest with 12 peices. But it depends what you call a 'set'

[Piranha]

To my knowledge, 3219 Mini tie fighter is the smallest with 12 peices. But it depends what you call a 'set'

correct as the brick separator would be the smallest because it consists of only 1 part

[Sumendar]

Longest LEGO element might be the 3-meter long 9v wire!

Or maybe the 406L (~3.2m) pneumatic tube in the 8455 backhoe, granted, that one gets cut to pieces when you start building.

edit: And of course there are two 500cm strings in the 8288 crawler crane, but I'm not sure if those count, as they don't connect directly to any other element.

Edited May 28, 2010 by Sumendar