Rumors abouta potential $1,000 Death Star Lego sethave been swirling since last year, and even though there has still been no official confirmation that it really exists, the latest update has left potential customers disappointed. The set’s supposed measurements have started to do the rounds, and even though it’s big, they suggest that the Death Star won’t be a complete sphere.
The initial leak suggesting the Death Star set might not be spherical wasshared by maxbautdeand has since been corroborated by two more Lego leakers, asshared by Clay_Bricks on the Legoleak subreddit. Each leaker claims the set will be 70cm high, 79cm long, and 27cm high. Pretty odd measurements for a set that, you’d assume, is supposed to be a sphere.
Lego’s rumored Death Star set might not be a complete sphere despite the iconic shape of the villainous base
That’s because, if these latest leaks are anything to go by, despite everything we know about cinema’s most iconic base, the Lego Death Star isn’t going to be spherical. There still aren’t images of the set available since, again, Lego hasn’t confirmed it exists yet. However, the running theory is that the set will be a semi-sphere situation. So effectively half a Death Star with a flat, open back with rooms and dioramas inside.
That would be in keeping with most other larger modern Lego sets.The upcoming Arkham Asylum set, for example, is all closed up for display purposes at the front with exposed rooms for recreatingBatmanscenes in the rear. That’s all well and good, and makes sense for the new Batman set, but it doesn’t really add up for the rumored next, potentially very expensive,Star Warsset.
Even though the next Death Star will be the biggest if the rumors are true, it’s far from the first. There are already Death Star sets out there, some of which have exposed interiors while still being spherical. As demonstrated in the replies to the leaks, Lego-loving Star Wars fans are wondering why that won’t be the case for the next buildable Death Star.
Someone has even joked that people who want a full sphere can buy two sets and display them back-to-back. The trouble is, it has been heavily rumored that the set will cost $1,000, making it the most expensive Lego set of all time, so buying two of them is out of the question for most people. If it does have a flat back, it will probably be so it can be more easily displayed and stored without taking up too much room. However, it’s understandable that anyone paying that much for a Lego set would want it to be the best replica possible of the thing it’s supposed to accurately represent.
