LEGO Star Wars Ship Hits NYC

In celebration of the latest Star Wars film releasing this month (Solo: A Star Wars Story) and May the 4th, LEGO Master Builders are challenging themselves to create something they’ve never done before – building an iconic Star Wars ship made entirely out of LEGO bricks that you can actually ride!

Photos from the LEGO Star Wars™ Millennium Falcon Pedicab shoot, Monday, April 30, 2018, in Enfield, Conn. (Jessica Hill/AP Images for LEGO, Inc)

The jaw-dropping model is hitting the streets of NYC on May the 4th to give fans a one-of-a-kind visual in celebration of Star Wars Day and Solo: A Star Wars Story releasing just a few weeks later.

Fun Facts on the model:

It took LEGO Master Builders 396 hours to design and build
The model contains 20,300 LEGO bricks
It measures 9 feet long and 6 feet wide

LEGO is also encouraging fans to snap and post photos of the massive model using the hashtags #LEGOStarWars and #RoarForChange to drive charitable donations. It’s a global challenge from Lucasfilm and Star Wars: Force for Change that supports UNICEF’s lifesaving work for children around the world. Between May 3 – 25, 2018, Star Wars: Force for Chance will donation $1 to UNICEF for each public post, like, or share on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter that includes #RoarForChange.