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Lego Millennium Falcon: How fast can you build the Kessel run?

Snap it together, fuzzball! A new playset tied to "Solo: A Star Wars Story" might reveal some movie spoilers.

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You can build the Kessel Run Millennium Falcon this spring.

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(Possible spoilers ahead for "Solo: A Star Wars Story.")

How quickly can you build the Lego Kessel Run Millennium Falcon? On Wednesday, Lego introduced a new playset coming in April and tied to the upcoming film "Solo: A Star Wars Story."

The Kessel Run Millennium Falcon set (is that very name a spoiler?) comes with 1,412 pieces and will be priced at $170 (£121, AU$214).

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The Lego version of the Kessel Run Millennium Falcon has some very familiar features to the version seen in the original Star Wars trilogy, but is it the same ship?

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It includes a young and dashing Han, prior Falcon owner Lando Calrissian, Emilia Clarke's character Qi'ra, a Kessel droid, and two characters yet-to-be-revealed.

Since the Lego set comes out a month before the "Solo" movie, looks like hard-core fans will be able to sneak some spoilers off the toy-store shelves.

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Young Han and Chewie are ready to fly, in Lego form.

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It's not cheap, but it's nowhere near as pricey as the $800 Lego Millennium Falcon (£650, AU$1,008) that came out in October. At 7,500 pieces, that set is the biggest in Lego history, and includes two generations of minifigs, so "New Hope"-era Han, Leia, Chewbacca and C-3PO can rub elbows with older Han, Rey, Finn and BB-8.

"Solo: A Star Wars Story" comes out May 24 in Australia and May 25 in the US and UK. Here's everything we know about the film so far.

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Panels on top of the ship lift off to reveal the inside of the Millennium Falcon.

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First published Feb. 14, 2018, 1:06 p.m. PT.
Update Feb. 19, 10:56 a.m. PT: Adds photos of the ship from Toy Fair 2018 in New York.

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