My buddy got me R2D2 this year, Chewbacca definitely took longer than R2D2 will in build time.

42055 Bucket Wheel Excavator.

It is physically very large. Larger than basically all cats and a lot of dogs. My daughter was 3 1/2 when I got it and it wasn’t much smaller than she was then.

I’ve assembled and disassembled it several times. I think it takes 8-10 hours to get it together and not much less to take it apart. You really have to follow the instructions in reverse to get it broken down, and the pins make my fingers quite sore if I don’t take it in stages.

The linked review is correct that the mechanics somewhat overtax the single motor, but I find the design so impressive that it doesn’t matter.

This was the last “flagship” Technic set I ever bought. We don’t have space in the house for more plastic toys this size, and I don’t love the fact that the huge ones tend to be app controlled now. But I think this was a pretty high note to go out on.

The giant Hogwarts with 6020 pieces! It was a lot of fun over a week, but my fingers hurt when I was done so I probably wouldn’t do it again. The stained glass looks really cool though!

SPACESHIIIIIP!

I built the Apollo Lunar Lander not long ago. I enjoy the experience of putting together Lego kits so sure, I’d do that again. Or even a bigger one like the Saturn V.

The problem is what to do with these after I finish assembling them. Nicer kits have a good number of specialized parts so I don’t want to take them apart. So they just sit on a shelf and collect dust.

The millennium falcon, the big one. It took about 16 hours of build time for two people. I think the only set bigger at the time was the titanic. I’m actually not sure if the Eiffel tower has more pieces, or if it’s only physically bigger.

My kid bought me a Back to the Future DeLorean for my birthday, about 2000 pieces.

Initially I thought it was kind of a mis-gift, something they would enjoy more than me since I hadn’t built a set since they were small and needed my help, but I made it a point to crack it open instead of letting it sit and it turned out to be quite enjoyable.

When I was a child I loved bionicles and worked all summer to raise $60 for this double set of dragon looking things. Better yet, you could combine them and make a hybrid monster. Somewhere in that process of creating the hybrid I realized it was too much work disassembling and reassembling and completely gave up.

Sopwith Camel WWI plane

The Home Alone house and in a heartbeat

Death star. I’d probably build it again. Taking it apart seems harder for some reason.

I can’t remember the piece size of the top of my head, but physically, the Raiders of the Lost Ark temple is my biggest and would happily build it again.

My only worry is that the rubber bands might perish at some point.

I enjoyed building the ECTO1 but the stickers were really annoying. There’s a large number of stickers representing rust and they’re all identical.

I was going to leave them off so the car would look pristine like the original film but I changed my mind.

Probably the AT-ST walker from Star Wars. That was cool since I hadn’t made anything that bit, but it was all grey, and therefore as memorable an experience as the last 9 star wars movies

Edit: 8 of the last 9. Rogue One was a great movie

There is a ducati panigale sitting inside a box which I haven’t even opened for 2 years… I am too scared. Was waiting for my kid to get older and then make with. Almost there… ;)