LEGO sets have popped up on some Late Night TV shows in the US to include Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, and Conan O’Brien during this stay at home period of time. The most recent one was Anna Kendrick on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.” For those of you who missed previous ones, I have a few posts to include one here and here. Also before the pandemic, Jimmy Fallon had a LEGO appearance listed here. You can watch the clip below if you want. You don’t have to go to far until LEGO enters the conversation.
While Ms. Kendrick is way better at acting and singing than I am, I definitely claim to know more about the LEGO world and I’m pretty sure Mr. Fallon was holding back as well. The Death Star as the largest LEGO set ever… really? And the claim that she was building the largest Millennium Falcon set out there? I don’t think so. I’m pretty sure she built #75257-1: Millennium Falcon released 4 October 2019 with 1,351 pieces.
Which leads me to another question. Did she really build the set or is this just product placement? Yet another time LEGO “randomly” appears on Jimmy Fallon… readly? First he’s giving away #75192-1: Millennium Falcon (the UCS version with 7,541 pieces) to David Beckham. Then Anna Kendrick pops out a set. Hmmm? Does LEGO have a product placement deal with The Tonight Show? We may never know.
Anyways, enjoy watching Ms. Kendrick claim to be a LEGO nerd.