LEGO has never released an official set with 8K-something pieces
This is totally random, but I believe that LEGO has released at least one set for every 1,000-piece threshold up to 11K, except 8,000. For example, the 11K club has The World Map, 10K has the Eiffel Tower, 9K has the Colosseum, Titanic, and latest Death Star. The latest UCS Millennium Falcon is the sole member of the 7K club, and then with 6K down there is an increasing number of sets for each 1,000 piece threshold. Thank you for coming to my TED talk. I figured at least one of you may find...
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