LEGO Star Wars
There are no real surprises for Star Wars, bar perhaps two of the Helmet Collection sets – 75274 TIE Fighter Pilot Helmet and 75276 Stormtrooper Helmet – apparently leaving shelves before 75277 Boba Fett Helmet, which launched at the same time as those other two Imperial buckets.
LEGO Ideas
Just three LEGO Ideas sets are due to retire by the end of December (though they could easily sell out before then!). Two of those were already on the list back in April, but 92176 NASA Apollo Saturn V and 21321 International Space Station have since been bumped to 2022.
LEGO Marvel
A suite of superhero sets are retiring in 2021, most of which launched in either 2019 or 2020.
LEGO Harry Potter
The renewed Harry Potter theme has swung in a new direction for its 20th anniversary, with a soft reboot of the modular Hogwarts sets. That means the LEGO Group is finally starting to phase out its 2018-2020 range, with 75953 Hogwarts Whomping Willow about to follow the already-retired 75954 Hogwarts Great Hall out the door.
LEGO Technic
Some real heavyweights of Technic and CONTROL+ are due to retire in 2021, including the enormous 42100 Liebherr R 9800 Excavator and the uber-cool 42083 Bugatti Chiron. If either of those sets are still on your wish list, grab them before they’re gone – they’re not likely to be any cheaper on the aftermarket.
LEGO Architecture
This year marks your last opportunity to bag a range of longstanding skylines and landmarks in the Architecture range, though others – including 2016’s 21028 New York City – have some life left in them yet.
LEGO NINJAGO
Two NINJAGO sets were scheduled to retire in July 2021, but are still (just about) clinging on at LEGO.com. This is likely your very last chance to buy them, though, so don’t sit on 71710 Ninja Tuner Car or 71712 Empire Temple of Madness if you’ve been eyeing them up.
Is Lego a hobby?
With the current quarantine regime in many countries , many adults discovered a new hobby of building and collecting LEGO sets; the percentage of adults who are new to this hobby has skyrocketed in 2020. LEGO tells us that the company has been thoroughly studying their adult customers. According to the most recent study, ...
Is Lego retiring?
One of the adult-oriented product lines that LEGO has announced that it is retiring is the LEGO Creator Expert theme. However, that doesn’t mean that LEGO sets for adults are going away. The Brothers Brick participated in a discussion with Genevieve Capa Cruz, Audience Marketing Strategist Director within the LEGO Company’s Product Group Marketing ...
Is Lego just for kids?
It’s not a secret that LEGO is not just for kids. Adults and even seniors all around the world build LEGO sets with their kids and grandkids, as well as themselves. For many, the hobby of building with plastic bricks is one of the few ways to escape the stress of the modern world. In its pursuit of new consumers, LEGO has recently announced that it is making some considerable changes to its portfolio, including retiring particular themes that have historically been popular with adult builders and collectors. One of the adult-oriented product lines that LEGO has announced that it is retiring is the LEGO Creator Expert theme. However, that doesn’t mean that LEGO sets for adults are going away.
