Lists of sets retiring soon
Posted by Huw,
By popular demand, I've added a couple of links to the green Browse drop-down menu and the browse page to make it easier to find sets that are due to retire soon.
Rather than cluttering up the home page with an article every few weeks listing them like other sites do, I encourage you to look through the lists at your leisure.
You can view:
They will always be up-to-date based on the information we acquire from LEGO.com, so there's no longer any need to go hunting for the information elsewhere.
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So many!
But perhaps instead of "sets retiring" it can be written as "FOMO list: 30 days," or "this year."
51515 Robot Inventor is going? Is there anything available to fill that hole?
You've always got your ear to the LEGO robotics ground, Huw!
@bananaworld said:
"51515 Robot Inventor is going? Is there anything available to fill that hole?"
No -- don't you remember the bombshell news last year? https://brickset.com/article/84219/lego-mindstorms-to-be-discontinued
Is it just me or are many sets (and some pretty good ones at that) retiring quicker than ever? I mean, those Mario and many Friends sets barely survive for a year. Sure, others have been around for years so that's not exactly unexpected, but still....
@Huw said:
"No -- don't you remember the bombshell news last year? https://brickset.com/article/84219/lego-mindstorms-to-be-discontinued"
Erk, I must've missed that news! That is a shame, but you make a good point in that article:
"of course there are many other cheaper and more capable robotic platforms on the market today"
Goes to "Sets retiring this year"...
Selects "Wanted" from the "My collection" drop-down...
Sees 34 sets...
Uh oh.
@huw is there a way to download the list of retiring sets on excel?
Thanks for this. This is very helpful to avoid missing out on soon to retire sets!
I see Stuntz sets from last year AND this year are all retiring in December. I guess Stuntz has had its day.
Also several GWPs have an end of year retirement date. I wonder if that is purely arbitrary or an indicator that a rerun is likely before retirement @Huw ?
@Nicolas62 said:
" @huw is there a way to download the list of retiring sets on excel?"
Yes: click on the down arrow icon on the right hand side of the list control bar at the top of the page.
@MVives said:
"Goes to "Sets retiring this year"...
Selects "Wanted" from the "My collection" drop-down...
Sees 34 sets...
Uh oh."
No doubt. This is where the rubber meets the road.
Must get 80038: Monkie Kid's Team Van. I think that set's indispensable for anyone with a crazy Ninjago City like mine.
The rest are 'wants.' But, if I don't get them prior to retirement they will all be 'sads.'
One thing I was wondering: How complete is this list? Does Lego generally announce when sets are going to be retired, or are there still many that are just suddenly "gone"?
Geez, some of these sets are new for this year too!
It still hurts to see 51515 on that list. The last Mindstorms set. I feel like the world will be just a teeny weeny little bit darker
Some of these seem really new - the Guardians New Ship 76255, and the family house with the electric car 60398 stood out to me. Both easily outlasted by the Table Football Table.
Presumably it's based mostly on sales - - I guess those two bombed? It's interesting.
Glad to see I have a while longer to save up for the Lion Knights Castle.
@Yardsale19X said:
"Some of these seem really new - the Guardians New Ship, and the house with the electric car stood out to me. Both easily outlasted by the Table Football Table.
Presumably it's based mostly on sales - - I guess those two bombed? It's interesting."
...or maybe they still have a huge number of the Football table in stock which they couldn't get rid of yet? ;-)
But it generally seems like many of the City, Friends, Ninjago and other themes primarily aimed at kids are gone rather quick, while many of the bigger sets more aimed at adults stay around for longer. Maybe also a difference between themes/sets that are more of an impulse buy at toy stores and thus need some fresh stuff more regularly versus stuff primarily sold online and more often then not requiring a good discount to convince buyers?
And looking at it that way, then suddenly the football table doesn't look so great when retiring after little over a year, at the same time as other Ideas sets that have been around for much longer...
Did not know daily bugle was retiring thanks.
That's perfect. Thank you!
I wish you could buy polybags directly from Lego. So many polybags on both that list and my Wanted list.
There are some disparities between the info here and the one in LegoLeak retirement list (with info from Brick Hound that gets the info directly from LEGO, too). How would one go about verifying that info?
@TheOtherMike said:
"I wish you could buy polybags directly from Lego. So many polybags on both that list and my Wanted list. "
Yes, still patiently waiting for 30657 but I know if I pay over the odds for it at Amazon it's guaranteed to be a GWP within a couple of weeks!
I see the Daily Bugle as retiring end of 2024 on lego.com, but you guys have it as retiring this year.
This is incredibly helpful. I better start saving for the Daily Bugle soon!
That’s great, very useful. nice one Huw ????
"You hear that? That is the sound of inevitably"
Nice feature, thanks.
"This year" as in 2023, or "less than 12 months from now"?
We’re going to be losing some amazing modulars this year and the Police Station. ;o)
@WizardOfOss said:
"One thing I was wondering: How complete is this list? Does Lego generally announce when sets are going to be retired, or are there still many that are just suddenly "gone"?"
Yes, my question exactly... what is the source of this retiring information? How accurate it is... given that Lego can change it at any time... inquiring minds want to know!
Here's hoping we'll see some of these on Prime Day. I've been waiting for a substantial sale for the Crystal King since it released!
Three modular buildings retiring in the same year? Is this the first time that has happened?
@sipuss said:
"There are some disparities between the info here and the one in LegoLeak retirement list (with info from Brick Hound that gets the info directly from LEGO, too). How would one go about verifying that info?"
Do you have specific examples I can look into?
@ajperez said:
"Nice feature, thanks.
"This year" as in 2023, or "less than 12 months from now"?"
This year == before 31/12/23
I should have made it clear that the data has been in the database for a few years and shown in the set listings, all I've done now is made it easier to find.
Hey Huw, I’m the one who does the LegoLeak one, super glad you guys are doing this- always good to get this sort of information in as many hands as possible.
I did want to do a small correction I noticed so far- the Bugle is currently marked in LEGO’s system for 2024. I know we’re both going to be getting a lot of questions about it since it’s different between our lists, so figured I should let you know!
I imagine turning this (or any of the queries) into an RSS feed would be prohibitively time consuming. Would be awesome though.
@SuperSith said:
"I see the Daily Bugle as retiring end of 2024 on lego.com, but you guys have it as retiring this year."
How do you see that info? A specific API endpoint?
@Huw said:
" @sipuss said:
"There are some disparities between the info here and the one in LegoLeak retirement list (with info from Brick Hound that gets the info directly from LEGO, too). How would one go about verifying that info?"
Do you have specific examples I can look into?"
Daily Bugle as mentioned in a couple other comments, I went through some of the themes (maybe half) and it's actually the only set with the discrepancy I've found.
EDIT: there *are* some more but they all turned out to be stuff like Brickset not having the retirement date for a set at all, like 2023 advent calendars.
@sipuss said:
" @Huw said:
" @sipuss said:
"There are some disparities between the info here and the one in LegoLeak retirement list (with info from Brick Hound that gets the info directly from LEGO, too). How would one go about verifying that info?"
Do you have specific examples I can look into?"
Daily Bugle as mentioned in a couple other comments, I went through some of the themes (maybe half) and it's actually the only set with the discrepancy I've found.
EDIT: there *are* some more but they all turned out to be stuff like Brickset not having the retirement date for a set at all, like 2023 advent calendars."
We have them but don't display those > 6 months away as they are likely to change.
Still kicking myself for not picking up 51515 while it was briefly on sale on Black Friday. I had a lot going on, and though I would have one more chance for a sale before it was official gone.
Really want to get my hands on a hub, but not at full price. I feel like they will be hard to come by on the secondary market.
I love this new feature, but I still wouldn’t mind an article about retiring sets every few months. I’m not sure that I’ll take the initiative to actively seek out what is retiring, but if you force feed it to us via an article I’ll be sure to take notice.
Man, I'm glad that I got the Tallneck while I could. It wouldn't have been out for even two years before it retires, why is it going so soon?
Hello everyone, finally signed up after browsing for a couple of years! Nice to be able to view this in one place instead of checking multiple sites. When I downloaded the CSV it was only the heading line. Did anyone else get this problem?
@Skyguy said:
"Man, I'm glad that I got the Tallneck while I could. It wouldn't have been out for even two years before it retires, why is it going so soon?"
Probably because it is a one-off based on a current game, so it expires when the game isn't a system-mover any more. The other videogame properties are either very retro (NES, Atari VCS, Pac-Man) so they can't really be too old; or so well known that even your grandma recognizes them (Mario, Sonic, Minecraft, Donkey Kong) and are always current.
@xs_speed said:
"Hello everyone, finally signed up after browsing for a couple of years! Nice to be able to view this in one place instead of checking multiple sites. When I downloaded the CSV it was only the heading line. Did anyone else get this problem?"
Welcome to the site!
I've just logged in as you to test, just in case it was something odd with new accounts, but it worked just fine. the CSV was fully populated. What device are you using, not that it should matter?
I have worked with @ClayBricks to determine the cause of the discrepency with the Daily Bugle and we have identified it.
The data we read has multiple conflicting dates in it so I will find a workaround to handle that.
Hi, thanks for the welcome :)
I worked out what's going on for me. The link on the 'retiring in the next 30 days' page is downloading the populated CSV file with 18 sets. The link on the 'retiring this year' page is downloading the heading only.
And I'm using Firefox on a PC running Debian 11 out of interest.
@xs_speed said:
"Hi, thanks for the welcome :)
I worked out what's going on for me. The link on the 'retiring in the next 30 days' page is downloading the populated CSV file with 18 sets. The link on the 'retiring this year' page is downloading the heading only."
Do you have multiple tabs open for Brickset, and navigating set lists in both? That can cause unexpected problems with the download feature.
Thanks, that was the problem, working correctly now now.
@xs_speed said:
"Thanks, that was the problem, working correctly now now."
I'm glad we got to the bottom of it :)
I thought it odd that 40646 Daffodils--a January 2023 release--is on the list but 40640 Roses and 40641 Tulips aren't, as they were released in 2021. I discovered the database entries for those two sets say EXIT 31 Jul 2022. Folks may want to go through their Want lists to see what might still be available that have old EXIT dates, since those may [finally] be retiring soon as well.