Some of our favorite Lego sets are retiring soon, including the Legend of Zelda Deku Tree
You're running out of time to get ahold of certain kits
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Despite standing strong on our shelves for decades, the best Lego sets don't last forever in terms of availability. As an example, a few of our favorite Lego sets are retiring in just a few months... meaning there's suddenly a ticking clock if you wanted them for your own collection.
Top of that list for me are the Great Deku Tree and Dune kits, which are both riding off into the sunset this July. Surprised? Well, no matter how popular they are, most Lego sets get "retired" after a few years. Although that sounds as if they're taken out back and shot, it's more a... gradual phasing out. They stop being sold on the official Lego store, and once stock is gone at third party retailers, it's gone for good.
These will then be replaced with new versions or left to fade into legend, but Lego itself isn't very good at announcing these. In fact, it took a very helpful PSA from reddit user Zorba-Oceanfeel to remind me that we'd be bidding adieu to roughly 100 kits this summer. Basically, you've now got a time-limit if you were hoping to grab those models. While some I'm surprised lasted this long (Optimus Prime), there are a few I'm genuinely gutted to see go. The Piranha Plant and Deku Tree are chief amongst them.
I won't lie, this one hurts. The Deku Tree model is my favorite gaming set of all time, and I think it's an absolute masterpiece. That means I'd highly recommend picking up a copy while you still can. Its presence on Amazon does mean it won't evaporate overnight, but I'm a little worried about the price steadily climbing as it becomes harder to find.
UK price: £259.99 at Amazon
We loved this kit in our Lego Dune Atreides Royal Ornithopter review (try saying that fast multiple times), so it'll be a sad day to see it flying into the Arrakkis sands for the last time. The good news is that it's commonly on offer.
UK price: £149.99 £141.08 at Amazon
Considering how long it's been kicking around, I'm genuinely surprised that the Autobot leader (which I was a big fan of in my Lego Optimus Prime review) is only just retiring. Still, seeing as it could genuinely transform, I'll be sad to see it go. Hopefully we'll get a Megatron kit to replace it.
UK price: £159.99 £144.99 at Amazon
As noted in our Lego Gringotts Bank review, this is a magnificent set, and one of the most creative for the range. It's already tricky to get hold of, so it retiring this year likely won't help.
UK price: £369.99 at Lego
This one stings. As a huge fan of Super Mario World, I am all about this kit. It's a rare interactive display piece too, in that moving the crank makes Yoshi "walk." Bloody delightful.
UK price: £131.21 at Amazon
I'm gutted to see this one go. After giving it five stars in my Lego Piranha Plant review and put it straight into our "best" list as my favorite Mario model. Hopefully we'll get a follow-up after it's retired, or a new, similar foe to go on our shelves.
UK price: £57.99 £43 at Amazon
Again, I don't think many of these are going to up and vanish overnight come July. Rather, that'll be the start of the steady decline. They'll stop being available on Lego's official store, at which point third parties such as Amazon or Walmart will only continue to offer them so long as they have stock. That means the kits could hang around for months, or mere weeks. It's impossible to say for sure.
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I've been writing about games in one form or another since 2012, but these days you'll find me managing GamesRadar+'s tabletop gaming and toy coverage (I spend my time here handling everything from board game reviews to the latest Lego news). I've also been obsessed with Warhammer since the 1990s, and love nothing more than running tabletop RPGs like D&D as a Dungeon Master.
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