#75252 • Star Wars
Imperial Star Destroyer (UCS)
Released 2019 • 4,784 pcs • MSRP $699.99
Two-year retail run — unusually short for a UCS flagship. Sealed copies now $1,000+.
Retirement Year Archive
LEGO sets retired in 2021.
Saturn V retires; Disney Castle exits; the UCS ISD goes EOL.
5
Notable retirements
$1,420
Combined MSRP
13,215
Total pieces
The 2021 retirement landscape
What was leaving shelves.
A major retirement year. 10266 NASA Apollo Saturn V — released 2017 at $119.99 — retired in 2021 and immediately appreciated; sealed copies now trade for $250+. 75252 UCS Imperial Star Destroyer retired after only two years on shelves, an unusually short UCS run. The 71040 Disney Castle exited after a five-year run (released 2016). 10262 James Bond Aston Martin retired. The Hogwarts Express Collectors' Edition (76405) launched. 75313 UCS AT-AT also launched as the largest Star Wars set in LEGO history (6,785 pieces, $799.99). The Botanical Collection — flowers, succulents, bonsai — became a major sub-line.
Notable 2021 retirements
5 sets that left.
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#71040 • Disney
The Disney Castle
Released 2016 • 4,080 pcs • MSRP $349.99
Five-year run. Sealed copies now $600+.
#10262 • Icons
James Bond Aston Martin DB5
Released 2018 • 1,295 pcs • MSRP $149.99
Sealed copies now $400+.
#21309 • Ideas
NASA Apollo Saturn V
Released 2017 • 1,969 pcs • MSRP $119.99
Originally 21309 (Ideas), renumbered to 92176. Sealed copies now $250+.
#10266 • Icons
NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander
Released 2019 • 1,087 pcs • MSRP $99.99
Still on shelves
Buy these at retail instead.
LEGO.com doesn't sell the 2021 retirements anymore. These reviewed sets in the same themes are still at retail price — buy one before it joins this list.
IconsLEGO Icons Back to the Future Time Machine
$199.99
DisneyLEGO Disney The Lion King: Young Simba
$69.99
IdeasLEGO Ideas Fender Stratocaster
$99.99
Star WarsLEGO Star Wars TIE Interceptor (UCS)
$229.99
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A note on retirement dates
LEGO does not always announce retirements publicly, and many sets retire region-by-region (US first, EU later, sometimes years apart). The years here are a best-effort consolidation from public Brickset data, AFOL community tracking, and verified post-EOL listings. Every entry links to its Brickset reference page so readers can verify against the canonical source. If you have specific knowledge that corrects an entry, drop us a note.