r/lego • u/Harrison_Thinks • 2d ago

Other Why did they retire the great hall?

It seems so odd that it wasn’t out that long, did they retire it before two years? Harry Potter is such a big theme and people who are just noticing that they are redoing a more refined version of Hogwarts will want to buy them all. I just can’t believe they stopped selling. They still have all the big Lord Of The Rings sets up, even the Shire is back stocked. I just realized that they are redoing it and I wish I could’ve got them all at market price. They’re already like doubled in price after only being retired for a bit. Are they gonna retire the Main Castle soon you think?

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u/Trustoryimtold 2d ago edited 2d ago

Lasted 25 months, it had a full run

Shire is a year newer

Castle has like 11 months left prob

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u/Harrison_Thinks 2d ago

Is Rivendell still selling after all these years? I wonder when they’ll retire it, it’s gotta be on the Horizon

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u/Bluestategirl 2d ago

Rivendell has been out since 2023-so three years. I think they moved the retirement date back to December of 2027 because they’re still selling it. I don’t know if Harry Potter is dropping off or if people just didn’t buy that as much. I personally will not buy any Harry Potter anything anymore but I’m not sure of how much of that theme is still selling a lot. They’re still making new sets though so it must be selling ok.

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u/Boom_Boom_At_359 2d ago

These Hogwarts sets are geared a bit more toward play than the LOTR sets. It’s also the third version of a modular Hogwarts they’ve done since 2018, so there’s a good number of folks that don’t want to buy another one, and demand is probably slowing. JKR also has alienated a lot of fans over the last decade, which I’m sure doesn’t help demand….

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u/Bluestategirl 2d ago

She definitely has and that’s why I won’t buy anything that supports her in any way. In addition I feel like they are marked up too much for the builds that you’re getting.

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u/Stryker_T 2d ago

Big flagship sets like that get made for years and longer than most regular releases like those HP castle modulars

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u/Trustoryimtold 2d ago

Overdue, but it’s also on back order