The LEGO Group has postponed the scheduled retirement of 71043 Hogwarts Castle, which was originally due to leave shelves by the end of 2022.
Proof positive – if you needed it – that retirement dates are generally always in flux, the largest LEGO Harry Potter set to date (though it may soon be surpassed, if recent rumours are true) will no longer exit production within the next eight months, as once planned. That’s according to Brick Fanatics’ sources, which state that 71043 Hogwarts Castle will now retire by the end of 2024 instead.
That’s great news for anyone currently saving up to buy the 6,020-piece microscale model before it’s too late, as you’ve now got two more years to pull together the funds. And given the price tag 71043 Hogwarts Castle commands, that’s probably a welcome relief: it retails for £369.99 in the UK, $399.99 in the US and €419.99 across Europe.
First released in 2018 alongside the initial wave of Wizarding World sets, the ultimate LEGO Hogwarts model will now be available for a minimum of six years (pending any other changes to its retirement date), which ranks it pretty highly among the LEGO sets with the longest lifespans. It also means that four giant LEGO Harry Potter sets may be on shelves simultaneously, should rumours of a $470 Hogwarts Express come to pass later this year.
In fact, both 75978 Diagon Alley and
Here’s the full list of LEGO Harry Potter sets organised by when they’re due to retire.
December 31, 2022
31201 Harry Potter Hogwarts Crests
75948 Hogwarts Clock Tower
75955 Hogwarts Express
75980 Attack on the Burrow
76382 Hogwarts Moment: Transfiguration Class
76383 Hogwarts Moment: Potions Class
76385 Hogwarts Moment: Charms Class
76386 Hogwarts Polyjuice Potion Mistake
76387 Hogwarts Fluffy Encounter
76395 Hogwarts First Flying Lesson
76396 Hogwarts Moment: Divination Class
December 31, 2023
75968 4 Privet Drive
75969 Hogwarts Astronomy Tower
75979 Hedwig
76398 Hogwarts Hospital Wing
76399 Hogwarts Magical Trunk
December 31, 2024
71043 Hogwarts Castle
75978 Diagon Alley
76388 Hogsmeade Village Visit
76389 Hogwarts Chamber of Secrets
Click here for a full list of LEGO sets retiring in 2022. Seven more LEGO Harry Potter sets have just been unveiled for this summer, including the first Deathly Hallows set since the theme was revived in 2018.
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