Retiring Sets From the Current HP Series (2018 - present)

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Given the Black Friday / Cyber Monday sales and Christmas shopping, this seems a useful list to cobble together. This is an attempt to list all the sets from the current series of Harry Potter lego, by year of release, with notes as to which sets are officially retired already or should retire soon, the books / movies they represent, and the minifigs included in the sets.

As for anything that hasn't been listed as "retired" or "retiring", I'd still prioritise buying the older sets off your wishlists first. Stonewars.de is the source for the information on which sets will be retiring soon or in 2021, as for the ones marked "RETIRING NOW" they are currentlydisappearing from lego stores around the world, and brickset lists them as no longer available in some countries' online lego stores. Don't panic, often you can find a recently retired set in toy stores near you, but if you want one, you need to act soon so you won't find yourself paying exorbitant prices on the resale market.

Sets in bold are the ones that should still be available, at least in some places. Sets listed as "RETIRED" either are officially listed as such at the lego shop at home (lego.com), or aren't available in any of the three markets brickset tracks (US/DE/UK) and aren't **listed as "**temporarily out of stock" on the lego websites. (When "out of stock" appears next to an item, you do have to click through to see the distinction between "temporarily out of stock" or "sold out". That's important. If it says "sold out", you shouldn't expect to be able to buy any more of that set from that country's lego store down the line.) These sets are officially labelled by lego as either "sold out" or "retired products".

The 2018 sets were mostly from the Philosopher's Stone and the Chamber of Secrets, but also included sets based on the Fantastic Beasts movies. Many of these are retired already, most of the rest should be retiring soon.

Hogwarts Whomping Willow - 75953 - CoS (minifigs Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Severus Snape, Seamus Finnigan and Argus Filch) - RETIRING 2021

Hogwarts Great Hall - 75954 - PS & CoS (minifigs Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Susan Bones, Minerva McGonagall, Albus Dumbledore, Rubeus Hagrid, Quirinus Quirrell and Nearly Headless Nick) - RETIRING 2021

Hogwarts Express - 75955 - PoA (although any of the early movies are applicable enough) (minifigs Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Remus Lupin, Trolley Witch and a Dementor)

Quidditch Match - 75956 - PS (minifigs Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Severus Snape, Oliver Wood, Marcus Flint and Lucian Bole) -  >>RETIRING NOW!!!!<<

Aragog's Lair - 75950 - CoS (minifigs Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Aragog) - RETIRED

Grindelwald's Escape (FB) - 75951 - Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (minifigs Gellert Grindelwald, Seraphina Picquery, Thestral) - RETIRED

Newt's Case of Magical Creatures (FB) - 75952 - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (minifigs Newt Scamander, Jacob Kowalski, Tina Goldtein, Queenie Goldstein, Erumpent, Occamy, Thunderbird, Niffler, Bowtruckle) - RETIRED

Hogwarts Castle (nanoscale) - 71043 - Various Movies PS, CoS, PoA, GoF, OotP (minifigs Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw)

Harry's Journey to Hogwarts - 30407 - PS (minifig Harry Potter, Hedwig) - RETIRED

Diagon Alley (nanoscale) - 40289 - Various Movies (minifig Garrick Ollivander) - RETIRED

Harry Potter Minifigure Collection - 5005254 - Various Movies PS, PoA, OotP, HBP, DH (minifigs Boggart, Horace Slughorn, Madame Rolanda Hooch, Professor Dolores Umbridge) - RETIRED

Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts Collectible Minifigure Series 1 (FB in part) - 71022-23 - (minifigs Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Draco Malfoy, Luna Lovegood, Neville Longbottom, Cho Chang, Dean Thomas, Lord Voldemort, Dobby, Sybil Trelawney, Cedric Diggory, Filius Flitwick, Alastor Mad-Eye Moody, Harry Potter in Invisibility Cloak, Albus Dumbledore, New Scamander, Tina Goldstein, Jacob Kowalski, Queenie Goldstein, Credence Barebone, Percival Graves / Gellert Grindelwald) - RETIRED

Brickheadz Harry Potter & Hedwig - 41615 - RETIRED

Brickheadz Hermione Granger - 41616 - RETIRED

Brickheadz Ron Weasley & Albus Dumbledore - 41621 - RETIRED

Brickheadz Newt Scamander & Gellert Grindelwald (FB) - 41631 - RETIRED

2019 sets focused mostly on the Prisoner of Azkaban and the Goblet of Fire

Expecto Patronum - 75945 - PoA (minifigs 2 Dementors, Harry Potter and Sirius Black) -  >>RETIRING NOW!!!!<<

Hungarian Horntail Triwizard Challenge - 75946 - GoF (minifigs Cedric Diggory, Viktor Krum, Fleur Delacour and Harry Potter) -  >>RETIRING NOW!!!!<<

Hagrid's Hut: Buckbeak's Rescue - 75947 - PoA (minifigs Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Rubeus Hagrid, Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge and Executioner)

Hogwarts Clock Tower - 75948 - GoF (minifigs Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Cedric Diggory, Viktor Krum, Fleur Delacour, Madame Maxime and Albus Dumbledore)

The Knight Bus - 75957 - PoA (minifigs Harry Potter, Ernie Prang and Stan Shunpike) - RETIRING 2021

Beauxbatons' Carriage: Arrival at Hogwarts - 75958 - GoF (minifigs Rubeus Hagrid, Olympe Maxime, Fleur Delacour and Gabrielle Delacour) - >>RETIRING SOON<<

Harry Potter Advent Calendar 2019 - 75964 - Various Movies (mostly PS and CoS) (minifigs Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Professor McGonagall, Albus Dumbledore, Professor Flitwick and the Hogwarts Architect plus a Hedwig figure) - RETIRED

The Rise of Voldemort - 75965 - GoF (minifigs Harry Potter, Lord Voldemort, Peter Pettigrew and Death Eater) -  >>RETIRING NOW!!!!<<

2020 sets were predominantly from the Order of the Phoenix and the Half-Blood Prince

Hogwarts Room of Requirement - 75966 - OotP (minifigs Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Luna Lovegood)

Forbidden Forest: Umbridge's Encounter - 75967 - OotP (minifigs Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Dolores Umbridge and 2 Centaurs)

4 Privet Drive - 75968 - PS and CoS (minifigs Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Dobby, Vernon Dursley, Petunia Dursley and Dudley Dursley)

Hogwarts Astronomy Tower - 75969 - HBP (minifigs Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Draco Malfoy, Neville Longbottom, Luna Lovegood, Lavender Brown and Horace Slughorn)

Diagon Alley - 75978 - CoS and HBP (minifigs Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Ginny Weasley, Molly Weasley, Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Rubeus Hagrid, Draco Malfoy, Lucius Malfoy, Gilderoy Lockhart, Garrick Ollivander, Florean Fortescue, Daily Prophet photographer)

Hedwig - 75979 - Various Movies (minifig Harry Potter)

Attack on the Burrow - 75980 - HBP (minifigs Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Ginny Weasley, Molly Weasley, Arthur Weasley, Nymphadora Tonks, Bellatrix Lestrange and Fenrir Greyback)

Hogwarts Students Accessory Set - 40419 - Various Movies (minifigs Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy, Cho Chang, Hannah Abbott)

Harry Potter and Hedwig: Owl Delivery (polybag) - 30420 (minifigs Harry Potter and Hedwig) - RETIRED

Harry Potter Collectible Minifigure Series 2 - 71028-17 (minifigs Harry Potter, Albus Dumbledore, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Luna Lovegood, Griphook, Lily Potter, James Potter, Ginny Weasley, Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Bellatrix Lestrange, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Moaning Myrtle, Professor Pomona Sprout, Neville Longbottom and Harry Potter Baby / Infant)

Brickheadz Hagrid & Buckbeak - 40412 - Various (but primarily PoA) - RETIRED

Harry Potter Advent Calendar 2020 - 75981 - GoF (minifigs Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Cho Chang, Parma Patil, Parvati Patil) - >>RETIRING SOON<<

Monster Book of Monsters - 30628 - PoA (minifig Draco Malfoy) - >>RETIRING SOON<<

2021 sets announced so far

Hogwarts Moment: Transfiguration Class - 76382

Hogwarts Moment: Potions Class - 76383

Hogwarts Moment: Herbology Class - 76384

Hogwarts Moment: Charms Class - 76385

Harry Potter Hogwarts Crests - 31201